Synopses & Reviews
For the first time in the US, ComicsLit brings over the latest
enfant terrible of European comics, a mad genius, and for the first time, the Louvre museum is involved in a co-edition of a series of graphic novels. There will be four and each will be a vision of this great museum by a different artist.
De Crecy, at the sight of the incredible richness of the museum's collection, was overwhelmed and felt small and ignorant. The result is a story set thousands of years hence in a glacial period where all human history has been forgotten and a small group of archeologists fall upon the Louvre, buried in age-old snow. They cannot begin to explain all the artifacts they see. What could they have meant? Their interpretations are nonsense, absurd, farcical.
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"De Crecy's art is breathtaking, he lives up to his reputation as a mad genius with this amusing work." Booklist
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"De Crecy's gorgeous artwork and twisted sense of humor carry the day. The Louvre's graphic novel series is off to a very strong start. I look forward to seeing what the newxt three volumes have to offer." Marc Mason, www.ComicsWaitingRoom.com
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"[A] well-executed, if slight, combination of humor, whimsy and elegant draftsmanship....Perhaps a work of comics can hold the whole Louvre in its panels but, as with any work of art, something is bound to escape the page." Rebecca Porte, Rain Taxi (read the entire Rain Taxi review)
Synopsis
For the first time in the US, ComicsLit brings over the latest enfant terrible of European Comics, a mad genius, and for the first time, the Louvre Museum is involved in a co-edition of a series of graphic novels. There will be four and each will be a vision of this great museum by a different artist.
About the Author
Nicolas De Crécy is a comic artist whose work includes Bug Jargal, Foligatto, León la Came, and Salvatore 1: Transports of Love, as well as several other international works. He also contributed to the feature film La Vieille Dame et les Pigeons.