Comics In French

Author : Laurence Grove
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1845455886

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Comics in French by Laurence Grove Pdf

Whereas in English-speaking countries comics are for children or adults 'who should know better', in France and Belgium the form is recognized as the 'Ninth Art' and follows in the path of poetry, architecture, painting and cinema. The bande dessinée [comic strip] has its own national institutions, regularly obtains front-page coverage and has received the accolades of statesmen from De Gaulle onwards. On the way to providing a comprehensive introduction to the most francophone of cultural phenomena, this book considers national specificity as relevant to an anglophone reader, whilst exploring related issues such as text/image expression, historical precedents and sociological implication. To do so it presents and analyses priceless manuscripts, a Franco- American rodent, Nazi propaganda, a museum-piece urinal, intellectual gay porn and a prehistoric warrior who's really Zinedine Zidane. Laurence Grove is Senior Lecturer and Head of French at the University of Glasgow. His previous affiliations include the University of Pittsburgh, the Newberry Library (Chicago), Middlebury College (Vermont) and the Université Rennes 2. He works on text/image phenomena from the sixteenth century to the present day and has authored a number of works on the subject. Laurence Grove is President of the IBDS, an international society for the study of the bande dessinée.

Author : Ann Miller,Bart Beaty
Publisher : Leuven University Press
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2014-06-24
Category : Art
ISBN : 9789058679888

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The French Comics Theory Reader by Ann Miller,Bart Beaty Pdf

Key French-language theoretical texts on comics translated into English for the first time The French Comics Theory Reader presents a collection of key theoretical texts on comics, spanning a period from the 1960s to the 2010s, written in French and never before translated into English. The publication brings a distinctive set of authors together uniting theoretical scholars, artists, journalists, and comics critics. Readers will gain access to important debates that have taken place among major French-language comics scholars, including Thierry Groensteen, Benoît Peeters, Jan Baetens, and Pierre Fresnault-Deruelle, over the past fifty years. The collection covers a broad range of approaches to the medium, including historical, formal, sociological, philosophical, and psychoanalytic. A general introduction provides an overall context, and, in addition, each of the four thematic sections is prefaced by a brief summary of each text and an explanation of how they have influenced later work. The translations are faithful to the originals while reading clearly in English, and, where necessary, cultural references are clarified.

Author : Jean G. Moebius,Moebius,Randy Lofficier
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Fantasy comic books, strips, etc
ISBN : 1569711321

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Arzach by Jean G. Moebius,Moebius,Randy Lofficier Pdf

A collection of the dream-like science-fiction images and visual storytelling techniques of Jean Giraud ("Moebius"), including his wordless "pantomime" work and the character Arzach.

Author : Maurice Leblanc
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2023-04-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783368349875

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The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar by Maurice Leblanc Pdf

Reproduction of the original.

Author : Mark McKinney
Publisher : Leuven University Press
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2021-01-14
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9789462702417

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Postcolonialism and Migration in French Comics by Mark McKinney Pdf

Profound analysis of French comics through a postcolonial lens Postcolonialism and migration are major themes in contemporary French comics and have roots in the Algerian War (1954–62), antiracist struggle, and mass migration to France. This volume studies comics from the end of the formal dismantling of French colonial empire in 1962 up to the present. French cartoonists of ethnic-minority and immigrant heritage are a major focus, including Zeina Abirached (Lebanon), Yvan Alagbé (Benin), Baru (Italy), Enki Bilal (former Yugoslavia), Farid Boudjellal (Algeria and Armenia), José Jover (Spain), Larbi Mechkour (Algeria), and Roland Monpierre (Guadeloupe). The author analyzes comics representing a gamut of perspectives on immigration and postcolonial ethnic minorities, ranging from staunch defense to violent rejection. Individual chapters are dedicated to specific artists, artistic collectives, comics, or themes, including avant-gardism, undocumented migrants in comics, and racism in far-right comics.

