We are happy to announce that Dr. Ilan Manouach will present a keynote at the 4th International Comics Research Conference at Malmö University (12) 13–14 November 2026.

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My book Två månader i Tanger (Two Months in Tangiers) was awarded by Forum för Seriefolk (Comics Peoples Forum). See link in comments

Ludification of Vision international conference in comics & visual studies

I will present my research on comics and drawing tools at ludificationofvision.com

Christmas cards printed on stone lithographic press at The lithographic museum in Huddinge

No need. I read it all. To me this rhetoric, labeling comics (strips, books) as trash culture with some notable exceptions (list of usual names) belongs to the past. The discourse within comics culture and comics research has advanced since then.

Can’t believe that someone would write this in 2025. “Trash medium”. J. Hoberman in London Review of Books in an article about Crumb.

KRÖNIKA: Mitt kvarter på Möllan har blivit rikt och städat – jag sörjer Bagdad Livs Det är som att det har dragits en osynlig gräns över torget. Rika Ängelholmsgatan i norr, och fattiga Ystadsgatan i syd.

Mattias Oscarsson skriver om kvarteren jag skildrade i Nollad (1995). www.sydsvenskan.se/2025-08-10/m...

My new exhibition. Solidaroperan at Rum för serier in Malmö opened today

Two new Töpffer books
on the same day. That must be a record!

Storm P’s iconic hobos are still in use in what is probably the best beer commercial ever. “Hey Perikles-when does a Tuborg taste best?” “Every time!” From STORM-museum Copenhagen.

Students from the Graphic Design program at Malmoe University exhibit at Rum för serier, Friisgatan12 in Malmoe

Why people prefer Malmoe over Stockholm. Malmoe is a small big city, while Stockholm is a big small town. Images from my contribution to a new anthology about Malmoe

The trouble with AI art isn’t just lack of originality. It’s something far bigger | Eric Reinhart When artwork is invented by a machine, it loses its most important power: to help people connect. In an already lonely era, that is particularly dangerous

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Very proud to have been awarded Cecilia Frisendals grant to do lithographic work for one year at www.litografiskamuseet.se

Samtal med Horst + samtal – Panora Södra Sveriges största arthousebiograf!

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Film about the Swedish comics revolution in the 1980’s followed by discussion where I will give my view of how it was to work at the publishing company Epix

From the amazing exhibition on picture books at Lunds Konsthall with (among others) Kitty Crowthe (Belgium), Isol (Argentina), Jon Klassen (Canada), Eva Lindström (Sweden), Azul López (Mexico), Jockum Nordström (Sweden), Shaun Tan (Australia), Øyvind Torseter (Norway), JooHee Yoon (USA).

Wonderful #storacoop at Visby Gotland.

The Comics Cultural Impact Collective Makes the Case to the UK Government for £1.5 Million Funding for Comics – Broken Frontier More news of the work of the Comics Cultural Impact Collective who are pushing for adequate funding for comics in the UK.

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The Comics Cultural Impact Collective Makes the Case to the UK Government for £1.5 Million Funding for Comics.

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Visit at the Comic Con Museum in San Diego, Balboa Park

There!

I was there

Risography is originally a stencil duplication technique that was invented by no other than Thomas Alva Edison. Inspired by the ticker tape teleprinter, he came up with an Electric Pen with an incision needle that made tiny holes in waxed paper that could then be rolled with ink to make copies.

Thrilling to see where the new Museum of Art will be installed in Malmö

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PhD-position open to comics research at Malmö Universitet

Svenska serier slår i Frankrike – men tecknarna måste lära sig franska Språkförbistringen är ett problem skriver Malmöprofessorn Gunnar Krantz.

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Un invite d'honneur : Jack Lang | INA

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Edritors of Metal Hurlant,Dionnet & Maneuvre in an interview with Minister of Culture Jack Lang. About the inclusion of comics in the French Cultural Heritage.

Chantal Montellier à propos de son oeuvre | INA

Metal hurlant editors Dionnet & Maneuvre interview Chantal Montellier in 1982 www.ina.fr/ina-eclaire-...