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Trondheim on the Angoulême Grand Prix

Published on 28. 02. 2014 in comics and cartooning and hype & linkage. Closed Tags: Angoulême, Bill Watterson, Lewis Trondheim.

Illustration by Trondheim of the Angoulême mascot (designed by him) and Bill Watterson's Calvin

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 cartoonist, and member of the Grand Prix awarding body, Lewis Trondheim to help me out a bit. Check it out.

In the Mix (MoCCA 2011)

Published on 16. 04. 2011 in comics and cartooning and journal. 4 Comments Tags: Alex Dueben, Austin English, Bergen Street Comics, Bill Kartalopoulos, Cav Bøgelund, Chester Brown, Chris Mautner, Dave McKean, Derik Badman, Drawn & Quarterly, Fantagraphics, Fumetto, Gilbert Hernandez, Heidi McDonald, Jim Woodring, Joe McCulloch, Jon Gorga, Joseph Lambert, Lewis Trondheim, Lisa Hanawalt, Marc Sobel, MoCCA, New York, Palle Schmidt, Peter Bagge, Rikke Bakman, Søren G. Mosdal, Shigeru Mizuki, Strand Books, The Comics Journal, Warren Craghead, Winshluss.

Jon Gorga and Palle Schmidt dipping underground at Bergen Street

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 person a number of people whose work I’ve been appreciating, and some of whom I’ve been corresponding with, over the last half decade or more. Continue reading ‘In the Mix (MoCCA 2011)’

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Hogarth’s Chicken Fat

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