Van Jensen named first ever Comic Book Ambassador of the United States
Here is a thing Donald Trump could not stop: the US has an actual Comic Book Ambassador, and that person is writer Van Jensen,...
Rokudenashiko, the vagina kayak artist, is fined ¥400,000 for obscenity
We've been telling you about the legal woes of Japanese artist Rokudenashiko for a while now. She was convicted of obscenity for selling prints of a 3D scan of her intimate area but had not been sentenced. Now, just a few days before her appearance at TCAF, she's been fined ¥400,000 by a Tokyo Court, about US$3717.
Report: Jailed Iranian cartoonist Atena Farghadani to be freed next month
In a world where cartoonists and other artists are often on the front line of social change, they unfortunately also sometimes pay a price...
French publishers threaten to start their own festival as Minister of Culture agrees to...
L'Affaire de Angoulême continues and will not stop. As we reported yesterday, 40 French publishers — basically all the important players in France— have...
French publishers announce boycott of Angoulême after disastrous 2016 festival
The Angoulême Comics Festival is supposed to be the crowning event of the comics world, a festival that celebrates the art of the medium...
US publisher goes on shopping spree at Angoulême
I promised I would have only ONE MORE post on Angoulême and here it is! Calvin Reid went to this year fest and has...
Survey of Italian comics retailers reveals a similar Indie/Big Two split
Federico Salvan of the Italian comics news site Manga Forever dropped me a line to alert me to a retailer survey on the state...
Four French women cartoonists turn down knighthoods to protest poor treatment
by Xavier Lancel
In a never-ending whirlpool of controversy, Fleur Pellerin, french minister of Culture, released a list of people who will received a medal...
Angoulême controversy just won’t stop, as the jury issues an apology and Franck Bondoux...
The controversy over the "faux Fauves" at Saturday's awards ceremony at the Angoulême comics festival just won't die down, and festival director Frank Bondous...
Angoulême Festival manages to get even worse by humiliating cartoonists with “Faux Fauves”
Angoulême has really jumped the shark this year. Not content with showing a medieval level knowledge of art and comics history by claiming that...
Meanwhile in Angoulême: diary comics, signings and exhibits
Lest we forget, all the hubbub about the Grand Prix aside, the Angoulême comics festival is now underway and a glorious festival it is....
MCM conventions expanding in Europe
Speaking of conventions and their spread, the MCM Comic Con brand is expanding to Germany and Belgium. Currently MCM holds shows in...
