Tag: bande dessinée
Depictions of The Great War: Film and Graphic Novel
Year-End Humor from France, Ring Out 2021 with a Laugh
The Satirical Art of Claire Bretécher, Lampooning at its Finest
Claire Bretécher was one of France’s most prominent socio-satirical comic strip authors for more than 4 decades. Bretécher is an icon in the world of bandes dessinées who has served as a role model to aspiring dessinatrices that dream of becoming successful cartoonists. Born in 1940, Bretécher broke into comics…
Surviving A Massacre—Catherine Meurisse And Art’s Curative Power
Yesterday marked the 6-year anniversary of the savage terrorist attack on the satirical French magazine Charlie Hebdo. That morning, two gunmen killed 12 members of Charlie Hebdo’s staff and left 11 injured. I wrote about one of the courageous survivors, Coco, back in 2017. The word courageous, however, doesn’t do…
Kiki de Montparnasse, Muse of A Thousand Faces
Two Graphic Novels, Illuminating Memoirs from the Middle East that are Fun to Read
Black Authors Matter, Marguerite Abouet’s Positive Images of African Life
Given the disturbing events of recent weeks, a new movement, labeled with the hashtag #BlackoutBestsellerList, encourages people to purchase books by black authors between now and June 20. The goal is to push black authors to the top of bestseller lists around the world. There are, of course, countless exceptional…
Depictions of The Great War: Film and Graphic Novel
Year-End Humor from France, Ring Out 2021 with a Laugh
The Satirical Art of Claire Bretécher, Lampooning at its Finest

Claire Bretécher was one of France’s most prominent socio-satirical comic strip authors for more than 4 decades. Bretécher is an icon in the world of bandes dessinées who has served as a role model to aspiring dessinatrices that dream of becoming successful cartoonists. Born in 1940, Bretécher broke into comics…
Surviving A Massacre—Catherine Meurisse And Art’s Curative Power

Yesterday marked the 6-year anniversary of the savage terrorist attack on the satirical French magazine Charlie Hebdo. That morning, two gunmen killed 12 members of Charlie Hebdo’s staff and left 11 injured. I wrote about one of the courageous survivors, Coco, back in 2017. The word courageous, however, doesn’t do…
Kiki de Montparnasse, Muse of A Thousand Faces
Two Graphic Novels, Illuminating Memoirs from the Middle East that are Fun to Read
Black Authors Matter, Marguerite Abouet’s Positive Images of African Life

Given the disturbing events of recent weeks, a new movement, labeled with the hashtag #BlackoutBestsellerList, encourages people to purchase books by black authors between now and June 20. The goal is to push black authors to the top of bestseller lists around the world. There are, of course, countless exceptional…