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TCAF 2012 – Sean’s view

17. May 2012

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Writer, artist, good chum of the blog and seasoned comic con goer Sean Azzopardi returned to Canada recently to be a part of the parcel of comics delights that is TCAF; he even managed to fit in some more days off in Toronto and took in some related comics culture events taking part in the [...]

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Largo Winch – the priceless thriller that’s all about the money…

17. May 2012

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Largo Winch Volumes 9 & 10: The Price Of Money & The Law Of The Dollar Jean Van Hamme and Philippe Franq Cinebook Okay… here’s the blurb… The Price Of Money: “A man shoots himself in front of Largo, live on TV. He was a guest on a financial talk show who had lost his [...]

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Somersault – slide!

17. May 2012

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Oh dear, looks like that bad dream – if dream it was – is back to haunt our poor dandy as the Real Men story continues… Somersault is (c) Richard Cowdry; if you want to reproduce any part of it you should ask him first )

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Welcome to wonderful Australia!

17. May 2012

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This simple but hugely enjoyable comic about the (dangerous) delights of the natural wildlife of Australia cracked me up. (from The Fantasy Muffler tumblr via that man Jamie Smart, who has a nose and indeed several other body parts for this kind of thing)

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Crisp Biscuit Comics #2

16. May 2012

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Crisp Biscuit Comics #2 By Robert Wells Issue 2 of Rob Wells’ Crisp Biscuit Comics – and apart from the upgraded paper stock and the crisper printing, it’s essentially more of the same from issue 1 – reviewed back in 2011. But don’t misunderstand me – more of the same is not necessarily a bad [...]

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What you see… a wee Wizzywig preview from Ed Piskor

16. May 2012

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I’m really looking forward to Ed Piskor‘s upcoming Wizzywig, a fascinating looking comic work based on the experiences – and underground legends – of some of the early hackers and phreaks. Hacking has now parlayed its way into common useage for everyone – in a world where most have web-connected computers at home, huge amounts [...]

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India’s web censorship laws in comics form

16. May 2012

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Boing Boing points us to Indian webcomic Crocodile in Water, Tiger on Land which passes some pithy observations on India’s pro-censorship web legislation.

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A Hero Indeed

16. May 2012

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Kenny points us to some far too infrequent Enlish language comics outings from the respected Finnish creator Ville Ranta (published in several languages on the Continent, sadly not so much in English though), A Hero Indeed. Is that a little touch of Quixote I am detecting here?? You can download a free PDF of the [...]

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TCAF video tour

16. May 2012

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Ryan Couldrey posts up a short but sweet video tour around the delights of this year’s Toronto Comics Arts Festival:

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Lucky Luke – Volume 34 – gags over plot this time…

15. May 2012

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Lucky Luke Volume 34 – The Daltons; Always On The Run By Goscinny and Morris Cinebook “A general amnesty puts the Daltons back on the streets, something Lucky Luke isn’t happy about. And, to make it worse, they seem to have become model citizens. It’s all an act, though, and it doesn’t take long for [...]

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From our continental correspondent – Francois Schuiten’s Mood of the Past

15. May 2012

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François Schuiten’s never been one for straightforward comic work. His long-running series, Les Cités Obscures (with Benoît Peeters) always involved intricate imagery combined with almost labyrinthine storytelling. Just doing a comic doesn’t seem to be enough of a challenge for Schuiten. Recently, Schuiten has been in the news with new productions that are perfect examples [...]

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The Holy Numbers

15. May 2012

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Well known Irish comics creators and supporter Tommie Kelly has just launched a new webcomic on the unsuspecting populace, The Holy Numbers. Set in Ireland and with a religious/spiritual movement at its heart, Father Ted on Craggy Island this is not. When a woman awakes in the middle of the night, concerned about her boyfriend’s [...]

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Comics from Le Monde Diplomatique

15. May 2012

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(some frames from Cyril Pedrosa’s contribution to Le Monde Diplomatique) Last year Wim told us about the respected French current affairs journal Le Monde Diplomatique partnering up with Homecooking Books to produce a Hors Série, where their normal thoughtful analyses in prose were replaced by a range of works in comics form by a wide [...]

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Jason sketching at TCAF

15. May 2012

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The always excellent Jason sketches inside a book for a reader at the recent TCAF: Jason in action from Ila Solomon on Vimeo.

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Bristol show does not impress everyone

14. May 2012

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From what I’ve been seeing on Twitter over the last few days one of the venerable landmarks on the British comics con calendar, the Bristol Comics Expo, hasn’t quite cut the mustard this year, at least for some involved in the comics biz. I’ve seen a few creators twittering about poor footfall and subsequently poor [...]

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