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Arsene Roisin

Monday, May 26th, 2008

In her blog Not Dead Yet, Judith Taylor, an 80-year old retired PA from Hertfordshire (United Kingdom), consistently writes down things she would like to live on after she’s gone. In 2006 she wrote a short account on a romance she experienced with the French cartoonist Arsène Roisin, who sadly died when he was only 32.

It’s wonderful art and a wonderful account. It confronted me with my own prejudice that older people always were old, and never had a life of their own.

I would like to learn more about this artist - the only thing I could find was a listing of issues of the French weekly Le Hérisson to which he contributed in 1952.

(thanks to John Freeman for the link)

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Non Sequitur salutes Al Jaffee

Sunday, May 25th, 2008

Wiley Miller’s Non Sequitur strip for today salutes Mad Magazine Fold-in genius Al Jaffee. Jaffee’s back in town, it would seem.

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Cerealised Comic, part 3

Saturday, May 24th, 2008

This is the third in a series of Batman comics produced by DC for General Mills for inclusion in various boxes of their cereal, and to coincide with the launch of the Dark Knight movie. With thanks to the anonymous scanner.

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Ikea Instructions

Saturday, May 24th, 2008

Who says there’s no comics in mainstream media ? This short “humor piece” by Mike Sacks and Julian Sancton (from Esquire Magazine - check out Mike’s site for a full-sized version) has got what it takes : art in sequence, a good storyline and a damn poignant message.

(thanks to Scott Gilbert for the link)

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Tom Toles Salutes Al Jaffee

Friday, May 23rd, 2008

Yesterday’s Tom Toles Cartoon paid a nice hommage to Al Jaffee’s legendary Mad Fold-in cartoons (which are currently showcased on the New York Times Website).

(thanks, Mike, and also for posting a folded-in version)

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Cerealised Comic, part 2

Friday, May 23rd, 2008

This is the second of a series of Batman comics produced by DC for General Mills, to coincide with the launch of the Dark Knight movie.

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Bat Man

Friday, May 23rd, 2008

Dan Piraro’s take on the plethora of ™’s that plague the nation’s comics heroes. I like it. I also like the stick of dynamite waiting to go off while the two heroes bicker about intellectual laws.

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Cerealised comic

Thursday, May 22nd, 2008

This is the first of a series of Batman comics produced by DC for General Mills, to coincide with the launch of the Dark Knight movie.

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New Charles Burns portfolio

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

French publisher United Dead Artists presents Permagel, a portfolio of 32 prints on very large format (30 cm by 40 cm - the photo above should give you an idea). It’s printed in double black (which, I think, means, in two print runs) on 170 gr Rives paper. This produciton was edited by French cartoonist Stephane Blanquet.

From what I can gather (judging from the screenshots) the art is not really new, but rather a selection of work from Big Baby, Black Hole and what seem to be a number of side projects (I think I noticed that Iggy Pop record cover as well). Looks promising enough.

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