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Joueurs en stock 27 Aug 2013 | 03:26 pm
Tintin is supposedly big enough in France for this cover to France Football magazine to make sense. Or at least for people to make the connection between a classic comic about modern-day slavery, and ...
Stamp overload : Swiss Smurfs 25 Aug 2013 | 03:42 pm
I’ll admit I’ve been quite monomaniacal on this blog lately, but it has just come to my attention that from next week onwards, you can get two new stamps from the Swiss Post Office, featuring the worl...
Canada Post Superman Stamps on Pre-order 24 Aug 2013 | 12:47 am
Because this year is the 75th anniversary of Superman, and since Supes has a heritage that is at least Canadian, Canada Post is issuing a set of stamps on September 10 celebrating Superman’s image thr...
SPX by Seth and John McNaught 23 Aug 2013 | 07:04 pm
The poster to this year’s Small Press Expo was created by none other than Seth, and it is a beauty. I just love the Bigfoot lurking over the shoulders of the people. And if you needed more proof tha...
First Class Stamps (4) – Story stamp 23 Aug 2013 | 08:54 am
More often than not, comics-themed stamp designers take the easy road. They pick a more or less representative (and hopefully stand-alone) piece of artwork (or have one commissioned) and slap that on ...
Candide in 30 seconds 22 Aug 2013 | 05:50 pm
On the occasion of a new retelling of Candide by Writer in Residence Mark Ravenhill, the Royal Shakespeare Society has commissioned a quick and irreverent summary “for the times” of Voltaire’s origina...
The Goddamn Toy Batman 20 Aug 2013 | 05:24 pm
Now and then I come across these comics mashups buy a guy called Timothy Lim aka ninjaink, and I just love them! It seems that the longer Watterson leaves Calvin and Hobbes alone, the more brilliant t...
Swarte on e-books 19 Aug 2013 | 11:04 pm
Joost Swarte provided this illustration for a discussion in the New York Times on Sunday, August 18. Swarte and books (or the lack thereof) always make a good combination. (Thanks, Mike)
No, Not That Lone Ranger 19 Aug 2013 | 12:17 pm
I was browsing a fairly local record store when I came across this ditty from the early eighties, that is currently being re-released on vinyl. I guess it’s totally unrelated to a certain movie that d...
Los Bros Fashion 18 Aug 2013 | 05:12 pm
Scene : Int, the Antwerp Inno department store, about 14:30 h. - Excuse me, Madam? I was wondering if I could take your picture. I mean, of your dress? I really like it. - Er, what? Yes, certainly,...
