2009 Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize winners
The 13th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize winners have been announced, and for the first time...there was a tie! Fumi Yoshinaga's Ōoku: The Inner Chamber,...
Bristol International Comic Expo sells out
It isn't just American comics shows that are still hot in an ailing economy; the Bristol International Comics Expo has sold out of tickets...
Do the Eisner Awards ignore manga?
Noah Berlatsky sums up similar thoughts by David Welsh and Simon Jones on the dearth of manga titles and creators among the...
Topolino celebrates 60th anniversary
Topolino, Italy's long running digest-sized Disney comics mag, has just celebrated its 60th anniversary. The magazine is one of the most popular in Italy,...
Joe Shuster Award nominees announced
The 2009 Joe Shuster Award nominees, presented to the best in Canadian comics, have been announced. It's a long list, so see them all...
No end in sight
How swamped are we? So swamped that we missed covering the story of a lifetime, as a tale of heroism and hope unfolded in...
A wee bit more o’ the Irish
Via Eclectic Micks, a blog for Irish comics artists, this fine celebration of the season featuring Father Jack from Father Ted by Declan Shalvey....
2009 Doug Wright Awards nominees announced
This year's Doug Wright Awards nominees, honoring the finest in Canadian cartooning, have been announced. And they are:
The 2009 finalists for Best Book are:
Burma...
Satrapi/Ware
New York City is lucky to have many awesome comics-related events, but one of the most awesomest was a recent conversation between comics demi-gods...
John Higgins’ RAZORJACK
While the names Moore and Gibbons readily spring to mind when the name of a certain much beloved graphic novel classic is named,...
Jacques Tardi!
As reported in PW Comics Week, one of the famed masters of international comics is finally getting an American edition: the great Jacques Tardi:All...
TINTIN movie update: Filming finished?
OKAY, now with WATCHMEN promos finally done, let's move to the NEXT beloved classic comic movie, shall we? And what better candidate than...TINTIN! ...
