READ HERE an article that appeared in the 'LAS12' supplement of the the Argentine newspaper Página 12.
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Some nice articles and mentions around the Chicksoncomics Berlin exhibition (all in German): a
Some nice articles and mentions around the Chicksoncomics Berlin exhibition (all in German): a
radio feature at Kulturradio Rbb and articles at:
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Chicks on Comics in 'Missy magazine' in Germany:
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Translation:
Addicted to Comics.
At the latest since the publication of Alison Bechdel's "Fun Home" in 2008, comics by women are the talk of the day. With her drawn memoirs Bechdel landed a surprise success making it as far as the ‘New York Times’ bestseller list.
On a trip through South America in the same year, the Dutch graphic artist Anna Bas Backer had the idea for Chicks on Comics. Together with the artist Powerpaola from Colombia ((Ed.)Ecuador) Anna founded the probably first ever transatlantic illustration-group-blog. The name is a tribute to the feministic cult-band Chicks on Speed. “Just that in our case we’re addicted to comics”, says Anna. Today eight artists hold a visual conversation on the blog: every drawing refers to the previous one. One of Anna’s illustrations for example shows a girl, who’s drawing means the world to her. Clara Lagos from Buenos Aires answers with two knights that carry a pencil as “weapon against boredom and sadness”. A great system where the only flaw seems to be that the internet can’t produce a perfect replica of all original colors. But the readers of the blog don’t seem to be bothered by that. The chicks especially have a lot of fans in South America, where the online-comic scene is somewhat ahead of the one in Germany. The chicks are especially interested in being an example to younger women in a way that they missed when they grew up. Also in the comic scene back then women were few and far between. These days things look brighter – just think of Katharina Greve. The Hamburg-born cartoonist recently received the ICOM Preis for her comic “Ein Mann geht an die Decke”. In the over 100 episodes of her online-strip “The Tragedy of Things” (in Ulli Lust’s ‘screen comic publisher’ Electrocomics) she hands over the floor to cupboards, ladles and other objects, that wouldn’t otherwise get a word in edgewise. Since January a new strip appears weekly - a hot tip.
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GIRLS CAN BLOG .
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READ HERE the extensive "Avoid the Future"- interview with all of us in April 2010.
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Article in Exberliner Magazine, Berlin Sept.2009:
