Critics debate two barely released comics with For a fraction of a second. The eventful life of Eadweard Muybridge by Guy Delisle and Comrade Cuckoo d’Anke Feuchtenberger.
“For a fraction of a second. The eventful life of Eadweard Muybridge” by Guy Delisle
1855, Eadweard Muybridge, a young Englishman who was not particularly interested in horses, emigrated to California. Passionate about a technical process which is in its infancy, photography, he will quickly become one of the most famous photographers of his time. Helped by the richest man in the United States, he will achieve an unprecedented feat: capture on film the course of a galloping horse.
Long before Edison and the Lumière brothers, Muybridge was the first man to tame movement and project a film. The famous comic book author Guy Delisle paints his portrait in a lively and eventful work, in homage to this pioneer of cinema unjustly forgotten by history.
Critics’ opinions:
future…
The comic was published on October 23, 2024 by Delcourt, in the Shampooing collection.
“Comrade Cuckoo” by Anke Feuchtenberger
In 1995, in the village of Pritschitanow in East Germany, Kerstin searches for a photo album in the old municipal school where her grandmother lived and taught. Her thoughts plunge her into ancient memories and confront her with characters from the past such as her former violent comrades Torsten and Frank, her childhood friend Effi, who entered the monastic school, and her brother Jochen.
After more than a decade of work, the great German designer Anke Feuchtenberger unveils La Comrade Coucou, an atypical 450-page comic strip. She condenses an intimate and political mythology, to reconstruct from real life a tale with multiple echoes, traced by a captivating charcoal drawing.
Critics’ opinions
future…
The comic was published on October 9, 2024 by Futuropolis.
Critical favorite: The Tales of Marylène – Volume 6, “Henry, James and the others” by Franck Guigue
In the small living room of Queen Aglaé’s grand palace, two men, James Kite and Henry the Horse, recall their memories by the fire. From the glory days of the Kite circus to Henry’s forced retirement, they recall with nostalgia the significant events of their lives. The chatter of the two friends, fueled by joys, regrets and unsaid things, are all keys which will allow them to solve certain enigmas of Marylène, this hostile country which has never spared them.
Sixth opus of “Contes du Marylène”, Henry, James and the others is a collection of short stories that focuses on episodes glimpsed in the five previous works. Thanks to the confessions of Henry and James, Anne Simon delves a little deeper into her world and gives voice to the secondary characters in her series.
Victor Macé de Lépinay: coming soon…
Sound clips
- Music by Philip Glass – The photographer; Act I, 1982
- Music by Paul Durand and Hauschka
