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Belgian writer Zidrou’s flair for depicting the flaws in humanity is ever-present in his medieval fairy tales Bouffon (The Jester) and Les Trois Fruits (The Three Fruits). Coupled with two magnificent Spanish artists,…
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Hubert, Belgian artist Ben Gijsemans’ parable of an introverted art lover, speaks to the human condition, isolated in the chaos of modern life, determined to avoid all opportunities less they should lead…
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Collecting three reviews of war in all its various appearances, Crossing Borders tackles comics from the Netherlands, France and the UK. Missions: 10 Veterans, 10 Stories Tasked by the Foundation…
The latest collaboration between writer Fabien Nury and artist Brüno makes Richard Stark’s Parker look like My Little Pony. Tyler Cross is a boiled-down genre piece where the creators work…
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The most difficult task in creating a biography of a forward-thinking individual is to avoid the anecdotal approach. The most memorable biographies infuse the proceedings with some heartfelt emotions, providing an…
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Since its publication in 1993, Tardi’s It Was the War of the Trenches (C’était la Guerre des Tranchées) has set the standard for World War I comics. But after 20 years there’s a…
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The good old days are back as Philippe Berthet’s clear line does what he does best: illustrating curvaceous babes in late-fifties Cuba. Meanwhile, Hans van Oudenaarden’s captivating and dynamic linework delineates…
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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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We travel from the classical child drama of Michel from Zidrou & Roger to the crime ridden sewers of turn of the century Paris in The Fury of Fantomas by…
Columns · Crossing Borders · Eyecatcher
Falling in love with a prostitute and kidnapping the pimp’s daughter to locate her after her disappearance is on top of the list of humongously bad ideas. Especially if you…
Columns · Crossing Borders · Eyecatcher
High art ahoy as both Picasso and Shelley received a multiple volume biography in comic form. Pablo 2: Apollinaire As told by Fernande Olivier, one of Picasso’s main models in…
Celebrating 75 years of Spirou and a review of the heartbreaking story of Lea by Zidrou and Springers. 75 Years Of Spirou The first character created explicitly to promote a…
