So why it is such an upsetting photograph is not just because we see someone smiling in the context of the horrible, but that when we look at her, we begin to have to resist smiling ourselves. So it’s a terrible, terrible picture for that reason alone. — Paul Ekman, Professor Emeritus of Psychology at…
OK, since yesterday I’ve been looking over some more of this Gregorius Nekschot’s work and let’s just say that I’m not interested in reproducing any of it here. I may be missing some kind of mitigating knowledge of context, but have a hard time seeing how his work is different from this, this, or this…
The arrest and 30-hour detainment of Dutch cartoonist Gregorius Nekschot and the seizure of his property by police at the end of last week is disturbing news. The arrest was part of an investigation into alleged spreading of hate-speech in his cartoons and political commentary, based on a complaint made by a Dutch imam in…
As you may have read, an anonymous donor recently gifted a complete set of the original art to Amazing Fantasy #15, in which the first Spider-Man story, by Steve Ditko and Stan Lee, appeared, to the Library of Congress. This is the story Morten Søndergård in an article published on this site, suggested was based…
Looks like I may have spoken too soon when I wrote that Marvel could not be counted on to support ailing artist Gene Colan in his hour of need. Apparently, they have agreed to contribute towards paying for his treatment, though the exact amount will remain confidential. Great, but it’s still a disgrace that there…
The picks of the week from around the web. Douglas Feith on the Daily Show (above). Watch the former Under Secretary of Defence getting grilled on the selling of the Iraq War to the American People by John Stewart. Not to be missed! Tom Spurgeon, Dirk Deppey and a host of others on the future…
One of comics’ greatest humorists, the inimitable Will Elder — of Mad, Trump!, Humbug and Help! fame — has passed away: Heaven is now surely becoming a much more chaotically fun place by the minute… UPDATE: Tom Spurgeon’s obituary.
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Gene “The Dean” Colan, the master of painterly penciling whose art graced many a classic Silver Age story in such titles as Iron Man, Dr. Strange, Daredevil and Tomb of Dracula, is ailing. And his family is having a hard time paying his medical bills. They are therefore asking Colan’s fans for contributions, so if…
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Sidste år kritiserede jeg Ivar Gjørups Egoland for at have gennemgået en kreativ afmatning de senere år. Den opfattelse har jeg fortsat, men striben er jo ikke Danmarks bedste tegneserie uden grund, og ind i mellem brænder Gjørups vid og satiriske talent stadig klart igennem.
Mark Evanier long-time friend and collaborator of the late Jack Kirby, and the world’s foremost authority of the man and his work, has been working on a comprehensive biography for years. Recognising that this book will be huge, as well as expensive and perhaps hard to market to a broader audience, he has put out…
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Today, one of the greatest living cartoonists celebrates seven decades in live print. And as the above photo, from Angoulême 2006, shows, he’s still young at heart! Congrats, Møbbefar!
By Matthias Wivel, Henry Sørensen & T. Thorhauge As per our Modus Operandi, we hereby bring you the Bunker’s selections of the best comics of 2007, more than four months into the new year, after everyone else has moved on. But we wouldn’t bother if we didn’t think our recommendations might be useful to comics…