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…
COVER FEATURE
International Comics
- Guy Peellaert & Pierre BartierThe Adventures of JodelleTrans. Kim ThompsonFantagraphics Belgian artist Guy Peellaert’s (1934 –2008) multifaceted oeuvre included film posters (Ta…
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…
