If you’re on your way to MoCCA
Make sure you check out the Scandinavian comics on the 7th floor. Each country has its own Kramer's Ergot, and there are several comics printed in English. Ria Shulpen of Bries also has an...
Canadian comics history
Canadians! They walk among us unnoticed but what are they really planning? And do they really have a Comics "heritage"? According to this Literary Review of Canada review of Invaders from the North:...
DC Invests in Japanese Manga Startup
Via PW, news that DC has invested in Flex Comics a new print, web and mobile phone manga publisher, as part of DC Comics Japan, a new company that will be overseen b...
EU parliament refuses Eisner’s THE PLOT
TheEU parliament has refused delivery of Will Eisner's THE PLOT a graphic novel discussing the long running anti-Semitic tract "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion."
The European Parliament has refused to distribute to...
Shocking PORN STAR and PUNISHER rattle Singapore –UPDATE
Mothers react with shock to the discovery of a copy of HOW TO MAKE MONEY LIKE A PORN STAR buried among the legit children's comics at a Singapore Book Fair, and some suggest even...
More from Toronto
Sequential has a full round-up of links, but here are some highlights:
BlogTO looks at the Women of Comics symposium:
Through a series of panels, and by showcasing some of the best female talent in the...
Toronto Pix
Our spies on the Ground, Trish Mulvihill and Elim Mak, have sent us some pictures of this weekend's Toronto Paradise Comicon. A few of the IDs are missing, but we'll add to it:
Carla Drmay...
PRoN frolic with children’s books causes ruckus in Singapore
It seems that a copy of HOW TO MAKE MONEY LIKE A PORN STAR, the controversial graphic novel by Neil Strass and Bernard Chang, has caused some problems in Singapore when it was found...
Chinese nab “French Spiderman” in Shanghai
A daring adventurer who bills himself as Spiderman and attempts to climb the world's most distinctive structures has been detained by Chinese authorities.:
Intrepid climber Alain Robert, nicknamed the "French Spiderman", has been jailed for...
Cannes Watch: Marjane Satrapi at Cannes
Amid international controversy, Marjane Satrapi talks animated PERSEPOLIS at Cannes where it debuted to good reviews the other day.
"I never saw it as a cartoon," the artist said in an interview. The artwork...
Studio Briefing 1: Rodriguez + Barbarella = good times
Well, here is a movie that is sure to be tasteful! Robert Rodriguez is set to direct a remake of Barbarella, based on the Euro graphic novel by Jean-Claude Forest.
"Dino De Laurentiis...
Iran now peeved over PERSEPOLIS
It seems Iran's professional political complainers are not just annoyed at hyper-stylized fictional remembrances of 2000-year-old wars, they also dislike cartoon films made from autobiographical comics!:
Iran has protested to France over the screening at...
