Monday, December 9, 2002

Books. Go and get them. Blackmask Online: Like Getting a Drink of Water from a Fire Hydrant: "There are 10428 books for you to choose from!" 11:46:45 PM     |

The Carl Barks Base comes with a new layout and is now available in German and English flavours: http://www.barksbase.de/ Introducktion: Carl Barks (1901-2000) was, without doubt, one of the most important comic artists ever. This site aims at gathering information on his work and making it available online. And the picture on the left is, without doubt, one of the best Barks portraits I've seen so far. 9:07:13 PM     |

Harry, go and get the car... I'm kind of busy working on a pitch for the next three days, so I can't promise any new cartoons. Instead a link to an especially peculiar item of German TV-history: Der Kommissar. ("I said so, didn't I?" - "Yes, you said so." - "That's what she said, Herr Kommissar") Fabulous: "Während Robert, Walter und Harry (später Erwin) ihre Schreibtische in einer Linie am Fenster haben, muß Fräulein Rehbein in der Ecke zwischen den Türen ihre Arbeit verrichten; der Kommissar hat einen wohnlichen Raum ganz für sich allein." Der Schockwellenreiter is right (as usual) about Rolf Kauka - he screwed up bigtime with his Asterix translations. But he also published Spirou and Fantasio, and Raumpatrouille, of course. Conservative and right-wing, yes, but he wasn't that bad after all. His 'Liebe Freunde' column is legendary... 11:22:16 AM     |