Conference and book signing on ‘Comics, Imagination and Freemasonry’ with Joël Gregogna from Corsica, writer and specialist in Hugo Pratt and comics.
Joel Grégogna, born in 1947, is a lawyer and writer by profession. He is a freemason in the Grande Loge de France and a member of the editorial committees of the magazines Les cahiers de J. Scotus Erigène and Points de vue initiatiques. He has written numerous essays that help to decipher the esoteric language of comics: Corto l’initié (Dervy, 2008), Les Arcanes du Triangle Secret (Vega-Glenat, 2010), La Venise de Hugo Pratt (Dervy, 2012).
Sale of books by Joël Gregogna on site.
The conference language is French. Admission is free.
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Programme
| 10:00 | Welcome address Robin Heizmann, Director of the Museum |
| Masonic symbolism in comic books from Hugo Pratt to Didier Convard Interview with Joël Gregogna Moderated by Dominique Alain Freymond, exhibition curator Discussion with the public | |
| 11:15 | Guided tour of the exhibition and book signing by Joël Gregogna |
| 12:00 | Apéro riche |
| 14:00 | End of the event |
Joël Grégogna, the Masonic writer with a passion for symbolism
© Jean Laurent Turbet
Joël Gregogna, who does not claim to possess THE truth about Corto Maltese, provides in Corto l’initié a series of keys to immerse oneself in this symbolic world, leaving it up to the reader to decide whether to subscribe to the explanations or reject them, whether to follow the path taken or ignore it. A rejection would be regrettable, however, because once the reader is immersed in this exciting read, they will find ways to discover this magical work – knowing that it can also be taken in small bites to give themselves time to savour it. Because, as Didier Convard, who wrote the foreword, noted: ‘Joël Gregogna has sought out all the keys that Hugo Pratt has left here and there in the course of his hero’s adventures. Beautiful golden keys that open the huge doors of dreams. Dreams are the last continents on which humanist adventurers still ride a few fantasies and give readers the feeling of sharing their secrets.’
