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In the palace of mirrors
In the palace of mirrors
Liv Stromquist
Rackham
“She’s a comic book essayist; all his books are sociological surveys. This one is so interesting because it examines different aspects related to beauty: the origin of our obsession with thinness, mimicry and mimetic rivalry, […] marriage, our relationship to photography… She makes us reassess our conception of beauty; it feels like a goal to achieve, which is a bit of a capitalist vision. It’s not a classic way of doing comics at all; sometimes there are no boxes, she inserts photos… The drawing is very naive, but colourful, expressive. She plays a lot with the text, too, which becomes like a drawing. »
Boundless
Boundless
Jillian Tamaki
Drawn and Quarterly
“This book and [mon troisième choix] are two eternal bedside books. As a comic book author, he opened a lot of doors for me and still accompanies me; every time I open it, I feel like I’m learning something new about my art, about how to tell a story. It’s like a collage of short stories, straddling fiction and poetry. Each story takes us into a different universe. I find that his way of telling stories and making comics is very poetic. […] These are very contemporary stories; it sometimes slips into surrealism, like that of a lady who begins to shrink until she disappears completely. […] There are always several layers of meaning. »
Cecil and Jordan in New York
Cecil and Jordan in New York
Gabrielle Bell
Delcourt
“It’s really more classic [comme bande dessinée], but it is illustrated with great precision. Again, it is a collection of short stories; in my opinion it is a masterpiece. He’s someone who makes me laugh a lot. She is so brilliant in the way she tells her stories. Each of the narratives has a new aspect; often it swings into a very surreal element and then it comes back. We see characters that we feel a little parachuted into their lives, who try to come to terms with what they are going through, who are sometimes a little resigned or calm, but very interior. It is a book that is covered with a certain melancholy, but in which there is a lot of humor. »