::: A special issue of Beaux Arts dedicated to Comics is on the stands :::.
Saw this in the window of a shop the other day and snatched it up. Sandra is reading it and contemplating a review of sorts. Contains Full colour stories and large samples of various artists work illustrating articles on various aspects of contemporary comics. A defiant Highlight is an original 8-page silent comic by Fabrice Neaud on the history of comics, this is very cool. The book is literally full of wonderful art, not just a small handful of images. The majority of the magazine is given over to one page write-ups of an impressive list of accomplished artists for across the planet. Each write-up is accompanied by a self-portrait and one or a few pages of art. Note to collectors: some of it is unpublished stuff! It’s all very beautiful.
Artists featured are:
Alex Barbier
Edmond Baudoin
Enki Bilal
Christophe Blain
Blutch
Charles Burns
Daniel Clowes
Nicolas de Crécy
Robert Crumb
Julie Doucet
Dupuy & Berberian
Vincent Fortemps
Daniel Goossens
Pierre La Police
Marc-Antoine Mathieu
Joe Matt
Lorenzo Mattotti
Moebius
Alan Moore
Jose Munoz
Fabrice Neaud
Katsuhiro Otomo
Pascal Rabaté
Stefano Ricci
Marjane Satrapi
François Schuiten
Seth
Joann Sfar
Art Spiegelman
Jiro Taniguchi
Jacques Tardi
Adrian Tomine
Lewis Trondheim
Yoshiharu Tsuge
Thierry Van Hasselt
Chris Ware
Winshluss
Available at decent magazine stores everywhere in places where French language magazines can be found or ordered online here
The cover prices:
France - 7.50 Euros
Belgium and Luxembourg - 8 Euros
Spain - 9.50 Euros
Portugal (cont.) - 10 Euros
Switzerland - 12 SF
Canada $11.75
A a bit less than 150 pages, no interior ads (though the back cover is a comic ad by Ted Benoit for Jameson whisky), higher quality pulpy paper inside, thick coated cardstock out, plenty of colour.
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