Archive for January, 2009

Comic Books at the Louvre

Posted by Arthur in Exhibits, France

Comic strip art at the Louvre in ParisComic books as an art form are finally getting the recognition they deserve at the most famous and prestigious museum in the world.

Starting this week, the Sully wing at the Louvre in Paris is home to a special exhibit for comic book fans titled Le Louvre invite la bande dessinée (‘The Louvre invites comic strip art’). Mona Lisa will get some company in the form of Asterix & Obelix, Tin Tin, and many other popular French comic book characters.

The exhibit runs until April 13th and features original artwork by Nicolas de Crécy, Marc-Antoine Mathieu, Éric Liberge and Bernard Yslaire. More »

January 26th 2009 | 1:25 am CET | No Comments »

New Soccer Magazine in Germany

Posted by Arthur in Germany, New Titles

DonaldoOn January 22nd, Ehapa Verlag, publisher of Disney comics in Germany, is launching a new soccer Disney magazine titled Donaldo. The bi-monthly magazine will feature football-themed comic stories as well as news reports from the Champions League and Bundlesliga soccer championships, posters and activities.

The 52-page magazine is targeted at 7 to 10-year-old kids and will sell for €2,80. The first issue will have a print-run of 110,000 copies.

January 17th 2009 | 1:40 am CET | No Comments »

Three New Titles from Boom! Studios

Posted by Arthur in United States

Boom! Studios in the United States is getting ready to release three new titles based on Disney franchises. They are Pixar’s Cars, Pixar’s The Incredibles and The Muppet Show. The first issues of these new series will hit newsstands on March 25th. Disney Publishing Worldwide and Boom! Studios announced in July last year that they are collaborating on new comics with characters from Toy Story, Finding Nemo, The Incredibles and WALL-E, so look out for more titles coming in the future. You can pre-order these titles on MailOrderComics.com.

Four The Incredibles covers by Boom! Studios
The first issue of the new The Incredibles series is available in four different covers!

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January 6th 2009 | 3:39 pm CET | No Comments »
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