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SuperTokyoLand Top Shelf Productions, 2015 (English translation) Writer: Benjamin Reiss When bathing in that deepest of self-absorbed writing indulgence, the autobiography, there is a natural tendency for the unsophisticated towards apology, justification, or penitence. SuperTokyoLand is an autobiographical adventure of a French cartoonist’s extended stay in Japan, but has none of these things. As an
The comic book art style of ligne claire, best known globally through the work of Tintin, has its most ardent admirers in its continental birthplace. And so it should be no surprise that Paris is home, this month, to the openings of not one but two ligne claire exhibitions. Galerie Martel is exhibiting the work
Suite Française: Storm in June Arsenal Pulp Press, 2915 Writers: Irène Némirovsky (novel), Emmanuel Moynot (comic), David Homel (translator) The story behind the story has been told many times, and it is nonetheless well-worth repeating. Two daughters, Denise and Elisabeth Epstein, improbably escaped the Holocaust in World War 2, assisted by a German officer who
The Incal Publishers: Epic Comics, Les Humanoides Associes Writers:Alejandro Jodorowsky and Moebius (a.k.a. Jean Giraud) Within the worlds of pop culture, there are certain bodies of work that are so powerful in their impact, that their reputations can precede them through their own inspirational descendants. A perfect example of this is “The Lord of The
