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“Anything Goes”: Frodo De Decker Talks about His New Otto Album, Wordless Comedy and Taking Absurdity to the Next Level (Part Two)

by Bart Croonenborghs
December 16, 2014

Otto is a hilarious wordless comedy series for young and old, starring the eponymous down-on-his-luck everyman. Already on the third album in the series, Belgian artist Frodo De Decker has created an…

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“I’m a Stubborn Optimist”: Frodo De Decker Talks About His New ‘Otto’ Album, His Influences and Doing the Right Thing (Part One)

by Bart Croonenborghs
December 9, 2014

Angry dwarves, frozen queens, giant cakes, vengeful aliens, a visit to hell, orang-utans and Noah’s ark. I’m not talking about the new Jerry Bruckheimer blockbuster, but the universe of comic sensation…

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Pieter Rosseel is Just Stumbling through Life

by Bart Croonenborghs
February 25, 2014

Freshly graduated architect Pieter Rosseel turns comic book artist and produces a graphic explosive debut graphic novel published by Syndikaat called Stumbling. How’s that for irony? Deriving your identity from…

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Drunken Lips Sink Ships

by Bart Croonenborghs
February 4, 2014

Comedy from the lowlands, courtesy of Dutch publisher Syndikaat with the slice of life OGN Drunken Lips Sink Ships and the Treasure Island parody The Bologna Treasure. Born out of…

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Better the Devil You Know

by Bart Croonenborghs
June 11, 2013

Frodo De Decker is back with his everyman hero Otto facing giants, vampires, dwarfs, knights, devils, demons and a broken heart. Otto Volume 2 : Better The Devil You Know…