{"id":19076,"date":"2025-05-01T10:42:25","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T08:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/freimaurermuseum.ch\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=19076"},"modified":"2026-03-22T07:31:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T06:31:56","slug":"freemasonry-in-english-comics","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/freimaurermuseum.ch\/en\/on\/freemasonry-in-english-comics\/","title":{"rendered":"Freemasonry in English comics"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Conference with the Belgian Freemason Manuel Matthys, a specialist in Anglo-Saxon comics, on Freemasonry in English comics.<\/h4>\n<p>The conference language is French. Admission is free.<br \/>\nPlease register using the <a href=\"#anmeldung\"><strong>form<\/strong><\/a> at the bottom of this page.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong>Programm<\/strong><br \/>\n\n<div id=\"tablepress-24-scroll-wrapper\" class=\"tablepress-scroll-wrapper\">\n<table id=\"tablepress-24\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-24 tablepress-responsive\">\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">14:00<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Welcome address<br \/>\nDominique Freymond, Member of the Conservators\u2019 Council<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><strong>Presentation by Manuel Matthys<\/strong><br \/>\nThe start of this <em>journey in 9 panels<\/em> is London with Alan Moore's surprising work full of Masonic references, including \u2018From Hell\u2019 and \u2018The League of extraordinary gentlemen\u2019. He will then explore the presence of famous Freemasons in US history in comics, an anti-Masonic publisher, the drawn biography of an African-American brother, several comics and even a special superhero.<br \/>\nAudience discussion, moderated by Dominique Freymond, curator of the exhibition.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">15:30<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Commented tour of the exhibition<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">16:00<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Ap\u00e9ro<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">17:00<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">End of the event<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<!-- #tablepress-24 from cache --><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong>Manuel Matthys, passionate comic collector<\/strong><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/freimaurermuseum.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Manuel-Matthys.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-19047\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Manuel Matthys was admitted to the lodge \u2018De Zwijger\u2019 of the Belgian Grand Orient in 2017 and is currently a member of the College of Officials. After a Bachelor in Computer Science at the Free University of Brussels, he obtained a Master in Audiovisual Arts at the Royal Institute of Theatre, Cinema &#038; Sound (RITCS).<\/p>\n<p>He was director, editor-in-chief, scriptwriter and producer of numerous television programmes for all Flemish television channels, then production manager in the world of 3D animation and also ventured twice into the staging of a theatre play.<\/p>\n<p>As professor and head of television at RITCS (2009-2015), he was also a member of the board of FM Brussels Radio (2004-2015) (FM stands for Frequency Modulation and not for Freemasons!). Together with his friend, a family doctor, he also made free documentaries for a non-profit organisation about AIDS in Africa, which were broadcast on Canvas. Since 2020, he has been working as a request manager for the company District09, the digital partner of the city of Ghent. <\/p>\n<p>He is a passionate collector of Freemason comics and owns 150 comics from many countries, including England, the USA, but also Belgium, the Netherlands, France, Spain, Italy and even Ukraine.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1953\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/freimaurermuseum.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Covers2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19069\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freimaurermuseum.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Covers2.png 1953w, https:\/\/freimaurermuseum.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Covers2-300x92.png 300w, https:\/\/freimaurermuseum.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Covers2-1024x315.png 1024w, https:\/\/freimaurermuseum.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Covers2-1536x472.png 1536w, 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