Blipverts
Sorry, lots of running around today. And because I ain't gank that code from Anil like Jason did, lots of random stuff gets tossed into one entry instead.
First off, in the "sucking-up-to-Ginger Department," a story about the Angouleme International Festival of Comics Art, by Heidi MacDonald, at Comicon.com's Pulse.
The 30th annual Angouleme International Festival of Comics Art kicks off today and runs through Sunday. Attended annually by over 100,000 enthusiasts (they don't call them fans over there), this is generally considered the finest comics related show in Europe, and probably the world. Comics take over the entire own, with fabulous art installations all over the city, signings, and socializing, but all at a continental pace. Guests include the stars of comics worldwide, usually including a small but doughty American faction.
And there'd be something here about the larger audience for and more diverse content of comics in other parts of the world, possibly with a link to Matt Fraction's Poplife column at Comic Book Resources and a mention that I only read the column because somebody quoted a bit of it in a BAD SIGNAL mailing, but, again, rush job this. Make with the clicking.
Also comics-related, because it's a comic, get your war on | page eighteen. The last few would have been appropriate to mention the 22nd, if I'd been talking about that thing I wasn't talking about.
And everyone saw the link to English-language sample pages from Marjane Satrabi's Persepolis that Rostam posted a few days back, yes?
Huh. Hadn't meant to do a comics-centered entry. Maybe I should change the title and edit that first paragraph to reflect this.
Maybe I should hit the "Save" button and start collecting books for the trip to Powell's Bookstores Chicago. . .
Quick update (because really, I'm assembling a huge pile of books, not looking at people's sites): I actually wrote this yesterday, which was cartooning-slash-comics day at VASpider's as well.
Strange Coincidence, that. Will have to discuss that with Naked Tiny when we have lunch in Minneapolis in a week or two think about that. . .
Comments
Can I mention how ragingly jealous I am that you all are getting to hang out together before I get to meet any of you?
It's a really good kind of jealousy, but still.
Jealous, jealous, jealous.
I won't be out there until the last week of May, but, hey. It will be Baby Time then. Err. For Tiny and Anna. Not for me. c.c
Posted by: VASpider | January 24, 2003 11:06 AM
you know, i actually didn't steal any code from anil, just the idea. I honestly have no idea how he does his daily links include on that page. It's too much php for me to get down with.
So, I just handcode some urls and pretend like I'm cool.
I mention this rather than talking about comic books and their relatives becuase I refuse to hit those links and get sucked in even more than I already am.
Posted by: Jason | January 24, 2003 11:17 AM
[sigh- no geek cred here, just geek]
Aaron, you or anyone else here know how to get ahold of Satrabi's book in the original French? Bestbookbuys.com doesn't list it in Fr [my usual recourse.]
[sorry, translation-phobic. Nothing to see here, just a geek. Move along.]
Posted by: Neogrammarian | January 24, 2003 1:19 PM
Hey, Neo. Best I could do, I'm afraid:
From http://perso.club-internet.fr/la_pie/publications/livres/persepolis.htm, but I'm hoping the ISBN is enough to find the thing(s). . .
Jason, you know you ain't gots to pretend like you're cool. What with that whole pirate thing you got going on. Not speaking of which. . .
VASpider, does this qualify as a manifestation of my mutant annoying-you ability? I'd started to worry that had gone away.
Ok, maybe "worry" is the wrong word.
Posted by: Aaron | January 24, 2003 3:32 PM
Probably the wrong word, yes, but! In the interest of keeping the in-joke running, we'll count this as a manifestation, certainly.
And it's a good thing you're not talking about pirates, elsewise I'd be drooling all over the comments box, and, well, that just gets messy.
Posted by: VASpider | January 24, 2003 5:01 PM
apropos of: page eighteen
damn. gloves sure are off now.
i guess those who can't stand the heat can go mellow out with some doonesbury.
Posted by: r@d@r | January 27, 2003 12:41 PM
"Gank"?
Posted by: David | January 27, 2003 1:21 PM
[peeking around, deciding it's safe to comment all the way down here]
Now I have yet another reason to want to go to France. That's a way cool link and thank you for sending it my way.
Posted by: Ginger | January 30, 2003 10:37 AM
No worries. There was a story on NPR's Morning Edition about Angouleme a few days back, if you're interested.
And David?
Since you asked.
Posted by: Aaron | January 30, 2003 1:33 PM