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The big festival in Angouleme is next week. Over the last weekend, comics professionals with French publishing credentials voted for the Grand Prix of the festival. They had three choices to make. In today’s podcast, I’ll tell you who they are, how they relate back to the American audience, and who it is I’m rooting…
Last week, Papercutz released their first preview pages of their new translations of the Asterix series. I’m about to go all Kremlinologist on this one. This is a moment I’ve been looking forward to/dreading since Papercutz announced their deal to publish Asterix here in the States a couple months back. I talked about that in…
Let’s go back to the 90s, when Michael Eisner had Disney buy an Andre Franquin character, and then Disney blew it. Then the lawyers stepped in..
This is the story of the time French comics legend Andre Franquin sued Disney over his creation, Marsupilami. And won.
This podcast unveils my ten favorite books of the year 2019. It includes books across many genres, from sci fi to murder/mystery, sci-fi to slice of life, and beyond.
These are the ten Franco-Belgian books I enjoyed the most in 2020. The list includes sci-fi, western, crime, drama, comedy, and more.
It’s the end of the line — again — for Valerian and Laureline, with a series of short stories looking back and one looking forward…
I’m not a big resolutions guy. I believe in making up your mind to do something at any time and then following through and doing it. It doesn’t matter what the date is. On the other hand, this is the time of year I love when I get to listen to other podcasters or read…
There’s still a part of me that’s a collector. So when I missed one slipcase in a set, should I spend extra money to get it?
Randy and Jean Marc Lofficier are the wife and husband team of writers responsible for “Action Comics” #579. Jean Marc is originally from France, which I have to think explains how this issue ever got made. That, and an editor at DC losing a bar bet (probably in San Diego)…. This is an issue in…