Vineyard cycle III | SEP-NOV’26

NOTICES OF MEETINGS
# talks, editatone, GENDER

Outreach talks and Wikipedia workshops on comic book illustrators and artists

CYCLE III | Contemporary explosion: The authors between the comic and other media

The project “Visitising comic book illustrators and artists on Wikipedia”, financed by the Women's Institute, consists of a series of Outreach sessions and editing workshops These will take place during 2026.

Your starting point is Vineyard: universal story of comic book authors, the book of Elisa McCausland y Diego Salgado, edited by chair, a reference work that covers more than one hundred and thirty years of comic history from the contributions of the women who have created, transformed and expanded it. From this research, both will be responsible for the Outreach sessions of the different cycles, in which they will share keys, contexts and fundamental authors from a feminist perspective.

From the book Vineyard, Patricia Horrillo, founder of Wikisphere, has made a mapping of articles that already exist on Wikipedia and those that are not yet created. This previous work allows us to identify which authors need new articles and which ones need to be expanded or improved. In this way, the editing workshops They will focus on creating, translating and improving content about these authors, directly contributing to their visibility on Wikipedia.

>> CICLO III | Septiembre-Noviembre 2026
Contemporary explosion: The authors between the comic and other media

Editing workshop | Coordinated by Patricia Horrillo (founder of Wikisphere)

the Fabulous Bookstore [ Calle del Barco 40 | Madrid ]
Monday 28 September | 18:00h.-20:30h.

Conversatorio | Coordinated by Elisa McCausland

Conversatorio sobre la historia del cómic colombiano y sus autoras de historieta con la ilustradora e historietista Laura Valentina Álvarez. Es líder de Gestión y Producción de la iniciativa Año 100, que busca visibilizar el cómic local como parte de la celebración de los cien años de Mojicón, el primer personaje de cómic colombiano. Productora del festival y de contenidos de Entreviñetas, está de gira en España y Francia debido a la Residencia para la Gestión Cultural «Conexión Iberoamericana», de la Secretaría de cultura, recreación y deporte de Bogotá.

Virtual por Zoom [ link ]
Wednesday 7 October | 19:00h.-20:30h.

Outreach sessions | Coordinated by Elisa McCausland y Diego Salgado

Bookstore Dream Traffickers [ Calle Duque de Alba 13 | Madrid ]
Wednesday 4 November | 19h.-20:30h.
Wednesday 11 November | 19h.-20:30h.
Wednesday 18 November | 19h.-20:30h.
Wednesday 25 November | 19h.-20:30h.

> Who can participate?

For the Outreach sessions there is no requirement of any kind. Encounters are open, with free entry until full capacity is reached.

The editing workshops are aimed at anyone interested in Making Women's Lives and Contributions Visible on Wikipedia. No prior knowledge required but yes you must bring your laptop.