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You are There by Jacques Tardi & Jean-Claude Forest
You are There by Jacques Tardi & Jean-Claude Forest
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Wordt Vervolgd Romans #7
192 pages, Hardcover
27.5cm x 21cm
Condition: LIKE NEW: This book is almost as new, with no damage nor defects
Goodreads Rating: 3.61 * 395 ratings * 50 reviews
Genres: Comics * Graphic Novels * Bande Dessinée
One of the earliest full-length, standalone graphic novels to be published in Europe, and certainly one of the best and most original, Ici Meme was serialized in the adult French comics monthly (A suivre) in the early 1980s and then released in book form. Now, a quarter of a century later, this dark, funny, consistently surprising masterpiece has finally been translated into English!
Prepare to be amazed by the unexpected yet smoothly confident collaboration between the darkly cynical Jacques Tardi and the playful fantasist Jean-Claude Forest (of Barbarella fame) in You Are There. This gripping tale is set on a small island off the coast of France, where unscrupulous landowners have taken over the land from the last heir of a once-wealthy family. The heir, now reduced to the walls that border his former domain, ekes out a living by collecting tolls at each gate. His struggle to reclaim his birthright becomes even more complex as the government exploits his plight for political gain, and a romantic entanglement with the daughter of a landowner adds further complications, leading to an apocalyptic, hallucinatory finale.
Immerse yourself in Tardi's preferred early 20th-century setting, beautifully depicted in his crisp 1980s neo-"clear line" style. The artwork is gorgeously detailed, elegantly stylized, with impossibly deep slabs of black. You Are There is a feast for both the eyes and the brain, a thrilling journey that will leave you on the edge of your seat!
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