Memento Mori
Shock, outrage, sympathy and sorrow. Those are the feelings of the moment. Our thoughts are in Norway. Picture by David Mazzucchelli.
Boom Bye Bye
No longer the World’s Most Wanted Man. Let’s hope for a future where he’s no longer wanted by anyone. Steve Bell cartoon from 2006.
Thank You, Bill Blackbeard
I have a perfect memory of sitting in my tiny New York room in the winter of 2003 overlooking a snow-covered Sakura Park, reading Krazy Kat, a cup of steaming coffee at my side. This memory now prompts a quiet, heartfelt “Thank you, Bill.” For those of you who read Danish, here’s my obituary at…
Happy Easter!
Midnight in a perfect world.
In the Mix (MoCCA 2011)
So, still reeling a bit from the move and all the new stuff that’s happening elsewhere, but I did get the time to drop in for the MoCCA Arts Festival at the Armory last Saturday. I particularly enjoyed it as an opportunity immediately to get acquainted with the New York comics scene and meet in…
Sidney Lumet RIP (Liz Taylor too)
Goodbye to a master craftsman with several discrete classics to his name. Also, while I’m at it, I missed marking the passing of Elizabeth Taylor here — she was great.
Back.
I’m sorry that it’s been a while since I’ve posted much of anything here. Emigrating to the States has taken some effort and time. I’m now living in New York, working an honest-to-God jacket-and-tie job for the first time since forever. It’s pretty great, actually. An opportunity to offset all those years spent in the…
Happy Nowruz!
Old digs, now let’s go.
Nate Dogg 1969-2011
The melodic voice of the G-Funk era, Nate Dogg, alias Nathaniel D. Hale, died on Tuesday. He had been suffering from strokes, apparently, but I haven’t seen any report on the cause of death. Nate Dogg, best known for his classic duet with Warren G “Regulate” (1994), on which the two of them put words…
Entering the Second Decade
As you may have noticed, the Metabunker now looks slightly different from how it did until last week. The simple reason is that we’ve finally shed the coils of our 2007 WordPress installation (see image for a reminder) in favour of something a little more 2011. A huge thank you to Derik Badman for mastering…
Changes at The Comics Journal
Big changes coming at The Comics Journal — if the rumors are true, we’re going to see an amalgamation of that fine group blog ComicsComics and the venerable but these days somewhat faltering beast. The site has long needed an overhaul, both in terms of design and editorial direction, so I’m looking forward to what’s…
Strike at l’Association
It seems there’s an employee strike at the seminal French comics publisher l’Association. Emails sent to them are met with an auto-response with the following wording: “Nous, salariés de L’Association, décidons de nous mettre en grève et d’occuper les locaux à partir de ce lundi 10 janvier 2011 à 13h00, et ce pour une durée…
Happy New Year!
I’m beginning to surface here, I think… All the best for 2011!