Author: Daniel Clowes
Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
Enid and Rebecca are two cynical teenage girls, living in an unmanned American working-class neighborhood in 1990’s. In this post high school graduation period, there is not much to do around for these smart two girls beside criticize everything, the people, their sick interests, the culture …
There is something very scientific in their way to analyze (more…)
Add commentOctober 30th, 2006 Vianney
Born in 1971, Nabiel Kanan is an acclaim British comic artist, which is rare in this country where Comic books and Graphic Novels remain quiet confidential.
There is little information about this author that refuse to do interview.
He lives in Derby, UK where he shares his time between comics, graphic novels and illustration works. (more…)
1 commentOctober 27th, 2006 Vianney
Author : Aurelia Aurita
Publisher : Les Impressions Nouvelles (FR, BE)
Copyright: © 2006 Les Impressions nouvelles
Note: Special notice ! Novel for mature audience only.
Literal translation: Strawberry & Chocolate
Additional Information: Not currently available in English.
Fraise & chocolat is definitely a story about a real love and passion. Aurelia arrived in Japan to see Frederic, they met once in Paris but they wrote each other for the last 4 months. That is the starting point of the travel in the intimacy of two people where the exploration of physical love have a large part. The narration is very fresh and I got the feeling sometimes that the heart of Aurelia is to big and will explode if (more…)
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Author: Marjane Satrapi
Publisher: L’Association (FR), Phantheon (US)
Translation Copyright: © 2003 L’Association, Paris, France
In 1979, when the Islamic Revolution started In Iran, Marjane Satrapi was only a child. Through the eyes of this cute little girl, we happen to see the daily life in Iran during this tense period, but also to know more about the history of the first country that refers to sharia in his constitution.
The life is hard and sometimes even tragic for Marjane, (more…)
1 commentOctober 10th, 2006 Vianney
Special notice! Mature audience Novel
It seems that Aurelia Aurita is a moon Jellyfish. It is also the name chosen by a young French graphic novel author of Chinese and Cambodian origins.
Born in Paris suburb in 1980, Aurelia Aurita is both a doctor in Pharmacy and a graphic novelist. (more…)
Add commentOctober 10th, 2006 Vianney