Earlier this year Wim posted on the growth of the French language comics blogosphere (see here), which has now reached a level where even the holies of holies in the Francophone comics calendar, the Angoulème Festival, added a special award recognising online comics work. In his introduction to some of the more interesting French language [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, August 20, 2009
The history of the Comics Code probably is common knowledge for most of our readers here: faced with impending restrictive regulations after congressional hearings surrounding Frederic Wertham’s book, Seduction of the Innocent, the American comics publishers drew up their own code of conduct, defining what was permissible in children’s comics, what could be shown, and [...]
Continue reading...Monday, August 3, 2009
Emma Vieceli is rather delighted to be one of the contributors to a newly launched comic in France, Princesse Miya, which, as she notes gleefully, comes with free gifts! Tres bon, Emma!
Continue reading...Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Okay, its not a Bastille Day cartoon, but I quite liked the artwork so I thought I’d share it today – it was on a wine bottle cover in my local French deli/restaurant and they were kind enough to let me take a pic for my Flickr when it caught my eye. Vive la revolution! [...]
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Thursday, November 19, 2009
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