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Les Trois Fruits (Three Fruits) & Bouffon (The Jester)by Zidrou and Oriol

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Zidrou Emphasizes the Dark Psyche of Humanity in His Fairy Tales with a Twist – ‘Les Trois Fruits’ and ‘Bouffon’

  • by Bart Croonenborghs
  • October 9, 2015

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,…

Hubert by Ben Gijsemans

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“Making Comics is a Destructive Process” – Ben Gijsemans Talks about His Existential OGN ‘Hubert’

  • by Bart Croonenborghs
  • March 10, 2015

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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Capsule Reviews about War in Various Shapes, Spanning Three Countries: ‘Missions: 10 Veterans, 10 Stories’ ‘The War of the Lulus’ and ‘Revenger’

  • by Bart Croonenborghs
  • February 17, 2015

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…

Tyler Cross by Fabien Nury and Brüno

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‘Tyler Cross’ by Brüno and Fabien Nury Hits the Hard-Boiled Crime Drama Where it Hurts

  • by Bart Croonenborghs
  • November 4, 2014

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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Get Hip to Freud and Marx in Two Breezy Graphic Biographies by Anne Simon and Corinne Maier

  • by Bart Croonenborghs
  • October 7, 2014

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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Zidrou and Porcel’s ‘Folies Bergère’ Presents a Mesmerising Metaphorical Odyssey into the Purgatory of the WWI Trenches

  • by Bart Croonenborghs
  • August 12, 2014

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…

Perico by Philippe Berthet & Régis Hautière

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Beautiful Dames, Crooks and Cars Rule All in Two Entertaining Retro Crime Comics: Philippe Berthet’s ‘Perico’ and Hans van Oudenaarden’s ‘Help Me, Rhonda!’

  • by Bart Croonenborghs
  • July 1, 2014

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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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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What Challenge Awaits a Ghostly Heart?

  • by Bart Croonenborghs
  • January 28, 2014

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…

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The Client

  • by Bart Croonenborghs
  • August 6, 2013

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…

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Picasso, Love and Mary Shelley

  • by Bart Croonenborghs
  • June 25, 2013

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…

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Spirou’s 75th Anniversary and the Tragedy of Siblings

  • by Bart Croonenborghs
  • May 7, 2013

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…

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