Krent Able Entretien de Rat Devil

Whithout the shadow of a doubt, based on his first comic books self-published under the Mano-Blanco Comics label — Leif Tande has talent, and never refrains from trying out the wildest ideas, be it the story of “the man who tought a hundred times faster than the other men” or re-inventing the art of comics […]

Splitting his carrier between comics and illustration, Peter Kuper’s productions are rather rare. But from The System, an unique silent book published by DC Comics to his Mind’s Eye/Eye of the Beholder series, Peter Kuper remains an author both audacious and outspoken. Living in Oaxaca (Mexico) since July 2006, his chronicles of the situation over […]

Following his debut in 1969 with Manga-Oh, Azuma Hideo had worked through twenty years of an honest manga-ka career, not necessarily in the spotlight but far from being totally unknown, with gag-manga and science-fiction series (receiving on the way the 10th Nebula Price of the Japanese Science-Fiction Society for Fujôri Nikki), and occasionnally dabbing in […]

In October 2001, Frédéric Boilet was launching in Tokyo the “Nouvelle Manga” event, part discovery (through a series of exhibits around the Ueno museum), part meeting with a few invited French authors — David B., Fabrice Neaud, Loïc Néhou. If it is regrettable that a mini polemic arose around an awkwardly-written Manifest, Fréderic Boilet’s sustained […]

Among the current Japanese production, Kaneko Atsushi is one of the few authors that one can identify right away — whether because of his distinctive line, obviously very much inspired by American illustrators, or by his unexpected choices in terms of printing colors. Difficult also to ignore the hysteric Japan fleshed out in his magnus […]

“Dans le Donjon, tout est bon.” “In the Dungeon, everything is good.” This is the title of a mini reading guide available in libraries, coming to the help of newcomers who would like to try on Joann Sfar’s and Lewis Trondheim’s gigantic undertaking. And such a guide is very much welcome to discover what is […]

Last year in Angouleme, on IMHO‘s booth, I was lucky enough to chat a little with misses Tezuka Noriko, a short and motherly Japanese lady, who was attending because of the invitation of both Nakano Shizuka (for Le Piqueur d’étoile) and Shiriagari Kotobuki, who was prominently featured with (among other things) an exhibit at the […]

Maruo Suehiro’s first book (Bara-iro no Kaibutsu, published in 1982) opens with the picture of a Nosferatu straight from Murnau, sinking his teeth in the offered neck of a sleeping beauty, and grasping with a clawed hand the softness of a naked breast. The next pages reveal an universe of burning desires, mixing sensuality with […]