Yekini, le roi des arènes
Here is a book that brings together several genres together, complicating the borders between them but without dissolving any of them. This means that it’s actually possible to describe this book via...
View ArticleOlivier Schrauwen
Between anthologies and magazines, between self-publishing, small-press and big-shot publishers, Olivier Schrauwen's work seems to be all over the place. Yet, he is already a key player on the...
View ArticleRichard McGuire
Twenty-five years later, Richard McGuire comes back to "Here", a story like no other, initially published in the pages of RAW in 1989. In this twenty-five-year-span, the initial six pages have grown to...
View ArticleTime is a liquid, memory is a cup
In The Fantastic : A Structural Approach to a Literary Genre, Tzvetan Todorov wrote that in the realm of art, “evolution operates with an altogether different rhythm : every work modifies the sum of...
View ArticleDorénavant – Andrew White
I first encountered Dorénavant through the cartoonist Derik Badman. I asked him for a piece of writing or criticism in French that I could translate, and he mentioned Barthélémy Schwartz’s 73 Notes on...
View ArticleThe inner worlds of Charles Burns
With his strong imagery where profound unease meets platic perfection, Charles Burns is definitely an artist one recognizes at first sight. Often compared to David Lynch, he took a decade to complete...
View ArticleDylan Horrocks
As the second millenium was coming to an end, New Zealand brought us Hicksville, a touching declaration of love for comics. But after three promising issues of Atlas, nothing -- Dylan Horrocks had...
View ArticleThe Comics that Time Forgot
Around a hundred years ago, Sunday newspapers were home to the likes of Brainy Bowers, Simon Simple, Hugo Hercules, and Billy Bounce — hardly pillars in the pantheon of comic art. These and dozens of...
View ArticleSunday Comics Reloaded – An Interview with Peter Maresca
Since 2005, Sunday Press has committed itself to reprinting early-twentieth-century comic strips at the scale of the original color Sunday supplement. Just as the graphic novel was demonstrating the...
View ArticleMochizuki Minetarou
Most of us discovered Mochizuki Minetarô with Dragonhead, a story as desperate as it was claustrophobic, where the end of the world had rarely been so bleak. He's back now with Chiisakobe, with a...
View ArticleOn Editing Yoshihiro Tatsumi : Interview with Adrian Tomine
The recent canonization of Yoshihiro Tatsumi and the reception of his comics in the Anglophone world is intimately linked to Adrian Tomine. Since the early 2000s, the cartoonist and illustrator has...
View ArticleAidan Koch
With one foot in comics and the other in contemporary art, Aidan Koch is definitely a polymorphic artist who draws, sculpts, works on fabric, publishes littles books and makes installations. In every...
View ArticleSimon Moreton
With his fragile little stories, Simon Moreton follows in the steps of John Porcellino, sharing his attachement to self-publishing. After releasing the tenth and final issue of his 'zine SMOO last...
View ArticleSammy Harkham
Does Sammy Harkham really needs any introduction? Both noted cartoonist (from Poor Sailor to Crickets) and famed Kramers Ergot editor, he had nevertheless maintained a low profile these past years,...
View ArticleLuke Pearson
In spite of the success of the luminous adventures of Hilda, Luke Pearson also has a dark side. With Everything we miss, the young British author did bring a more ominous look on his fantastical...
View ArticleBig Planet Comics
In Northern America, fans of alternative comic books naturally head toward Seattle (Fantagraphic’s home), or Montreal (for Drawn + Quarterly). Probably that no one would have the idea to pass by...
View ArticleSimon Hanselmann
Not many cartoonists can boast being married to their art -- sporting a full wedding dress to boost! But Simon Hanselmann is definitely one of a kind: revolving around a small cast of characters, his...
View ArticleMax Andersson
The comic world strives to break codes, kill borders, abolish standards. In these words, Max Andersson is one of his most faithful representatives. Introduced in France through the Association, which...
View ArticleEd Piskor
Having learned the ropes alongside the great Harvey Pekar, Ed Piskor had since discovered what seems to be the projet of a lifetime: the chronicle in comic form, and in great detail, of the birth and...
View ArticleDaniel Merlin Goodbrey
Daniel Merlin Goodbrey is one of the most important and prolific pioneers in digital comics. He started his experiments around 2000, and set to explore numerous forms and uses of online publishing,...
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