BrumCon remembered
Adrian Brown, organizer of the Just1Page charity, sent us a report on the recently concluded Birmingham International Comics Show, complete with a link to...
Africa Comics exhibit impresses
We're not going to spend a lot of time on links to stories that came up while we were away, but there are a...
Cartoonists around the world
§ Aline Kominsky Crumb talks about her husband vi his self-portraits in the LA Times:
As a child, my husband, Robert, already felt like an...
Journalists jailed for Mohammad cartoons
We don't cover too much stuff on the Danish cartoon controversy -- to be honest, it's too depressing and hopeless, and Tom has been...
What’s happenin’!
§ "Funky Winkerbean" cartoonist Tom Batiuk has won the American Cancer Society's Cancer Care Hall of Fame Award for his comics about the Lisa...
AK Comics waits for the trade
ICv2 has a terse report that AK Comics, the Egypt-based comics publishing company is suspending its monthly publication of comics to concentrate on graphic...
Cartoons claim diplomatic relationship
Kuwait severs ties with Denmark over Cartoon Controversy:
Kuwait's parliament voted Tuesday to sever diplomatic ties with Denmark over the controversial cartoons depicting Prophet Muhammad...
Linkage 11/03
§ Jeff Smith stands in front of Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Bilbao, as his European World Tour continues.
§ Andre 3000 (of music duo Outkast)...
French politics play hardball with comic book
It seems America is not the only country where hot and trendy media are being used to get the message across. In France, presidential...
Korean directors team for La Transperceneige
Bande Dessinee aren't just for kids any more! And they are hot in Korea, where horror superstar directors Bong Joon-Ho (The Host) and Park...
Peter Kuper in Oaxaca — UPDATED
UPDATE, Monday 10/30: Peter Kuper sent out the following update today:
Sad to say it seems to be getting worse as of this morning but...
Filipino comics in the news
Continuing our trip through the vaults, we found this picture of the late Alfredo Alcala, Phil Yeh and The Beat at a 1994 signing...
