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My list of Asian graphic novels begins and ends with Keiji Nakazawa's classic Barefoot Gen. Shameful, I know, but I blame the limited shelves of local comic book stores.
But now, Galerie Lambiek, Amsterdam's large and legendary comics purveyor, has set up Comiclopedia, where you can find work from all around the globe. The site lists almost 600 artists in alphabetical order and includes samples of their work or links to their homepages. Browsing the catalog, I've already added tales from France's Phillippe Adamov, Switzerland's Thomas Ott, and Sweden's Max Anderson to my buy-it list.
The site has a few shortcomings. Still showing its grassroots beginnings, the writing is rough and some entries consist of only an image and the artist's name. What's more, there's no real search engine (you click by name, not country) and some important American artists (Optic Nerve's Adrian Tomine, for example) are omitted.
Comiclopedia: www.lambiek.net.
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