Category: Bande Dessinée

Two towers, the tallest building in the area, loom over a city. The buildings are lit up against a pink and orange sky, with plumes of smoke around it. A word balloon reads 'still heroes,' the tall pointed toward the buildings.

INTERVIEW: Exaheva Talks Interactive Storytelling and Queerness in Still Heroes

Interviews Indie & Small Press Comics Bande Dessinée Webcomics

Brussels-based artist Exaheva recently released her interactive digital comic Still Heroes, a tender story of self-discovery that experiments with reader agency in visual storytelling. Readers follow main character Emeline’s struggles after her superhero group suddenly disbands and she finds herself lost for direction. Though seemingly a superhero narrative, Still Heroes touches on intimate experiences with…

Emma Rossby
Fragments of Femininity pg 47

Fragments of Femininity: A Clichéd Look at Womanhood

Reviews Comics Bande Dessinée

Fragments of Femininity Olivier Pont (writer and artist) Europe Comics 18 January, 2017 IZNEO HAS PROVIDED WWAC WITH A VIP ACCESS PASS. What makes a woman feminine? Olivier Pont’s graphic novel, Fragments of Femininity, translated from his 2015 French graphic novel, DesSeins, aims to study the symbol of women’s femininity—their breasts—through the stories of seven women…

Louis Skye
Thorgal Grzegorz Rosiński & Jean Van Hamme, Cinebook

Thorgal: A Folk Metal Song in Pictoral Form

Reviews Comics Bande Dessinée Opinion

Thorgal Jean Van Hamme (writer), Grzegorz Rosiński (illustrator) Cinebook Thorgal is a silly name. It doesn’t inspire confidence. The art is what attracted me to reviewing this classic European series—one that still goes on today, albeit with writers changed out. Grzegorz Rosiński’s art is extraordinarily well-composed, to the point of being cinematic. Scouring the pages was…

Tish Doolin
Long John Silver: Lady Vivian Hasting, Written by Xavier Dorison, Illustrated by Mathieu Laufray Published in French by Dargaud, Published in English by Cinebook

French Pirates and Feminists! Long John Silver: Lady Vivian Hastings

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Long John Silver Vol. 1: Lady Vivian Hastings Xavier Dorison (writer), Mathieu Laufray (illustrator) Dargaud (French version) May 18, 2007 Cinebook (English version) February 16, 2011 “But in these dark hours at last, I find the courage to pass along these terrible memories…” Long John Silver Vol. 1, Lady Vivian Hastings opens with an ominous…

Cristin Bowman
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