For a time, I thought that this interview would not happen. First scheduled during the Angoulême Festival, this encounter went through a long string of missed opportunities throughout 2007, to the point I was beginning to accept it as fate. So it was without much hope that I walked up to Charles Burns after a […]

Reader my friend, reader my love, We are back with what is becoming the yearly installment of an article full of figures and trend considerations — a topic that du9 usually steers clear from, more attracted that we are by narrative arcs, witty lines and poetic perspectives than sales curves and others points of progression. […]

At first look, The Red Snake is a horror story which appeal resides primarily in Hino Hideshi’s graphic vision. Far from the classicism of Umezu Kazuo, lacking the meticoulous approach of Itô Junji, opposed to the esthetic preoccupations of Maruo Suehiro, Hino Hideshi delivers a raw vision deeply rooted in grotesque, bringing out a gallery […]

For some reason, Isabelle Pralong’s name lingered with me. Yet, the last time I had heard of her, it was back in 1999 when she had released her Ficus at Atrabile, a short slice-of-life organized around the plant of the title. Since, nothing in the comic field, she had moved to illustration works and children’s […]

It had to happen : Soleil, which has yet to shy from a licensed product for its leading brand (t-shirts, badges or caps are already available on the official store), has recently released the first volume of its “Lanfeust manga”, with a healthy dose of superlatives and exclamation marks : “With hybrid and super-dynamic story and graphics, […]

Does Alan Moore require any introduction ? Miracle Man, Swamp Thing, V for Vendetta, Watchmen, From Hell, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen — the man can boast an impressive bibliography, complete with a hefty dose of major and important works. Needless to say that the long-delayed conclusion to one of his cursed projects was an event […]

“The sadness of the heart” — quite a theme for this collection from the Nishioka Keishi (litterally, brother-sister), explored along a dozen of strange little stories, driven by a peculiar narration. At first glance, one could think of it as childish, from the fragile art with its “flat” perspectives and the care given to patterns, […]

For about a decade and her debuts in Garô, Nananan Kiriko has built a body of work around silent suffering, rejected love, uneasy relationship, painting the portrait of modern young women in the making, who try to remain strong in spite of solitude or sadness. So don’t let yourself be misled by the pinkish cover […]