Hélène

Hélène -pronounced “LN”- is sometimes too French for her own good. She currently lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia and is attempting to get better at being Canadian. She knows Tintin from Abdallah to Zorino and Spirou from Aurélien de Champignac to Zorglub. Follow her on Twitter @DoctorFrenchie .

Hourlies 2016 Round-Up: The Cuteness of Diary Webcomics

Monday February 1st was Hourly Comic Day. Cartoonists from all over the world draw a comic describing what happened in the ...

The Best Comics We Read in January 2016

Monstress #1 by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda (Andi Miller) This gigantic first issue (72 pages) was a great introduction to ...

3 Bestselling French Comics in 2015

The Angoulême festival closed its doors on Sunday. Hermann got the grand prix. (We had talked about one of his ...

3 Types of People Who Ask “So, You Read Comics?”

We here at Panels are taking some much needed time off; in the meantime, we’re revisiting some favorite old posts ...

Unbeatable Squirrel Girl: The Storming of the Bestsellers List

I love Squirrel Girl to a fairly embarrassing degree. I have been a long-time fan of Dinosaur comics and I ...

So, you read comics?

I always have a book on me. So if I am waiting for friends at a restaurant, on the bus, ...

Reading ARCHIE for the First Time

This post was written by an Archie neophyte. For an expert opinion, read Paul’s review. I’m not entirely ignorant of ...

Why the Success of SEX CRIMINALS Sometimes Makes Me Mad

Let me start by saying that I love Sex Criminals by Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky. I have broken the ...

Eisner 2015: A Look at the Winners

If San Diego Comic Con sometimes feels like it is not really about comics anymore, it still hosts the annual ...

Comics for People Who Don’t Read Comics

We here at Panels are taking some much needed time off; in the meantime, we’re revisiting some favorite old posts ...