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Fantagraphics presents two experimental, early works by the French cartooning legend Tardi. These comics, created in the mid-'70s, provide a fascinating preview of the masterworks of his prolific career. While they are not narratively linked, an eerie sense of foreboding suffuses stories in this collection: they both depict sex and brutal violence and condemn the horrors of war. The True Story of the Unknown Soldier follows a pulp novelist turned soldier who, driven to delirium amidst the trenches of WWI, becomes tormented by visions of his own seedy creations. This stream-of-consciousness tale visualizes the tortured psyche of its protagonist through dazzling dreamscapes and surreal scenarios. In The National Razor, a soldier returns from war a shattered man. Drowning himself in drink, he wanders the streets of Paris without purpose; in this numb stupor, he finds himself caught up in strange situations, lashes out in unexpectedly violent ways, and ultimately meets with a bloody end. At once a visceral depiction of the trauma wrought by war and a powerful denunciation of the death penalty and France's iconic guillotine.… (más)
Two tedious and very Euro fever dream riffs on "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge."
First up we have The True Story of the Unknown Soldier (originally published in French as La véritable histoire du soldat inconnu, 1974, 34 pages) wherein a writer wanders around in scenarios from his novels, meeting his characters. Then we have The National Razor (originally published in French as La Bascule à Charlot, 1976, 24 pages), billed as a protest against the guillotine, that follows the descent of a French dude through bizarre and bloody events that involve a troll-like creature in a high-chair yelling "Mouh mouh!" as it demands to be nursed.
I have little patience for this sort of dream logic nonsense especially when it's so misogynistic. Women are present for sex or to die or -- voila! -- to die during sex. Take it right on back to the '70s, boys. ( )
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Contents: • Preface • The True Story of the Unknown Soldier [originally published in French as La véritable histoire du soldat inconnu, 1974, 34 pages] • The National Razor [originally published in French as La Bascule à Charlot, 1976, 24 pages]
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Fantagraphics presents two experimental, early works by the French cartooning legend Tardi. These comics, created in the mid-'70s, provide a fascinating preview of the masterworks of his prolific career. While they are not narratively linked, an eerie sense of foreboding suffuses stories in this collection: they both depict sex and brutal violence and condemn the horrors of war. The True Story of the Unknown Soldier follows a pulp novelist turned soldier who, driven to delirium amidst the trenches of WWI, becomes tormented by visions of his own seedy creations. This stream-of-consciousness tale visualizes the tortured psyche of its protagonist through dazzling dreamscapes and surreal scenarios. In The National Razor, a soldier returns from war a shattered man. Drowning himself in drink, he wanders the streets of Paris without purpose; in this numb stupor, he finds himself caught up in strange situations, lashes out in unexpectedly violent ways, and ultimately meets with a bloody end. At once a visceral depiction of the trauma wrought by war and a powerful denunciation of the death penalty and France's iconic guillotine.
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First up we have The True Story of the Unknown Soldier (originally published in French as La véritable histoire du soldat inconnu, 1974, 34 pages) wherein a writer wanders around in scenarios from his novels, meeting his characters. Then we have The National Razor (originally published in French as La Bascule à Charlot, 1976, 24 pages), billed as a protest against the guillotine, that follows the descent of a French dude through bizarre and bloody events that involve a troll-like creature in a high-chair yelling "Mouh mouh!" as it demands to be nursed.
I have little patience for this sort of dream logic nonsense especially when it's so misogynistic. Women are present for sex or to die or -- voila! -- to die during sex. Take it right on back to the '70s, boys. (