Category Archives: Life

When talking to God, use bubbles

Posted on July 5, 2021 by Wim Lockefeer

On the occasion of the 900th anniversary of the foundation of the Premonstratensian order, the (now defunct) Parc Abbey in Leuven opened its freshly restored rooms to the general public. It proved to be a strange look into what was … Continue reading →

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A Tintin rocket, because why not?

Posted on February 6, 2021 by Wim Lockefeer

It may seem odd to you, denizens of the wide world beyond our borders, but for us Belgians, it is quite normal to have a quite large model of the Destination Moon rocket in your front garden. After all, it … Continue reading →

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Götting gets lucky

Posted on March 22, 2016 by Wim Lockefeer

Over the weekend, when life in Brussels was still ordinary, my friend Nick found this gem at a retrospective exhibition of the work of Jean-Claude Götting at the Huberty & Breyne Gallery in our fair city. Even though Götting’s style isn’t … Continue reading →

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Faster than a speeding truck

Posted on January 23, 2016 by Wim Lockefeer

Somehow I don’t think the indicia on this Polish truck (which passed me on the right at alarming speed only to almost slam in the traffic jam some 200 meters ahead of us) were authorised.

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Technology will fail you

Posted on February 1, 2015 by Wim Lockefeer

Italian illustrator and cartoonist Cristina Spano created this moving one-page comic for a very familiar-sounding story by Rebecca Scherm in the New York Times on how her cell phone company failed to actually store voicemail messages from her grandmother that she … Continue reading →

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Off to Angouleme

Posted on January 28, 2015 by Wim Lockefeer

By the time  you read this, I’m on a train heading south for the comics cornucopia that is the Festival of Angoulême. I’ll try to spot some nice ephemera along the way, but I’ll probably be too busy taking it all … Continue reading →

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Millionaire for Crybabies

Posted on January 17, 2015 by Wim Lockefeer

Sometimes you find comics related art in the most unlikely of places. Just take this cover that Tony Millionaire created for the podcast Crybabies, featuring the sad, sad faces of hosts Sarah Thyre and Susan Orlean. Incidentally, Crybabies is a … Continue reading →

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Joe Sacco on satire

Posted on January 10, 2015 by Wim Lockefeer

I had been thinking about how I could add anything to the current debate about the attack on Charlie Hebdo on Wednesday, without echoing the many opinions and takes that had already been published all over the place. Yesterday, this … Continue reading →

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More Ever in 3D

Posted on January 9, 2015 by Wim Lockefeer

A couple of months ago (make that half a year, more like), I mentioned the statues that Ever Meulen designed for my home town. Since then two more statues have been added to the series, making it a total of … Continue reading →

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Supergirl is a baker

Posted on August 18, 2014 by Wim Lockefeer

Recently Flemish chef extraordinaire Kobe Desramaults opened a new place in Ghent. Superette offers sandwiches and salads that are a little more down to earth than the culinary experiments he presents in his restaurant In De Wulf, but are nevertheless astoundingly … Continue reading →

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