https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Ducreux

So, he was a multi-talented artist who worked under the 'fat boy'* and somehow managed to survive the bloody French Revolution, alongside his colleague David.

one of Louis XVI's most notorious nicknames

My understanding is that he was meticulously-trained as an artist, and generally-speaking, did thoroughly professional work... until he had his personal time, in which he decided to 'boogie on down with his bad self,' as we once used to say in the States. I think. XD

But wait, there's more! I understand that some of his pics recently turned in to a sort of cottage-industry of memes. Behold:

EDIT: Alright, alright, here's a couple of those decoded. Most are rap-themed, I th

I first saw this question posted at a Tintin community a couple weeks ago, so here's my take on the matter. To be clear, these represent my best 'hangover-cures' for Tintin readers craving more, roughly-ranked from most immediately-relevant, all the way down...

NOTE: in terms of the obvious title-drops, please just google them. More specific stuff I'll link you to directly. Also note: Georges Remi and "Hergé" are the same person. Alright, here we go!

• Alph-Art, the final, half-finished album, if you haven't already.
• Lake of Sharks if you absolutely must, but it's not by Hergé.
• Ampton's heavenly review series of the albums, breaking them down and providing loads of context and insights.
• The various fan-made Tintin pastiches, if you don't mind that they can get pretty wild and ridiculous (som

I thought this was a neat, sepia-like piece, what with it's effective pen-like line shading, and a quasi-fairytale-like interaction of light and shadow. Could be a wimmelbilder, I reckon.

It comes from a book I've just started, Ye, in which Brasilian talent Petreca seems to handle almost every aspect of the book's creation.

---> a high-detail version of the art is here, as long as Imgur can manage to hang on to it <---

About the book, I can't give any sort of review yet, but here's what BDT had to say:

One of his generation's most talented comic book writers, Guilherme Petreca offers us "Ye", a cauldron of references to the inner-workings of his own mind. It tells the story of a young mute who goes in search of healing.

This fantastic, poetical work shows us Ye's learning jour

I was seemingly out of the loop in Druillet's heyday, not really being aware of Heavy Metal magazine until the early 90's, I guess it was. Unfortunately, by that time I don't think 'HM' was publishing much of Druillet's stuff, anymore.

NOTE: just in case it's not known, Mssr Philippe was one of the four founders of Les Humanoïdes Associés, which were a huge advancement in getting BD / Euro-comics published across the world, including the States.

Anyway... for me, this amazing magazine cover is a typically wild, hilarious, and even somewhat nightmarish work that this living-legend produced. (yes, he's 80yo now)

I understand that it comes from a retrospective by "Mel" publishers, back in 2017. Anybody read that edition..?

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EDIT: To be clear-- I think there's a good chance this is from the superb Angel Wings series, by Yann and Hugault. I'd say: RUN, DON'T WALK, if there's a chance of you getting hold of that series!

Details on the plane itself:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_J2F_Duck

Here's a Franco-Italian collaboration about an English pilot leading an historical Dutch expedition across the mighty Pacific, towards the Southeast Asian 'lands of silk,' circa 1600. (this was an historical thing, no joke)

Bah, and as happens far too commonly with me, my initial thought was to simply share some nice art, namely the two halves of page 11:

To me, the above is nice, satisfying and competent art in the draftsmanship sense, but what really sent me was the overall sunset gradient, saturation and mood. It's just nawt something I'd seen before in com

So, not to 'beat myself hoarse,'* but ah man... there's just nothing like René Goscinny, i.e. the classic writer upon this series. <3

hahaha (a little Belle & Hockridge tribute right there)

And yet, and yet... let's give the new crew a chance, i.e. the new writers & artists assigned to carry on the series.

It certainly can't be easy.

Thanks to the folks at the Tumblr BD stream! [source]

Now, I'd already read the first tome, but didn't notice this funny capture, maybe because the 'marsu' in question seemed very hunted in T1. So, I suspect this is from T2, where our long-tailed lovely hooks up with some proper friendos.

Anyway, this is from a new-ish, two-tome work that imagines a Marsupilami awkwardly getting caught up in an modern urban-scape.

As with the recent, inspired guest-shots on Lucky Luke and Les Schtroumpfs (i.e. The Smurfs, which I previously covered across the "Tebo" version here), it's so interesting to me to see completely new talents taking these BD classics in funny, new, modernistic directions.

This two-part series is by the always fascinating Zidrou, and Frank (Pé).

Series link:

Set in and around London, this series is based on a classic story (see below) in which a group of paranormally-gifted chlldren are born around the same time, in the same area. This version explores the idea of what would happen if they were allowed to grow to adulthood. The result is, well… the collapse of England!

The premise is roughly taken from the excellent sci-fi work The Midwich Cuckoos. Author Warren Ellis is perhaps best-known for his popular Transmetropolitan cyberpunk series.

As the story progresses, eleven of

Great article about Quebec comics at Angouleme and a good look at the festival in general. Lots of discussion about the current state of the festival and some of the internal divisions of the fest between the organizers and artists. There's been some controversy regarding 9e, who organize the festival, and the creators that attend over the committee's refocusing on a more commercial outlook for the event, and more disgusting developments such as the rape of Chloe, a former employee that had her employment terminated after the horrific incident. This has caused many publishers to create a counter event in protest, with some publishers looking to avoid the festival for the foreseeable future.

A very interesting and informative article. I'm still quite new to the BD scene, and had only hard about the festival in Angouleme vaguely, so it was an intriguing look into the preeminent BD comic festival. I also discovered some new publishers to check out such as Le Monte-en-l'air, La Pasteque a

Anybody know anything about the 'Largo Winch' character? What media would you recommend? Also, is it pro-rich / pro-cop? My understanding is the guy inherits billions but he’s from the criminal classes and hates the upper-classes… not really sure what class message is being sent

https://lemm.ee/post/51033313

Okay, this isn't quite meant as a full overview of the series, but I will try to answer your Q's. NOTE: one of the pics is kinda spoiler-ish, so be aware:

I find LW to be a tremendously fun, interesting and thrilling series, altho NB-- that's as someone who doesn't have nearly the financial & big business acumen to critically evaluate the way in which the money and corporate matters unfold.

So, Largo is a young billionaire with an atypically strong drive to be directly involved in his businesses, and specifically to operate in a moral, highly principled manner. This seems like somewhat of an absurd, storybook premise, but it works splendidly, as it puts him in the

Hilda is an absolute corker of a British series, by Luke Pearson, set in a modern-mythic Scandinavia. I've previously touched on it here, but was recently (and pleasantly) reminded, just now.

Specifically, these pages come from book four, Hilda and the Black Hound.

"We're not invisible." (what a friggin' line)

From my POV (i.e. my perspective), it's dang-ol' rare to the point of vanishing that a series is magnificently simple & loverly on the s

H.R. Giger, the famous creator of the Xenomorph in the science fiction classic ALIEN, was also part of the all star team that worked on Jodo's Dune. The enclosed design of the castle fits perfectly with the description of Harko City in the books, which is probably just a happy coincidence. The elongated back of the head is an obvious resemblance to the aforementioned Xenomorph.

https://www.artstation.com/alariko