A review blog of new comics and graphic novels by writer, professor, and comics scholar Jessica Baldanzi
It took Guy Delisle 15 years to complete Hostage. For two straight years of that 15, he drew a page a day of the story of Christophe André, a French citizen working for Doctors Without Borders. In 1997, André was kidnapped near Chechnya and held for ransom for three months. Continue reading “Hostage, by Guy Delisle: An Unexpected Exercise in Simplicity”
Originally published on GoshenCommons.org September 30, 2013
Last post I finished my review of Chris Ware’s “Building Stories” by arguing its place in North American visual history. This week, something much lighter, but not to be underestimated: “Love in Yop City.”
Continue reading “Zoinks! Ten Storylines! “Aya: Love in Yop City””