Read in 2023, part 2: Non fiction comics
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dhampyresaI only read non-fiction comics in French this year.
Gino Bartali - Un champion cycliste parmi les justes ("Gino Bartali - A cycling champion among the righteous"), by Julian Voloj and Lorena Canottiere: Reread. If you know the name Gino Bartali, it's most likely because he's the man with the longest gap between two consecutive wins of the Tour de France: 1938 and 1948. The book is half about Bartali's life leading up to that first victory and half about what he did during WW2: helping Jews in various ways, such as housing a family in his home and carrying fake papers. I also really like the use of colour. The art is in coloured pencil, including the lineart and it gives everything a softness that reminds me of golden Italian sunlight.
Love in Vain: Robert Johnson 1911-1938, by J.M. Dupont: Reread. A biography of Robert Johnson in stark black and white -- just black and white, no shades of grey. It's pretty well done, but my favourite thing is that it's narrated by the Devil (who assures us he made no deal with Johnson).
Le passager ("The Passenger"), by Cyrielle Pisapia: An autobiography of the author's life with multiple sclerosis -- the titular passenger, depicted as a lizard who rides around on her body -- that covers the start of her symptoms, her journey to diagnosis and symptom management while dealing with a job, motherhood, etc.
Of these three, "Gino Bartali" was my favourite, but they're all good and I would recommend them all.
Gino Bartali - Un champion cycliste parmi les justes ("Gino Bartali - A cycling champion among the righteous"), by Julian Voloj and Lorena Canottiere: Reread. If you know the name Gino Bartali, it's most likely because he's the man with the longest gap between two consecutive wins of the Tour de France: 1938 and 1948. The book is half about Bartali's life leading up to that first victory and half about what he did during WW2: helping Jews in various ways, such as housing a family in his home and carrying fake papers. I also really like the use of colour. The art is in coloured pencil, including the lineart and it gives everything a softness that reminds me of golden Italian sunlight.
Love in Vain: Robert Johnson 1911-1938, by J.M. Dupont: Reread. A biography of Robert Johnson in stark black and white -- just black and white, no shades of grey. It's pretty well done, but my favourite thing is that it's narrated by the Devil (who assures us he made no deal with Johnson).
Le passager ("The Passenger"), by Cyrielle Pisapia: An autobiography of the author's life with multiple sclerosis -- the titular passenger, depicted as a lizard who rides around on her body -- that covers the start of her symptoms, her journey to diagnosis and symptom management while dealing with a job, motherhood, etc.
Of these three, "Gino Bartali" was my favourite, but they're all good and I would recommend them all.
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