The Ephemerist

It would seem that last year, German weekly Der Spiegel saw the light, and showcased a few German new cartoonists on its website, with contributions by Uli Oesterle, Ulf K, Andreas Michalke and others.

The best one (pointed out to me by Draw!) was Reinhard Kleist’s “Johnny Cash“, which illustrates Sting’s Hung My head, as sung by Johnny Cash (in German). I’m a great Johnny Cash fan, and Kleist’s artwork really does him honor.

It’s a pity this was such a short-lived initiative…

Happy birthday !

Nerve is doing a Comics Issue this month, with new work added by Paul Pope, Sophie Crumb, Andi Watson (!), Chynna Clugston, Jim Mahfood (!) and Meg Hunt. Also interviews with Alison Bechdell, Peter Bagge, Evan Dorkin and Roz Chast. And finally a pretty good article on how teenagers relate to Neil Gaiman’s Endless.

Which reminds me, I have been reading quite a few old DC horror comics lately (thanks to the scanning community). It struck me that almost the complete backup roster of characters to The Sandman, which I thought was Neil Gaiman’s own invention, came from there ! The three witches, Eve, Cain, Abel, Destiny, there all there. Which, of course, doesn’t take anything away from Neil’s genius in tieing it all up into a neatly layered universe, but still…