Author : Jennifer Howell
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2015-10-08
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781498516075

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The Algerian War in French-Language Comics by Jennifer Howell Pdf

The decolonization of Algeria represents a turning point in world history, marking the end of France’s colonial empire, the birth of the Algerian republic, and the appearance of the Third World and pan-Arabism. Algeria emerged from colonial domination to negotiate the release of American hostages in Iran during the Carter administration. Radical Islam would later rise from the ashes of Algeria’s failed democracy, leading to a civil war and the training of Algerian terrorists in Afghanistan. Moreover, the decolonization of Algeria offered an imperfect model of decolonization to other nations like South Africa that succeeded in abolishing apartheid while retaining its white settler population. Algeria and its war of national liberation therefore constitute an inescapable reference for those looking to understand today’s “war on terror” and ever-expanding islamophobia in Western media circuits. Consequently, it is imperative that students and educators understand the global implications of the Algerian War and how to best approach this conflict in school and at home so as to learn from the consequences of misrepresentation at all levels of the memory transmission chain. These objectives are all the more important today given the West’s misunderstanding and mischaracterization of Islam, the Arab Spring, the Muslim-majority world, and, most importantly, the continuing influence of French colonialism—especially in the postcolonial era. Conceived as a case study, The Algerian War in French-Language Comics: Postcolonial Memory, History, and Subjectivity argues that comics provide an alternative to textbook representations of the Algerian War in France because they draw from many of the same source materials yet produce narratives that are significantly different. This book demonstrates that although comics rely on conventional vectors of memory transmission like national education, the family, and mainstream media, they can also create new and productive dialogues using these same vectors in ways unavailable to traditional textbooks. From this perspective, these comics are an effective and alternative way to develop a more inclusive social consciousness.

Author : Mark McKinney
Publisher : Contemporary French and Franco
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1846316421

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The Colonial Heritage of French Comics by Mark McKinney Pdf

Although France has changed much in recent decades, colonial-era imagery continues to circulate widely in comics, in part because the colonial archives are easily accessible, and through the republication of colonial-era comics that are viewed as classics. The latter include the Tintin series of comic books, by the Belgian artist Herg , and the "Zig and Puce" series by Alain Saint-Ogan, a Frenchman. In this important new study Mark McKinney situates comics in debates about French colonialism, arguing that cartoonists still use representations of colonial history in their comics as a way of intervening in debates about contemporary France and its current relationships to its former colonies. McKinney argues that comics offer unique opportunities to both reproduce and thereby perpetuate colonial ideologies, images and discourses, as well as to deconstruct and contest them. The ways, and the degree to which, they do one or the other tell us a great deal about the heritage of imperialism and colonialism

Author : Joel E. Vessels
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2010-09-03
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781604734454

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Drawing France by Joel E. Vessels Pdf

In France, Belgium, and other Francophone countries, comic strips---called bande dessinee or "BD" in French---have long been considered a major art form capable of addressing a host of contemporary issues. Among French-speaking intelligentsia, graphic narratives were deemed worthy of canonization and critical study decades before the academy and the press in the United States embraced comics. The place that BD holds today, however, belies the contentious political route the art form has traveled. In Drawing France: French Comics and the Republic, author Joel E. Vessels examines the trek of BD from it being considered a fomenter of rebellion, to a medium suitable only for semi-literates, to an impediment to education, and most recently to an art capable of addressing social concerns in mainstream culture. In the mid-1800s, alarmists feared political caricatures might incite the ire of an illiterate working class. To counter this notion,proponents yoked the art to a particular articulation of "Frenchness" based on literacy and reason. With the post-World War II economic upswing, French consumers saw BD as a way to navigate the changes brought by modernization. After bande dessinee came to be understood as a compass for the masses, the government, especially Francois Mitterand's administration, brought comics increasingly into "official" culture. Vessels argues that BD are central to the formation of France's self-image and a self-awareness of what it means to be French.

Author : Catriona MacLeod
Publisher : Intellect (UK)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2022-09-23
Category : Comic books, strips, etc
ISBN : 1789386810

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Invisible Presence by Catriona MacLeod Pdf

In this groundbreaking study of French-language comic strips, Catriona MacLeod looks at the representation of women across three distinct categories: as main characters and as secondary figures created by male artists, and as characters created by women artists. Drawing from feminist scholarship, especially well-known film and literary theorists, the book asks what it means to draw and depict women from within a phallocentric, male-dominated paradigm as well as how the particular medium of bande dessinée (the French-language graphic novel) has shaped dominant representations of women. MacLeod's exploration focuses on the representation of female characters in French comics across genres, artistic styles, and time periods. Until now, these characters and their creators have received relatively little scholarly attention, or have only been considered individually, rather than within wider patterns of female representation; this book aims to correct that.

