So when I was in Italy I started buying old adult fumetti (comics) from used bookstore. I didn't look for the classics like Manara, Crepax or Magnus since I already knew those. No instead I aimed for the worst horror/porn productions of the 70's ( Read more... )

In Florence and Bologna, I took some time to visit anatomical wax collections.

( Totally gross and certainly NSFW but of a great scientific interest... )

Hello, Livejournal, how long has it been since I haven't posted here ? 8 months ?

That's a long interruption, even for me. I guess I should blame Twitter ? Everybody does, anyway.

So what has been going on in my life recently ?

Last month, I went for a vacation in Italy : I visited Florence, Bologna (shortly), Rome and Naples. It was pretty great and ( Read more... )

By recommendation of harveyjames , I umbly sugest that you vote for daphaknee  as President of Iran user representatives to the Livejournal Advisory Board


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Esther has posted a new comic over at La Lanterne Brisée, and it is totally fabulous. Also there's almost no text, so you don't even need to understand French. I assume it was meant to be posted last week for the International Day Against Homophobia and Transhobia, but it was worth the wait.

I've really been enjoying her comics since the relaunch of ( Read more... )

Episode 19 of Platinum Grit is live, at last !

Go read it here.

It's really excellent. Totally worth the wait.

Someone has been reading the classics : Kenyan women are trying to pressure politicians into finding an end to the current political crisis, by re-enacting Lysistrata's story. That is, by withholding sex for a week.

Here is the story

"We are asking even sex workers to join the cause, even if we have to pay them ourselves," said Patricia Nyaundi, ( Read more... )

harveyjames  is a comic genius, and most probably an evil genius.

I just read this comic he made for Vice Magazine, and it felt like being punched in the gut. Repeatedly. And I mean that as a compliment. I wish I could explain, but I was never a good critic, just trust me on this one, Okay ? Read it. It's genius. No really, read it. You'll thank me later, or ( Read more... )

If, like me, you're a fan of G.R.R.Martin's "Song of Ice and Fire" (A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, a Storm of Swords, a Feast for Crows...), you'll want to have a look at Algesiras' brand new fanart gallery site : Highgarden. (Algesiras' main blog is here, her comics are here (story and art), here (story adaptation) and soon here (story ( Read more... )

Today's good webcomic news is that Ursula Vernon's webcomic "Digger" is now completely free. You can read it all without needing to purchase a subscription ( Read more... )