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
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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...
Charles Burns and FEAR(S) OF THE DARK
FEAR(S) OF THE DARK is an unusual French horror film we've talked about here a few times before. It's an animated film of terrors...
Bill Leak on the mend
Great news from down under, as cartoonist Bill Leak, who was in a medically induced coma for three days after experiencing a severe head...
24 Hour Comics Day remembered
Last Saturday saw cartoonists all over the world put pencil and pen to the grindstone for this year's 24 Hour Comics Day. Since the...
ROCKY online
Are Scandinavian comics the next big thing? We're not sure if a big thing is even possible anymore, but they are one of the...
Is there anything going on in the world besides elections? Yes: Huckleberry Hound
Well, old ENGLISH Huckleberry Hound: The ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive reprints some Huck comics from a 1964 British comics weekly.
The interesting thing about this...
Tonight: Italian Masters of Comic Art @ Scott Eder Gallery
Mattotti! Toppi! Manara! Gipi! These and more are on display at the opening of the Italian Masters of Comic Art at the Scott Eder...
The weekend: Mid-Ohio, Brum Con
Quite a busy weekend for comics-related group activities: FallCon, Mid-Ohio, and the Birmingham International Comics Show all took place, in addition to SPX.
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Sergio Toppi art exhibit
Prolific Italian comics legend Sergio Toppi is having an art show of his illustrations. The show opens this Saturday, 9/27, at Rome's...
World comics news roundup
§ In Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, innocent teens are at risk from racy comics, in a news story inexplicably illustrated with UNDERSTANDING...
