Due to enormous success1 the last time I commented on a chess-themed movie, I will do it again. This time, the focus will be on…
CIPC #18: Hamilton watches advert
Watches, especially the high-end ones, have a very posh image. They’re supposed to be for the distinguished gentleman, evoking images of a quiet British club…
CIPC #17: 1984
One sure sign of an author’s lasting success is when his phrases and his words become common parlance. Very few authors have achieved this in…
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 #15: Book cover galore
Chess, due to its symbolical connotations, is a popular motive for book covers, even if the book itself has nothing whatever to do with it.…
CIPC #14: Knight moves
Fourteenth instalment! Finally a nice round number!1 That deserves something special, I’d say. Something very special indeed: I’m going to watch a movie. More specifically,…
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 #11: Checkmate the king
As you might already have deduced from this site and its title, I have a slight interest in history. Yet in this blog, I haven’t…
CIPC #10: X-men
The X-men, as most of you doubtlessly know, are an American team of superheroes. They get their name from their mentor, professor Xavier, and the…