Alors! Florence Cestac says Franck Bondoux is “un crétin total.”
Whooooo-ah! This whole Angoulême-gate thing got out of hand FAST. In just 24 hours it went from an angry petition to the world's best cartoonists rejecting their nominations to front page news to the festival sulkily added Marjane Satrapi and Posy Simmonds to their list, even though no one would vote for them, and a whirlwind of hot takes.
FiBD grudgingly to add names to Grand Prix nominee list
It seems that the Festival of Comics of Angoulême is grudgingly going to add more names to it's Grand Prix list after a growing...
Call for boycott of Angoulême’s Grand Prix nominees after list includes only men
The long list for the 2016 Grand Prix at Angoulême was announced today—this is a kind of lifetime achivemenet award, and arguably the greatest honor...
How Scandinavia’s Quirky Christmas Comics Tradition Defined a Nation
Norway has a peculiar and unique tradition in the comics field. Every November, several dozen special comic books are published to gear Norwegians of all ages up to Christmas. Learn about the Norwegian phenomenon of Christmas comics.
REALLY Nice Art: Golem by LRNZ coming from Magnetic in February
GOLEM - Premiere Book Trailer 2016 Release from Neurobellum on Vimeo.
Magnetic Press continues its strong slate of Euro comics releases with GOLEM by the...
The Eternaut may just be the most interesting graphic novel of the season
Here's a book that has received little attention but SHOULD, especially in a world where cartoonists are still being imprisoned and worse for their...
Kieron Gillen on Thought Bubble: “This was the biggest one ever, and also the...
Oh yeah speaking of Thought Bubble apparently it was amazing and incredible and love and comics flowed like a beacon of light in a...
British Comics Awards Winners:
Although we've never been lucky enough to attend, the British Comics Awards seem to give the Ignatzs and Doug Wright awards a run for...
A quick round up of comics-related news about the Paris attacks
Just a few of the news notes regarding Friday's tragedies as they relate to our corner of the world, if you can stomach it....
Katsuhiro Otomo’s poster for 2016 Angoulême festival revealed
When Japanese cartoonist/animator Katsuhiro Otomo won the Grand Prix at this year's Angoulême comics fest, he became the first manga artist to win the...
Spring Preview: Conundrum Press announces 20th anniversary anthology, Roher GN and Valium collection
Canada's Conundrum Press, publisher of such fine graphic novels as Photobooth, the works of Joe Ollman and much more, is rolling out its spring...
TO DO: Talk and signing The Art of Alfredo Alcala – Secret Teachings of...
Tomorrow night from 6-8 I'll be doing my first book signing in 20 years! And it's for the same book!
Dover has rereleased The...
