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el mesias by Wouter Mannaert & Mark Bellidos

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In ‘El Mesías’, Wauter Mannaert and Mark Bellido Present a Wonderful Political Pamphlet, Heckling Both Capitalism and Socialism in the Guise of a Graphic Novel

  • by Bart Croonenborghs
  • June 9, 2015

In a unique collaboration between a Spanish writer, Mark Bellido, and a Belgian artist, Waute Mannaert, El Mesías brings together both sides of the political coin, in the shape of a communist mayor…

Dickie / Boerke by Pieter De Poortere

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‘Dickie’ by Pieter De Poortere Lays Our Soul Bare as His Sardonic Comedy Strips Us to the Bone

  • by Bart Croonenborghs
  • January 13, 2015

The brain child of Belgian artist Pieter De Poortere, Dickie (Boerke) has been around for more than 15 years and has been published in French, Spanish, Hungarian and Finnish. Don’t you want…

Un ver dans le fruit by Rabaté

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French Graphic Novelist Pascal Rabaté Unleashes the Dangers of Small-Town Gossip to Stunning Effect in ‘Loose Lips’

  • by Bart Croonenborghs
  • November 18, 2014

Pascal Rabaté’s magnificent graphic novel Loose Lips invites you to break open a bottle of red wine and relax in a comfy chair while you get to know the good but rather gossipy…

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The Stranger – Jacques Ferrandez Misses the Point in His Adaptation of Albert Camus’s Existential Classic

  • by Bart Croonenborghs
  • March 25, 2014

What do you get when you forget to put the heart of a classic novel into its graphic adaptation? The Stranger by Jacques Ferrandez, based on the book by Albert…

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My Life as a Cat Named Sugar by Serge Baecken Smashes Storytelling Conventions

  • by Bart Croonenborghs
  • March 4, 2014

Belgian graphic talent Serge Baecken puts down a a stunning graphic novel that is as much experiment as a melancholic ode to his cat Sugar, published simultaneously in French and…

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