Top Nine: Castrillón's Choice
Marcos Castrillón's life in comics takes us through some of the artform's most popular milestones, including WATCHMEN and DKR, and on a back-roads tour through lesser known classics like ADOLF and MORT CINDER.
22 May 2006

Beyond Borders: Mondo Loco
With bawdy comic series MONDO LIRONDO, four university friends produced an amateur fanzine that turned into a huge commercial hit. Marcos Castrillón looks at how one 'posse' of Spanish cartoonists hit gold.
06 March 2006

Beyond Borders: Every Picture Tells A Story
Didier Lefévre's extraordinary account of his travels with the mujahedeen in Afghanistan looks set to be a masterpiece of bande dessine, thanks to Emmanuel Guibert's artful combination of photography and illustration.
14 November 2005

Beyond Borders: The Adventures Of Hugo Pratt
Hugo Pratt is one of comics' all-time greats, yet his works remain unavailable in English, which is perhaps why it took until 2005 for him to be inducted into the Eisner Hall of Fame. Marcos Castrillón arranges a long overdue introduction to the master.
05 September 2005

Beyond Borders: Children Of The Revolution
Ninth Art's series looking beyond the borders of the familiar Anglophone comics market returns with a profile of the great Argentinean cartoonist Quino, and his most famous creation, the outspoken child Mafalda.
18 July 2005

Beyond Borders: Peter Is A Punk Rocker
Ninth Art's foreign language correspondent goes native with a look at the work of Spanish creator Max, including the anarchic 80s trash culture comedy PETER PANK, mixing JM Barrie with Johnny Rotten.
23 April 2004

Beyond Borders: Master Of The Dark Art
André Franquin ranks alongside Hergé and Goscinny as one of Europe's leading comic creators. Marcos Castrillón takes a look back at his career, culminating with the brilliant black comedy of IDÉES NOIRES.
22 March 2004

Beyond Borders: Diary Of A Comic
Ever wondered what it's like to create a comic? Two of France's most respected cartoonists, Dupuy and Berberian, share a slice of their creative lives in JOURNAL D'UN ALBUM, demonstrating that it's really a game of two halves.
23 February 2004

Beyond Borders: Le Chat Noir
Beyond Borders makes a rare exception for a truly exceptional comic, as Marcos Castrillón turns his attention to BLACKSAD, a critically acclaimed European album that recently made its English language debut.
26 January 2004

Beyond Borders: Parry And Thrust
You may not be able to read LE SCORPION, but you can still look at Enrico Marini's stunning artwork. Ninth Art torments its readers with another great work not yet available on the Anglophone market.
29 December 2003

Beyond Borders: Not That Innocent
Ninth Art looks at another comic from beyond the confines of the English language - but this time there may be a reason the book hasn't made it into print in America. Is the US children's market ready for something like TITEUF?
01 December 2003

Beyond Borders: Portrait Of The Artist As An Ageing Man
Those who know their bande desinée know their Lewis Trondheim. One of France's foremost cartooning talents, he's tempers laughter with an eye for cruel honesty, as shown in his autobiographical work APPROXIMATIVEMENT.
20 October 2003

Beyond Borders: The Professional
In the second of Ninth Art's new series on legendary talents who remain largely unknown to English-speaking readers, Marcos Castrillón looks at the life and work of one of the great masters of his native Spain, Carlos Giménez.
22 September 2003

Beyond Borders: Death And The Master
Marcos Castrillón launches a new series looking at the works of some of the biggest names in comics to remain largely unknown in the Anglophone market - beginning with HG Oesterheld, the Argentinean writer who died for his art.
25 August 2003

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