Category Archives: Comics

Invisible Goldberg

Posted on April 19, 2021 by Wim Lockefeer

In the end, there’s few things as satisfying to watch as a video of a Goldberg machine, that gloriously grand but totally useless type of contraption named after cartoonist Rube Goldberg, who delighted audiences with his zany inventions when comics … Continue reading →

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Pif Magazine stamps

Posted on April 12, 2021 by Wim Lockefeer

Contrary to popular belief, there are whole swaths in comics that I don’t know anything about. I’ve seen covers, I’ve heard names, but beyond that, nothing. Zilch. And I’m not talking about comics from faraway lands like China or Chili … Continue reading →

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Vandenbroucke for Variety

Posted on April 9, 2021 by Wim Lockefeer

While promoting his new book, Shady (his first one in eight years), Flemish painter and cartoonist Brecht Vandenbroucke also noted that in the past year he did a job for Variety Magazine, illustrating an article on the effect of the … Continue reading →

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Mutants Out!

Posted on April 6, 2021 by Wim Lockefeer

In a year when there’s more talk of mutants in your average newspaper than in the pages of Marvel comics, it’s good to see that Brian McFadden is keeping it real. (via The Nib, of course)

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I Remember Kochalka!

Posted on April 5, 2021 by Wim Lockefeer

Sometimes I feel like the history of my comics reading habit is a battlefield strewn with the fallen that fought for my fickle attention, sometimes won my unbridled and absolute attention and love for a while (sometimes even longer) but … Continue reading →

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Let the lambs loose!

Posted on April 4, 2021 by Wim Lockefeer

Happy easter!

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Dickie moves!

Posted on March 31, 2021 by Wim Lockefeer

Boerke (or Dickie, as he is known around the world, see also earlier), Flemish cartoonist Pieter De Poortere’s hapless hero celebrates his twentieth birthday!  To celebrate that glorious occasion, a new collection of strips was recently published full to the … Continue reading →

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The Fall Of The Death Cult

Posted on March 29, 2021 by Wim Lockefeer

In May, 2020 conceptual artist and educator Alexandro Segade published his 96-page graphic novel, The Context, a concept-heavy space opera steeped in super-hero lore featuring six powerful beings who somehow connect in a lifeless void. Borrowing elements from critical theory … Continue reading →

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More Dope Rider!

Posted on March 28, 2021 by Wim Lockefeer

In 2017 French publisher Tanibis presented a beautiful collection of cartoonist Paul Kirchner’s work (in English) as Awaiting the Collapse. The book contained all Dope Rider strips Kirchner created for High Times magazine, as well as some other comics and … Continue reading →

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Le Chat A Paris

Posted on March 25, 2021 by Wim Lockefeer

Starting Saturday, March 26, the Champs Elysées in Paris will be a veritable cat walk, hosting an exhibition of no less than twenty full-sized sculptures featuring Philippe Geluck’s Le Chat. On their Facebook page, the organising gallery Huberty-Breyne ran some … Continue reading →

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