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Contents Our EASTER BOOKLET is mainly written in English as a common language for all language regions.

If the given links lead to a German language page, the texts are in German. The comic is also in German.

Unser EASTER BOOKLET ist hauptsächlich in Englisch geschrieben, als gemeinsame Sprache für alle Sprachregionen.

Führen die angegebenen Links zu einer deutschsprachigen Seite, dann sind die Texte dazu auf Deutsch. Auch der Comic ist auf Deutsch.

Highlights: Page 6 - 7 Easter Egg Competition Seiten 17 - 21 Exklusiver Einblick in den Comic Clever & Smart des Starzeichners Francisco Ibáñez!

Page 57 - 59 Hidden Object Easter Challenge by Justine Klaiber & Galileo Disperati Page 66 - 67 Tribute to Stan Lee

Notre EASTER BOOKLET est principalement rédigé en anglais comme langue commune à toutes les régions linguistiques.

Si les liens donnés mènent à une page en langue allemande, les textes sont aussi en allemand. La bande dessinée est également en allemand.

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MAY THE ART BE WITH YOU! What would life be without art?

How could we pass the time now if we didn’t have good artists and their works around us?

Family, friends and communities have become even more important to us in the past few weeks.

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We also applaud everyone who works in healthcare, grocery stores, logistics, the post office and other service providers to ensure that the we can continue to live our everyday life.

Though, in our first online booklet this year we would like to focus on the artists. Right now it is important that we can look forward to their work and occasionally distract ourselves from everyday life which is currently not always so „everyday“.

A little joy and relaxation can help to stay healthy and happy. And the anticipation for the FANTASY BASEL – The Swiss Comic Con 2020 motivates us and many artists to work towards being able to offer you a unique happening in November.

You also can help us support the artists, for example with ordering in their shops! Let us inspire you with their Easter art and discover the Art Eggs created especially for this issue!

Thanks to all artists and all of you for your support!

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LOOK OUT FOR OUR ART EGGS AND WIN! We invite you to the perfect Easter egg hunt for those who have to stay at home. The Swiss artist Ursus Wehrli brought order to the art world with his books „Kunst aufräumen„ kunstaufraeumen.ch.

At Easter, we are now doing the opposite: we hide art for you!

Count all Easter eggs that can be found in this booklet and write us an email with the right number to contest@fantasybasel.ch.

The search is completed on Easter Tuesday.

The competition includes all eggs that can be found in this booklet; count each and every egg to win!

A big thank you goes to all artists who sent us an Easter artwork for this competition!

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Geek News The announcement of the new game “Fondue Simulator 20” from games.ch was a much noticed April fool’s joke.

“Real” news about the geek world is available daily at the “Geek News” section at games.ch; so keep yourself updated! geek-news.ch Find gaming news in French here: semperludo.com fellowsheep.ch And in Italian here: joypad.ch

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View into Space with Swiss Space Museum The Swiss Space Museum celebrated its premiere in 2019 with the road show “LIFTOFF TO SPACE”! The roadshow tells the fascinating story of space travel and space research, from the past to the present and right up to the future of humanity in space. Exciting talks with researchers showed that reality can be at least as exciting as fantasy. For the FANTASY BASEL - The Swiss Comic Con 2020, an exhibition with unique exhibits and exciting presentations is now planned. Find interesting news about space and space travel at facebook.com/SwissSpaceMuseum

Or enter a guided tour of the “LIFTOFF TO SPACE” road show here:

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100 Years of Isaac Asimov Isaac Asimov, the legendary frontier worker between science and science fiction, would have turned 100 years old on January 2nd.

The visionary thought leader has written several books that remain still interesting today, or especially today.

An absolute classic in Sci-Fi literature!

More about Isaac Asimov: in English in Deutsch Book available in German: orellfuessli.ch

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National Centre of Competence in Research PlanetS The discovery of the first giant planet outside our solar system by Swiss astronomers in 1995 spawned a unique revolution in modern astronomy.

In addition to scientific research, the NCCR PlanetS takes on extensive coordination tasks in the field of planetary science, from the creation of a national “roadmap” for instrumentation and space missions to the promotion of young researchers, especially women. In addition, it leads a large, multi-regional program for imparting knowledge to a wide range of people.

