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...
Around the world of comics
§ Jewish Week examines how Batman embodies Jewish values as explained by Rabbi Cary Freidman:
Friedman argues that Batman instills in his audience some of...
Israeli comics
The Jewish Quarterly offers a very long and thoughtful examination of the works of Actus Tragicus, Etgar Keret and the Hanukas:
It is often at...
More on CORTO MALTESE – UPDATE
We had a brief conversation this afternoon with Howard Jurofsky of Heavy Metal. He says that they will be publishing the first CORTO MALTESE...
Come to Sonny Trinidad!
A tribute to Filipino Comics by the legendary Sonny Trinidad, you can bid on this here.
Iranian cartoonist wins Serbian award
Comics bring the world together:
An Iranian cartoonist won the second award of the Belgrade "Golden Smile" Cartoon competition in Serbia.The Iranian cartoonist, Shahrokh Heydari...
