I ugens bogtillæg til dagbladet Information kan man læse min anmeldelse af første bind af Riad Sattoufs Fremtidens Araber, udgivet på dansk af Cobolt. Det er i et vist omfang samme tekst, men kortere og på dansk, som den jeg for nogle uger siden skrev til The Comics Journal om Sattouf og hans bestseller.
Ryan Standfest, publisher at the small-press (dark) humor operation Rotland Press, recently put out the first issue of the Rotland Inquiry, which focuses on Charlie Hebdo, the Paris murders and their aftermath. Standfest has assembled an impressive range of cartoonists, critics and historians who present a variety of viewpoints and thoughts and images on the…
Over at The Comics Journal, the latest installment of my all-too-infrequent comics on European comics features an introduction to Riad Sattouf and a short review of the first two volumes of his current bestseller L’Arabe du futur. Both volumes have sold well over 200.000 copies in France and translations are appearing all over the place.…
Denne uge bringer Information Bøger min anmeldelse af Pierre Bailly og Céline Fraiponts første fire bind af den dejlige børneserie Lille Kvast, der er udgivet i Danmark af Forlaget Forlæns. Læs den her.
I denne uges bogtillæg anmelder jeg en håndfuld udgivelser fra det lille forlag Damgaard og gør mig i den forbindelse nogle tanker om små con amore-foretagenders betydning for tegneserier i Danmark. De anmeldte skabere er John Porcellino, Henri Gylander og Ethan Rilly. Læs anmeldelsen her. (hvis du kan komme forbi den nyinstallerede paywall…)
It’s been forever since I did one of these. Such is the half dormant life of this blog. But anyway, the itch is still occasionally there so here we go. The above video was made a few months ago to coincide with the opening of the Sansovino Frames exhibition at the National Gallery. We had…
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…
Lige hurtigt og for the record: for snart tre uger siden, mere eller mindre i anledning af 70-året for befrielsen, publicerede Information min anmeldelse af to danske tegneserieudgivelser med netop denne som emne, antologien Knivsæg, redigeret af Henrik Rehr og Per Sanderhage og Johan Nørgaard Pedersens Sabotage i Viborg. Læs anmeldelsen her, hvis ikke du…
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…
As mentioned a few weeks back, I was once again covering the Angoulême comics festival for The Comics Journal this year. It as a strange, beautiful and slightly oppressive experience being there, three weeks after the Paris killings. This dominates my reports, I’m afraid, but tune in also for views on artists as diverse as…
It’s been up for a few days now, but I just wanted to note that part two of my examination of Charlie Hebdo and the significance of the murders in Paris is online at The Comics Journal. Part one is here.
Information har netop publiceret min anmeldelse af Halfdan Piskets imponerende tegneserie Desertør, der er første bind i en trilogi om hans fars liv. Desværre er den kommet i avisen en anelse forsinket. Jeg afleverede den i begyndelsen af juli. Men bedre sent end aldrig, og jeg forstår, at andet bind i trilogien er lige på…
After a couple of years off, I’m back in Angoulême. It’s raining and the ghost of Charlie Hebdo is everywhere. Follow my updates at The Comics Journal.