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Hot Comics News from the European Mainland: Belgium Gets Stripped, Guido Crepax Invades the US and Europe Comics is Launched

  • by Bart Croonenborghs
  • October 16, 2015

I’m a bit short on time this week so no full column, but here are some interesting news items concerning the world of European comics. I’m also on Twitter, where…

Les Trois Fruits (Three Fruits) & Bouffon (The Jester)by Zidrou and Oriol

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Zidrou Emphasizes the Dark Psyche of Humanity in His Fairy Tales with a Twist – ‘Les Trois Fruits’ and ‘Bouffon’

  • by Bart Croonenborghs
  • October 9, 2015

Belgian writer Zidrou’s flair for depicting the flaws in humanity is ever-present in his medieval fairy tales Bouffon (The Jester) and Les Trois Fruits (The Three Fruits). Coupled with two magnificent Spanish artists,…

Un ver dans le fruit by Rabaté

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French Graphic Novelist Pascal Rabaté Unleashes the Dangers of Small-Town Gossip to Stunning Effect in ‘Loose Lips’

  • by Bart Croonenborghs
  • November 18, 2014

Pascal Rabaté’s magnificent graphic novel Loose Lips invites you to break open a bottle of red wine and relax in a comfy chair while you get to know the good but rather gossipy…

Tyler Cross by Fabien Nury and Brüno

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‘Tyler Cross’ by Brüno and Fabien Nury Hits the Hard-Boiled Crime Drama Where it Hurts

  • by Bart Croonenborghs
  • November 4, 2014

The latest collaboration between writer Fabien Nury and artist Brüno makes Richard Stark’s Parker look like My Little Pony. Tyler Cross is a boiled-down genre piece where the creators work…

Junker by Simon Spruyt

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Simon Spruyt’s OGN ‘Junker’ Deals with Guilt and Family Troubles in 19th-Century Prussia

  • by Bart Croonenborghs
  • October 21, 2014

Graphic wunderkind Simon Spruyt is back with a historical drama featuring brotherly rivalry set in late 19th-century Prussia. But will it reach the same high threshold as his previous graphic…

Gauguin (Maximilien Le Roy and Christophe Gaultier)

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Maximilien Le Roy’s Biography of Paul Gauguin Is a Refreshing and Controversial Look at a Passionate Artist in His Final Days

  • by Bart Croonenborghs
  • June 17, 2014

Sick and tired of the European art world’s conservative outlook on his paintings, Paul Gauguin moved to French Polynesia in the late 1800s in search of a second lease of…

Columns · Crossing Borders · Eyecatcher

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My Life as a Cat Named Sugar by Serge Baecken Smashes Storytelling Conventions

  • by Bart Croonenborghs
  • March 4, 2014

Belgian graphic talent Serge Baecken puts down a a stunning graphic novel that is as much experiment as a melancholic ode to his cat Sugar, published simultaneously in French and…

Columns · Small Pressganged

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Metrodome

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 12, 2013

Metrodome is the latest offering from the warped imaginations of writer Craig Collins and artist Iain Laurie, combining playful storytelling experimentation with deviously demented all-out carnage. These two gents are,…

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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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