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Europe Comics Announce an End to All Consumer-Facing Activities – Digital Publishing Will Continue Via Online Retailers

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 17, 2023

Sad news in the last week from the team at Europe Comics who have announced the shuttering of their online publicity presence. From the Europe Comics website: “As of January…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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The Young Woman and the Sea – Catherine Meurisse Steers Us Through the Rough Storm of an Artist’s Struggle to Depict Nature, from Europe Comics

  • by Rebecca Burke
  • June 27, 2022

Catherine Meurisse’s The Young Woman and the Sea, published by Europe Comics, follows a young artist’s residency in the Japanese countryside – with the aim to draw nature. During her…

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“We Try to Remain as True as Possible to the Original Work” – Digital Publisher Europe Comics on Bringing the Very Best of European Comics Practice to Wider Audiences

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 21, 2021

With a mission to bring European comics practice to far wider audiences, digital publisher Europe Comics has been making an incredibly diverse range of genres and approaches with a Eurocentric…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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White All Around – A Flawed But Powerful Tale of the Fight for Education That Has Strong Contemporary Resonance

  • by Tom Murphy
  • August 4, 2021

White All Around, translated by Montana Kane from Blanc autour, the bande dessinée by Wilfrid Lupano and Stéphane Fert, tells the important story of the Canterbury Female Boarding School –…

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The Two Lives of Penelope – Judith Vanistendael Continues to Bring a Powerful Voice to the Comic Scene in this Story of a Surgeon Haunted by Both Her Work and Gender Expectations

  • by Rebecca Burke
  • April 1, 2021

Judith Vanistendael’s The Two Lives of Penelope tells the story of a woman living two parallel lives – one as a mother, in a cosy home, with a loving husband…

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The Other Side of the Border – This Bordertown Crime Story Fails to Differentiate Itself

  • by Bruno Savill de Jong
  • January 12, 2021

Francois Combe is a mobile figure. A rich French-Belgian author of detective stories (nicknamed the “French Edgar Wallace”), Combe has transplanted himself to a ranch in Arizona, raising his son…

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The Colony – Nicolas Debon Provides This Historical Account of Survival and Self-Sufficiency from Europe Comics

  • by Moe Abbas
  • May 8, 2020

Rejecting modern society to live off-the-grid is a recurring fantasy for many, often during tax season. But what would life really be like? Have there been any success stories in…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Alas – Hervé Bourhis and Rudy Spiessert Dismantle Anthropocentrism in this Fascinating Graphic Novel from Europe Comics

  • by Rebecca Burke
  • February 26, 2020

Hervé Bourhis turns the tables in this cleverly devised plot in which we are kept on our toes until the very end. Alas paints an alternative reality surrounding the Great…

Columns · Crossing Borders · Eyecatcher

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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…

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