Sociedade Portuguesa de Autores

Foram entregues, há uma semana atrás, os prémios da Sociedade Portuguesa de Autores. Num ano em que Marco Mendes publicou o seu Diário Rasgado, Carlos Pinheiro e Nuno Sousa publicaram Sobrevida (as minhas desculpas a outras possíveis escolhas), a banda desenhada foi olimpicamente ignorada nos ditos. Concluindo: para a SPA os autores de banda desenhada não são autores.

Hora Cero

Art Spiegelman and W.J.T. Mitchell in Conversation

Stolen Art / Arte Roubada

Someone at the Portuguese customs or postal service stole the original art for these two Ray Bailey / Milton Caniff pages (# 13, 14 of Strictly for the Smart Birds, 1951). If you bump into them anywhere, please let me know! Thanks!

Alguém da alfândega ou dos CTT roubou-me a arte original destas duas páginas de Ray Bailey / Milton Caniff (# 13, 14 de Strictly for the Smart Birds, 1951). Se as virem por aí agradeceria muito que me avisassem. Obrigado!

Oslo Comics Expo

I was invited by the Oslo Comics Expo to participate in a seminar about modern aesthetics in comics. I had a great time! Thanks Håvard S. Johansen, thanks Erle Marie Sørheim! I loved meeting everyone there (and I mean also those who aren't mentioned on this post, of course)! It was great to meet Matthias Wivel, Paul Gravett, Fredrik Strömberg, Joost Swarte, Ulli Lust and the Drawn & Quarterly people: Tom Devlin, Seth, Chris Ware, Jillian Tamaki, Pascal Girard, Marc Bell. I hope to meet you all again soon...

Image (picked on Ulli Lust's blog; sorry Ulli!):

From left to right: (background) Matthias Wivel (hidden by Paul Gravett), yours truly, Pascal Girard, Seth; (foreground) Sharmila Banerjee, Martin Ernstsen, Jillian Tamaki.

Joe Sacco's Kushinagar

Joe Sacco continues the good fight. Corruption is the cancer of the so-called third world.

Buzzelli a Lucca