Trondheim’s Next Book

Trondheim’s Next Book

“Aurora and the Orc” is Lewis Trondheim’s gag-a-page series starring a child-eating Orc who just came to a new world and is now going to school. Yes, it’s a ridiculous premise and, yes, it’s very funny. I don’t know when this originally ran, but this collection by First Second due out in June contains three…

2026 Asterix Movie Poster

2026 Asterix Movie Poster

For those of you tracking the next Asterix movie, due out Christmas 2026, here’s the new movie poster: I like it. Obelix confusing a rhino for a wild boar is funny. It makes perfect sense. I’m glad the next movie is going to be animated. That’s the only way to make an Asterix movie worth…

“Orbital” Is Back!

“Orbital” Is Back!

Remember “Orbital,” the beautiful science fiction series from Sylvain Runberg and Serge PellĂ©? They’re back with volume 9, titled “Secession.” It’s only the French edition so far, but I’m sure Cinebook will get to it eventually. I saw a positive review of it on ActuaBD.com. I mention it now because time flies. The last volume…

Ablaze Buys NBM

Ablaze Buys NBM

Terry Nantier has sold the company off to Ablaze, which makes sense. I was a much bigger fan of NBM twenty years ago when I first got into Franco-Belgian books. They printed more books at full size, and more books that I actually wanted to read. I’m thinking specifically of Lewis Trondheim’s Mr. O and…

Asterix Returns Christmas 2026

Asterix Returns Christmas 2026

No, not to comics. It’s the next animated movie. The fact that it’s partially set in Africa means we definitely won’t be seeing it distributed in theaters around here, ever. Those caricatures will never survive any distributor who considers buying it. Let’s hope a streamer is brave enough eventually. On the bright side, it looks…

I’m a Duck.

I’m a Duck.

Once upon a time, I was a big Disney Duck Comics reader. That was basically the decade of the 90s, in the glory days of Don Rosa and William Van Horn. I was also a letterhack at the time and had dozens of letters printed in those letters columns. Recently, David Gerstein pointed out a…