Peeters and Schuiten on Winsor McCay: Cherbourg 23 June-1 Oct 2017
Exhibition and talks on the early animation and comics pioneer Winsor McCay curated by Professor Benoît Peeters and artist Francois Schuiten, Cherbourg, France, June 23-Oct 1, 2017.
Schuiten shortlisted for Eisner Awards 2017
San Diego Comic-Con announced Schuiten as shortlisted for Eisner Awards in the category of Best Penciller/Inker for The Theory of the Grain of Sand. https://www.comic-con.org/awards/eisner-awards-nominations-2017
Out of the Shadows: L. Ward’s Wordless Graphic Novels
By Pip Dickens/ I was introduced to the fascinating wordless graphic novels of Lynd Ward by chance. And I am forever grateful. One of the great things about being a compulsive collector is the buzz you get hunting down your quarry and getting it at the best price and condition possible. The rarer the book, […]
The Theory of the Grain of Sand published
The work by Francois Schuiten and Benoit Peeters translated and published by Alaxis Press, US version, end 2016. https://www.altaplana.be/dictionary/alaxis_press
The Seen and the Written
By Andy Tate/ A wake up call…. Western culture has often placed words and images in an antagonistic relationship. Even in a relatively secular era, the potent phrase with which St John’s gospel opens – ‘In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God’ – has a […]
