One of the biggest names in popular culture I have not mentioned so far is the almighty mouse, the great Mickey himself. Of course, there…
CIPC #51: Lucky Luke Vol.35, Jesse James
Who’s the greatest cowboy in popular culture? John Wayne, maybe? Clint Eastwood? Jonah Hex? If you ask me, the correct answer is Lucky Luke. Introduced…
CIPC #38: Mafalda
Which countries do you associate with comics? Perhaps you will immediately think of the American tradition, with superhero comics and Peanuts-style newspaper comics. Maybe the…
CIPC #33: Suske en Wiske Vol.245 De 7 schaken
Imagine, if you will, that you are a chess-obsessed kid in Flanders. A bleak prospect, perhaps, but try to entertain it for a little while…
CIPC #16: Guust Flater Vol.5: Daverende flaters te koop
Guust Flater, or Gaston Lagaffe in the original French, is probably the most popular anti-hero of the Franco-Belgian school of comic books. The series, written…
CIPC #13: Tintin Vol.5: The broken ear
Obscure engravings, highly local comics series – the ‘popular’ in the name of this blog has become somewhat spurious lately. High time, I think, to…
CIPC #12: Kiekeboe Vol.14: Een zakje chips
Kiekeboe is a family adventure comic series which is hugely popular in Flanders and, to some extend, the Netherlands. The series has been running for…
CIPC #6: Robbedoes 1980/33, Klont
Today we’re going to do something a bit more obscure. So obscure, in fact, that the moniker ‘popular culture’ can barely be justified. Yes, today…
CIPC #1: The smurfs, Vol.10: The Smurf Soup
Ah, the Smurfs! The little blue guys don’t need an introduction, I think, but I will give them one anyway. Here goes: the smurfs were,…