Babel - From Silence to the Explosion (2020)
• May 19th, 2020 • 1h 13min
Documentary
Overview
Athens, February 1981. Motivated by their shared love for the so-called Ninth Art, a group of people introduces Greek readers to the culture of comic books that are not just for kids. This is the story of the legendary Greek comics magazine Babel and the international comics festivals it organized.
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