Aline Kominsky-Crumb, 1948-2022

Aline Kominsky-Crumb, 1948-2022

Aline Goldsmith, better known as Aline Kominsky-Crumb, died on 29 November at the age of 74. Kominsky-Crumb grew up on Long Island and immersed herself in the world of underground comics while studying at the University of Arizona in Tucson in the late 1960s. He moved to San Francisco in 1972 to pursue

Roundtable, comics and housing activism

Roundtable, comics and housing activism

Submitted by Xavi Franch. Wednesday 23 February, at 18.30h, at the Jaume Fuster Library (Plaça de Lesseps, 20). The Jaume Fuster Library is organising, together with the FAVB, the El Coll Civic Centre, and the District of Gràcia a round table with neighbourhood activists and cartoonists who will meet to talk about the

Gahan Wilson dies

Gahan Wilson dies

Gahan Wilson dies. Image: still from the 2013 documentary "Gahan Wilson: Born Dead, Still Weird" The cartoonist died on 21 November at the age of 89 in Scottsdale, Arizona from complications arising from his advanced state of dementia. "The world has lost a legend. One of the greatest cartoonists who ever picked up

Uni + UN = One. Universities for Sustainable Development

Uni + UN = One. Universities for Sustainable Development

    The exhibition"Uni + UN = One. Universities for Sustainable Development" opened on Thursday 21 November and brings together more than 100 works by 70 authors from different countries such as Colombia, Argentina, Italy, Spain, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Peru and Chile. When I have the full list of participants I will add it

Matt Furie stops sale of children's book for copyright infringement and spreading hate messages

Matt Furie stops sale of children's book for copyright infringement and spreading hate messages

Cover of Eric T. Hauser's book illustrated by Nina Khalova Matt Furie warned the author of a children's book that he would take legal action for copyright infringement. In addition, according to Furie's lawyers, the book uses the Pepe the Frog character to deliver " racist, Islamophobic and hateful"messages. Under threat of litigation,