France

Did you know that in the United States you can subscribe to several European weekly and monthly Disney comics through Amazon.com? You can get Lustiges Taschenbuch from Germany, Musse Pigg & Co from Sweden or Picsou Magazine from France. Here’s an overview of the Disney periodicals that I found. These titles can be shipped only within the U.S. and the prices listed here include shipping costs.

• Lustiges Taschenbuch (Germany)
  Price: $100 for 12 issues / 12 months
   
• Musse Pigg & Co (Sweden)
  Price: $30.08 for 12 issues / 12 months
   
• Le Journal de Mickey (France)
  Price: $239.93 for 52 issues / 12 months
   
• Picsou Magazine (France)
  Price: $89.93 for 12 issues / 12 months
   
• Super Picsou Geant (France)
  Price: $50.62 for 6 issues / 12 months
   
• Mickey Parade Geant (France)
  Price: $45.48 for 6 issues / 12 months
   
• Disney Princesse (France)
  Price: $40.53 for 6 issues / 12 months
   
• Micky Maus (Germany)
  No longer available
  Price: $180 for 52 issues / 12 months
   
• Kalle Anka & Co (Sweden)
  No longer available
  Price: $194.99 for 52 issues / 12 months
   
• Witch Magazine (France)
  No longer available
  Price: $90.23 for 12 issues / 12 months
   
• Anders And (Denmark)
  No longer available
  Price: $331.81 for 52 issues / 12 months
   
• Disney Adventures (Australia)
  No longer available
  Price: $52.36 for 12 issues / 12 months
   

Comic 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 »