Herceg Novi Comics Festival (HSF)
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The Herceg Novi Comics Festival (HSF) is the biggest comics event in Montenegro, founded in 2007 and running roughly six days in the first half of September — the 18th edition took place 6–11 September 2024 in the Old Town.
Each year the festival gathers around a hundred guest authors, including winners of the Eisner Award, comics' highest honour — the 2024 line-up, for instance, featured Jill Thompson, Tanino Liberatore, Jock and Tony Sandoval. Exhibitions fill the Old Town, and live-drawing sessions let visitors watch pages come to life stroke by stroke.
The programme runs deep as well as wide: masterclasses for aspiring artists, free workshops for kids, and nightly music that turns the festival into a September evening scene, spilling through the stone lanes after the exhibitions close.
Everything is free. Early September is a beautiful, calm moment in Herceg Novi — warm sea, thinning crowds — and HSF gives the town a creative buzz that makes it one of the most distinctive cultural stops on the coast.
Montenegro's biggest comics festival
Founded in 2007; the 18th edition ran 6–11 September 2024.
Eisner-winning guests
Past line-ups have included Eisner winners — in 2024, Jill Thompson, Tanino Liberatore, Jock and Tony Sandoval were among the ~100 authors.
Live drawing and masterclasses
Watch pages drawn live and learn directly from the artists.
Free for everyone
Exhibitions, kids' workshops and nightly music — all without a ticket.
Six days, early September
Exhibitions across Herceg Novi's Old Town with around 100 guest authors
Daily
Live drawing sessions and masterclasses with international comics artists
For families
Free comics workshops for kids
Nightly
Music programme through the festival evenings
Old Town, Herceg Novi
