Situationen på det franske marked er fortsat præget af usikkerhed og udsving, selvom det går godt, men kulturen fik sig sidste år en mavepuster ved aflysningen af den store tegneseriefestival i Angoulême. Noget af et chok, for den måske fineste tegneseriefestival i verden, som har været afholdt uafbrudt siden 1974. Det måtte vi naturligvis snakke…
Karla Paloma er et markant nyt talent i dansk tegneserie. Så meget, at hun i januar blev begunstiget med en Fauve-pris i Angoulême for sin redaktion af Hairspray Magazine #1 (køb her). Jeg har anmeldt bladet i Informeren, sammen med hendes danske debut, opsamlingen Rotter. Hermed et uddrag: Åbningshistorien er den stærkeste: Forfatterens fiktive stand-in,…
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…
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.
Over at The Comics Journal, I’ve just posted a small article on the recent changes to the Grand Prix awarded at the Angoulême comics festival, this year to Bill Watterson. It is arguably the greatest formal honor bestowed in the comics world, and any change brings with it controversy, of course. I asked the great…
We’re getting to that time of year when us Northern European comics fans head south to sample the first taste of spring in comics at the Angoulême festival. As in previous years, I will be covering the event for The Comics Journal, so peep their site for updates come Thursday and through the weekend. I’ve…
This year’s Angoulême festival was a solid if somewhat unremarkable one, plagued more than usual by the cultural myopia that has always characterized it to an extent. Its organizers described it as a success, but below the surface, it turns out, lurk conflicts of financing and responsibility.
As usual Saturday brought the crowds to Angoulême. It is difficult to get around, but it brings to the festival a heady atmosphere of art and commerce. Even the Association staff decided today partly to suspend their ongoing strike in order to support their artists who had turned up to sign their books. Killoffer, Gerner,…
Arrived in Angoulême fairly late the afternoon yesterday, so last night was spent mostly catching up. As mentioned in several places already, the big story here is the ongoing strike at L’Association (I’ve been writing about it here and here). Their booth, which is placed at the head of the big so-called Noveau monde tent…
The cartooning duo Florent Ruppert and Jérôme Mulot are amongst the most remarkable emerging talents on the Francophone comics scene. A two-headed cartoon beast, theirs is an organic collaboration, melding writing and drawing. Their comics are possessed of a strong experimental formalism — elaborate analytical constructions, in which characters move and interact for our entertainment,…