Recently I visited the new incarnation of Serieteket, Sweden’s only speciality library for comics, enjoying a presentation by the ever energetic library manager Kristiina Kolehmainen. Serieteket has been around for 15 years and is a unique establishment in the Northern …
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Moebius exhibition in Paris
Posted by Fredrik Stromberg on February 6th, 2011 at 2:42 PMRight now there is an impressive exhibition in Paris about the seminal French artist Moebius/Gir, or Jean Giraud as is his real name.
The exhibition is called “Transe Forme”, a play on words capturing much of what Giraud’s career has …
Angoulême – A Minister Visiting
Posted by Fredrik Stromberg on February 6th, 2011 at 2:33 PMHere’s an interesting web TV documentary from the recently ended festival in Angoulême, dealing with the fact that the Minister for European Affairs, Laurent Wauquiez, visited the festival. This could only happen at a French comics festival. During the second …
Angoulême – Cultural acceptance
Posted by Fredrik Stromberg on January 30th, 2011 at 7:55 AMThe best part of being at the festival in Angoulême is the general feeling of comics being accepted as a valid cultural art form. This acceptance runs on all levels of society, one example being the big statue of Hergé, …
Angoulême – Signings
Posted by Fredrik Stromberg on January 30th, 2011 at 5:44 AMOK, so time for a bit of self indulgence… Yesterday was a very good day, in several aspects. I spent the day representing Sweden in meetings with people from various countries, discussing ideas of cooperations, exhibitions, anthologies in several “foreign” …
Angoulême – Comics in the Cathedral
Posted by Fredrik Stromberg on January 29th, 2011 at 5:20 PMOne thing that always feels a bit strange when in Angoulême is entering the big cathedral and in it find not only comics exhibitions, but book signings and a big book store – all on a religious, Christian theme.
For …
Angoulême – Platinum Meet
Posted by Fredrik Stromberg on January 28th, 2011 at 2:24 PMEvery year on Friday at the festival in Angoulême, comics historians from all over the world meet up to discuss, show off what they have accomplished since last year and just hang out and exchange ideas.
I’ve been going to …
Angoulême – Strike at L’Association
Posted by Fredrik Stromberg on January 27th, 2011 at 11:55 AMWalking around the festival makes me feel that nothing much has changed (I’ve been coming to the Angoulême festival for eight years in a row…), but entering the New York tent (where all the “alternative” publishers are gathered), a great …
Angouleme Commences
Posted by Fredrik Stromberg on January 27th, 2011 at 9:26 AMToday saw the start of the major European comics festival in Angoulême, France. For me, the start meant taking part in an international meeting among the organizers of comics festivals all over Europe. We were all seated around a big …
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