Tag: French comics
FIBD Angoulême Day 3 & 4: Attendance was up at a very good show
FIBD #45 is just a memory now but it seems to be a pleasant one for most people who attended. The hanging out and...
FIBD Angoulême 2018 Day 1-2: Hot graphic novels of Europe
Bonjour from Angoulême. A few naps and some bad wifi since last we spoke but things are humming here. As at most cons, Saturday...
Review: The ‘Park Bench’ at the center of the universe
There have been several good works over the past few years - Here, A Castle In England, and 750 Years In Paris come to...
RIP Annie Goetzinger
Annie Goetzinger, a grand dame of French comics has passed away suddenly at the age of 66. NBM's Terry Nantier, who published two of her...
Review: ‘Beautiful Darkness’ team goes to Hell in ‘Satania’
There’s something delightfully old fashioned about Satania, at least at the beginning, and that nod to tradition is what makes the whole experience so...
TOLJA! IDW and Glénat team up for new “Original Graphic Novel” initiative with Carey,...
Here's a big deal that's also very smart: IDW Publishing and the huge French comics publisher Glénat are launching a new joint initiative, “Original Graphic Novel”, which is...
To Do: Federico Bertolucci and his adorable Little Tails series go to the ALA
We've been raving about the work of artist Federico Bertolucci, for a while here. As the artist on the LOVE series, published by Magnetic, he...
ALA 2017: French Comics Association and Europe Comics Announce A Mini-Con of Events!
From their website:
The French Comics Association is pleased to bring acclaimed francophone and other international graphic novelists to Chicago for the American Library Association Annual...
Review: The quiet poetry of Chaboute’s ‘Alone’
It’s 84 pages in before the subject of French graphic novelist Chaboute's largely silent work Alone finally appears, and even then, it’s only in the...
A year of free comics: Valerian & Laureline and The Swimming Pool of Micheville
Izneo is the Comixology for France but they have an English language portal, and two albums you can download for free in English. They're...
FRENCH COMICS FRAMED: Tonight an amazing French comics festival kicks off in New York
If you like great cartoonists and live in New York, you are in luck, because a pretty amazing festival of French comics is coming...
INTERVIEW: Jessica Abel on Intersection of Comics and Radio and the Limitations of Art
by Alex Dueben
Jessica Abel has produced a unique body of work in comics that ranges from two collections of her award winning comic series...
