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…
The picks of the week from around the web. The New York Times: Frank Rich turns in a brilliant column on the perceived constituency and chances of election of John McCain in this autumn’s presidential election. As usual, a thought-provoking corrective to the steady media drone about the Democratic primaries. More on the 50’s comics…
Lest you’d missed it, it is festival season. So here’s another round of hype. This time for the newly initiated Oslo Comix Expo, which was held for the first time last year. It was a considerable success — a really pleasant and unpretentious, but still ambitious and well-organised little festival (read more here and here).…
Stripdagen in Haarlem has long been known as one of the best small comics festivals in Europe, consistently offering quality programming and notable international guests. This year’s festival, which runs from June 6-8, looks to be no different, with a group exhibition of artists from the collectives FRMK, La Cinquiène couche and La Mycose being…
Matthias Wivels og overtegnedes indlæg i Strip!, Danmark hægtet af, har afstedkommet endnu en reaktion (som efterfølgende besvares behørigt af yours truly) – denne gang fra Komiks.dk’s formand Mads Bluhm, der skriver: Vi har fra Komiks.dks side fulgt den omfattende debat, som er opblomstret på henholdsvis metabunker.dk og Seriejournalen.dk som følge af en række artikler…