Novel about older Tintin creates controversy
A Spanish illustrated novel called "The Pink Lotus" by Antonio Altarriba, depicting the older years of Tintin as a dissolute, womanizing journalist, has been...
Bryan Talbot’s GRANDVILLE
Following his surprise hit, genre-busting ALICE IN SUNDERLAND, Bryan Talbot is getting back to basics with his work in progress GRANDVILLE, which he...
Wright Awards controversy
You may have noticed Hervé St-Louis kicking up a fuss in our comments section regarding the Doug Wright Awards -- the bone of...
2008 Doug Wright Award winners
The Doug Wright Awards for achievements in Canadian comic book artistry were presented this weekend and the winners are:
Best Book:
The Magical Life of Long...
Manga news roundup; Tpop and Gentosha pact
ComiPress has an exhaustive guide to all the manga-related SD doings. Simon Jones has a guide to the guide. Among the interesting tiddle taddle-bits:...
I was finally on NPR
...in a piece on foreign graphic novels:
Americans don't buy a lot of foreign novels, but go to any neighborhood bookstore and you'll find whole...
Dulce Pinzón’s Superheroes
MEANWHILE, here's an interesting photo set from Dulce Pinzón which shows real life Mexican immigrant workers in superhero garb:
The Mexican immigrant worker in New...
More on Memin Pinguin
Mexican artist Adalisa Zárate gives some context to Memin Pinguin:
Now, Memin was created back in 1940, and it hasn't changed since then. Should he...
Wal-Mart bans Mexican comic
Wal-Mart has pulled copies of a Spanish-language comic starring Mexican comics mainstay Memin Pinguin CNN reports on charges the character is racist:
For more than...
More on thinking person’s manga
Much soul-seacrhing in the blogosphere today over whether manga is doomed to be a medium of kiddies and wanna-be ninjas. Much of it was...
The Cream of Tank Girl
A retrospective volume including a new story, and a remastered edition of the classic Martin/Hewlett TANK GIRL strips are on their way...
Brit warns comics are only hope of stopping those pesky girls
An English educator who has written government literacy reports recommends comics such as THE BEANO and DANDY as tools to get boys to...
