Visits/workshops for children and families

Rearrangement of the Komikteka's collection

This comic is one of the backbones of the Mediateka BBK collection. It is one of the most popular sections among the different communities of the Center's visitors.

This year, the Komikteka collection is being rearranged and reclassified to facilitate searches of its 5,000-volume collection for adult audiences.

The 17 previously existing sections have been grouped into 8: Author's Comic, Adventures, Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Comic, Historical Comic (including biographical, western, war), Police Comic, Superhero Comic (DC Comics, Marvel, Others), Manga and Technique and Creation.

During the process, which will be completed in the coming weeks, the part of the collection that is not affected is still available to users on the third floor of the Mediateka. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the media staff. This update is part of the activation process of the new Komikteka, which is part of the transformation plan for the Mediateka that began a year ago. Other

activities related to comic publishing are also envisaged for this space. It is also a space where artists and creators can develop their projects, one of the most relevant of which is the new International Comic Residency. A collaborative project between La Maison de la littérature de Québec (Canada), the Cité internationale de la bande dessinée et de l'image de Angoulême (France) and Azkuna Zentroa.

These three organisations are collaborating on this programme that will allow three authors to develop their projects jointly at the three venues: Angoûleme, Bilbao and Québec. Getting to know other centres, questioning their own space and discovering other people's space will allow them to redefine their personal and creative worlds. More information on the call for entries on page 65.

The newspaper library is back in action

The Mediateka is gradually resuming its activities. The newspaper library’s services resumed in June under the same conditions as before the pandemic. Users can read eleven local, national and international newspapers here every day. In addition, more than twenty publications related to the Centre's line of programming have been added to Mediateka BBK’s catalogue, such as SusyQ, Dance Research Journal, Woman's Art Journal, Hidden Camera, Feminism, Culture, and Media Studies, Pikara Magazine, El Ciervo and Gamereport.