Category Archives: Movies

From one Godfather to the next

Posted on February 8, 2021 by Wim Lockefeer

The year is 2010 and for the celebrated Flemish media magazine Humo, Ever Meulen delights us with this very own take on The Godfather, parts 1 and 2 (and three quarters). Twelve years on this little drawing is still a … Continue reading →

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Moving Concrete

Posted on January 16, 2021 by Wim Lockefeer

I’ve always been a fan of Paul Chadwick‘s Concrete. It was one of the first American comics I picked up after I got tired of what I thought of as the grind of European bandes dessinées, but also was a … Continue reading →

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The JLA drives a Merc

Posted on November 27, 2017 by Wim Lockefeer

A message shared by Mercedes-Benz (@mercedesbenz) on Nov 7 2017 at 6:32 PST Some time ago a group of men sat around a big table in a big room, and one of them said, “You know what we need to … Continue reading →

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Comics quoting from the future

Posted on January 16, 2017 by Wim Lockefeer

It’s most probably my personal idiosyncratic frame of reference, but off late I’ve noticed at least two classic Franco-belgian comics featuring characters that are blatant references to real people, except that those people were still children at best at the … Continue reading →

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Brimstone by Kriek

Posted on January 14, 2017 by Wim Lockefeer

For the Dutch media and TV listings magazine VPRO Gids [link in Dutch], Erik Kriek drew this magnificent cover, featuring Guy Pearce en Dakota Fanning as they appear n Martin Koolhoven’s new Western noir, Brimstone. The image seems to bridge between Kriek’s … Continue reading →

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Tout de suite, maintenant

Posted on April 25, 2016 by Wim Lockefeer

Floc’h, French purveyor extraordinaire of extremely pure ligne claire art, has added a new gem to his long-running oeuvre. For Tout de suite, maintenant, the new film of French director Pascal Bonitzer, out in June, Floc’h created the poster and … Continue reading →

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Dominion to DVD

Posted on February 26, 2016 by Wim Lockefeer

Seth’s Dominion, the 2014 documentary by Luc Chamberland about Canadian cartoonist Seth and his imaginary town, Dominion, will be released by Drawn & Quarterly later  this year as a dvd-in-a-book, lavishly designed by Seth himself. Judging from the cover (which … Continue reading →

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Jim Lee does Batman vs. Superman

Posted on January 25, 2016 by Wim Lockefeer

In order to further bolster the importance of the upcoming Batman vs. Superman: Dawn Of Justice movie, British film magazine Empire commissioned a special cover illustration for the subscribers’ version of its March, 2016 issue. Jim Lee came through with … Continue reading →

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Better call Saul

Posted on February 7, 2015 by Wim Lockefeer

In order to promote its new Breaking Bad spin-off series, Better Call Saul, AMC put out an online comic called, Client Development. The book ties neatly into the original series, while at the same time focusing on side characters like … Continue reading →

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Ralph Steadman on Breaking Bad

Posted on October 15, 2014 by Wim Lockefeer

A new collected edition of Breaking Bad on Blu-ray will sport brilliant cover illustrations by none other than Ralph Steadman. Each of the six seasons has a portrait of one of the main characters, including Walter White, Jesse Pinkman and … Continue reading →

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