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A year ago, in my post: Yes, I’m a vinyl fetishist… vinyl toys actually, I briefly mentioned Skwak and his Maniac Figure produced last year by MINDstyle; I think it is time to talk about it again. Skwak is one of the many great french artists like Fafi and her Fafinettes, Rolito, KOA, Miss Van, 123Klan, Run, Superdeux, Tilt or Mist (his Goldorus is gorgeous!), and his unique graphic universe has a meaning: ‘too much’. Everything is exaggerated in Skwakworld but that’s how our real world is and I totally agree with that. The World of Sama also depicts a crazy world but in a different way and that (cynical?) vision we share is what definitely made me a fan of his work. Each of his illustration is very detailed and you have to carefully look at it to get the whole story it is telling. The crazy Maniacs and…⇒ READ MORE

More than a year ago, in April 2007 (time flies!), I wrote a post about Dexter and The Shield and the fact that bad characters behavior can make good (even great) shows. Action-drama, science fiction, comedy-drama (dramedy), medical-drama, situation comedy, police-drama; television series cover many topics with as many different approaches. I am always surprised by the variety of the content, and the fact that a TV show can attract an audience that rarely watches television. Everybody can find something interesting in a television series and get almost addicted to it; you are watching it every week or so and you would not miss season finale for nothing in the world. You are hooked. TV shows, and I am mostly talking about American TV shows here, are great entertainment. Not all of them, but at least the ones I appreciate the most, of course (am I being subjective? Definitely!). Pushing…⇒ READ MORE