Congo Archives

Postcards From Congo Tells a Little-Told History as a Graphic Novel
If you are like me, everything you learned about Congo and the Congolese people as a young person, you learned from Tintin In the Congo. And that was the cleaned-up redrawn version Today,Arsenal Pulp Press are doing their best to fight back with Postcards From Congo, a comprehensive graphic history of the African nation, in which[...]
Magician, Actor Ricky Jay (Boogie Nights, Deadwood) Passes Away at 70
Some of the projects Deceptive Practices worked on include Forrest Gump, Congo, the Broadway production of Angels in America, part 2: Perestroik, The Illusionist, Sneakers, and Oceans Thirteen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOk0fsMGyck&t=11sVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Boogie Nights (1997) Official Trailer #1 – Paul Thomas Anderson Movie (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOk0fsMGyck&t=11s) As an actor, Jay had an impressive body of[...]
Artist JP Mavinga's Journey Home
JP Mavinga is an artist born in the tumultuous and deadly Congo In this artist profile from Sideshow Collectibles, Mavinga talks about growing up constantly on the move, finding ways to communicate through art and his eventual journey home It's a very inspirational piece about a very talented artist. [youtube]https://youtu.be/C3P6c7jVQTI[/youtube] [...]