http://venerable-bede.com Introducing North America to the Franco-Belgian Comics Scene Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:33:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As written on MetaFilter recently; I'm not going to reproduce the original quote I'm responding to (I think it's a bit rude to purloin somebody's in-thread words in my personal blog) but it's there if you click on the link. Quick context: NY library has put Tintin in the Congo, Hergé ... http://venerable-bede.com/?p=69 Plomb Dans la Tête I approached this thinking -- with an imperfect knowledge of French expressions -- that this would translate into English as "Bullet in the Head," since the word-for-word translation is "Lead in the Head" and it featured burly men with guns on the cover. Looking into that ... http://venerable-bede.com/?p=64 Those of you with an interest in Franco-Belgian comics (and who doesn't have such an interest, really?) will want to tune into the latest Exploring Bédé, as Bryan Deemer and I dig into the ins and outs of bringing French comics to the American masses, courtesy of the incredibly intelligent ... http://venerable-bede.com/?p=62 Hauteville House Vol. 1: Zelda When you're establishing an alternate-history steampunk-lavish cross-world series, especially one that bumps up against our-Earth history fairly significantly, you could do worse than to jump in with both feet. So right off the bat: well played, Hauteville House. Without a preponderance of spoilers, here goes: back in a ... http://venerable-bede.com/?p=53 Bryan and I chat about The Scorpion, a Glénat series (IIRC) that he's read a bit of in English, and I've read a whole lot more of in French. The conversation evolves into general chat about what makes Franco-Belgian comics so great, and the "three trees" theory of international comics ... http://venerable-bede.com/?p=52 I'm very fond of using bold and italics in my writing, probably stemming from a long history with Spidey Super-Stories and reading word balloons in those comics where every second word is emphasized. I mean "bolded." I emphasized don't emphasized mean emphasized every emphasized second emphasized word emphasized is emphasized ... http://venerable-bede.com/?p=51 1024x768. These are fun to do. Click for full-size. http://venerable-bede.com/?p=49 Gonna be quiet for a while as I really need to catch up on some stuff. Overcommitin' fool that I am. http://venerable-bede.com/?p=48 Listen to the new podcast -- basically what Bryan and I have been reading lately -- at Comic Geek Speak. Permanent archive will be here. Links to most of what I've been talking about are here on this blog! http://venerable-bede.com/?p=46 So Something Finally Happens, and it's really well-written and well-handled, and surprisingly affecting. Of course, it happens hundreds of miles away from the zoo. I'm prepared to accept that I am denser than the average bear -- even if that average bear happens to be held captive by a teenage ... http://venerable-bede.com/?p=41