Great news for several British comic creators and publishers, including SelfMadeHero
Friday Foster
Friday Foster: The Sunday Strips out now in Spanish, English edition available in July
If you’re a newspaper strip fan, “Friday Foster: The Sunday Strips” is definitely a collection you need
Sneak Peek: Spanish language edition of “Friday Foster” Sundays collection launches in May
Dates for the release of both Spanish and English editions of this much-anticipated collection are now firmed up
“Friday Foster” collection instigated by Javier Meson and David Moreu for Spanish publisher Norma Editorial
Following up on yesterday’s downthetubes post revealing Portland-based Ablaze Publishing is to release a collection of the ground-breaking 1970s US Sunday newspaper strip Friday Foster, co-created by James Bond newspaper strip writer Jim Lawrence and Spanish artist Jorge Longarón, with art also by Gray Morrow, comes the information that Barcelona-based Norma Editorial will be the first to publish the collection, in Spanish.
Friday Foster, first nationally syndicated comic strip across the US with a black female lead character, collected at last
There’s terrific news for fans of the stunning 1970s US newspaper strip, Friday Foster, this week. 50 years since it debuted, an English language collection of the is on its way from Ablaze Publishing, edited by Christopher Marlon
In Memoriam: Comic Artist Jordi Longarón, co-creator of “Friday Foster”
We’re sorry to report the recent passing of Spanish comic artist and illustrator, Jordi Longarón, co-creator of the ground-breaking newspaper strip “Friday Foster” with writer Jim Lawrence. He was 86. Better known, for some, as Jorge Longarón, over a long… Read More ›
Edinburgh Film Festival Goes (sort of) Comics Crazy in June
In June, POW!!! Live Action Comic Strip Adaptations: The First Generation will offer 2016 Edinburgh Film Festival-goers the chance to explore the cinematic roots of the current tidal wave of superhero blockbusters such as Batman versus Superman and The Avengers:… Read More ›
Discovered: Black Women in Sequence, Uncut Funk and the world of Friday Foster
An email about a new book, Black Women in Sequence: Re-inking Comics, Graphic Novels, and Anime by Deborah Elizabeth Whaley took me on quite a journey of discovery this morning, leading me to the latest dates of a Funk-inspired animation… Read More ›