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Hulu has the streaming rights to the Adult Swim series here in the U.S., while Channel 4 has the rights lock in across the pond, in the U.K. So that means Netflix gets to introduce the following chunks of the world to the down side to peaceful pooping and the smooth flow of snake jazz: India,[...]

Created by series showrunners George Kay (Killing Eve) and Jim Field Smith (She's Out of My League), the 12 episode series consists of three episodes across four countries (France, Spain, Germany, U.K.) and take place entirely inside the walls of a police interrogation room Each episode is a a stripped down, cat-and-mouse drama that focuses[...]

From a historical standpoint, Cortés is a controversial figure: seen by some as a legend in the history of Spain; and as a mass murderer responsible for the destruction of a great civilization. "It is a privilege to tell this epic story— one that is full of drama and conflict within this huge, historical spectacle where[...]

It's the channel's biggest-ever programming initiative. David Villa – a World Cup winner with Spain and former Barcelona player – will feature in some of the original programming and will also serve as global ambassador for the event, promoting it to his 28 million social media followers Considered a student of the game, the Spanish former[...]

Mortadelo y Filemon, Spain's most popular comic book, has been making fun of politicians for decades now — and 81-year-old author Francisco Ibáñez now takes Trump as his target.   The new book makes fun of the drone rage, with clumsy TIA secret agents Mortadelo and Filemon (Mort and Phil) trying to offer the services of a[...]

Here's the new website in progress. Translating as "Pride and Satisfaction. Artists without a magazine greet the new king. Hopefully on Wednesday 18th

Bleeding Cool has been following the pulping of last week's issue of El Jueves, the Spanish satirical magazine in the style of Britain's Private Eye, as

El Jueves is a Spanish satirical magazine published for 39 years, weekly every Wednesday. Which is why it translates as "The Thursday". Except this weeks

The promotions agency NSH posted a job offer for hostesses to work at the upcoming Barcelona Comic Con... Translated? "We are seeking stewardesses to work

Music magazine Mondo Sonoro, in Spain, is reporting on the news that Alan Moore is visiting the country, after he was seen buying books about the current anti-capitalist 15-M protest movement in a comic store in Madrid The rest of the Spanish media is starting to pick up the story as well and it is[...]

  Recently Coruña held its fifteenth annual comics convention, Viñetas desde o Atlántico 2012. J. Antonio Fraga attended for Bleeding Cool. Including the

Recently La Coruña in Spain hosted its fifteenth annual comics convention, Viñetas desde o Atlántico 2012 J Antonio Fraga attended for Bleeding Cool. Including the panel with R M Guéra, he learned that after Scalped, R.M is finishing the last eight pages of the second volume of Howard Blake, the pirate series he started for BD[...]

The move has just been announced at the Frankfurt Book Fair. Amongst other things, Glénat is the biggest manga publisher in Spain, however manga sales in Spain have been halved in recent years They are also one of the rare Spanish publishers to publish the work of classic Spanish creators. The Spanish branch of[...]

Looks like they've been too sucessful. In January, Spanish publisher El Catalogo will begin publishing comic books from DC Comics including their sub brands, Vertigo, DC Kids and Mad in Spanish, in both Spain and across South America, after successfully bidding for the license. Planeta De Agostini, the previous holder of rights in Spain, began publishing DC[...]

Pope Benedict XVI is getting his own comic book – and it's not from Bluewater. Manga Hero, an Californian Christian manga publisher is published the volume for World Youth Day in Madrid, Spain Titled Habemus Papam!, these are the Latin words used after the papal election, translated as "We have a pope!" Latin title? Yes, definitely not[...]

The last few days have seen the Spanish blogosphere go doolally over accomplished and prominent illustrator Elisabeth Nogales being caught out for blatant

According to this report, Random House has set its eyes on publishing work from the Spanish alternative comics publisher Edicions de Ponent (Sunset

The Pope is visiting Santiago de Compostela in Spainin November Something that the Spanish people and media are currently obsessing about As anyone does really. Enough for humour magazine Retranca to run a cartoon with the Pope surrounded by the three million Euro cost of the official state visit. But also enough for the printers who normally[...]

There is a Spanish TV show featuring parodies of various celebrities. But it was quite a surprise when one episode featured Alan Moore. In a bowler hat.