We look forward to PlanetS’ further participation at FANTASY BASEL The Swiss Comic Con! If you don’t want to wait until November, you can find more information here: nccr-planets.ch

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Clever & Smart bei Carlsen Sie sind zurück! Die Chaos-Agenten der 70er- und 80er Jahre erleben beim Carlsen Verlag derzeit eine Neuauflage – in verbesserter Druckqualität und neuer Bearbeitung, die näher am spanischen Original ist. In einer zusätzlichen Sonderbandreihe soll Unveröffentlichtes, Herausragendes und Aktuelles erstmals auf Deutsch verfügbar gemacht werden.

Sonderband 5 erscheint am 25. Mai unter dem Titel „Don Clever – Ritter von der komischen Gestalt“. fantasybasel.ch

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Francisco Ibáñez

gehört zu den populärsten Comiczeichnern Spaniens. Berühmt machte ihn die erstmals 1958 in einem Jugendmagazin erschienene Reihe „Mortadelo y Filemón“ („Clever und Smart“). Dass seine Werke bis heute geschätzt, gesammelt und neu verlegt werden, beweist, dass sein Humor generationsübergreifend funktioniert. Kennzeichen seiner Arbeit ist die wahnwitzige Dynamik der Bewegungen, die Lust an der maßlosen Übertreibung und der Sinn für pointiert eingesetzte Details. In „Clever und Smart“ kultivierte Ibáñez meisterlich das Stilmittel des Running Gag. Auf die unmöglichen Verkleidungen von Fred Clever, der von seinem rachedürstenden Kollegen Jeff Smart verfolgt wird, warten Fans stets mit einem breiten Grinsen. Der 81jährige, der 1994 mit dem „Großen Preis des Salón del Cómic de Barcelona“ für sein Gesamtwerk und 2001 mit der „Goldenen Verdienstmedaille der Schönen Künste“ ausgezeichnet wurde, ist bis heute aktiv.

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Lofi 2020 Marvel Comic Book Announcements to Study / Relax:

HOW TO RELAX

1.27 Seconds Mind Yoga With Baby Yoda:

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Pencil tip carving with Disney:

IN CRAZY TIMES

Relaxing Afternoon on The Loft Model Railway: fantasybasel.ch

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Die Schweizer Gaming Plattform

Ostern im Gaming-Universum: Kennt ihr Easter Eggs in Games?

In vielen Spielen haben sich die Entwickler einen kleinen Scherz erlaubt

DIE 10 EASTER EGGS IN GAMES Easter Eggs in Spielen und Serien haben nur selten etwas mit Hasen oder Eiern zutun. Vielmehr handelt es sich um Cameo-Auftritte oder versteckte Hinweise zu anderen Games, Filmen oder ganzen Firmen der EntertainmentBranche.

Games.ch hat das Osterfest zum Anlass genommen, um fĂźr euch nach zehn richtig coolen Easter Eggs Ausschau zu halten. fantasybasel.ch

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Virtual to the Swiss Science-Fiction Museum Virtuell ins Schweizer Science-Fiction Museum Science-fiction à la maison ?

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Videos & News on Facebook Un bout d’Ailleurs chez vous Après avoir visité virtuellement l’Espace Jules Verne en compagnie du conservateur du musée, rendez-vous chez leur médiatrice culturelle pour « un bout d’Ailleurs » qui vous propose une activité créative sur le thème de …

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Aiven – Yvan Feusi The designer of this year’s visual of the FANTASY BASEL - The Swiss Comic Con, Yvan Feusi aka Aiven, has been a guest in our artist alley a few times and showed his unique, distinctive and futuristic style. He has been working on various art projects as a 3D artist, art director, teacher and lecturer for 15 years. We look forward to his new work, which he will show us at the Con!

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Yvan was also involved in this trailer with the amazing team from Axis Animation Studios in Glasgow:

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Think Global - Act Local Support not only the local book and comic shops, but also our artists!

Visit their online shops and websites and order their art directly to your home!

Click yourself through the links from the artists of the FANTASY BASEL - The Swiss Comic Con: fantasybasel.ch/programm/art-comic

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A nice example of a shop provides the Atelier Oechsli, which also offers free coloring pages for children online: atelier-oechsli.ch Demian 5 not only got a cool webshop: demian5.com He also does great webcomics: demian5.com/webcomics

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Schräge Helden - Special Manga-Heroen, die aus der Reihe tanzen Games.ch und WOG haben sieben Tipps für Manga Fans zusammengestellt.

