Suspicious Minds & memories of a comics festival

(Decided to rewrite this post as most of its content disappeared due to the massive inconveniences www.blogger.com experienced last week. Seems like I have waited in vain for its restoration...)
So here's the second love child of my recent civil rights activism and ongoing comics activity. For the first one, check out the Gyöngyöspata post below. This is a naive little one, suggesting trust instead of suspicion through a roma boy - non-roma girl love story.
Normally I don't draw comics for Elvis's songs but this time I was inspired by a workshop linked to our Comics Festival, where the special guests from the Netherlands, Finland and Estonia paid tribute to the King. Why here and now? Well, Elvis recently became a honorary citizen of Budapest, which fact I'm sure he deeply appreciates wherever he resides now. The final product was printed superquickly and was on sale at festival, but you can also purchase it here: http://www.nyitottkonyv.hu/konyveink/konyv/161/Elvis_Budapest
The festival itself was good craic again - fun fact: it was held on my former university campus which turned into a bar and concert venue since I graduated - here are a couple of photos just for a feel of the atmosphere:

The Comics Battle is raging - they took no prisoners :)
The best comics artists of 2010: Róbert Vass, Zoltán Fritz and Gergely Oravecz
I had the pleasure of running the Comics Association's stall for most of the day
(This is clearly not as cool as the original post. Well, that's life, ain't it? Things get lost, broken etc...)

Gyöngyöspata: a visit for a reason

Ismét Szüfrazset City jelentkezik. Alább látható március 15-e estéjének szubjektív krónikája.


The translation for English speakers follows below, but first a bit of explanation on the recent events that took place in Gyöngyöspata (hopefully it is proper to use the past tense) http://errc.org/cikk.php?cikk=3816. Also, some background to the opening panel: http://www.budapesttimes.hu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17132&Itemid=220
Panel 1
On 15th March I went to the demonstration for free press.
"This is so dam good! It's not only about the media law though anymore. Such a big protest could even generate some sensible thinking among the government, couldn't it?"
Panel 2
After the demo I met Kati and Tamer by chance on the spot.
Kati: The locals asked us to go back in the evening. Are you joining us?
Panel 3
I joined them. About twenty of us left for the village riding in five cars.
Panel 4
For those who have missed out on the news, in early March some "civic guard" organizations - curiously resembling the legally banned Hungarian Guard militia - took the maintenance of "public security" to their own hands in Gyöngyöspata. In reality it meant that they kept harassing the Roma residents of the village night and day. The police merely stood by and nobody intervened to protect the Roma - i.e. Hungarian citizens - on behalf of the government.
The civic demonstration held in the village on 15th March was the first time when active solidarity was shown towards these people.
Panel 5
The locals greeted our arrival also because otherwise the Guard would not have left them in peace during the night either.
Woman: They shout at night and bang on the doors. Our children are afraid.
Man: How can this be tolerated? Where is the prime minister when we need him?
Panel 6
The guards and the "outlaws" seemed to appreciate our presence too in their own way.
Guards: Queerjewfaggot green liberal scums!!! Now what?!
Me (thinking): A better today for you, fuckers!