Today Is the Last Day of the Rest of Your Life by Ulli Lust

The nuclear reactors have been suspended,' TASS quoted Yevgeny Balitsky as saying. 'We've seen the level (of water in the nearby Kakhovka Reservoir) rise to 17.8 metres.

Russia captured the plant in the early days of its invasion of Ukraine last year.īut Ukraine is expected to start soon a much-anticipated counteroffensive to retake Russian-held territory, including potentially in the Zaporizhzhia region, and Russian authorities have begun evacuating people. At times she mixes up fantasy with reportage, as in the beautiful series about (imagined) floods in the Dutch city of Haarlem.Operations at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant are being suspended in case of 'provocations' by Ukrainian forces, the TASS state news agency reports, citing the Moscow-installed governor in the region. In the past, she made inspiring reports about Berlin and Halle, in which every detail tells a story, all elements of street life return as personae. The second reason why Ulli Lust has become our ultimate keynote speaker, is because of her years of experience in the genre of city reporting through visual storytelling.

This book, as many other of her works, shows how Lust masterfully tells meaningful stories, like modern fairy tales, in a wonderful ‘dance’ of imagination, reportage, reflection and depictions of harsh and brutal reality. There are many sides to the oeuvre of Ulli Lust that are interesting, but we start with two aspects we find also extremely valuable inspirations for the Remix Comix project.įirst and foremost, she has written the tremendously powerful and heavy book Today is the Last Day of the Rest of Your Life, visualizing and narrating a fascinating road trip about growing up, street life, sexism and society from below. Her books have been translated into English, French, Dutch, Swedish, Italian, Spanish and Croatian… Her work has been awarded the Prix de Revelation in Angouleme, the Max and Moritz Public Award, the Ignatz Award for Best Graphic Novel, the LA Times Book Award, and she was nominated for an Eisner Award. To most European comics readers, Ulli Lust is no stranger. In her lecture, she will talk about graphic journalism and documentary storytelling, and share some of your ideas and techniques. The Remix Comix keynote speaker on Friday will be Ulli Lust, an Austrian comics author living and working in Berlin.

Today Is the Last Day of the Rest of Your Life by Ulli Lust