Author : Brian Michael Bendis
Publisher : DC Comics
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2019-07-10
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : PKEY:T2012300015001

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Batman: Universe (2019-) #1 by Brian Michael Bendis Pdf

Following the theft of a priceless Fabergé egg, the Riddler leads the Dark Knight on a wild hunt after its true owner: Jinny Hex, descendant of Jonah Hex! Guest-starring Deathstroke, Green Arrow and dozens of Riddler look-alikes in stories by Brian Michael Bendis with art by Nick Derington, originally published in BATMAN GIANT #3 and #4!

Author : Edgar-Pierre Jacobs
Publisher : 9th Cinebook
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 190546021X

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The Yellow "M" by Edgar-Pierre Jacobs Pdf

London's walls resound with the incredible exploits of the 'Yellow Mark.' The spectacular actions of this mysterious criminal are on the increase: holding up the Bank of England, robbing the imperial crown... No one seems able to stop him. He is so audacious that he lets the police know in advance where he will commit his crimes, each time ridiculing Scotland Yard a little more. The apparent ease with which he evades police schemes begins to worry the highest authorities of the country. The Home Office asks Captain Francis Blake to solve the mystery and discover the identity of the man who hides behind the Yellow Mark. The captain immediately takes as partner his old friend, Professor Philip Mortimer, whose scientific knowledge will be invaluable in solving this extremely complex enigma. Who hides behind the Yellow Mark?

Author : Laurence Grove
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Comic books, strips, etc
ISBN : OCLC:1255733456

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Comics in French by Laurence Grove Pdf

Author : Emil Ferris
Publisher : Fantagraphics Books
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2017-02-15
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781606999592

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My Favorite Thing is Monsters by Emil Ferris Pdf

Set against the tumultuous political backdrop of late ’60s Chicago, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters is the fictional graphic diary of 10-year-old Karen Reyes, filled with B-movie horror and pulp monster magazines iconography. Karen Reyes tries to solve the murder of her enigmatic upstairs neighbor, Anka Silverberg, a holocaust survivor, while the interconnected stories of those around her unfold. When Karen’s investigation takes us back to Anka’s life in Nazi Germany, the reader discovers how the personal, the political, the past, and the present converge.

Author : Nicole Claveloux
Publisher : New York Review of Books
Page : 105 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2017-11-28
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781681371085

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The Green Hand and Other Stories by Nicole Claveloux Pdf

Now in paperback, a collection of “darkly humorous, existential, erotic, trance inducing” (The New York Times) short stories by the lauded French comics artist Nicole Claveloux. Nicole Claveloux’s short stories—originally published in the late 1970s and never before collected in English—are among the most beautiful comics ever drawn: whimsical, intoxicating, with the freshness and splendor of dreams. In hallucinatory color or elegant black-and-white, she brings us into lands that are strange but oddly recognizable, filled with murderous grandmothers and lonely city dwellers, bad-tempered vegetables and walls that are surprisingly easy to fall through. In the title story, written with Edith Zha, a new houseplant becomes the first step in an epic journey of self-discovery and a witty fable of modern romance—complete with talking shrubbery, a wised-up genie, and one very depressed bird. This selection, designed and introduced by Daniel Clowes, presents the full achievement of an unforgettable, unjustly neglected master of French comics.

Author : Yusei Matsui
Publisher : VIZ Media LLC
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2014-12-02
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781421581514

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Assassination Classroom, Vol. 1 by Yusei Matsui Pdf

Meet the would-be assassins of class 3-E: Sugino, who let his grades slip and got kicked off the baseball team. Karma, who’s doing well in his classes but keeps getting suspended for fighting. And Okuda, who lacks both academic and social skills, yet excels at one subject: chemistry. Who has the best chance of winning that reward? Will the deed be accomplished through pity, brute force or poison...? And what chance does their teacher have of repairing his students’ tattered self-esteem? -- VIZ Media