Born in 1959, David B. (B. is short for Beauchard) began working in comics and illustration around 1985. In 1990, with a group of six other artists, he co-founded L’Association, the most influential p…
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Guy Peellaert & Pierre BartierThe Adventures of JodelleTrans. Kim ThompsonFantagraphics Belgian artist Guy Peellaert’s (1934 –2008) multifaceted oeuvre included film posters (Ta…
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From Buddha Jumps, issue 1 of Folder Attacks (nos:books, 2014)nos:booksTaipei, Taiwanwww.nosbooks.comI first encountered nos:books at the 2014 edition of the New York Art Book Fair,… -
From Le fils du roi, by Eric Lambé (Frémok, 2012)Even in the diverse world of Franco-Belgian independent comics, there is no publisher quite like Frémok. The name itself is a neologism—a comb… -
“Lillienwald” (Forest of lilies), from www.supertraene.de (Mamiverlag, 2009) Pathos und Peinlichkeit. Pathos and awkwardness. Aus dem Land, wo die Sprechblasen Sc… -
Japanese art comics icon Yūichi Yokoyama pushes the basic codes of manga so far that his work enters alien territory. In books like Travel, geometrically rendered speedlines take center s… -
Shapereader, by Ilan Manouach (shapereader.org)To say that Ilan Manouach is the most recognized avant-garde comics artist in Greece may be faint praise. The country’s independent comics scene… -
From L’Ascension du Haut Mal, by David B. (L’Association, 1996–2003)I’m so pleased to guest-edit this comics-themed issue for World Literature Today for many reasons. Perso…
