The Simpsons are people in Australia
In a controversial decision, an Australian judge has ruled that a man with a pornographic drawing of the Simpsons on his computer is guilty...
RIP: Gérard Lauzier
Numerous French-language outlets are reporting the death of Gérard Lauzier, a very well-known cartoonist/satirist who later had even greater success as a film...
Can Chinese comics sell in France?
ComiPress translates a long Chinese brief on The Future of China's Comics Market in France. As if that topic weren't interesting enough on its...
Christmas comic covers
Let's get into the holiday spirit! Brit cartoonist Lew Stringer has a blog, and he's posting old Christmas covers like this one from...
Sfar to direct GAINSBOURG
Acclaimed French cartoonist Joann Sfar (The Rabbi's Cat, The Professor's Daughter, Little Vampire) is set to write and direct a biopic about French singer...
Cartoonists doing things
Too much talent #1: Joel Meadows catches Posy Simmonds and Art Spiegelman in the same place in this photo post. Guest appearance by Matt...
A night of European comics
(l-r, front row Igort, Isabel Kreitz, Max, Nicolas de Crécy; standing, Jaromir 99 and Jaroslav Rudiš)
Euro comics week in NYC continued with an evening...
Go see: European Comics exhibit
Last night, we got to head over to the Cultural Services of the French Embassy for a cocktail party celebrating the opening of the...
European Comics week in New York
Honest, who cares about smelly comics shows when you have events like the Graphic Novels from Europe event taking place this week? Seven of...
Canadian literary awards still don’t like pictures
New scandal: The SKIM snub.
The ruckus started last week when Chester Brown and Seth wrote an open letter to the Canadian Governor General Literary...
Emmanuel Guibert and ALAN’S WAR
http://www.youtube.com/v/zIMdBK8yr_g&hl=en&fs=1
ALAN'S WAR, the US edition of an award-winning French graphic novel by Emmanuel Guibert, is one of the best-reviewed books of the year. Here's...
Important people who read comics
§ Manga-loving Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso -- who is actually not all that popular, and whose championing of manga and other youth culture...
