a competition i think us illustrators would like

http://www.dandad.org/awards/student/2011/categories/18/illustration

cheltenham-illustration-awards 2011

well worth entering for sequential narrators
http://www.cheltenham-illustration-awards.com/

http://www.graphicsdirect.co.uk/

this is the website for the markers, it has quiet a few things that are useful.

French Publisher

This is a video interview of Juanjo Guarnido he is a Spanish artist who does Black Sad which was introduced to me by Josh. He publishes under a French publisher known as Dargaud, the way they advertise their comics is interesting as they do an animatic of the comic to give you a preview of the comic before you buy it!

Juanjo Guarnido Interview

Dargaud Publishers

Endless talent from Europe

Below Sophia Martineck in "A love story in five acts"

a lot of interesting artists mentioned that can be found in the following links
http://www.electrocomics.com/
http://grandpapier.org/?lang=fr
http://www.printeresting.org/2009/05/15/frederic-coche-auteur/

http://www.chihoi.net/comics/
http://www.ansichten-des-jordan.de/ (check the drawings link)
http://www.marijpol.com/index.php?/comic/strips-/

Sophia Martineck

more of her wonderful work here:
http://martineck.com/projekt.php?number=37