This is the first in an occasional series of "Pipeline and Sundry" episodes, in which I'll discuss a variety of topics: little newsbits, updates and follow-ups from previous podcasts, etc. These are the things that aren't big enough for their own show, but which I can throw together once every couple of months or so to catch up on.

Rene Goscinny gets a new statue, this time in Paris.

I have an early look at Papercutz's Asterix translation. I go full Kremlinology on this one.

Some exciting new books are coming out, or already came out, in 2020:

• "Undertaker" v5
• "Orbital" v8 (My previous "Orbital" reviews)
• Oscar Martin's "Solo"
• Manu Larcenet's "Group Therapy"
• "Back to Basics" v6 (My previous "Back to Basics" reviews)
• "Les Soeurs Gremillet", featuring art by Alessandro Barbucci

An update on my Uncle Scrooge Collection Conundrum

France declares 2020 the Year of the BD.

January 30th is Read a BD Day!

My Twitter "French" list

My Twitter "BD Publisher" list

PanelxPanel books (Coming Soon...)

Strip Panel Naked talks about Morris' use of color in "Lucky Luke"

I'm trying out DuoLingo for learning French

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