Things to do in Brussels: Moomin exhibit
Comics historian and publisher Paul Gravett writes to alert us to a Belgian exhibit of art by Tove Jannson:
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Foreign MAD
On his blog, cartoonist Sam Henderson looks at some foreign editions of MAD Magazine. Some things do translate, and a finger is one of...
SWEDISH INVASION video may rock your world
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In April, Top Shelf publishes three graphic novels out of Sweden, and this trailer is definitely the bomb. It stars a guy named Errki...
Angoulême wrap-up: Baru wins Grand Prix
The Angoulême comics festival wrapped up over the weekend, with the Grand Prix being presented to Baru, a well-respected French cartoonist whose genre-spanning career...
Taschen’s comics beginnings in 1980
As Paul Pope alluded to in the comments, Taschen Books, the art book publisher whose sale we were just telling you about, actually started...
Guy who controls Tintin is very controlling
Nick Rodwell is a lawyer and the second husband of Fanny, the widow of Hergé, the world-famous creator of comics icon Tintin. As such,...
Corto Maltese video game announced
Sproing Interactive has announced Corto Maltese: The Fable of Venice Coming for the Nintendo DS next fall. The game will be developed...
RIP: Sonny Trinidad
Gerry Alanguilen writes that illustrator Sonny Trinidad has passed away in the Philippines. Known in the US for his work on Conan, Dracula,...
Ongoing: Thought Bubble in Leeds, UK
Now through Sunday it's the Thought Bubble Festival in Leeds, a four-day fest of all things comical, with a one-day comics show on Saturday....
Italian studio buys Coconino Press
Variety reports that Italian producer Domenico Procacci's Fandango has purchased Igort's Coconino Press.
As you might guess from the name (taken from the setting of...
