#WhatWereReading : Joe adored the Grandville series by the great Bryan Talbot, eagerly awaiting this standalone prequel, which combines superb artwork & storytelling with layered references.

And yes, Joe is biased as he considers Bryan one of the greatest UK comics creators, and the Grandville series was a triumph (in his humble opinion)

Out now from Jonathan Cape

(and yes, that is a Star Trek top, we're dressed up for #Halloween in the bookshop today!)

#books #livres #GraphicNovels #BandeDessinee #BryanTalbot #TheCasebookOfStamfordHawksmoor #Grandville #UKComics #BritishComics #EuropeanComics #JonathanCape #bookstodon #RecommendedReading #comics

Do I need another graphic novel? Probably not, but I couldn't resist Jonathan Cape's English language edition of Dutch comic, Dry Cleaned, by Joris Martens.

Added to the bookshop stock, then ended up buying it for myself...

#comics #BandeDessinee #books #livres #GraphicNovels #DryCleaned #EuropeanComics #JorisMartens #bookdtodon

#Edinburgh peeps: European graphic novel bookshop La Belle Adventure (on Leith Walk, near the Out of the Blue Drill Hall) is hosting iconic Scots #comics artist Frank Quitely this Saturday (26th) afternoon, marking 20 years since the launch of We3 https://www.instagram.com/p/DBhHWZ8AZyS/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

#Edimbourg #BandeDessinee #comics #Books #Livres #FrankQuitely #BritishComics #UKComics #We3 #LaBelleAdventure #EuropeanComics #artist #ComicsArt

La case du jour !

14 Septembre,
Pacific Palace, le Spirou de Christian Durieux (2021),
De Christian et Jack Durieux.

Analyse de case dans le ALT.

#Spirou #spiroude #christiandurieux #pacificpalace #mirrors #miroir #bd #casedujour #bandedessinee #bandedessinée #comics #comicbooks #europeancomics

Private Life, 4th volume in the Complete Guido Crepax series focuses on Valentina’s emotional life so there’s less of the outrageousness, bizarre inventiveness and stylistic flamboyance but with some trippy dream sequences and some weirdness.

My review: https://vintagepopfictions.blogspot.com/2023/06/guido-crepaxs-private-life.html

#comics #europeancomics #GuidoCrepax

The Guido Crepax comic that really blew me away in 2022 was his superb 1920s-set surreal and erotic adaptation of Henry James' The Turn of the Screw.

As with his adaptation of Stevenson's Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Crepax takes erotic elements that are only hinted at in the original story and pus the spotlight on them.

It's included in the Complete Crepax volume Evil Spells.

My review: https://vintagepopfictions.blogspot.com/2022/11/guido-crepax-evil-spells.html

#GuidoCrepax #comics #europeancomics #HenryJames #ghoststories