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The government does this once in a while. The point is to cut off Chinese people from the outside world's contaminating influence as well as stimulate Chinese domestic producers to fill the vacuum of demand. They'd rather have content producers they control promoting socialist morality instead of foreigners with silly ideas like voting (universal sufferage/if you can breathe you can vote...not like wise Confucian sages ruling because they're the smartest and therefore obviously the best [at least in the eyes of the Confucian sages]). Other corrosive Hollywood ideas include: pervasive contempt for authority figures like police, glorification of criminals and violent mafia, scenes of excessive violence designed to stimulate the dark parts of the human soul, and so on. Be disciplined and law-abiding, not chaotic and lawless; Live plainly, work hard, do not wallow in luxuries and pleasures...what would Hollywood look like if they had to follow government-mandated guidelines like these when making films?

And people can just get it elsewhere? Sure, but remember the Great Wall was only a wall. I mean, you could climb over it if you wanted...it just made your job harder, that's all. Same with the Great Firewall (actually named Golden Shield because it's meant to defend from attacks from outside while keeping China's domestic internet safe) and other barriers. They're not omnipotent, they are but mere cumbersome obstacles.

The site was closed because it didn't have an "Information Network Broadcast Audio Visual Programming Permission Certificate" from...you guessed it...SARFT! AKA The State Administration of Radio Film and Television, AKA the Comics Code Authority, AKA the Thought Police. This wasn't a commercial or copyright dispute, otherwise it would be handled by a different government agency. This was purely cultural in nature.

The funny part is, with all these people on bitorrent at once, download speeds have never been higher! ;)

Or PERHAPS he should try WRITING scripts for SUPERHERO COMICS.

Maybe his SECRET ALTER-EGO is none-other than BILL GRIFFITH.

"I've seen a documentary about anime and how it all started with one guy, (I forget what he did, not astro boy but something like that)."

Something very much like that. Insofar as it was that.

Osamu Tezuka

It's true people followed him a little too slavishly at first, creating a national style. Our diversity in style probably comes more from the UPA studios in the 60s than any criticism of Disney, though. Sesame Street and the National Film Board of Canada had a lot to do with it too. It's hard to say...

In the end, I think it comes down to the way animation has been marginalized in North America. In Japan animation has had enormous cultural success. We often bewail the North American mentality that says "Comics are only for kids" but keeping animation on the fringes has meant a lot of animators have nothing to lose. Commercial animation is such a dead-end career in North America that we have had thousands of trained animators sitting around with nothing to do over the years. Disney certainly couldn't employ them all. The result has been a lot of experimental animation, which broadened our stylistic base.

In Japan, animation is like Top 40 radio. It's bland and safe. We think it's quirky and risky because it flaunts our cultural predjudices, but there it's just business as usual.

Actually Martin Mystery is based on Italian comic. Martin Mystery in comic is around 35 year old, in cartoon he is teenager, lets stop at this point.
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http://lambiek.net/artists/c/castelli-alfredo.htm
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http://www.ytv.com/programming/shows/martin_myster y/index.asp?showID=181

I am really suprised why so much fascination with Japan manga and there is almost none with European comics.

LOL indeed.

The moderation system is broken, which allows me to post links to horrific goatse images like this, without getting modded down...

Not knowing who Melinda Gebbie is, I Googled her and got this. Is this a fair representation of her work?

This Concrete was already jumping & bending (as well as winning the hearts of scantily clad hotties) in the 80's!

What kind of encyclopedia does a great physicist want when {he,she} wins a bet?

...another medium (comic books) that is often dismissed by the "Fine Art" community.

That is simply not true. Take a look at Maus by Art Spiegelman which has received much recognition by the "Fine Art" community.

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OK,

Let's start off that I'm talking about the European situation here (Brussels and around).

The best place for finding comics that were missing from your collection (particular edition or so) used to be flea markets before they caught on. Now, I have the impression that, if you are not there at 8 o'clock or so, you can only find rubbish.

