comics
Zaher Rezai: dead after eight kilometres of illegal immigration
In December 2008, the 13-year-old died under the wheels of a lorry after trying to evade Italian immigration officials. A year on, artist Gianluca Constantini's cartoon strip tells the story
comics, venezia, immigration, afghanistan, gianluca costantini, travel, poetry
EU-Japan history via Karl Marx, the manga
On 14 March 1883, the father of socialism died. In these times of economic crisis, sales of Capital are on the increase in Europe, and Karl Marx is also going to become a comic strip. The Tokyo publisher East Press is launching a series of 28 manga versions of important European and Japanese literature. Dostoyevsky is among the bestsellers, along with Dante, Kafka and Hitler’s Mein Kampf
comics, karl marx, japan, capital, manga, culture calendar, culture
Claudio Stassi and Giovanni Di Gregorio 'didn't want to show people being killed in Brancaccio'
The 2006 comic book has been already been translated into French and Spanish. Both the author and scriptwriter are based in Barcelona, having escaped Sicily because 'the mafia culture is gaining strength'
comics, gomorra, sicily, saviano roberto, mafia, silvio berlusconi, brunch
Euro: the ten-year itch
The European single currency was launched on 1 January 1999. By 2002, 304 million Europeans were jiggling the same coins around in their wallets. Today, sixteen countries use the euro, including Slovakia. It's got more stable on the markets and stands strong against the dollar and pound, but its users struggle to see the advantage what with the rising cost of life
Animated Dreams in Tallinn: film articulates art and the market
While the older generation of illustrators, working from former soviet studios, export their art thanks to public financing, the younger ones attempt to reconcile artistic creation and getting paid. The local festival kicked off on 19 November
comics, estonia, cinema, best of cafebabel.com, europe on the ground, cities, central and eastern europe
Audio: comic strip expressions
A punch sound like POW in English but ALA in Polish. Weekly idiom comparisons
Siné: ‘Satire has to be iconoclastic‘
Interview with the former caricaturist from French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, who founded his own newspaper after he was sacked for his anti-semitic tendencies
comics, charlie hebdo, satire, dessins de presse, judaism, karikaturen, jean sarkozy
Cinema: Persepolis hits the UK
Released on 25 April in an English-dubbed version, a review of Franco-Iranian artist Marjane Satrapi's Oscar-nominated animation of a girl displaced in Vienna
comics, democratisation, vienna, middle east, art spiegelman, discrimination, tehran
Marzena Sowa: 'in communist Poland I'd dream about getting a Barbie from Pewex'
At 28, the author of comic series 'Marzi' – about a little girl living in the Polish People’s Republic - on her own story as a Pole between France and Belgium
comics, warsaw, marzena sowa, belgium, brussels, europe, poland
Swedish ice hotels and Norwegian culture capitals
Plus carnival fever in Venice, cartoons in the south of France and Arab hip hop in Brussels - our guide to the month's best cultural titbits
comics, liverpool, norway, venice, european capitals of culture, united kingdom, european union
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