Frank Stack and John A. Lent
Frank Stack John A. LentFrank Stack passed away last April 12 and John A. Lent passed away a few hours ago. I always loved Frank Stack's art style. I remember him mainly from Harvey Pekar's Our Cancer...
View ArticleYoshiharu Tsuge
Today is April's Fools' Day. I wish this was a lie, but it is not: the greatest comics artist of all time, the GOAT, died last March 3.
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Ana Hatherly, The Writer, 2025 [1975] It was with great surprise that I received an email from Tim Gaze anouncing his North American edition of Ana Hatherly's The Writer, whose cover you can see...
View ArticleMr. Burroughs 2026
David Soares (e), Pedro Nora (d) Mr. Burroughs, 2026Nova edição de uma obra fundamental. Ver aqui a capa original.
View ArticleEstância Do Sino Coberto de Diniz Conefrey
"Porque tudo se move, numa entoação / A cerzir um ritmo vascular."É esta a epígrafe com que Diniz Conefrey inicia o seu livro Estância Do Sino Coberto. Aviso à navegação que tantas vezes lemos...
View ArticleEduardo Batarda (1943 - 2025) Artista de Banda Desenhada
Eduardo Batarda em 2018Morreu Eduardo Batarda, pintor que chegou à banda desenhada via Arte Pop britânica, mas que, ao contrário dos artistas pop, foi literal em vez de ser Neo Dada, e muito haveria...
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Taguan Hardjo Morina #1 (1961)Nos Estados Unidos da America costuma-se dizer que foi Richard Kyle quem criou a expressão "graphic novel" em 1964. Quando falamos de primeiro isto ou aquilo sabemos que...
View ArticlePeter David (1956-2025)
Peter David in October 14, 2011If (a couple of) people known me in America is mainly because I always was a fierce opponent of the Super-Hero genre. I view it as simplistic, manichaean, neofascist,...
View ArticleO Programa Segue Dentro De Momentos...
David Soares (e) e Pedro Nora (d), Mr. Burroughs, Novembro de 2000Os que são da minha idade, ou próximo disso, lembram-se, com certeza, de um intertítulo quando, algo de impensável, com os meios...
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Héctor Germán Oesterheld (e), Hugo Pratt (d), Andrés Martin (l), "lobo Conrad", Hora Cero Suplemento Semanal #22 (29 de Janeiro de 1958)João Ramalho Santos escreveu no último Jornal de Letras uma...
View ArticleDia Nacional da Banda Desenhada Portuguesa
Raul Correia (texto) e Eduardo Teixeira Coelho (desenhos), "A Lei Da Selva", O Mosquito #104, 21 de Fevereiro de 1948Leram bem! Repito: Dia Nacional da Banda Desenhada Portuguesa! Sim, porque a nossa...
View ArticleNew York Comics & Picture-Story Symposium - Coda #2
If I knew how, I would show this video at the end of my talk.
View ArticleNew York Comics & Picture-Story Symposium - Coda
My participation in the New York Comics & Picture-Story Symposium can be watched, here.Two corrections: Martin Vaughn-James is not Canadian. The Cage was published in Canada, but he was from the...
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I'm the next guest of the New York Comics & Picture-Story Symposium.
View ArticleThe Usual Intellectual Dishonesty - Coda #2
Omaggio a.... Hectior German Oesterheld [homage to Héctor Germán Oesterheld]Luca mentioned the book Donde Esta Oesterheld? What you can see above is another homage to Oesterheld made in Italy. A...
View ArticleThe Usual Intellectual Dishonesty - Coda
As I told Luca in comments I have never seen Sgt. Kirk magazine #31-60, but, looking on eBay I found the table of contents (see above) of #31 and lo and behold, it's precisely in #31 that things...
View ArticleThe Usual Intelectual Dishonesty
Sgt. Kirk #4, October 1967What you are seeing above is the table of contents of Sgt. Kirk magazine #4. On it, "Sgt. Kirk" is by Hugo Pratt, "Randall" is by Arturo del Castillo and "Ernie Pike" is by...
View ArticleForgotten Again, In The USA, This Time
Answering to this blog post I wrote the following: "When you laud Hugo Pratt’s characterization you are really lauding his master, Héctor Germán Oesterheld." My comment is awaiting moderation, or so it...
View ArticleForgotten Yet Again?
People are excited about the new set of comics related exhibitions at the Beaubourg in Paris. I haven't been there, so I can't say anything about it, but there's a blatant flaw I want to address. To...
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