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Mijn Begrafenis by Maarten De Saeger

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‘My Funeral’ by Maarten De Saeger Paints a Darkly Humourous Portrait of a Sociopath Who Looks Back at His Life from His Own Funeral

  • by Bart Croonenborghs
  • August 28, 2015

Elevating the ego in ‘egomaniac’ to a whole new level, Arnon – the main character of Mijn Begrafenis (My Funeral) — is a womanising pathological liar who looks back on…

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Celebrating Bries, Week 5: Founder Ria Schulpen – “I Want to Enrich the Comic Book Landscape with Beautiful Comics”

  • by Bart Croonenborghs
  • June 3, 2015

Bries is a Belgian publishing house that focuses on the creative aspect of comic books. It was founded in 1999 by Ria Schulpen and is currently still going strong under…

Bries Klaxon

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Celebrating Bries, Week 4: The Klaxon Festival Celebrates Comics Art at its Most Inventive

  • by Bart Croonenborghs
  • May 26, 2015

Bries is a Belgian publishing house that focuses on the creative aspect of comic books. It was founded in 1999 by Ria Schulpen and is currently still going strong under…

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Celebrating Bries, Week 3: Dominique Goblet and Kai Pfeiffer Raise the Bar for Visual Complexity in Their Collaboration ‘More If It Clicks’

  • by Bart Croonenborghs
  • May 19, 2015

Bries is a Belgian publishing house that focuses on the creative aspect of comic books. It was founded in 1999 by Ria Schulpen and is currently still going strong under…

O Scenario - Pollet

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Celebrating Bries, Week 2: An Insight into the Philosophical ‘O Scenario’, by the Pollet Brothers

  • by Bart Croonenborghs
  • May 12, 2015

Bries is a Belgian publishing house that focuses on the creative aspect of comic books. It was founded in 1999 by Ria Schulpen and is currently still going strong under…

Wide Vercnocke - Wild Vlees

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Celebrating Bries, Week 1: Wide Vercnocke on His OGN ‘Scar Tissue’ – “I Believe in the Strength of Spontaneity and Intuition”

  • by Bart Croonenborghs
  • May 5, 2015

Bries is a Belgian publishing house that focuses on the creative aspect of comic books. It was founded in 1999 by Ria Schulpen and is still going strong under her…

Dickie / Boerke by Pieter De Poortere

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‘Dickie’ by Pieter De Poortere Lays Our Soul Bare as His Sardonic Comedy Strips Us to the Bone

  • by Bart Croonenborghs
  • January 13, 2015

The brain child of Belgian artist Pieter De Poortere, Dickie (Boerke) has been around for more than 15 years and has been published in French, Spanish, Hungarian and Finnish. Don’t you want…

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Lost in the Snow with Dieter VDO

  • by Bart Croonenborghs
  • February 18, 2014

Bries publishing brings us the stunning debut graphic novel slash picture book by Dieter VDO entitled Snow where a warped lens shines on your favorite childhood remembrances transmogrifying cuteness into…

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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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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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