HSF brings exhibitions, workshops and meetings with more than 150 authors from around the world
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10.08.2026. 11:00h
The 20th anniversary edition of the Herceg Novi Comic Strip Festival (HSF) will be held from September 4th to 9th, and the main festival poster was created by Italian artist Ana Lazarini, who will be among the special guests of this year’s edition.
The festival will bring together more than 150 artists and comic book creators from more than 25 countries. Among the guests will be Riccardo Secchi, the new screenwriter and editor of the cult comic book “Alan Ford”, as well as numerous artists from Italy, France, Spain, the USA and the UK.
This year’s guests include storyboard artist for the series “Game of Thrones” and festival ambassador William Simpson, as well as Esad Ribić, Dalibor Talajić, Sara Burini, Aleksa Gajić and Jovan Ukropina, while the director of the Warsaw Comic Strip Festival, Dominika Czapska, as well as Bob and Gina Čapman, owners of the publishing house Graphitti Design, will also be in Herceg Novi.
A special section of the anniversary edition will be dedicated to young and yet unestablished Montenegrin artists. Around 100 of their works will be presented at the “Josip Bepo Benković” gallery in the Old Town, while the same number of works will be exhibited as part of the exhibition of special guests of the festival.
During the six days, exhibitions, presentations, workshops for children, master classes, as well as traditional free drawings for visitors will be organized. The program will take place at more than 15 locations in Herceg Novi and the Riviera, as well as in Tivat, Lovćen and Luštica.
The festival will also feature a musical program, featuring regional pop and rock artists, as well as performances by local DJs and musicians. The traditional “Comic in a Bottle” campaign will also be implemented, during which special guests will draw one page of a comic book, which will be symbolically released into the sea after a cruise through Boka Bay as a message of peace and connection through art and culture.
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