Rich Johnston beat me to it recently, it would seem, but this is too good a tidbit not to mention again here: on French alternative comics demigod Lewis Trondheim’s Things To Do list, a quite interesting book is announced. It’s called “L’Association“, and it promises to be the history of that comics cooperative that literally [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, February 3, 2010
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Did you know the excellent Lewis Trondheim has a regular post on the NBM blog, sharing his Little Nothings? (Little Nothings by and (c) Lewis Trondheim)
Continue reading...Monday, November 30, 2009
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(Lewis Trondheim, Mawil and Marc Baines at the Goethe in Glasgow, overseen by Mr O and Mr I) Okay, when I posted up the report of last week’s wonderful European comics night with Germany’s Mawil and France’s Lewis Trondheim organised by the Goethe Institut and the Alliance Français in Glasgow I teased you by alluding [...]
Continue reading...Friday, November 27, 2009
‘Twas a dark and stormy night as I set off for Glasgow; howling wind and driving, slushy rain falling out of the dark night. I’m glad to say the dreadful weather didn’t dampen spirits though and any fears that it might put off people from venturing out to Glasgow’s Goethe Institut were put to rest; [...]
Continue reading...Monday, November 23, 2009
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This week in Glasgow there’s a rare chance to see and hear two highly acclaimed comics creators from the European scene, with Mawil and Lewis Trondheim appearing in the city’s Goethe Institut (in conjunction with the Alliance Français) on Wednesday 25th November at 7pm. The evening will be chaired by cartoonist, publisher and lecturer Marc [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, October 15, 2009
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DoublePlusBon notifies us that the cartoon series that French animation studio Blue Spirit was producing for Canal+ is currently being aired. Ovni (a French acronym, roughly the equivalent of the English UFO) is based on the comic book of the same name, written by Lewis Trondheim, with art by Fabrice Parme. It was their third [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, September 3, 2009
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Bludzee, Lewis Trondheim’s new all-digital title (produced in collaboration with Ave Comics), went live at the start of this month, with the main site available in both French and English (it looks like other languages will be added later on). French comics news site BoDoï was given the honour to present the first seven strips [...]
Continue reading...Monday, August 10, 2009
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(Peace of War by and (c) Daniela E Gellan and Franck Villeneuve) Updating my own Flickr photos at the weekend I had a browse around and in one of those meandering but amiable ways I somehow ended up looking at a Flickr by a contact of a contact, which lead me to this image by [...]
Continue reading...Monday, July 27, 2009
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With summer only half-way, it might be the right time to start thinking of how to spend the second half of the year. What better way to do that than by checking what the festival calendar has to offer for the next few months ? A few highlights : On the 28th, 29th and 30th [...]
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Tuesday, September 7, 2010
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