Tag Archive | "bande dessinee"

From our continental correspondent – I’ve seen the movie and it rocks.

Thursday, October 27, 2011

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On Tuesday, the day before the official premiere (but still a couple days after the grand opening with Spielberg and the entire cast), I had the chance of seeing the new Tintin movie, The Secret of the Unicorn, and it was one of the best comics adaptations I have ever seen.  There, I said it. [...]

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Tintin roundup

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

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With the Tintin movie finally making its debut in the cinemas from October 26th onwards, it would seem that Tintin has taken over the world (and not just Brussels).  A quick roundup : French daily Le Figaro has discovered that, in an attempt to finally get the US hooked on Tintin in the wake of [...]

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All the Tintin you need

Friday, October 21, 2011

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The Adventures of Tintin from James Curran on Vimeo. This delightful unofficial animated title sequence for the upcoming Adventures of Tintin movie was created by James Curran and rather cleverly manages to include references to all of the Tintin albums, from Pays des Soviets to L’Alph-Art, all in a brilliantly stylised, fairly minimal yet perfectly [...]

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Cartoonia in Bucharest

Friday, October 14, 2011

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Coinciding with Animest (7th to 16th October), the international festival of animation which currently takes place in Bucharest, the Jumatatea plina comics bookstore organizes its own comics event for the 4th time this year.  This edition focuses on the creators which are allied with the international Stripburger magazine. Stripburger created a special exhibition called Greetings from [...]

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‘I can’t find my Girl Annuals’ – China Mieville and Paul Gravett at BD Passion

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

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(China Mieville dans une conversation avec Paul Gravett sur la bande dessinée qui l’ont influencé á la Institut Français. Pics by James, click images to see the larger versions on Flickr) We sent James Bacon to the Bande Dessinée and Comics Passion festival and here is just a report on the first event…. I will [...]

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BD Passion this weekend in London

Friday, October 7, 2011

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BD Passion, a coming together of the best of Brit and European comics, all this weekend at the Institut Français in London, some seriously must-see writers and artists – if you’re in town then take advantage of it.

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From our continental correspondent – China ups the ante on comics museums

Monday, October 3, 2011

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In the competition for the design of the new China Comics and Animation Museum in Hangzhou, China, the spectactular proposal by Dutch design firm MVRDV was selected by the local planning bureau.  The design starts from eight voluminous speech balloons, each of which house a special sphere or volume, dedicated to a specific comics-related theme.  [...]

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Alex’s audio round up

Thursday, September 29, 2011

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It’s Thursday and as our erratic weather proves even odder than usual and we suddenly have a burst of high summer while the autumnal leaves are falling (playing havoc with seasonal wardrobe decisions), here’s Alex Fitch to distract us from trying to decide if we should be playing conkers or lounging on the beach, with [...]

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From our continental correspondent – Translation, please : Polina

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

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Polina Oulinov is a very young girl who is taken on as a special pupil by the famous ballet teacher professor Bojinski.  He is a very demanding educator, who refuses to adapt his standards to the talents of his pupils, and Polina has to work hard and make great sacrifices in order reach the level [...]

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From our continental correspondent – RIP Minck Oosterveer

Monday, September 26, 2011

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Over the previous weekend it was announced that Dutch comic artist Minck Oosterveer had died in a motorcycle accident. He was only fifty years old. (Minck Oosterveer, photo by Jim Bella) Oosterveer will be remembered as a fervent activist for the appreciation of the continuity newspaper comic serial. With ‘Nicky Saxx’ in the Dutch daily [...]

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From our continental correspondent – are comics bad for literacy ?

Friday, September 23, 2011

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A recent report by PISA, the Program for International Student Assessment by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) reviews the impact of literacy on student proficiency.   One of its focus points is the influence of the material that students read for pleasure, and their reading performance.  It turns out that reading novels and [...]

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Tillieux in Brussels

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

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The Maison de la Bande Dessinée in Brussels, near the Gare du Midi, may be less well-known than the Belgian Comic Strip Museum, but it is equally deserving of your visit.  That is, if you are a comic buff who is mad about original art.  Don’t expect any animation activities (except for some lone colouring [...]

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From our continental correspondent – Les BD’s invade the Cinéma!

Friday, September 16, 2011

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OK, let’s all calm down after that total abomination that was The Smurfs movie (does anyone have the name of a good therapist? I think our poor Wim needs help to get over the Smurfs movie – Joe), which still reaped in record figures at the box office. There’s more, and much, much better film [...]

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Vive la BD!

Friday, September 16, 2011

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We know from our regular European Corrrespondent Wim that Belgium and Brussels loves its comics so much they have an actual festival celebrating bande dessinee to celebrate and promote their comics culture (if only we had that here, imagine…). Christoph has posted up a good, long video of one of the nocturnal celebrations of the [...]

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BD Passion London announces full programme

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

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Recently we mentioned that London was getting its very own BD festival (in conjunction with Comica), celebrating European comics work along with some top UK work. Well John Dunning tells us the full three day programme is now online. From the description: “From Friday, October 7th to Sunday, October 9th 2011, the Institut Français will [...]

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