Tag Archive | "Wim"

From our continental correspondent – the state of the Spanish comics market

Monday, May 24, 2010

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A while ago, we delved into a quite lengthy discussion of the state of the French comics industry, based on the French Association of Comic Critics and Journalists’ yearly Bilan. Earlier this month comics journalist Álvaro Pons wrote a similar overview for the Spanish comics blog Carcel De Papel (Paper Jail), albeit a much shorter [...]

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Art for the weekend…. Spiders, Vampires and Holy Bat-Calvin!

Saturday, May 22, 2010

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Via Wim (and Reddit), although no artist mentioned sadly – any idea who it’s by? Is it you? Get in touch if you know. But a great Calvin & Hobbes image. UPDATE 22/5/10: Thanks to Jason Garrattley in the comments – the artist is Kyle Latino. Lou Romano’s  Monster Squad series (more at the link) [...]

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From our continental correspondent – Shards by Erik De Graaf

Friday, May 21, 2010

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(cover to Scherven – Shards -  by and (c) Erik De Graaf, published Oog & Blik) I think I mentioned my good friend and clear line purist Erik De Graaf’s new book, Scherven (Shards) before.  A couple of days ago, Erik send me an email to announce that the book finally had been published by [...]

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From our continental correspondent – News from Flanders

Monday, May 17, 2010

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Straight from the horse’s mouth (or at least from the pedigree nag that is Strip Turnhout) comes some quite exciting news from the world of Flemish comics. First of all, Olivier Schrauwen has finished his new graphic novel, De man die zijn baard liet groeien (The Man Who Grew His Beard), which is slated for [...]

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From our continental correspondent – Jewish Comics in Berlin

Thursday, May 13, 2010

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The Jewish background of many classic comic characters and their creators is a subject that has enjoyed quite some attention in recent years: from novels like Michael Chabon’s Kavalier and Klay to academic studies like Up, Up and Oy Vey! How Jewish History, Culture, and Values Shaped the Comic Book Superhero by Rabbi Simcha Weinstein, [...]

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From our continental correspondent – Tintin in court

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

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Even though I can’t honestly say that this story is currently even remotely on the radar in my country, what with the current crisis in government (join the club! – Joe) and the child abuse scandal that’s rocking the Catholic Church, it seems to be somehow on the boards in the rest of the world, [...]

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Fans of Tintin cry foul

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

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Wim points us to a long and interesting article on the FT by Stanley Pignal on what is often a touchy subject for readers and for the company involved – how Fanny Vlamynck, Hergé’s widow,  and her partner Nick Rodwell have managed Hergé’s legacy through Moulinsart. Wim has reported before on the controversy Moulinsart has [...]

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From our continental correspondent – the 6th International Festival of Beja

Friday, May 7, 2010

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For two weeks at the beginning of June (from May 29th until June 13th, to be exact), the city of Beja becomes the comics capital of Portugal for the sixth time this year. (lovely art for this year’s Beja comics festival by Cartaz) The festival boasts an impressive programme, with work by no less than [...]

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From our continental correspondent – Moomins in Shanghai? or not?

Thursday, May 6, 2010

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We reported  before (see here) how the Smurfs are representing their native Belgium at the World Expo that opened last weekend in Shanghai, China, but luck would have it that a second group of mythical beings makes its appearance there.  Or does it ? (cover to the upcoming fifth volume of complete Moomin comic strips [...]

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From our continental correspondent – stripping the Occupation

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

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Dutch publisher Matrijs, which specialises in historical studies and materials, recently published a quite interesting and special book about the last year of the German occupation of Holland, called “Bezetting in Beeld” (The Occupation in Images).  From April, 1944 up and until the Liberation in May, 1945 (now exactly 65 years ago), Frans Brouwer, a [...]

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Guy Dessicy, The Last Witness. Part 3 : The Belgian Comic Strip Centre. And Pink Floyd.

Friday, April 30, 2010

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In the first part of our interview with Guy Dessicy we were told of how he met Tintin creator Hergé, how he became part of what would become the famed Studios Hergé and how he was involved in the foundation of Tintin Magazine.  In the second part, Dessecy told of the creation of Publiart, of [...]

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Guy Dessicy, The Last Witness. Part 2 : Publiart, Belvision and Vandersteen.

Thursday, April 29, 2010

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In the first part of our interview with Guy Dessicy we were told of how he met Tintin creator Hergé, how he became part of what would become the famed Studios Hergé and how he was involved in the foundation of Tintin Magazine.  In this second part, Dessicy tells of the creation of Publiart, of [...]

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Guy Dessicy, the last witness : Hergé, Leblanc and Abdallah

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

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74 years ago he got to know Hergé, the beginning of a lifelong friendship which would last up to the deathbed of the Brussels artist. That meeting was also the beginning of an impressive career in the shadow of virtually all major Belgian comic artists of the twentieth century. With the help of Hec Leemans, [...]

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Chris Ware does Fortune 500

Monday, April 26, 2010

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I missed seeing this the other week but fortunately Wim spotted it – the great Chris Ware doing a cover for Fortune 500, complete with homes being lost under the waves, a US Treasury sliding off the end of the country as money is plundered from it, a Stocks’n'Bonds Casino and a nice sign welcoming [...]

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From our continental correspondent – Boerke online!

Friday, April 23, 2010

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One of the best things to come out of the Belgian comics scene these past few years, is Pieter De Poortere’s Boerke. This strip, drawn in a ligne claire-meets-Hello Kitty style, chronicles the continuing trials and tribulations of an all-too-recognisable everyman, who is egocentric, petty and materialistic, and at the same time heroic, empathic and [...]

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