Tag: world comics

Norway has a peculiar and unique tradition in the comics field. Every November, several dozen special comic books are published to gear Norwegians of all ages up to Christmas. Learn about the Norwegian phenomenon of Christmas comics.

[vimeo 148297473 w=500 h=281] GOLEM - Premiere Book Trailer 2016 Release from Neurobellum on Vimeo. Magnetic Press continues its strong slate of Euro comics releases with GOLEM by the Italian artist known as LRNZ: Set in a...

Here's a book that has received little attention but SHOULD, especially in a world where cartoonists are still being imprisoned and worse for their beliefs. Fantagraphics has just published The Eternaut by Héctor Germán Oesterheld...

Oh yeah speaking of Thought Bubble apparently it was amazing and incredible and love and comics flowed like a beacon of light in a dark world of chaos. OR something. Kieron Gillen, sort of...

Although we've never been lucky enough to attend, the British Comics Awards seem to give the Ignatzs and Doug Wright awards a run for their money in brevity. Five awards were presented during Thought...

Just a few of the news notes regarding Friday's tragedies as they relate to our corner of the world, if you can stomach it. § Urban Comics intern Ariane Theillerwas among those killed during...

When Japanese cartoonist/animator Katsuhiro Otomo won the Grand Prix at this year's Angoulême comics fest, he became the first manga artist to win the prize—the win followed several years of controversy regarding the festival's...

Canada's Conundrum Press, publisher of such fine graphic novels as Photobooth, the works of Joe Ollman and much more, is rolling out its spring list over on their blog. Since the company will be...

Tomorrow night from 6-8 I'll be doing my first book signing in 20 years! And it's for the same book! Dover has rereleased The Art of Alfredo Alcala - Secret Teachings of a Comic...

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 Artbabe (Soundtrack and Mirror, Window), the acclaimed graphic novel La...

Among comics reprints there are few holy grails left. We've finally got Miracleman (and no one cares) we're getting Master of Kung Fu, and now, perhaps the last great library. Via Dark Horse media partner Bleeding Cool comes word that DH has gained the rights to put out a "lavish series of hardcover volumes" reprinting "the library of Mœbius." Terse but cherce. One imagines it will be similar to the Milo Manara library being reprinted currently.

Snowpiercer by writer Olivier Bocquet and the artist Jean-Marc Rochette is a gorgeous thought provoking SF story about a world where the last of humanity is living on a train speeding across a frozen...