Hype: Willumsens Kongesønnens Bryllup — Et værk uden grænser
Det er på J. F. Willumsens Museum. Se udstillingen! Læs lidt mere om billedet her.
Kom hjem — First look
Yeah, it’s him again. Thomas Thorhauge has been working on this thing for almost as long as we can remember, so we’re cutting him some slack here. It’s fresh off the press and it looks spectacular. Thorhauge himself evidently also thinks so, because he’s done this Flickr-stream showcasing his baby. Enjoy, and let’s hope for…
Do you see a prototype? Addendum
A few days ago, I posted an image of a painting by the Danish artist J. F. Willumsen, hoping you might be able to help trace any source of inspiration he might have drawn upon while painting it, and especially while revising the central figures in 1948 when he painted out the originals from 1888…
The Danish Comics Council
Our international readers may remember a lot of activity, all conducted in the gibberish tongue that is Danish, about a month ago here at the Bunker. The reason was that a new Danish comics organisation, the Danish Comics Council, was founded. On the board serves yours truly serves, along with the Bunker’s own Thomas Thorhauge,…
Do you see a prototype? Updated!
We’ve been asked whether we recognise any comics/cartooning prototypes, or sources of inspiration, for the above-posted picture. We are somewhat at a loss. Can you help us? Please let us know what you think might have inspired the painter, or merely what the image makes you think of. (I shall refrain from giving more information…
Apaches
Jean Giraud, one of the major figures in comics history, is still alive and kicking. Neither he nor his alias Moebius seem particularly marked by age. As a matter of fact, it seems his output has never been bigger. Most notable, probably, is his series of self-indulgent improvisations, Inside Moebius, of which five volumes have…
Sacrebleu! Thorhauge Live on the Web!
The Bunker’s own Thomas Thorhauge has finally — after all these years — gotten his act together and created a web page for himself. He has decided upon the old school Web 2.0 format of a blog, which he — inexplicably — calls Sacre Bleu! Unfortunately, it’s all in Danish, but go there and check…
Thomas Thorhauge’s Batman
I’ve already linked to Copenhagen cartoonists’ studio Over Floden’s current Batman tribute, but since I’ve been on the road lately and have nothing else to show for it yet, I’d like to call special attention to Bunker contributor Thomas Thorhauge’s contribution, which references John Wayne at the end of John Ford’s masterpiece The Searchers to…
Hype: Emmanuel Guibert in the Comics Journal
Emmanuel Guibert, whose comic Alan’s War we just selected as our comic of the year here at the Bunker, is featured in the new issue of the Comics Journal (#297), both with a preview of his book The Photographer, which is about to come out in English, and an interview conducted by yours truly. There’s…
Picks of the Week
“Paying fair market values for the assets will not work. Only by overpaying for the assets will the banks be adequately recapitalized. But overpaying for the assets simply shifts the losses to the government. In other words, the Geithner plan works only if and when the taxpayer loses big time.” — Joseph E. Stiglitz The…
Over Floden: Batman at 70!
These days, the most happening cartoonist’s studio in Copenhagen is Over Floden. It counts amongst its members Simon Bukhave, Cav Bøgelund, Johan F. Krarup, Miwer, Søren Mosdal, Mårdøn Smet & T. Thorhauge. All of them do fine comics (and most of them have contributed to the upcoming Aben Maler/Fantagraphics-published antho From Wonderland with Love), but…
Gud er død
Det ser vitterligt ud til at Divus Madsens tid er ved at ebbe ud. Men hvem ved, måske er der et liv efter døden? Følg Egoland uden Madsen, her.
The Arbiters of Taste 2008
By Henry Sørensen, T. Thorhauge & Matthias Wivel Right, so here were are again with our selection of the best comics of last year. It’s taken a while but we hope you find it useful. Much of what we said about the year in comics 2007 when we did this last year applies equally to…
Hype: Academic Perspectives on Comics, Växjö
At the end of next week, April 16-18, Växjö University in Sweden is hosting an academic conference on comics, the full title of which is the rather torturous “Academic Perspectives on Comics, Manga & Graphic Novels as Intercultural & Intermedial Phenomena.” Don’t let that dissuade you, though — it looks pretty great and features Thierry…
Efter Moi?
Hvad foregår der i Egoland? Skal vi, her i 25-året for stribens fødsel, til at vinke farvel til vores ærede repræsentanter i Guds Eget Land?