Subdivision of the panels

The exhibition contains 42 panels that are subdivided in poster/titel panel, introduction, history, portraits/stories, typical Switzerland and the making of «Zwischenfall» (incident).

Structure of the panels

Introduction:
One panel contains the introduction with a general text on the content of the exhibition.

History:
12 panels contain the historical chapter. It begins historically with Rodolphe Töpffer from Geneva, who is said to have invented the comic back in the first half of the 19th century. It ends in the present with new young comic-artists based in the two Swiss centres of Zürich and Geneva.

Portraits/stories:
The heart of the exhibition consists of 24 panels:
They are all exemplary figures of present day Swiss comic-artists: Cosey, Matthias Gnehm, Mix & Remix, Noyau, Thomas Ott, Frederik Peeters, Nadia Raviscioni, Helge Reumann, Anna Sommer, Tom Tirabosco, Wazem and Zep. Each of the above mentioned artists’ is presented by an own individual portraits. In addition, each of the twelve artists has created his or her own individual comic exclusively for the “Comics-Country Switzerland” exhibition. “Time” was taken as the subject for these unique one page complete stories (without text).

Typical Switzerland:
Two panels are dedicated to this theme: Switzerland is always at hand when it comes to clichés: mountains, banks, Heidi, William Tell and so on. The “Typical Switzerland” part is a selection of pictures of the country itself, as seen through international comic-artists eyes.

The Making of “Zwischenfall” (incident):
Two panels show a “Making of” that shows the various stages of production involved with “The Incident” comic that the central Swiss artist Melk Thalmann is currently working on. In comparison to job-sharing productions he draws all phases- from the story development and detail drawing through to the colouring-in phase on the computer monitor, taking sole responsibility. “The Incident” is a mixture of modern history facts and fiction.