The Institut finlandais, a cultural institute between Finland and France, has kicked off a year of comics called “Sarjakuva 2026.” The effort is to promote Finnish bande dessinée within France and promote exchanges between artists, professionals and comic fans.From their website: Over the past few years, Finnish comics have established themselves as one of the […]
The newly formed Graphic Medicine Europe has announce their inaugural Graphic Medicine Europe Conference to be held later this year on Sept 9 – 12. The conference will be held at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam on September 9-10 and at the annual Cross Comix festival at De Doelen in Rotterdam on the 11-12th. The theme is “Imagination, Mediation, […]
Teacher, principal, superintendent, musician and cartoonist Howard King has passed away. From the obituary: Through the years, he also went on to earn his Master’s Degree in Education Administration from the University of Southern California and then to pursue a career in Education. Beginning his teaching career first as a teacher at University Place, he […]
First Dog comments on our special military operation, which isn’t a war except sometimes somebody slips and accidentally calls it one. “Special Military Operation” is also what Vladimir Putin calls his invasion of Ukraine, but I’m sure that’s just a coincidence.But as First Dog says, Australia is definitely not in a war, though they seem […]