The mangaka, animation filmmaker and cult director Satoshi Kon died suddenly of cancer on 24 August 2010 at the age of 46. He left behind a short and unfinished body of work that is nonetheless among the most widespread and influential in the history of contemporary Japanese culture. Ten years after his death, ... Read more
The cartoonist Joaquim Aubert Puigarnau, Kim, will be honoured at the second edition of the ViÑetas festival, devoted exclusively to Spanish and Latin American comics, to be held from 28 September to 9 October 2022 in Poitiers. To this end, a retrospective exhibition of his work entitled Kim, la vie et la BD ... Read more
There have always been lawsuits, lawsuits and lawsuits over copyright issues, but this case is special because what is being defended now is an author's wish for his character to die with him. André Franquinthe creator of Gaston Lagaffe (1924-1997) said at the time that he did not want his character to survive ... Read more
Far right. Cartoon of 19/04/2022 in CTXT In the first round of the French elections no candidate won a majority, so on Sunday 24 April a second round will be held between the two most voted candidates, Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen. Now, the left over there and over here are all ... Read more
Street Nicolas-Appert, Paris, where the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo was based, a day after the killings. Photo Guillaume Galmiche. Licence CC BY 2.0. The idea of a "house of the press cartoons" was first mooted in 2007 by the cartoonist, and then by his widow, the journalist Georges Wolinski and later by his ... Read more
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