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Nicolas Labarre
Hi, I'm French. While completing my Ph.D, I've also done a lot of work in and about comics over the last few years, including a published BD, illustrated by my talented sister and an ongoing personal project. This is all in French, though.
BOOKS AND MOVIES BY NICOLAS LABARRE
 The Mignolaverse: Hellboy and the Comics Art of Mike Mignola (contributor) |  The Devil is in the Details: Examining Matt Murdock and Daredevil (contributor) |
MAGAZINE CONTENT BY NICOLAS LABARRE (7 TOTAL)
Valérian: Spaceships, Simulacra, and Star Wars
The French Connection is back after a long hiatus with the same purpose it had two years ago, to present and review significant bande-dessinées. Previous columns dealt with recent publications, works by Sfar, Trondheim or… [more]
Grant Morrison: From the Asylum to the Star
Grant Morrison has been one of the three most influential writers working in mainstream comics over the last 20 years (the other two being Alan Moore and Neil Gaiman).
Not-So-Ordinary Victories
To my surprise, Manu Larcenet was nominated for last year’s Eisners (“Best US edition of Foreign Material”). He did not win, since Sfar did, but that was a reliable signal that Larcenet had acquired both… [more]
Deep in the Donjon
I wasn’t sure where to start, now that the introductory articles are over. Should I focus on a mainstream, and therefore easily accessible, series? Should I select, instead, some obscure but brilliant work, while knowing… [more]
Independents and/or Avant-Garde
In the latest issue of l’Eprouvette, a critical review published by l’Association, BD creator Edmond Baudouin provides a retrospective look on his relationship to the medium. Since he hadn’t read much BD, he started in… [more]
Bandes Dessinées : The Rear Guard
As the art critic Clement Greenberg wrote in 1939, “where there is an avant-garde, generally we also find a rear guard.” He also noted that while the avant-garde is the focus of much attention, the… [more]
Bandes Dessinées in a Material World
My name is Nicolas Labarre. I am French, and while completing my Ph.D., including a dissertation on “Theories of Mass Culture in the United States,” I write comics. Or more precisely, bandes dessinées.