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Saturday Runaround – Let's All Just Be Francophiles, Okay?

Published Sat, 29 Jan 2011 03:40:45 -0600

Last updated Sat, 29 Jan 2011 03:41:00 -0600

BookWatch: The satirical graphic novel Quai d'Orsay, based on former PM Dominique de Villepin, has become a surprise French literary hit.

France has a long tradition of satirical cartoons and caricature. There has been a flood of slapstick comic-book parodies of Nicolas Sarkozy in recent years. But Quai d'Orsay stands apart in its critical acclaim as a work of art. French "bande desineé" is seen as a deeply serious art-form and Quai d'Orsay has stunned the exacting critics. The magazine Telerama likened its "portrait of the times" to Molière. The award-winning book has sold more than 80,000 copies after several reprints. A film-adaptation is being considered. The book tells the story of a stressed and terrified young speech-writer trying to keep up with the verbose and intellectual foreign minister. De Villepin's prosaic speeches were notorious. A sequel volume to be published this year will focus on his acclaimed UN speech against the war in Iraq.

ShopWatch: Douglas Wolk suggests what the future comic book shop could be like.

1. Be a really nice place to visit.

PaperWatch: The Express bemoans the fate of comic book heroes. This is the same paper that reported on the shocking new look for Desperate Dan three years after he was revamped.

We all wanted to be Desperate Dan or Braddock VC or Billy Dane (with his magic boots). Or Alf Tupper, Tough Of The Track, or Roy Of The Rovers, or Dan Dare, or even Lord Snooty. We didn't know it but we were living through the Golden Age of British Comics, an age which sadly now exists only in fond memory.

This is The Bleeding Cool ComicChron Robot speaking. I come for your women. But for now I merely collate comic-related bits and pieces online. One day I will rule. Until that day, read on.
Is The "Leaked" Thor Script A Fake?

As you can see from this somewhat obsessive and down-right creepy investigation by yours truly, I believe that the script was nothing more than a fake.

Why Graphic Design? part three. « richginter

I strolled up and made sure to show up about 20 minutes early (I always like to be early for everything I do anyway), and sat in the reception area of the office. But coming off that elevator and stepping out on the 11th floor (of now, our old building) and seeing the words MARVEL and a bunch of artwork, I thought to myself "yeah this is the place you want to be".

YouTube – Encounter with a madman – part 1 – Bryan Talbot

30 minute 1981 programme on Science Fiction from Granada TV's erstwhile culture show Celebration featuring SF writer Bob Shaw and graphic novelist Bryan Talbot. The first half is documentary, the second a short time travel film, Encounter With a Madman, written by Shaw and starring the then unknown Jenny Eclair.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiZBDOSl36Q[/youtube]
YouTube – Model Behavior – A scene from NIGHT MUSIC: THE ART OF P. CRAIG RUSSELL

Acclaimed illustrator P. Craig Russell (ELRIC, THE SANDMAN, CORALINE) hosts a cocktail party for an eclectic assortment of his former models in a scene from NIGHT MUSIC: THE ART OF P. CRAIG RUSSELL.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0nJDD8vrkA[/youtube]

Ink and Thunder: Thought Bubble Process — Becky Cloonan

I've spent the last few weeks working on an illustration for this year's Thought Bubble festival in Leeds, England. While I was working out all the details, I remembered a few people asking me if I wouldn't mind showing my process a bit, so I tried to take some snapshots of the picture at various stages of completion.

Transmetropolitan Charity Art Book Cover Art

As an added bonus, I've been provided with an exclusive look a Darick Robertson's cover art for the book. Check it out below, it's an incredibly cool piece of art! Transmet fans may want to sit down, in case they faint!

Mezco Mega-Scale ThunderCats Lion-O Figure! » MTV Geek

Straight from the ThunderCats' Lair on Third Earth, it's Lion-O and the legendary mystic Sword of Omens.

Fantastic Four #588 preview art by Mark Brooks

Images From First Look: Final Issue of Fantastic Four

Tony Lee Discusses The Creation Of His New MTV Comic The Gloom! » Geek News

For the next two hours, fuelled by adrenaline, alcohol and youthful exuberance, sitting alone in a deserted hotel bar and with nothing more than napkins to work on, we planned out the story that was to become The Gloom.

Artist Scott McCloud looks to future of comics in 2011 Goldtrap Lecture

Because digital comics don't need to fit within the confines of a page, or follow the left to right reading style of conventional books, McCloud said they could restore the unbroken continuity of pre-print comics to comics of the present, thus immersing the reader more deeply.

BOOM! Plans Return To 'Planet Of The Apes'