Comics
Modern Talking
ARTIST
VALÉRIE MINELLI
Valérie Minelli is a comics creator from Luxembourg, living in Germany. She writes and draws the international web comic Mrs.Frollein to induce love and happiness. She studied art and communication design in Saarbrücken, focusing on comics. Since 2021, she has been teaching “Comics and Graphic Novels” at the evening school of the University of Fine Arts Saar, in hope to get people of all ages to draw comics. Whenever she isn’t producing comics, Minelli likes to draw illustrations for children’s books or fangirls her current favorite band.
Location
Saarbrücken, Germany
Artistic Focus
Slice of life webcomics
Contributions to LUX:plorations:
One Ome To Rule Them All
Modern Talking
Zamara & Yso Comics
Design Zamara & Yso
Portraits for LUX:plorations Vol. 1
Cover Illustrations of LUX:plorations Vol. 1
Why did you participate in LUX:plorations?
“I sometimes feel that Luxembourg isn’t using its full comic potential. So whenever I hear about a comic project, I gladly join in!”
What did you like most about LUX:plorations?
“The best thing was working together with so many interesting and nice people, that were always tolerant whenever I didn’t understand something.”
What was the biggest challenge for you?
“The biggest challenge was probably to get everything done in time. Everyone had a full schedule but still fully committed to the project. So sometimes we wrote mails and drew comics way after midnight in order to produce the result everyone aspired for.”
SCIENTISTS/AUTHORS
KEVIN SIMÕES LOUREIRO
Kevin Simões Loureiro, member of the Department of Social Sciences (DSOC) at the Uni.lu, analyses the implementation of the Luxembourgish plurilingual education policy in non-formal early childhood and care facilities, focusing on the role of reducing educational inequalities.
Research Focus
Plurilingual Education
Affiliation
Department of Social Sciences (DSOC)
University of Luxembourg
Contributions to LUX:plorations:
Modern Talking
RÉMY LACHELIN
“During my PhD, I investigate how our brain processes numbers. In particular for multilinguals since they use numbers in different languages. To quantify how learning a new language affects number processing we investigate adults but also children who are learning a new language.”
Research Focus
Bilingual number processing
Affiliation
Institute of Cognitive Assessment (COSA),
Cognitive Neuroscience Research Group (CNS),
Department of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences (DBCS),
University of Luxembourg
Contributions to LUX:plorations:
Modern Talking
Why did you participate in LUX:plorations?
“I like comics and their capacity to express imagination. And I think it’s a powerful way to communicate in a fun and accessible way complicated topics as research findings.”
What did you like most about LUX:plorations?
“I enjoyed the collaborations and exchange of ideas. Also to work on a project involving different skills than the ones I daily use during the PhD.”
What was the biggest challenge for you?
“Doing the collaborations remotely.”
MENTOR
VERONIKA MISCHITZ
Veronika Mischitz (Véro) is a former biologist, turned freelance visual storyteller. For over a decade, she focuses on visualizing and communicating science to broad audiences from various backgrounds through the medium comics. Driven by curiosity and a sense of wonder, she loves to explore unknown territory, learn new things along the way and turn them into compelling stories. Veronika is also teaching the magic of her craft to kids and adults. She is a mentor for LUX:plorations.
Work Focus
Visual communication, storytelling, science comics
Contributions to LUX:plorations:
Modern Talking
Keeping up With the Bacteria
Was it Really About Nature?
Losing Orientation
Why Science Comics?
A Furry Tale
A Gut Feeling
The Adventures of Tuwwo the Water Molecule
Math, Magic and Maryam
Why did you participate in LUX:plorations?
“As a comic artist and science communicator LUX:plorations is a dream come true: A group of highly motivated experts from different fields joining forces and creating outstanding science comics as a result!”
What did you like most about LUX:plorations?
“Working with such motivated, open and mindful participants as well as team members from different fields of research was amazing. Creativity and inspiration grew from our efforts as we explored new toolkits and skills together.”
What was the biggest challenge for you?
“Ensuring ongoing attention and support for all participants was extremely important to me and more challenging in an online-setting. But I think the whole team did a great job on that.”
SUPERVISOR
OLIVER GLASSL
Oliver Glassl is an educational management professional with long-term experience in academic teaching and curriculum development. His education includes degrees in speech and language therapy and business administration. His research in the field of neurorehabilitation has given rise to various publications. Currently working as a project manager at the Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine at the University of Luxembourg, he is a member of the DESCOM team.
Work Focus
Educational Management
Contributions to LUX:plorations:
Modern Talking
It’s About Time!
Microglia: Guardians of the Brain?
Chronicles from Platform 6
Why did you participate in LUX:plorations?
“The world gets increasingly complex, also driven by science and research. It is therefore the responsibility of any research institution to make scientific knowledge available for lay audiences in an understandable way.”
What did you like most about LUX:plorations?
“I very much appreciated collaborating simultaneously with scientists and artists. Even though these fields might appear to be rather different on the first glimpse, they converge when it comes to the importance of creativity. Being part of this was a very inspiring experience.”
What was the biggest challenge for you?
“Waiting for the arrival of the boxes with the finished comics.”
