RANDOM RESOURCES:

• The History of German comics: [1] [2]

• News / review sites, some with forums: [BDgest] [ActuaBD] [Bedetheque] [1001BD] [BD Amateur] [BD Zoom] [BoDoï] [aVoir-aLire] [9emeArt] [BD Lire]

• Ampton’s amazing reviews & reflections on the albums of: Tintin and Astérix.

SOURCES OF PHYSICAL & ONLINE EURO COMICS OUTSIDE EUROPE:

Among North American comics publishers releasing a growing number of translations are Comixology Originals, Fantagraphics, First Second, IDW, Insight Comics, Lerner Graphic Universe, Lion Forge, NBM, and Uncivilized Books, as well as U.K. and Canadian houses that market their titles heavily in the U.S., such as Drawn & Quarterly, Nobrow, SelfMadeHero, and Titan.

• NetGalley.com – “Publishers and authors offer free digital graphic novels to the NetGalley community of book advocates and industry professionals.”

SOME SOURCES TO HELP FIND POSTING CONTENT:

• https://9emeart.tumblr.com/
• https://www.coolfrenchcomics.com/
• https://www.pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=bande dessinée
• https://heavymetalmagazine.tumblr.com/
• https://womenwriteaboutcomics.com/category/bande-dessinee/
• https://classiccomics.org/thread/75/european-comics
• https://bande-dessinee.blogs.la-croix.com/
• https://bande-dessinee.tumblr.com/

Indeed, I’ve used a lot of these to help inspire me, and of course the news / review sites (listed earlier) are also great for finding content. And then there’s Lambiek.Net, an awesome site for finding biographical info for individual creators.