Portfolio Michel Vaillant no.1 in a limited edition of 200 copies has been sold at Christie’s for a staggering Euros 5,875! Proof that Jean Graton is still a superstar. The numbered portfolio contains ten large lithos by the master himself, pantheon artist Jean Graton, and was published in 2000: from http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/lot_details.aspx?intObjectID=3870675 MICHEL VAILLANT PORTFOLIO n. 1/200…
Archives for februar 2011
Bill Nash 53 – Lejemorderens Liga
Nash er kommet tilbage til Chicago, men har det langtfra godt. Samtidigt er lejemorderens Liga blevet vred på Al Lyman, da det var hans ansvar at bogen ikke skulle falde i hænderne på Bill Nash og politiet. Vil Nash blive god igen? Vil Lyman blive myrdet af Lejemorderens Liga? Og hvad med bogen? Læs det…
Hypernauten
Det er snart tyve år siden at Peter Snejbjerg satte de sidste streger i sin store albumdebut, det 188 siders lange mammutværk Hypernauten, og som der står bag på bogen, så er det fra en tid hvor grafiske romaner bare hed tegneserier. Hypernauten kom til verden mens Peter Snejbjerg gik på Kolding Kunsthåndværkerskole sidst i…
Robert Crumb's Arcade #26 (Sept. 1962) and Arcade The Comics Revue #1 (Spring 1975)
“Arcade The Comics Revue” appeared out of nowhere in the mid-seventies, an anthology of comix by underground luminaries from the first wave of the late sixties. Crumb drew most of the covers, and all the issues are easy enough to find nowadays, except for the elusive #1, of course, the one I am missing, with all…
Det Lille Sorte Sommerhus
Otte morsomme og pudsige episoder fra et barns årlige sommerferier i sommerhus på Samsø. [issuu layout=http%3A%2F%2Fskin.issuu.com%2Fv%2Flight%2Flayout.xml showflipbtn=true documentid=110213214837-9219f9bbefb643b6a27e57510c18a69b docname=det_lille_sorte_sommerhus username=Serieland loadinginfotext=Det%20lille%20sorte%20sommerhus showhtmllink=true tag=tegneserie width=600 height=422 unit=px] Det Lille Sorte Sommerhus Skrevet og tegnet af Bo Torstensen Udgivet af Homemade
Bulletman 1 (1941)
Der findes tusindvis af gamle amerikanske “golden age” tegneserier, der forlængst er faldet i kategorien “public domain”, altså en tilstand hvor der ikke længere er copyright på dem. Serieland tager et dyk ned i glemslens tegneseriebunke. Bulletman, Jim Barr, was the son of a police officer who was killed and as a result took it…
IDW Publishing to reprint Bill Holman's screwball classic Smokey Stover
Dean Mullaney has said in a podcast that IDW Publishing will reprint Bill Holman’s classic screwball strip “Smokey Stover”, although nothing is definite yet. Bill Holman’s classic is the longest running screwball strip, a wild and funny strip, which had a glorious run from 1935 to 1973, when Holman retired. The Sunday strip began in 1935,…
Space Action 1 (1952)
Der findes tusindvis af gamle amerikansle “golden age” tegneserier, der forlængst er faldet i kategorien “public domain”, altså en tilstand hvor der ikke længere er copyright på dem. Serieland tager et dyk ned i glemslens tegneseriebunke. [issuu layout=http%3A%2F%2Fskin.issuu.com%2Fv%2Flight%2Flayout.xml showflipbtn=true documentid=110211214633-683db78382d74960a40253240f8fa6e3 docname=space_action_4 username=Serieland loadinginfotext=Space%20Action%201 showhtmllink=true tag=public%20domain width=600 height=444 unit=px] Space Action 1 Udgivet af Ace i…
Dark Horse to reprint Charles Biro's Crime Does Not Pay
Denis Kitchen writes an essay for this new reprint collection of the best of one of the most controversial and infamous golden age comics, Charles Biro’s “Crime Does not pay”, a magazine that caught the ire of Dr. Frederic Wertham and was singled out in the moral crusade of the 1950s that led to the…
Steve Ditko and Jack Kirby Omnibus books from DC Comics (summer 2011)
DC Comics are treating us to the first two volumes of their new Omnibus series this summer, covering the works of pantheon artists Steve Ditko and Jack Kirby, respectively. The Steve Ditko book will feature 1970s work, while the Jack Kirby book takes us back to 1957. I can’t imagine a better way to waste…