Same procedure as every year, Paul. In January Paul Gravett posted his “Books to Read: an International Perspective”, in which a plethora of comics specialists and afficionados from around the globe offer their selection of the best comics published that year in their respective countries. As I’ve done now for a number of years, I…
It feels – crushingly – like it was inevitable. Before, Copenhagen felt like it was somehow exempt from this kind of barbarism. That was an illusion, of course, but this is still a rude awakening. That’s an image of the presumed target of the attack, Lars Vilk’s masterwork Nimis, the flotsam city on the edge…
As mentioned a few weeks back, I was once again covering the Angoulême comics festival for The Comics Journal this year. It as a strange, beautiful and slightly oppressive experience being there, three weeks after the Paris killings. This dominates my reports, I’m afraid, but tune in also for views on artists as diverse as…
It’s been up for a few days now, but I just wanted to note that part two of my examination of Charlie Hebdo and the significance of the murders in Paris is online at The Comics Journal. Part one is here.
Information har netop publiceret min anmeldelse af Halfdan Piskets imponerende tegneserie Desertør, der er første bind i en trilogi om hans fars liv. Desværre er den kommet i avisen en anelse forsinket. Jeg afleverede den i begyndelsen af juli. Men bedre sent end aldrig, og jeg forstår, at andet bind i trilogien er lige på…