Over the last couple of days, a few things related to a couple of my last posts have come up: First of all, ArtWatch director Michael Daley has written a fine obituary of James Beck who passed away on Saturday. Secondly, back in February, Neil Cohn posted content about the 5.000-year old Persian comic that…
As you may have noticed, our daily celebration of Hergé’s centenary is on hold (we deeply apologize for any inconvenience!). Instead we’d like to offer a great link, leading you to a clever conversation in which The Smartest Cartoonist on Earthâ„¢ – why, Chris Ware of course – discusses Tintin, Hergé and ligne claire. The…
This tongue-in-cheek blog post links to some amazing 19th-Century Japanese cartooning – woodcuts showing allegorical battles between octopi, insects, fish and fruit, multi-user fart duels and the like. There’s some amazing character design involved here, and some truly funny mise-en-scène. Thanks to Dirk for the heads-up.