BKK Comics Art Festival #4 UPDATE- published 01 April 2025

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Announcing this year’s comics art festival! 


BKK Comics Art Festival mascot Om, beginning his journey to this year’s festival.

The BKK Comics Art Festival, organized every year by bkk UNZINE, is Thailand’s only art-forward celebration of the incredible visuals at the heart of the comic book and sequential art medium. At the monthly Mixer networking event held on March 22nd at our studio space UNZINE 95, bkk UNZINE officially announced the next BKK Comics Art Festival, to be held from October 14th through October 26th, 2025, once again at the venerable Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC).


It's a hallmark of the BKK Comics Art Festival to give prominence to the art side of the industry, as opposed to the focus on merchandising and IP of the more commercial comic conventions and we kick off as usual with a gallery exhibit on the 5th floor hall of the BACC on Tuesday October 14th before culminating with the convention activities during the weekend of the 25th and 26th of October.

As comics are a unique marriage of visuals and narrative, bkk UNZINE has decided to fully emphasize this core aspect of the medium with this year’s theme of “Storytelling.” Last year’s curation of works from different corners and eras of comic art was one we are especially proud of, as it highlighted not only the diversity of comics content in Thailand, Asia and beyond, but also wove its own narrative of the evolution of said content throughout the years to the offerings of the burgeoning local comics field. With “Storytelling,” this year’s curation will showcase how comics artists weave narrative through their pictures to tell stories, with or without words, demonstrating what makes comics art so special.

This October’s BKK Comics Art Festival will also expand the convention programming to fill both Saturday AND Sunday with panels, workshops and other fun activities. We’re already working on a very exciting list of notable guest talent from around the world and putting together a variety of features for all ages.

With “Storytelling,” this year’s curation will showcase how comics artists weave narrative through their pictures to tell stories, with or without words, demonstrating what makes comics art so special.



2025 is an especially thrilling year for bkk UNZINE, having debuted our very first comic magazine in print with UNZINE Comics and now gearing up for our biggest comics festival yet. Mark October 14th through 26th on your calendar, you won’t want to miss it!

For a retrospective look at last year’s festival, please go here.

 

Artists and vendors interested in joining our event can feel free to contact bkk UNZINE to inquire about details and pricing. We are still working on finalizing details and will have regular official announcements here at bkkunzine.com on a regular basis. To ensure you keep up-to-date, please subscribe to our newsletter here.