I didn’t take long for the New Year’s first piece of crap news to arrive here. Some idiot broke into the home of Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard wielding an axe, evidently in “retaliation” for the latter’s cartoon of the prophet Muhammed. The cartoonist saved himself by fleeing to the house’s panic room. His grandchild was…
Ovre på Dansk Tegneserieråds hjemmeside ligger der nu en tekst forfattet af Thorhauge og jeg selv, hvor vi lægger nogle af tankerne bag rådets dannelse og ambitionerne med samme for dagen i letlæselig, agitatorisk form. Check det ud.
A couple of months ago I wrote here of the Women in Comics conference in Cambridge and mentioned that sound files of the papers would at some point be put online. Well, it has now happened, apparently with more to come. I recommend jumping straight to Dominique Goblet’s talk, which was both intense and compelling.
Yes, the big event of the week for many is of course the Climate Conference in Copenhagen and the Bunker’s there in the form of Thomas Thorhauge, who is working with the grassroots visual communications group Biggerpicture to convey the aspirations of the World Wildlife Fund at the conference. He is part of a handful…
Så er der udstilling! Det foregår i CMYKkælderen, Jægersborggade 51, kld., 2200 Kbh N, hvor der på torsdag d. 10 bliver blændet op for værker bedrevet af tegnestuen Over Flodens faste og løse medlemmer. Fernisering samme dag kl. 17.00 med live-musik – Thulebasen! – samt øl og vin. Alle, der har tid og lyst er…
The new, web-based iteration of the best magazine of comics criticism has now been launched in a beta version and is already seeing steady updates from its cohort of bloggers and other writers. Please go look at what will surely become a staple of the comics internet. I should add that I will be appearing…
Regulars here at the Bunker, and most people in Danish comics, may be aware of the establishment earlier this year of the Danish Comics Council — an organisation working to increase the knowledge and appreciation of the comics medium in Denmark. Since I’m a member of the board, I figured I would provide a little…
Swedish cartoonist and Donaldist Joakim Gunnarson has acquired what he claims to be a incomplete script by Carl Barks for an Uncle Scrooge story. This should be pretty interesting news to anyone into in the Good Duck Artist, and I for one would love to take a closer look at this document. Gunnarson describes it…
After 33 years of publication, the best magazine about comics, The Comics Journal, now celebrates its 300th issue. Which is also going to be the last in the current format, before the recently announced migration to the web sometime later this month. In short, the printed Journal will be semiannual in the future, with a…
Den danske tegneseriefestival Komiks.dk, der finder sted i Øksnehallen, København, 21-23 maj, 2010, annoncerer nu endnu en håndfuld udelandske gæster, deriblandt to af Tysklands mest interessante yngre tegnere, Line Hoven og Arne Bellstorf. Førstnævnte er nok bedst kendt for graphic novel-debuten Liebe schacht weg, et subtilt og rørende erindringsbillede af hendes familie fra krigen og…
Danmarks internationale tegneseriebiennale, Komiks.dk, der for fjerde gang løber af stablen i Øksnehallen, København, 21-23 maj, 2010, melder nu endnu en gæst, tegneren Frank Quitely — klart den mest originale tegner i amerikansk mainstream i dag. Han er særligt kendt for sit arbejde med den mest originale forfatter i branchen, Grant Morrison (lad os håbe…
Berlingske viser lidt fremsyn — tillykke Ib! Mere Mongo her.
Thorhauge her! Lige pludselig sker der en masse, og det er jo både fedt og spændende, men kæden er røget af min planlægning og jeg er bagefter med ALTING, suk… Anyway, jeg har en del offentlige arragementer i den kommende tid, samt – ta-daa! – premiere på min splinternye tegneserie, Clint Eastwood! Her følger programmet:…
As part of its series of open lectures, the Danish Design School is offering a talk by internationally famed artists Paul Davis and David Shrigley on Wednesday, November 11th, 9-12 AM.