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The Christmas Lockdown
Haarlem, 15 December 2020
Today is the last day of my son’s day care. Full lockdown #2 starts tomorrow. Yaron is 2,5 years old, so he is too young to be left alone. As my wife is the one with the important job I will be the one…

Until the end of the world
The ground underneath the feet of the quiffed reporter and his talking dog is heating up so much that the asphalt is melting. At the same time, a mysterious star appears in the evening sky, next to the big dipper. The curious reporter decides…

Graphic novels
This is a top 10 of my favourite graphic novels / artists.
1. Chris Ware
Country: US
Key work: Acme Novelty Library (1993-present)
Life as a manual
Ware's unique autumnal isometric world view is perhaps "clinical" at first…

Moebius Redux
Great documentary about the late Jean Giraud, better known as Moebius, perhaps the biggest genius in the world of European "comics", reaching well beyond the genre and creating visuals for films like Tron and the Fifth Element... all that accompanied…