version castellano
My Spanish publisher, Norma Editorial, has translated two of the comics journalism pieces I’ve done for Cartoon Movement into castellano (aka spanish) and they are now available as a free digital download on Cimoc.com. Here’s the link to the Waiting Room, or “Sala de Espera” http://www.cimoc.com/issue.asp?G000000004/sala_de_espera And here is the link to the State of...
Why The French Elections Are Better Than Yours
This is a piece that I started working on a wee bit too late, as it will be completely obsolete as soon as Sunday hits. But I wanted to share it with you in its half-finished form because, well, you ought to know about all the awesome French election coverage you’re missing.
Version Française
As I’ve mentioned here before, I am currently living in Angoulême as an artist in residence at the Maison des Auteurs. The MdA is part of the Cité Internationale de la Bande Dessinée et de l’Image, and it welcomes cartoonists and animators from France and abroad to come to Angoulême and have a place to...
the Perfect Pen
For the longest time, visiting an art supply store or a stationary shop was always a dangerous game for me. I would often just tell myself I was going to take a peek and then I would be hypnotized by all the sketchbooks and pens and would end up spending hours testing pens and paper...
“Angoulême: Love It or Shove It” An open letter by Lewis Trondheim
I have very little skin in the game when it comes to the politics and proceedings surrounding the Angoulême Festival. I’ve been only once (and I thoroughly enjoyed myself) and I’m not French, so I don’t really have an opinion on the matter, nor do I have any deep understanding of the festival’s history or inner workings....
London Sketchbook
Last week I went to London for an assignment for the Jewish Quarterly, a cultural journal based there who I do comics for. It was Jewish Book Week and they asked me to come to make a piece about it. The illustrated essay I’m making from it will be coming soon, but for now, here’s...
the Roller-Bladers of Suleimaniya
As I wrote in a previous post, the 24 hours of bande dessinée occurred last week. I failed to finish a 24 page comic in 24 hours…but I DID manage to finish a 20 page comic in about 30 hours? I finally finished the thing and am posting it now. This story is a true...
The festival that was: Angoulême 2012
Well, THAT was something. Bear with me; I’ve never done a “con report” or a “festival recap” before. I think they often involve the blogger talking about the convention day by day, being very thorough about covering everything important that happened, the most buzzed about books and news and who’s...
The Waiting Room
THE WAITING ROOM Published April 2011 on Cartoon Movement 20 pages Syria is a temporary refuge to hundreds of thousands of Iraqis who have fled their own country following the 2003 invasion by US coalition forces. While some have been resettled to third countries, many are waiting as refugees without access to work or higher education....
24 h BD
3:32 pm Well, its over! And I finished 19 pages so far, which you can see here: http://www.24hdelabandedessinee.com/public/auteurs2012.php?id=11048 It may not be 24 pages but it doesnt feel like a failure. I have to admit that I didn’t really WANT to participate in 24 hour comics day. I thought “that’s not how I work and...
A Walk Around Angoulême
In the year leading up to coming here, I would tell people that I was moving to Angoulême for 7 months and would get different reactions depending on where the person I was talking to was from. If they were American, they would usually sigh and say “oh how wonderful to live in France for...
Leaving Brooklyn
Tonight I’ll be leaving New York and headed to Angoulême, France, where I’ll be an artist in residence at the Maison des Auteurs. The plan is to stay there for about 7 months while I work on the next book and various short pieces. I’ve lived in Brooklyn for 9 years and now I am...
