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Section: Crossing Borders

Unearthing the international gems of comics.

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My Muse is Lounging on the Sofa

  • by Bart Croonenborghs
  • May 28, 2013

    Contemporary absurdism ahoy in Wide Vercnocke’s ode to his sofa. My Muse is Lounging on the Sofa by Wide Vercnocke This is the titanic tale of a man…

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Odalisques & Cylinders

  • by Bart Croonenborghs
  • May 21, 2013

We explore the titanic combination of Bastien Vivés and Ruppert and Mulot and look at Joris Van de Moortel’s use of comics to present his art books.   Cylinder 1-2…

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Desert Island Comics

  • by Bart Croonenborghs
  • May 14, 2013

This time around a special edition of Crossing Borders. The United Kingdom’s most popular comics blog, the Forbidden Planet blog has a feature where comics industry people name their favourite…

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Spirou’s 75th Anniversary and the Tragedy of Siblings

  • by Bart Croonenborghs
  • May 7, 2013

Celebrating 75 years of Spirou and a review of the heartbreaking story of Lea by Zidrou and Springers. 75 Years Of Spirou The first character created explicitly to promote a…

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Madame Pipi And The Excess Of Human Nature

  • by Bart Croonenborghs
  • April 30, 2013

A new creator rises from Belgium’s pool of talent with a misanthropic view on life plus free webcomics from Bastien Vivés. Delitoon Set up as the premiere web portal for…

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Michael Borremans’ Magnetics and Brussels in Shorts

  • by Bart Croonenborghs
  • April 23, 2013

Exploring Brussels in 10 graphic short stories and fine art painter Michaël Borremans doing… mini-comics? Magnetics by Michaël Borremans Reproduction of original artwork is one of the many concerns of…

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White Cube: Art vs Comics in the Facebook Age

  • by Bart Croonenborghs
  • April 2, 2013

Art versus comics in the Facebook age! Only in the quirky mind of new promising talent Brecht Vandenbroucke. Art versus comics, the big debate rages on but not within the…

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