Tag: French comics
INDIE VIEW: The art of crime in ‘Memoirs of a Book Thief’
John Seven reviews 'Memoirs of a Book Thief'
INDIE VIEW: War stays personal in ‘The Bugle Boy’ and ‘The Secret Voice’
John Seven reviews 'The Bugle Boy' By Alexandre Clérisse and 'The Secret Voice Volume One' By Zack Soto
INDIE VIEW: Telling women’s stories in ‘Colored’ and ‘Future Corpse’
John Seven reviews 'Colored: The Unsung Life of Claudette Colvin' and 'Future Corpse'
INDIE VIEW: Throwbacks to manly adventures in ‘Black Hammer ’45’ and ‘Irons’
Black Hammer ’45 #1
Written by Ray Fawkes
Illustrated by Matt Kindt
Colored by Sharlene Kindt
Lettered by Marie Enger
Either as inspiration from or competition with the Big Two’s long histories as the primary superhero universes in comics,...
INDIE VIEW: Manly tropes deconstructed and scrutinized in ‘The Art of Dying,’ ‘Dick Tracy,’...
The Art of Dying
Written by Raule
Illustrated by Philippe Berthet
Europe Comics
Prolific Spanish writer Raule crafted this story especially for French noir legend Bethet, and the combination of the two of them results in a fun...
INDIE VIEW: Children adrift in ‘Girl in the Bay,’ ‘Lollipop Kids,’ and ‘Malaterre’
John Seven reviews The Girl in the Bay #1, The Lollipop Kids #3, and Malaterre.
Review: There’s power and dignity in these ‘Vietnamese Memories’
Clement Baloup's gorgeous and moving stories of the Vietnamese who settle in America
INDIE VIEW: Frantz, Czap, and Gébé find meaning in different landscapes
Reviewed: Maria Frantz's The Chancellor and the Citadel, Kevin Czap's Four Years, and Gébé's Letters To Survivors.
Review: ‘Joylandia’ brilliantly ruins all the holidays for you
Ever feel pressured to have fun on a holiday? Certain holidays are worse than others for sure. It used to be just New Year’s Eve and St. Patrick’s Day forces pressures for party-going, but...
Review: The dark and charming topsy-turvy Paris of ‘Alas’
Anytime I encounter a story with animals dominating the world in an aggressive stance against primitive humans, I can’t help but compare it to the two gold standards of my childhood, Planet of the...
Official Selections for the Angoulême Prize announced; Cristin wins Goscinny
This afternoon, the Official Selections for the big prize at the 2019 FIBD in Angoulême were announced, along with prize nominees. The prizes - known as the Fauves - are one of the most...
