Daily Archives: 31 January 2007

Fumetti dÂ´Angoulême: Terkel Risbjerg on Tardi’s Le cri du peuple!

comics and cartooning, documentation, journalBy T. Thorhauge 31 January 2007

Danish cartoonist Terkel Risbjerg was not satisfied with Jacques Tardi’s monumental Le cri du peuple: “Too many footnotes!” (Impressive how cartoonists are able to display disgust in this highly potent manner. Well, okay, maybe drinking beer at legendary Angoulême bar Le chat noir fuelled this subtle expressiveness…). Photos: T. Thorhauge

Montauzier 2007 – A Look Back pt. I

comics and cartooning, commentary and criticismBy Matthias Wivel 31 January 2007

It was the best and worst of festivals at Angoulême this year. On the one hand, it was logistically chaotic because the exhibitor’s space had been moved to the suburb of Montauzier, a half-hour walk away from the city centre, with no restaurants, no cash machine, no trashcans, and no soul. Most of the debit…