The Panelopticon

I've decided to change my blog's name to "The Comics Observer". The new location is here.

German cartoonist Horus Odenthal has decided that Friedrich von Schiller -who has been depicted in many different ways over the past two centuries- was "like the ugly kid in class".

Oh, and also something about wanting to turn German youth on to classic poetry through the medium of comics or whatnot:

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(shame about the "Bang! Pow!"-type headline and caption though)

What appears to be some early Clowes art from a 1978 fanzine has recently surfaced, two pages of which have been posted here:

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For more information read Mark McMurray's January 17th post here (scroll down about halfway).

Here's a link to a fun 'visit of Paris', Tardi-style: link