Some kid was giggling. From my seat I could see him I wanted to tell him to “Shut up don’t you know this is serious” but then – it erupted all around me, Captain Haddock from the safety of the doorway issued instructions to the hapless Tin Tin as he balanced of a sharks tail [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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