It’s the Modern World, the End of Times, the Decline of the West, the Revolt of the Masses. It’s the 1920’s. It’s going to be Very Silly.
The first issue was two pages shorter than the others, so I will squeeze in these introductory pages in a later edition (with ISBN numbers and whatnot…). For the first time (except for his appearance on the Buono-Bello-Cattivo poster) we catch a glimpse of the elusive dictator of Ginestra, Dux Leon d’Oro.
Originally, the Dux was [...]
Just something to smile at during the winter storms. From La Vie Parisienne, July 1921, by Maurice Milliere. Sold at Printiques.co.uk
It lasted such a brief time, squeezed between the revolutionizing Meiji (明治 1868-1912) and the warlike and industrious Showa (昭和 1926-1989). It was named after an emperor who was not very important after all. But in the Taisho period (大正時代), many Japanese tried the first steps towards a democratic, open society, challenging old values and [...]
I just found this half-inked page in a sketchbook. No reason not to finish it. It’s only a frivolity, but a character-building frivolity. The setting is Mayann’s new apartment in Paris, featuring her Sueco-French choreographer Pontus “Pom” de la Gardie and her Italo-French teacher whom we all know and cherish. (Were there any ‘pure’ Frenchmen [...]
The trouble with readers, from a cartoonist’s point of view, is that there are basically three kinds of them. (Roughly generalizing, I know.) They are:
A) the plot readers
B) the character fans
C) the art critics