This year, Danish comics culture is seeing the revival of the Ping Awards, an industry award last given back in the Nineties. Once a hall of fame prize, it is now awards cartoonists in five categories in the manner of the Angoulême Fauves. This year focuses on comics published in 2011, and five Danish comics have been selected in their particular category. Although I didn’t participate in the nomination process, I was involved in organizing the event, and was part of the jury that selected Rikke Bakman’s Glimt as Danish Comic of the Year. So I’m biased, but I can say immediately that it was very hard indeed to select a winner. Here are the five nominees — for my money not just the five best Danish comics of last year, but the strongest showing in Danish comics for a long time. Continue reading ‘Danish Comics of the Year 2011′
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Radio Rackham: Richard Corben
Den seneste episode af Radio Rackham er en hyldest til den store tegner og fortæller Richard Corben, der døde i begyndelsen af december sidste år. Thomas Thorhauge og Frederik Storm har de to eminente tegnere Mårdøn Smet og Peter Snejbjerg — begge Corben-afficionados om en hals — i studiet til en diskussion om, hvad det præcis er, der gør Corben til en ener og til en stor kunstner. Det er der kommet en spændende og oplysende samtale ud af — lyt her og læs mere på Nummer9: