Tag Archive | "Bastille Day"

Bastille Day

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

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Since today is the 14th of July (le quatorze Juillet), which marks the Fête Nationale – more commonly known as Bastille Day in the Anglophone world – we thought that was a perfect excuse (not that we need one, usually) to celebrate some of the great comics work which comes out of the French language [...]

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From our continental correspondent – 14 BD for 14 Juillet ! (part 2)

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

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Continuing a selection of 14 French comics for the 14th (the first half is here), here are seven more insanely great French comics, starting now ! Monsieur Feraille by Winschluss and Cizo – If you combine a vitriolic feeling for satire, a fanatical knowledge of pop culture and an amazingly versatile graphical style, you get [...]

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From our continental correspondent – 14 BD for 14 Juillet ! (part 1)

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

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This week our French friends celebrate their Fète Nationale, traditionally remembering the storming of the Bastille prison in 1789, which set in motion the French Revolution.  Since we at FPI are constantly trying to get good French (and Belgian and other European) comics in the spotlight (Richard when they’ve been translated, me predominantly while hoping [...]

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French comics

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

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As you know we try our best to try and give a bit of coverage to comics outside the normal works we see (mostly from the UK and US), including some of the frequently fascinating (and often quite brilliant) comics work which comes out of Europe, too much of which, sadly, often doesn’t get translated [...]

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Happy Bastille Day

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

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Okay, its not a Bastille Day cartoon, but I quite liked the artwork so I thought I’d share it today – it was on a wine bottle cover in my local French deli/restaurant and they were kind enough to let me take a pic for my Flickr when it caught my eye. Vive la revolution! [...]

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