World news about “Comic Strips” published by euronews.
Asterix creator honoured at cartoon festival In the French city of Angouleme thousands have turned up to celebrate the “9th Art” – that is how the French see cartoons. Fans of comic strips descend on the… 01/02/2013
Asterix and Obelix head for Britain The French comic book heros are back; this time in 3D. Asterix and Obelix: God Save Britannia is the fouth installment in the franchise and sees Asterix cross… 17/10/2012
World Press Cartoon The World Press Cartoon competition prizes have been awarded in Sintra, in Portugal. The subjects tackled included the Fukushima disaster. This year for the… 07/05/2012
Marvel superheros hit silver screen in Avengers The Avengers is tipped as one of the summer’s biggest box office draws. When villain Loki threatens the world, Nick Fury (Samuel L Jackson) of peacekeeping… 23/04/2012
Angouleme: Strip show with a differenceThe Angouleme International Comics Festival put the spotlight on Spanish and Swedish works this year. Ever-popular, more than 200,000 fans visited the… 30/01/2012
“Pink fluffy kittens would give me more nightmares”Charlie Adlard has been drawing The Walking Dead since issue #7, when he replaced Tony Moore, who created the series in 2003 with writer Robert Kirkman. The… 02/11/2011
Tintin, Snowy, Haddock and the Unicorn One of the most anticipated films of the year is being unveiled in cinemas across Europe. The Adventures of Tintin – Secret of the Unicorn is Steven… 26/10/2011
Magic realism pervades Satrati’s latest Iranian offering After the world wide success of Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi returns to the screen with her second graphic novel adaptation, Chicken with Plums. The tale… 24/10/2011
Spielberg’s 3D adventures of Tintin premiers Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson’s animated 3D adaptation of Belgian comic book hero Tintin premiered on the red carpet in Brussels on Saturday. A parade… 22/10/2011
Blistering barnacles! It’s Spielberg’s Tintin Hergé‘s Tintin has finally been brought to the big screen, courtesy of dream team director Steven Spielberg and producer Peter Jackson. The computer-animated… 17/10/2011
Katy Perry voice of Smurfette in 3D feature Pop-sensation Katy Perry has made her film debut in the new 3D Smurf movie, which premiered in New York. The live actors all got the blue carpet treatment to… 26/07/2011
X-Men: First Class goes back to beginning Set in the 1960s at the height of the Cold War, the prequel to the X-Men series, ‘X-Men: First Class’ is about to go on worldwide general release. 27/05/2011
Hammer time for Branagh The latest comic-book superhero to take to the silver screen is Thor – the hammer-wielding Norse god of thunder and lightning who is exiled to Earth. The… 25/04/2011
Satire in Sintra: World Press Cartoon Some of the top exponents of satire and cutting wit in the world of newspapers were lauded at this year’s World Press Cartoon. The event again took place in… 11/04/2011
Kate and Wills comic released in time for wedding The royal romance between Prince William and Kate Middleton is being chronicled in a new comic book. “Kate and William: a Very Public Love Story” is a… 04/04/2011
Boulet: France’s favourite comic book bloggerFrench cartoonist Boulet is known in comic book circles as one of the leading comic strip bloggers in the Francophone world. He started his blog in French… 17/03/2011
Happy birthday Tintin!Everybody’s favorite comic book reporter is turning 84 today. His first adventures were published on January 10, 1929 in the children’s pages of the Belgian… 10/01/2013
Colombia: Escobar sticker book bannedA sticker album dedicated to the life of the notorious Colombian drugs baron Pablo Escobar has been banned after becoming a favourite among… 10/08/2012
Belgian court asked to ban ‘racist’ TintinOne of Belgium’s most famous exports is in court on accusations of racism. A Congolese man alleges Hergé‘s ‘Tintin in Congo’ comic book presents African in… 30/09/2011
German comic Loriot diesFamed German satirist Loriot has died at the age of 87 in southern Germany. The comedian – real name Bernhard Victor Christoph-Carl von Buelow – also wrote… 24/08/2011
Marvel’s new Spider-Man is mixed-race geekSpiderman is back and he is half-black. And half-Latino. Having killed off Peter Parker in June, Marvel Comics have unveiled the new web slinger called Miles… 05/08/2011
Bulgaria’s Soviet liberation AmericanisedPutting a twist on liberation, a sculpture honouring the advance of the Soviet Red Army into Nazi-allied Bulgaria in World War II has been given a make-over… 20/06/2011
Comic strip heroes Putin and Medvedev out to save the worldA tale of daring, of raw courage and bravery where time is slipping away if the hero is to save the world is causing a sensation in Russia. Almost five… 18/06/2011
