Hype: Serievecka, Göteborg
An interesting comics festival coming up this weekend in Gothenburg, Sweden. Peep their site here.
Picks of the Week
The picks of the week from around the web. Frank Rich: “The Billary Road to Republican Victory”. The New York Times‘ great op-ed columnist looks ahead at what a Hillary Clinton ticket for the presidency might mean for the presidential elections. An interesting corrective to the otherwise commonplace view that Hillary is the stronger candidate…
A Healthy Serving of Comics History
Comics writer and historian Alfredo Castelli has a late Christmas present for us all — the entirety (704 pages!) of his annotated bibliography on the early American newspaper strip, Eccoci ancora qui (“Here We Are Again”) is now available online in PDF format! Meticulously researched and chock-full of rarely-seen images, this is a must for…
Hype: Warren Craghead’s Lisboa, Lisbon
Warren Craghead is one of the most interesting and innovative younger cartoonists working the margins of the comics medium these days. He has just posted his latest book, Lisboa, Lisbon on his new site, where it is available for reading and free downloading in PDF. What are you waiting for?
Hype: Blodbryllup på DIN NYE VEN!
Frem til starten af februar vil man kunne se sort/hvide sider fra Blodbryllup og et kort bidrag til Johan Krarups Son Of A Horse-antologi på kunstcaféen “DIN NYE VEN”, lige en spytklat oppe af gaden fra Fantask, i Sct. Peders Stræde 34. Hvis ikke man er i nærheden af København, men alligevel gerne vil se…
Hype: David B. in Paris
For our readers in Paris, or those traveling to Angoulême at the end of the month, I just want to call attention to an exhibition of unpublished drawings by the great David B., La Guerre sainte, at the Galerie Anne Barrault, 22 rue Saint-Claude, 75003. The opening’s Saturday January 12 from 16.00-21.00, and the show’s…
Tizian i Morgenbladet
Til vore norske læsere vil jeg lige gøre reklame for seneste udgave af Morgenbladet, der er i dobbeltstørrelse i anledning af julen. I kultursektionen står en anmeldelse af Tizian-udstillingerne i Belluno og Wien, begået af undertegnede, at læse. Den er en art kondensat af mine tekster her på sitet, men rummer alligevel andre betragtninger. Avisen…
Frygtløse Inklusionsambassadører, Mosdal/FZA i slackersøgelyset
Ja, det har været lidt småt med opdateringerne her på det sidste — det er jul, og livet går sin gang. Men jeg tænkte jeg i det mindste ville råbe lidt op om nogle kunstnere Bunkeren digger. Det drejer sig om Ingen Frygt, der under en ceremoni anført af Kronprinsesse Mary i sidste uge blev…
Linkage: Japanese Film Treasures
Via Dirk, I was made aware of this archive and pointed in the direction of the classic films by Akira Kurosawa they have available for download, entirely legally. Hop to it — Ikiru and Rashomon are full-blown masterpieces, containing some of the great moments of the art form. Sanshiro Sugata is Kurosawa’s first film and…
Hype: Alex Holden
Brooklyn-based cartoonist Alex Holden has just launched his brand new website, full of art! Go there, and check it out, and keep an eye out for his comic series Magic Hour — it comes Bunker recommended! Oh, and check out Holden’s blog while you’re at it.
Hype: Maria Skov!
Sadly, there are way too few female artists on the Danish comics scene, which makes it even more awesome to discover up-and-coming Maria Skov’s work. This girl is going places! A relative newcomer to the medium, she delves into it with a joy and ease that promises great things to come! This is her new…
“He Gave Us Comics!” — Ditko at 80
With that great quote from a starry-eyed Neil Gaiman in Jonathan Ross’ recent documentary on the great artist behind Spider-Man, Dr. Strange, The Question and Mr. A, the Metabunker wishes Steve Ditko a fine 80th birthday. It is great to see how much serious attention the artist is getting these days — the latest announcement,…
Hype: I seriernas värld
Today, the exhibition I seriernas värld (‘In the World of Comics’), on the exchange between Western and East Asian comics, opens in Malmö. It goes down between 16.30-18.00 at Stadsbiblioteket, the city library. The exhibition runs till 25 November.
Hype: Line Dance
Tomorrow, Saturday, the exhibition Line Dance, with Peter Chr. Petersen and Jimi Holstebro, opens at Ã…rhus Kunstpavillion. It goes down between 12-15. Welcome! Click on the flyer for more info.
Hype: The Dark Knight Reflects
I morgen, onsdag 24 oktober kl. 12.15, holder Ph. D.-stipendiat på Institut for Filosofi og Idéhistorie, Aarhus universitet, Carsten Fogh Nielsen, forelæsningen “The Dark Knight Reflects – om Batman, filosofi og populærkultur” på Aarhus Universitet, Nobelparken, bygning 1461, lokale 226. Manchet følger: