In the second volume of Lady Mechanika, we learn more about our partly mechanical heroine, and the world she lives in. When a dear friend of Mechanika finds himself in peril across the globe, she sets off to his aide with both new and old friends, leaving her home town and traversing deserts and jungles alike. Only to encounter a fan favourite enemy of the dieselpunk genre, out to get the fabled…
What: pop-culture philharmonia When: December 26 (French) & 27 (Dutch) 2017 Where: Brussels Expo, Laeken (Brussels), Belgium Disney in Concert was a two day philharmonic concert event, taking place just after the holidays to keep the magic of Christmas just going a that little bit longer. The first show on December 26th focussed on French versions of the songs, whilst the second show on December…
Event review: Comic Con Antwerp
Comic Con Antwerp What: pop-culture convention Where: Waagnatie, Antwerp, Belgium When: September 23 – 24 Comic Con Antwerp was probably the convention in Belgium that had the biggest shoes to fill. It’s not by the same team that used to organise the much missed Antwerp Convention, but it’s a good thing that there was a veteran organisation behind it, because people were looking at it as THE con…
Elftopia What: Fantasy fair When: August 12 & 13 2017 Where: the grounds of Ooidonk Castle, Deinze, Belgium I didn’t attend the first edition of Elftopia last year, so I can’t compare. I also only attended the Saturday of this year’s edition, so this review will be focused on that. What I can say, however, that it was really fun. (more…)
Comic Con Gent, formerly known as Starcom, struck down in the ICC for the third year in a row. And boy, what a convention it was! This is one of these conventions that started slow, but pleasant, and keeps on looking at past editions and improve upon them. And it not only shows, it works. Stick with this review and find out just why Comic Con Gent is one of the best conventions Belgium has to…
Event review: Coalescaremonium, Pagan Electrics
Coalescaremonium What: Gothic happening Where: Bouche à Oreille, Etterbeek (near Brussels), Belgium When: Saturday, April 8 2017 Coalescaremonium, Pagan Electrics, was the 5th (time does really fly) instalment of the yearly Grandioso Gothic Happening (that’s really how it’s marketed as, I’m not making it up, but it is legit) taking place at the revamped monastery: Bouche à Oreille. Which, with…
Review: The Rocketeer at War, volume 1
Volume 1 bundles the first four single issues in the ongoing The Rocketeer at War storyline, but at least they had the common decency to not leave us hanging on a cliffhanger. As The Rocketeer instalments, especially in trade paperbacks/hardcovers are few and far between, so that’s a good thing. This is actually the first bundle to be released as a trade paperback, the previous ones, with…
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