Det var en fornøjelse at møde og interviewe Joe Kessler på Copenhagen Comics sidste måned, og nu kan I der ikke var der lytte med til samtalen. Thomas, Frederik og jeg besluttede samtidig at kigge nærmere på karrieren og særligt på Kesslers seneste udgivelse, The Gull Yettin. Lyt her og læs mere på Nummer9.
Så er vi tilbage med en omgang tegneserieanalyse, optaget live foran publikum på nys overståede Copenhagen Comics. Denne gang havde vi sat Peter Madsen og Karoline Stjernfelt i stævne og vi fik snakket om Hergés Tintin, Lanzac og Blains Javel, Hr Udenrigmin(i)ster, Bill Sienkiewicz og Martin I Greens Voodoo Child og Tatsuki Fujimotos Chainsaw Man.…
I denne sommerepisode af Radio Rackham snakker vi med Mads Bluhm, Anthony Vernière og Arni Beck Gunnarsson om tegneseriefestivaler og frivillighedskulturens velsignelser og faldgruber. Vi kommer ind bag kulisserne hos Copenhagen Comics, Art Bubble, Copenhell Con, Pingprisen og Bogforum Comics. Det er en lytter, den her! Læs mere på Nummer9. Radio Rackham · Fokus: Festivaler…
I weekenden var der tegneseriefestival i København — Copenhagen Comics var tilbage, post-covid i en lidt skrabet men meget hyggelig udgave. Udover de aktiviteter, vi i Dansk Tegneserieråd organiserede (herunder to paneler i programmet) og udover den genoplivede Pingpris-uddeling, som jeg agerede fødselshjælper for, men som Mads Bluhm og et stærkt hold, han havde sammensat,…
The latest volume in University of Mississippi Press’ series compiling interviews with individual cartoonists features Chris Ware. It is edited by Jean Braithwaite, characteristically beautifully covered by Ware himself, and includes a compelling selection of very different interviews spanning the cartoonist’s career — including rarely-seen ones made very early on in his career as well…
Once again, it’s time for the gathering of local tribes in Copenhagen that is the biennial Copenhagen Comics. It’s this weekend and as usual it features close to every Danish comics professional and amateur you might imagine, including yours truly. As always, the programme is wide-ranging, offering something for almost every taste profile, but this…
You may remember me writing about the Ping Awards in this space. But briefly: the Ping Awards are awards given annually to comics in Denmark at an annual gala show. There was an older award of the same name, a reference to one of the great Danish cartoonist Storm P.’s (1882-1949) most famous characters, but…
Late Sunday crowd Anke Feuchtenberger working a wall 3 x Thorhauge Jaime Hernandez interviewed by Henry Sørensen Copenhagen Comics this past weekend was a blast. Thanks for the memories. More soon.
A Danish edition of the internationally distinguished Finnish comics newspaper will be released in Copenhagen this Friday. The release is marked by a reception at the Storm P. Museum, just in time for Copenhagen Comics — the grand, international comics festival which will take place in Øksnehallen, Copenhagen, this coming weekend. Comics people on the…
This year sees the fifth international comics festival in Copenhagen, this year under the name Copenhagen Comics. I’m biased, but I think the organisers have put together a truly impressing program this year, topping even that of 2010, which was stellar. It’s on the weekend of June 1-2 at Øksnehallen in Copenhagen, with additional events…
The week in review Whew! What a week. It seems the great things that have been brewing in Danish comics for the last few years are finally starting to make waves, what with a year of excellent and innovative homegrown comics, the resurrected Ping Awards, plans proceeding for an official educational track for comics makers…