Efter Moi?
Hvad foregår der i Egoland? Skal vi, her i 25-året for stribens fødsel, til at vinke farvel til vores ærede repræsentanter i Guds Eget Land?
The Pendulum Swings
The Pendulum Swings An analysis of the art comics backlash and the current state of the comics medium.
Picks of the Week
The picks of the week from around the web. Big Numbers #3, by Alan Moore and Bill Sienkiewicz (assisted, infamously, by Al Colombia). (Everyone’s posted this, but what the heck). Bits and pieces of it have been flowing around for years, but finally Pádraig Ó Méalóid has assembled the whole story and put it online.…
Dansk Tegneserieråds Stiftende Generalforsamling — Flix & Dækning
Efter den stiftende generalforsamling i Dansk Tegneserieråd i torsdags var den nyvalgte formand, Bunkerens egen T. Thorhauge i Deadline på DR2. Her er hans samtale med Kurt Strand — en fin opsummering af rådets tanker og ambitioner. Deadlines introduktion til interviewet kan ses nedenfor. De originale links kan findes her og her. Læs i øvrigt…
Dansk Tegneserieråd stiftet
Aftenens stiftende generalforsamling i Dansk Tegneserieråd var en stor succes. Med et fremmøde på ca. 70 mennesker og — forstår jeg, der desværre ikke var til stede — rigtig god stemning, kom Rådet godt fra start. Den valgte bestyrelse ser sådan ud: Formand: Thomas Thorhauge Bestyrelsesmedlemmer: Marianne Eskebæk Larsen, Allan Haverholm, Paw Mathiasen (kasserer), Steffen…
Dansk Tegneserieråd stiftes i dag!
Så er det i aften, at den stiftende generalforsamling i Dansk Tegneserieråd finder sted. Der skal vælges en formand, en bestyrelse og en revisor og der skal diskuteres fremtidsplaner. Kom, meld dig ind og vær med fra starten! Dansk Tegneserieråds hjemmeside har en liste over kandidaterne til bestyrelsesposterne. Klik ind på ‘Arbejdsgruppen’ og kig efter…
Kristoffer Mogensen er død
Det er med stor sorg, at Metabunkerens redaktion erfarer, at den mangeårige tegneserie- og populærkulturformidler, samt tegneserieforfatter, Kristoffer Mogensen er død. Jeg selv mødte ham desværre kun en enkelt eller to gange, men husker ham som et ualmindeligt venligt og imødekommende menneske. Han var måske den første person jeg ikke kendte, som viste interesse for…
Almost Colossus
Kramers Ergot 7 is a product of colossal ambition, it is of colossal size and it was published to colossal expectations. Is it any surprise that the result is less than colossal? There is no doubt that this is a rare achievement in comics production, and it is certainly also a high-quality anthology containing some…
Picks of the Week
The picks of the week from around the web. Times Literary Supplement: Shakespeare (Unfound(ed)? Katherine Duncan Jones offers a strongly argued dismissal of the recently publicised alleged portrait of Shakespeare. London Review of Books: “Is it Art?” Great article on video games as art by John Lanchester. François Ayroles: Nouveaux moments clés de l’histoire de…
Happy Nowruz!
It’s a new day.
Pre-Hype: From Wonderland with Love
This August, Danish art comics publisher Steffen P. Maarup will be publishing an anthology featuring the cream of Danish comics in a collaboration between his publishing house Aben Maler and leading American art comics publisher Fantagraphics! The anthology, From Wonderland with Love — Danish Comics in the Third Millenium, will feature short works of 19…
What’s Wrong with this Picture?
It seems to be the season for the discovery of sensational portraits. A few days ago The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust announced having found an authentic, contemporary portrait of none less than Shakespeare himself. Its persuasive provenance and resemblance to a number of portraits, most presumably copied from lost pictures, that carry traditional identifications to Shakespeare,…
Tegneserien får officielt råd
Det er med glæde, at undertegnede nu kan bringe følgende pressemeddelelse: Aldrig tidligere har der på verdensplan været skabt og udgivet så mange spændende, vidtfavnende, vitale og iøjnefaldende tegneserier som nu. Tegneserien oplever en veritabel guldalder. Alligevel står tegneserien svagt i Danmark blandt kritikere, boghandlere, tegneserieskabere, forlag, læsere og myndigheder, og hvad der engang var…
Funking Up Watchmen
The first thing I remember hearing director Zack Snyder say about his film version of Watchmen — at that time still in the works — was that that they were going to change the Nite Owl character’s costume to make it ‘cooler.’ That seemed to me pretty much to say all about his take on…
Watchmen Resources — Updated!
Your picks of the week this week will be all Watchmen. Just in case you’re not already fed up. (Sorry!) Reviews of the film. I basically read two stand-out reviews: A. O. Scott’s for the New York Times and Tom Spurgeon’s at the Comics Reporter. For a really asinine and ill-informed one, check out Anthony…