Eddie Campbell is totally on point in a couple of posts (here and here) concerning Roy Lichtenstein’s use of comics imagery in his paintings, and does his best to rub out the old bugbear, fueled by the inferiority complex comics fans often habour on the behalf of their preferred medium, that Lichtenstein was a plagiarist.…
Sorry to be spamming y’all with more Angoulême stuff — but I figured it would be nice to have everything in one place here: from our on-site reportage and our photos, over the more focused criticism, to our interview with Grand Prix winner(s) Muñoz & Sampayo and our review of Mizuki Shigeru’s main prize-winner, NonNonBâ.…
Jeg synes lige jeg ville benytte chancen til at plugge det eneste læseværdige indslag på Comic Zo… øhm, Seriejournalen i øjeblikket (særligt nu, hvor Simon P. poster sjældnere og sjældnere): Bertis Blog for Supersamlere! At manden selv er gal, er vi en del der længe har været bevidste om, men det vilde er, at hans…
I går indledtes retssagen mellem det satiriske ugeblad Charlie Hebdo og tre muslimske organisationer. Det drejer sig naturligvis om førstnævntes publicering af Jyllands-postens muhammed-tegninger, og der er tale om et civilt søgsmål. Sagen føres ved en domstol i Paris, og der er linet op til det helt store rivegilde: tonsvis af medier er repræsenteret, de…
Yesterday, it was 13 years ago that Jack Kirby died. Always stirring to be reminded of an oeuvre as unique as his. I just read his swan song, The Eternals, in its entirety and though it is widely considered to be a flawed effort, it is simply astonishing work. The first half a dozen issues…
Balladen der ikke vil dø fortsætter, ansporet af hhv. T. Thorhauges spritnye kritik af Strip! og tegneserietegner Henrik Rehrs reaktion på den. Jeg vil ikke gå i detaljer om Strip!-kritikken, men Rehr bringer som forsvar mod den en gammel bussemand på banen: “Pudsigt som han [Thorhauge] også har slemt travlt med et prøve at tryne…
I efteråret stod der et mægtigt slag i den danske tegneserieverden. Slaget var både af principiel og ganske konkret karakter: Ivar Gjørup, der i over 20 år har tegnet striben Egoland, var nonchalant blevet tilbudt en alvorlig forringelse af sin placering i den avis der har været stribens hjem i næsten ligeså lang tid, Politiken.…
Mens vi her i bunkeren er i færd med at disse det tidsskrift han er chefredaktør for, bringes på Rackham Henrys store interview med Paw Mathiasen, den danske tegneserieundergrunds Godfather. Ja, Paw, du er selvfølgelig også andet end undergrund, men vi betragter det sgu som et adelsmærke! Og til jer som troede rackham.dk var død,…
På et netbaseret dansk tegneseriefanzine er min gennemgang af det seneste Strip! blevet diskuteret. Reaktionerne var bekræftende forudsigelige: de to tegneserietegnere Frank Madsen og Henrik Rehr reagerede med institutionel harme og hovedrysten (begge har jo aktier i at danske tegneseriekultur forbliver kedelig og uengageret), hvorimod de øvrige debattører (med en enkelt hardcore-buff som undtagelse) lå…
Opportunistic Denmark-based imam Ahmed Abu Laban’s passing earlier today, almost exactly a year after the flames he helped fan triggered the insanity that became the so-called Muhammed crisis, seems strangely serendipitous. It reminds us what a difference being at the wrong place at the wrong time can make. Though his track record of consorting with…
As a manifestation of comics as an art form, this year’s festival was the best in a long time. It was the happy result of the synergy of a market in which a number of quality comics unprecedented in the past 25 years have become available, the reform of the awards to match this fact,…
Har netop fået en email fra Jan Frederiksen, der var medlem af Rackhams hedengangne forum: “Nu skriver i jo selv at i vil have kommentarer pr mail på Metabunkeren, så here goes. Først tillykke med det nye initiativ : det har længe været lidt vanskeligt (ahem) at finde det man søgte på rackham, så skiftet…
According to the inscription on this shelf, located in the bookstore in CNBDI (Centre national de la bande dessinée et de l’image) in Angoulême, France, there’s really no question about the birth of comics. Rodolphe Töpffer is the main man, end of discussion. Photo: Steffen P. Maarup
Danish cartoonist Terkel Risbjerg was not satisfied with Jacques Tardi’s monumental Le cri du peuple: “Too many footnotes!” (Impressive how cartoonists are able to display disgust in this highly potent manner. Well, okay, maybe drinking beer at legendary Angoulême bar Le chat noir fuelled this subtle expressiveness…). Photos: T. Thorhauge
It was the best and worst of festivals at Angoulême this year. On the one hand, it was logistically chaotic because the exhibitor’s space had been moved to the suburb of Montauzier, a half-hour walk away from the city centre, with no restaurants, no cash machine, no trashcans, and no soul. Most of the debit…