Bag full of comics. Long day. Writing.

[hmpf]

Bag full of comics:

I got home today with:

- some "Valérian & Laureline", from the library
- "Held" by Flix and "Zuckerfisch" by Naomi Kearn - borrowed from a friend (German comics, something fairly new for me)
- two volumes of "Monsieur Mardi-Gras Descendres", freshly arrived from France.

*squee*!


Long day:

- Worked from 9 to 4 in the afternoon.
- Paul Auster seminar from 4 to 6 pm.
- In the evening: local monthly Farscape meeting.

I am so dead. I think I should go to bed now with my bag full of comics.


Writing:

I think "Atlas" is done, but I'll give it another day in case I change my mind about something. "68 Wives" has been cut into around 70 slices which are being rearranged on the floor of my room a lot at the moment. I think I may adopt wives from sylviavolk2000, mmapmaker, beccatoria and tryfanstone... (will credit if I do, of course). Lastly, a bunny I've had hopping around for a while has acquired a title today, "The Doctor and Doctor Adams" - unfortunately it only consists of a couple of lines of dialogue at the moment, and there are far more important fics to focus on at the moment. I'd like to finish "68 Wives", my untitled Maya fic, and hopefully perhaps also "Found In Translation" this year, and I really can't afford to concentrate on half-formed bunnies with so much already on my plate...

Comments

Re: J'ai oublié presque tout.

[tazey.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately you can forget a lot in twelve years if you don't use a language at all.

Tell me about it! German was my first foreign language and now it's... gone. :(

So far I've tried to make arrangements with French acquaintances or German acquaintances visiting France to bring or send me some comics from time to time, but it's been a bit complicated, so my collection's still very small.

There are second-hand shops in Paris where it's possible to find comics. If you have anything particular in mind, ask away and I'll go take a look.

Like I said, my comics reading days are far away in time and I read a lot of lighter, more teen than adult-oriented stuff but I remember liking the association of Rosinski and Van Hamme notably on Thorgal, XIII (based on the premise of "The Bourne Identity") and Le grand pouvoir du Chninkel. Giraud's Blueberry and Bourgeon's Les Passagers du temps were pretty good. If you're looking for angst-free stuff, you can try Les Tuniques Bleues, Gaston Lagaffe, Blake & Mortimer for starters.

Not long ago I bought for my brother a series by Jodorowsky called "La caste des méta-barons". It was a bit violent graphicly for my taste but pretty good nonetheless. Also, Philippe Druillet is often pointed out as one of the most innovative French comics artist.