LESE ALLE 7 TIPPS HIER

Zum Beispiel ausmann» «Yakuza Goes H ete „Immortal Der einst gefürcht n Käsekroketten ge ge t pf m kä “ su Tat e Saugroboter. und widerspenstig enem Humor und ck ro nt he oc kn it M er Virtuosität großer zeichnerisch ono diese gar erzählt Kousuke O Geschichte aus he lic äg lt al so t nich annes, der das M s ne ei ag llt A m de überhaupt wagt: größte Abenteuer ndern. sich selbst zu verä

Think global – buy local: Kauft bei euren lokalen Lieblings Comic- und Buchläden und unseren Freunden von WOG! fantasybasel.ch

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C-Line (Celine Quadri) is a Zurich-based urban artist whose works are known from Berlin to Los Angeles to Cape Town.

C-Line views the world as her canvas: in addition to pictures on canvas, she has designed office designs, walls, fashion items, skateboards and much more.

Street art played an important role in her career. She also designed the first visual of the FANTASY BASEL - The Swiss Comic Con in 2015! fantasybasel.ch

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“COVER REVEAL”

by Maurizio Manzieri Maurizio Manzieri considers himself an independent freelance artist and teacher. He finds it useful to diversify his activities, so he can switch from one business field to another in case of necessity. So, while missing the conventions and live meetings with you all in this period, he is working for several publishers in the book industry.

Check out his latest illustration for SEVEN OF INFINITIES by triple Nebula Award winner Aliettede Bodard.

Believe us, the story of this awesome Sci-Fi sage is breathtaking! The limited edition book is now available for preorder while you can soon order the print version in Maurizio’s shop.

There you already find some of his other illustrations! fantasybasel.ch

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THANKS TO ALL THE HEROES!

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Preview: FEMININE POWER ART It’s all about body positivity and (self) love!

Marie Sann, founder and artist of “Kinky Karrot”, speaks openly and loudly as a woman about the topic of female sexuality. With her project, she addresses the world of (female) sexuality in an open and humorous way and wants you to get to know yourself and your desires better: kinkykarrot.com With her second project “Make me Blush”, Marie shows elegant, classic pin-up illustrations. Take a look at her Instagram: @makemeblush.art You go, girls, stay safe and sexy!

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Jeton Shali’s Top 5 Jeton Shali (LightWav3r) has been with the company since the first edition of the FANTASY BASEL - The Swiss Comic Con and takes fantastic photos of the festival and cosplayers every year. Most visitors will know him at least from flashing by; because if something interesting happens, Jeton is there (and with us, a lot of interesting stuff happens at the same time).

It was actually planned to show a photo exhibition of Jeton Shali’s greatest snapshots from five years of FANTASY BASEL - The Swiss Comic Con. But well, we’ll catch up on this in November and are really looking forward to this eye candy!

Until then, Jeton already shows us five favorite festival pictures!

Jeton Shali is available for companies and private individuals for photo work, reports, videos and also social media support: jetonshalimedia.com

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Actors and Movie Producers from the Film and TV World currently largely at a standstill; the schedules of the actors are therefore far from clear.

Due to the current situation, we expect to be able to announce the first movie guests of FANTASY BASEL - The Swiss Comic Con only after the summer holidays.

Film productions are

But a little teaser ahead; Harry Potter fans will be delighted‌ Francesco Barbieri ď ˝

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A Virtual Stage Speech of Fabian Degen, Stage Host FANTASY BASEL – The Swiss Comic Con of the First Hour In these dour times, we need a touch of arty brilliance to get us through the day. Sometimes, it is a good idea to go down the weird road of maverick artists and shake up our visions of the world.

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HAUSU (1977, Nobuhiko Ôbayashi) This cult film is a fine example of how you can visually push boundaries and come up with new ways not only to murder those poor victims, but to completely fracture every mind of viewers. It still stands out in 2020, with more bland and beige productions by the minute. Completely utterly mad and wonderful.

Check out the trailer for a taste...

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INSIDE (2016, Playdead) How do you follow up a critically successful game like LIMBO? Well, by throwing yourself smack-dab into a new project. INSIDE plays to the same strength as its predecessor (immaculate gameplay, philosophical context), but gets it finetuned to an ambiguous masterpiece. It is weird, it defies initial explanation, it is brilliant.

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E G A L L I V Y COSPLA ovember!

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SUPPORT OUR ARTISTS Many of our artists offer their works in their web shops. Visit their websites and support our artists in these difficult times!