This way, I was able to find a number of comics with the old "newspaper" look (Actually, Jommeke, mainly because they were missing from my all-newspaper-look collection nrs 1-96 IIRC).
The same for Tintin (or Kuifje) in an older 'Flemish' edition (As opposed to the newer 'Dutch' editions). And yes, we were reading them before that Spiel-guy got interested ;)

If you are very lucky, you might still find something there if you get there early.

There are a number of comic book stores that do second hand comics, which might give you the possibility to complete your collection at a fair price (to my experience, these are also getting more rare).

If you are very lucky you'll be able to get your hands on some old editions by asking around to friends and family. It's amazing what ppl have stashed away in their homes (e.g. 1st edition Nero's).

OK,

Let's start off that I'm talking about the European situation here (Brussels and around).

The best place for finding comics that were missing from your collection (particular edition or so) used to be flea markets before they caught on. Now, I have the impression that, if you are not there at 8 o'clock or so, you can only find rubbish.

This way, I was able to find a number of comics with the old "newspaper" look (Actually, Jommeke, mainly because they were missing from my all-newspaper-look collection nrs 1-96 IIRC).
The same for Tintin (or Kuifje) in an older 'Flemish' edition (As opposed to the newer 'Dutch' editions). And yes, we were reading them before that Spiel-guy got interested ;)

If you are very lucky, you might still find something there if you get there early.

There are a number of comic book stores that do second hand comics, which might give you the possibility to complete your collection at a fair price (to my experience, these are also getting more rare).

If you are very lucky you'll be able to get your hands on some old editions by asking around to friends and family. It's amazing what ppl have stashed away in their homes (e.g. 1st edition Nero's).

OK,

Let's start off that I'm talking about the European situation here (Brussels and around).

The best place for finding comics that were missing from your collection (particular edition or so) used to be flea markets before they caught on. Now, I have the impression that, if you are not there at 8 o'clock or so, you can only find rubbish.

This way, I was able to find a number of comics with the old "newspaper" look (Actually, Jommeke, mainly because they were missing from my all-newspaper-look collection nrs 1-96 IIRC).
The same for Tintin (or Kuifje) in an older 'Flemish' edition (As opposed to the newer 'Dutch' editions). And yes, we were reading them before that Spiel-guy got interested ;)

If you are very lucky, you might still find something there if you get there early.

There are a number of comic book stores that do second hand comics, which might give you the possibility to complete your collection at a fair price (to my experience, these are also getting more rare).

If you are very lucky you'll be able to get your hands on some old editions by asking around to friends and family. It's amazing what ppl have stashed away in their homes (e.g. 1st edition Nero's).

To see the illustrations made me kind of nostalgic, which is a bit strange considering I was born in 1977. However, when I was younger, I used to read this cartoon "Allan Kämpe" which had a very 50's feeling over it. So the style is very similar between that old cartoon and these images in the article. Unfortunately, I haven't found much info on Allan Kämpe, but here are two pages:

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Link2

Most die-hard Zim fans probably know this, but if you're a fan of a show but not familiar with Jhonen Vasque's other work, you owe it to yourself to get ahold of a copy of Squee and Johnny the Homicidal Maniac. The first is the more accessable and Zim-like; the second is Jhonen's quintisential work, but it is much darker and more philosophical. All his work is available from Slave Labor Graphics. (Avoid Fillerbunny and especially the Bad Art Collection; these are for die-hard fans only.)

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I'm going to do the same in about 1 hour, with the slightly different approach of using some "professional services", and lots of belgium beer

Other interesting tidbits concerning Jean Giraud: Has worked on Fifth Element, Willow and (gah!) The Masters of the Universe movie. He is also an uncredited contributor to Blade Runner. ( see His Bio )

Close collaborator with Alejandro Jodorowsky, they were the original team that were hired to produce the Dune movie instead of David Lynch. Jodorowsky is one of France's more "exotic" author, known for his work in disturbing movies and phenomenal comic book writing. Jean Giraud has also done work with Marvel Comics on some Silver Surfer albums/issues.

If any of you is interested in comic books as art, you will be fascinated with Giraud's portofolio. Go visit this site