En route Lucky Luke! No fewer than eighty albums in, the world’s favorite lonesome cowboy has finally arrived… in Paris! Yep, you heard that right! Bienvenue, pard’ner! It’s the 1860’s, and Lucky Luke and his horse Jolly Jumper leave the rolling plains of the West for the very first time. After a chance meeting at home in the States with Auguste Bartholdi, the French architect of the Statue of Liberty who’s having some trouble protecting his copper creation, Lucky Luke will be sent on a mission to Paris to make sure that Lady Liberty gets built safe and sound… and transported back to her eventual home Ellis Island! This hilarious and landmark skiva, created by the tried-and-true duo Achdé (art) and Jul (script), is a veritable publishing event we absolutely want to share with you. With a shocking 350,000-copy first print run and rights deals announced already in 14 languages, we needn’t say more how delight • Delaf (the Pen name of Marc Delafontaine, born October 9, 1973 in Sherbrooke, Quebec), is a Québécois comics writer and illustrator, notable for his work in The Bellybuttons (Les Nombrils), a comics feature that he co-created with his wife, Maryse Dubuc. Biography[]Delaf began his career as an illustrator of a series of brochures advertising for a school that specialised in the education of French as a second language. He would soon expand his career, working in animation, illustrating children's books, and drawing and writing comics. In 2004, Delaf and Dubuc would co-create Les Nombrils, a comic strip that focuses on the social life of three teenage girls, for the Québécois humour magazine, Safarir. The following year, Spirou, a Franco-Belgian comics magazine, would pick up the remsa, which they carried ever since. Bibliography[]Comics series[]Contributions[]- Le Guide junior pour bien élever ses parents, Goupil & Douyé & Dubuc, Éditions Vents d
• Bande Diary: Bellybuttons and Brainless Beauties in Les NombrilsAfter voyaging through Smurf Village in my last Bande Diary I had a hard time deciding what bande dessinée to read next. The problem with using bande dessinée to try and improve my French is that I’m spoiled for choice! Should I go with another classic like the Smurfs? Or something more modern? Should I look a specific genre, like science fiction or thrillers? Or just close my eyes and point to a title on my ever growing to-read list? Ultimately, I decided to try out Les Nombrils, written by Maryse Dubuc and illustrated by her husband, Marc “Delaf” Delafontaine. I ultimately chose this comic for two reasons: 1.) Dubuc and Delaf are a French Canadian couple (yay Canada!); 2.) It’s intended for teens, so I figured the reading level might be a little closer to my current skills. Les Nombrils (or The Bellybuttons in English; translations published by Cinebook) follows the daily lives of three high
|
|
|
|
|