Elena Vladova and Nikolay Rusev Conducted a Comic Workshop for Children

Elena Vladova and Nikolay Rusev led a workshop where children transformed stories about historical figures that interested them into short comics. They also learned how to develop a character in a comic and what the key elements of a comic are.

As part of the workshop, the children explored an exhibition featuring panels from two documentary comics: “The Varna Chalcolithic Necropolis” and “The Secret of Kotis I.” These are two of several comics created over the past few years by Elena Vladova (writer) and Nikolay Rusev (artist), focusing on topics in history and archaeology. The comics are presented both as printed editions and as exhibition panels.

“The Varna Chalcolithic Necropolis” tells the story of the discovery of the gold treasure near Lake Varna and its researchers. “The Secret of Kotis I” is based on one of the hypotheses about the origin of the Rogozen Treasure, which links it to the Thracian king Kotis I.