I was incentified by Rudd’s gifts of dollars to create this token of my esteem. “Doesn’t matter who you vote for you always get a politician.” I can’t remember where that quote is from but if you can please drop me a line.
Comic Book Shops, Rue Dante, Paris.
July 8, 2009 By 4 Comments
Well, l was somewhere on a corner of Boulevard St Michel and lost, I was heading for Rue Dante a comic book precinct in the Latin quarter of Paris. I couldn’t find it. I was only a block away, apparently, when I caught sight of a scruffy little shop, down Serpente called Aaapoum Bapoum. Foot [...]
The comic book gets it’s own year.
June 24, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Ok this is a quickie. This year, 2009, The Year of the Comic Book will be celebrated in Brussels you really must go if love comics, cherry beer or Belgian waffles. The Atomium, has fourteen renowned European comic strip artists pay homage to one of the city’s most recognisable landmarks. Running from 4th June to [...]
Tintin creator, Hergé gets his own museum.
June 22, 2009 By 3 Comments
It was a wet Sunday, I turned south and drove towards Louvain-la-Neuve and the museum, Musee Hergé designed as a focal point for one of the best loved creators of the twentieth century. It’s a long way. I can’t imagine why the museum is located way out here. What were they thinking I keep thinking, [...]
French Artist, Moebius the man with three names.
May 19, 2009 By Leave a Comment
The Adventures Of John Difool. A brief rundown.
May 4, 2009 By Leave a Comment
One of my favourite comic book series is Une aventure de John Difool. This is the source that director Luc Besson borrowed heavily from to make one of my also favourite (coincidently) movies The Fifth Element. One of the creators of John Difool and the L’Incal series was Jodorowsky, a great visual director took the [...]
Free comic book day, Kinokuniya, Sydney Australia.
May 3, 2009 By Leave a Comment
I’m early, I think but I’m passing erstwhile young men with plastic bags hurrying from Kings comics chattering away comparing their coveted preferences in hand as they head to the next venue, Comic Kingdom. They were earlier. I hope the queue isn’t going to be to long. They’ll be disappointed, Comic Kingdom is disorganized and [...]
Joe Shuster Canadian comic book creator awards.
April 4, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Nominations for the Joe Shuster Canadian comic books awards have been announced. Works originally published in English and/or French in 2008 are eligible for the award. Eligible nominees can be Canadian citizens living at home or abroad, as well as permanent residents. Nominated creators will have their work reviewed by a jury, who will ultimately [...]
Fantagraphics Brings Tardi to the US
March 14, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Often credited solely as Tardi, Jacques Tardi is a French BD artist. He started writing comics in 1969, at the age of 23, in the comics’ magazine “Pilote”. Initially illustrating short stories written by Jean Giraud and De Beketch. Tardi has successfully adapted crime novels by Léo Malet. . into a series of critically acclaimed [...]
The return of Le Petit Nicolas
March 10, 2009 By Leave a Comment
A nostalgia fest has begun in France for its best-loved schoolboy, Le Petit Nicolas, a cheeky little nine-year old, and his classroom pals dreamed up by Asterix co-inventor René Goscinny and genius illustrator, Jean-Jacques Sempé. Full article
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