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Tag Archives: Paul Gravett

Danish Comics of the Year 2020

comics and cartooning, commentary and criticism, hype & linkageBy Matthias Wivel10 February 2021

It’s been a tough year, but thankfully that doesn’t mean good comics haven’t been made and published around the world! Once again, Paul Gravett is here to help us all get an overview with his by now tradition-rich internaitonal annual roundup of the best comics . As usual, I’ve provided my view of what was…

Danish Comics of the Year 2019

comics and cartooning, commentary and criticism, hype & linkageBy Matthias Wivel27 February 2020

After having skipped a year, Paul Gravett is back with his annual roundup of the best comics worldwide. As usual, I’ve provided my view of what was best in Danish comics in 2019. My choices are reproduced below, but check the whole list here and here.

Danish Comics of the Year 2017

comics and cartooning, commentary and criticism, hype & linkageBy Matthias Wivel7 May 2018

A little late this year perhaps, but I’ve now contributed my selection of last year’s best Danish comics to Paul Gravett’s annual international year in review feature. Go check out his full list, with the first part here and the second here, or peep my choices right here:

Danish Comics of the Year 2016

comics and cartooning, commentary and criticism, hype & linkageBy Matthias Wivel23 September 2017

Here’s my contribution to Paul Gravett’s annual review of international comics: the best Danish comics of 2015, in my opinion. A bit of a fallow year, but the ones that were good, were really good. Here they are: Hvad føler du lige nu? (‘What are you feeling right now?’) by Philip Ytournel Aben maler Ytournel…

Danish Comics of the Year 2015

comics and cartooning, commentary and criticism, hype & linkageBy Matthias Wivel10 February 2016

Paul Gravett is back with his annual roundup of the best comics from around the world. Once again, I’ve contributed my selection of the best Danish comics of last year. It is reproduced below, but check out the whole list here.

Danish Comics of the Year 2014

comics and cartooning, commentary and criticismBy Matthias Wivel26 February 2015

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…

Danish Comics of the Year 2013

comics and cartooning, commentary and criticism, hype & linkageBy Matthias Wivel23 February 2014

Once again, Paul Gravett has taken a trip around the globe for his annual survey of the best in world comics. And as usual, I’ve contributed a small list of what I consider the best/most notable Danish comics of last year. Read the full list here and here, but just in case, here’s my contribution:

Danish Comic of the Year 2012

comics and cartooning, commentary and criticism, hype & linkageBy Matthias Wivel6 February 2013

As he does every year, Paul Gravett has rounded up proposals for the best national comics of the year from an international panel of experts. This time around, he asked us to name just one comic rather than several, as we usually do — not everyone followed this direction, but I did. Here’s my pick,…

Scheherezade’s Longbox

comics and cartooning, hype & linkageBy Matthias Wivel11 October 20114 Comments

Just got word from Paul Gravett that his massive 1001 Comics You Must Read Before You Die is out in the UK, with the American edition to be released on 25 October and other national editions to follow. Many will be familiar with this popular series covering everything from books to wine. The remarkable thing…

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