Check out play’s Folkenstal Cos webshop with any products for m occasions: folkenstal.com

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Welcome Kiwis!

Weta Workshop is one of the most important and successful concept design and manufacturing company in international SFX costumes and props.

Sanit Klamchanuan (Spicythaidesign) and Flo Foxworthy, two long-time Weta Workshop artists, will talk again about creating costumes and props for many major films. We are looking forward to the visit of our friends from Weta Workshop in November!

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COSTUME INSPIRATION Get inspiration from the pros or use their shops, books and video tutorials! lightningcosplay.com/shop youtube.com/lightningcosplay

Of course we are also looking forward to costumes made with simpler means; not everyone has the opportunity and materials to create elaborate costumes.

We are often asked whether you have to come in costume to our Con: No, most of our visitors are dressed in normal clothes.

Anyway, we are happy every cosplay costume therefore, please note our cosplay respect code.

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SPECIAL: Hidden Object Easter Challenge by Justine Klaiber & Galileo Disperati The two artists show you a hidden object scene in which - quite a lot eggs from films and series are hidden.

Some of them are not that easy to guess, but we are sure that there are a few movie nerds out there that will find every egg!

Hint for the Easter Egg Competition: the competition includes all eggs that can be found in this booklet; count each and every egg to win!

The illustration will also be available as a risoprint at FANTASY BASEL The Swiss Comic Con. Until then, visit the artists online: justineklaiber.com cargocollective.com/galileodisperati teamtumult.ch fantasybasel.ch

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Local Comic Shops and Bookstores Many of us discovered the world of books through comics and therefore met their favorite superheroes, talking animals, colorful adventures and thrilling stories!

Now, it is time to give something back.

We can best master the current situation by helping each other and showing solidarity. So, if you want to increase your personal library, support these great bookstores and comic shops: • Comix Shop Basel • KABOOOM Entertainment • Analph Comics • Fox Arts Comic • Orell Füssli Thalia • San Manga • Bider & Tanner

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MORE INFO

Final Fantasy VII Remake It was worth to wait for!

ABLE AVAIL FROM 10TH! APRIL

In the team and among the visitors of the FANTASY BASEL - The Swiss Comic Con there are many Final Fantasy fans who are looking forward to the Final Fantasy VII remake!

“The remake meets the highest demands in a playful, narrative or staging manner and should therefore not be missing in any PS4 owner’s collection.” games.ch

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Reading is Back in Fashion: Fantastic Books

by Swiss authors Auf der Webseite des Vereins Schweizer Phantastikautoren sind viele spannende Bücher zu finden.

So auch «Gefangene der Zukunft 2150» von Steve Schild. «Die Erde hat sich verändert und Europa, wie wir es kennen, gibt es nicht mehr.

Die Menschheit hat den Mond und den Mars besiedelt und eine neue Macht hat die Kontrolle über den grössten Teil der Erde».

Un bon tuyau pour nos amis francophones: Gahelig - Groupe des Auteurs helvétiques de littérature de genre

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IT’S TIME FOR POP CULTURE BOOKS! If you want to immerse yourself in works related to pop culture, you can find many high-quality books at TASCHEN Verlag

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Stan the Man - Honoring the life and times of the most legendary name in comics

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Virtually in the Cartoon Museum The Cartoon Museum Basel enables a virtual tour of the currently closed exhibition of pictures by Christoph Fischer.

Lucerne artist, draftsman and illustrator Christoph Fischer observes living environments where many prefer to rather look away. As for example in his drawn reports on an impoverished district of Chicago or the Lucerne train station square, he documents the lives of people on the margins of society.

See for yourself what that looks like:

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The Next Big Surprise Anticipation is rising ahead of the sixth FANTASY BASEL - The Swiss Comic Con this November!!! We will be taking you to different worlds, guiding you through space, and on top of that meeting up with all of you for a fantastic festival.

In order to keep you entertained and up to date until then, we will have another surprise ready for you until May 31st.

So brace yourself for more!

The FANTASY BASEL - The Swiss Comic Con 2020 will take place from 13th to 15th November 2020.

To make our beautiful festival possible, each and everyone of us needs to work together and comply to the regulations. We are all experiencing the same adventure at the moment and can only get out / make the best of it together.

Be a superhero - stay at home!

A special highlight from 25th to 27th September 2020 is also the ZURICH GAME SHOW: Pop Culture & Digital Trends. A first big cosplay and gaming gathering after the summer holidays!