By Tom Spurgeon* here's a nice photo set from November's Utopiales 2011 show. You can always tell a European festival photo set from a North American photo set because in a European festival photo set at least two male cartoonists are wearing scarves -- and looking good doing so.
* Diana Tamblyn was nice enough to send along this link to a video for an exhibit opening in London, Ontario featuring Marc Bell among others.
* my con listings have really suffered the last few months as this site gets back up to speed, an outcome for which I deeply apologize. I hope this year's OAFCON was good.
* this extended weekend is all about the Brooklyn Comics And Graphics Festival. I hope if you're somewhere in the greater New York City area you'll be able to attend. Site here. Blog here. Exhibitor information with debuts here. Exhibitor map here. Programming information here. Information on Jack Davis-related programming on Thursday and Friday night in different parts of the sprawling metropolis here. I'd love to see North American lock in about four to six really great national-attention worthy small press and arts comics shows in different parts of the country, and this could be one of them for sure.
* Kapow! has launched its 2012 ticket sales campaign.
* finally, the French-language comics industry news clearinghouse ActuaBD.com has a brief up on the charitable efforts of this year's BD Boum in Blois. They apparently organized visits to a nearby prison for a sizable group of cartoonists, and raise money for the fight against illiteracy. The latter seems to be a pet issue for the show.