#Alain Ayroles

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Jean-Luc Masbou 

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Les Indes fourbes d'Alain Ayroles et Juanjo Guarnido

Avec Les Indes fourbes, Alain Ayroles termine les aventures truculentes de Don Pablos de Ségovie, héro d’un roman du XVII siècle dans l’Amérique Espagnole. Le dessin de Juanjo Guarnido, à la fois précis et jouant avec les exagérations, se marie parfaitement avec le scénario déjanté. Les couleurs de Jean Bastide et Hermeline Janicot-Tixier viennent couronner le tout. Découvrir

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Gevangen op Venus, 1 en 2

Gevangen op Venus, 1 en 2, door Alain Ayroles, Étienne Jung en Thierry Leprévont Bespreking: Peter Motte, 745 Venus is ongeveer even groot als de aarde; wat kleiner, maar het scheelt niet veel. In tegenstelling tot Mars, dat maar een derde van de aarde is. Zodra dat bekend werd, kregen astronomen erg veel aandacht voor die planeet, die een stuk dichter rond de zon draait dan wij. En dus warmer…

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Les Chimères de Vénus, volume 2

Aujourd'hui sur Blog à part – Les Chimères de Vénus, volume 2 Dans ce second tome des Chimères de Vénus, Hélène part à la recherche de son poète bagnard et devra affronter des grands périls sur la planète sauvage. #bd #steampunk

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fav french media? (films, books, shows, games etc)

OH I LOVE THIS QUESTION THANK YOU SO MUCH 💖

I’m sure I’ll forget a lot of things and smack my own forehead in shame afterwards, but this is what comes to mind right away:

Literature:

Anything ever written by Victor Hugo is a masterpiece. This dude was a terrible human being, but he sure knew how to write, and he contributed to major changes in the social conscience of his contemporaries on many important topics (including but not limited to the death penalty and child labour). To give you a taste, here is my favourite poem ever, which he wrote, because of course he did.

My favourite piece of literature across all categories, though, is and forever will be Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand — the story of a man who convinced himself his unusually long nose makes him monstruous. The concept sounds so silly, I know, but this play is a masterpiece and a wonderful love letter to the French language.

Which brings me to my favourite comic series: De Cape et de Crocs by Alain Ayroles and Jean-Luc Masbou! Basically a twelve-volume-long fix-it fic, disguised as a tribute to French literature. Also, a beautiful bromance.

Visual arts:

Basically everyone in France can quote at least one line from Kaamelott, a comedic (?) series derived from the Arthurian legend. It is so well researched and hilarious — until it isn’t.

I’m sure there’s like, a very obvious movie choice that will come back to me in a minute, but I was raised on Disney and Scooby-Doo, so these are clogging my brain at the moment. Just give it time.

When I was very young, I would watch TV at my grandparents’ and enjoy Les Hydronautes, an animated series about an extraterrestrial explorer documenting the Earth’s marine wildlife in an effort to learn how to better protect her own planet (Aka There Are Many Benefits To Being A Marine Biologist: The Series), as well as C’est pas sorcier, a series of very fun documentaries on a plethora of subjects, from lavender farming to volcanic eruptions.

Obviously, Miraculous gets a place on the list too! 🐞🐈‍⬛

EDIT BECAUSE I FORGOT: Fantomette the animated series! This show is single-handedly responsible for my taste for smart women with amazing hair who ride motorbikes and kick ass. It even had Egytpology as a key part of the plot.

Music:

For me Formidable by Charles Aznavour is a classic, a very cute song, and a great place to start if you want to learn French!

A few other favourites include Fanny Ardant et moi by Vincent Delerm, Le Dîner by Bénabar (extremely funny to listen to while thinking about the Diamonds’ Dance) and J’ai cherché by Amir (This one is… Borderline when it comes to grammar, but cute enough that I grin and bear it. Also, it got us an honourable ranking at the Eurovision a while back, which is rare enough to be celebrated).

ALSO. I complain too much about bad translations and poor writing (see previous bullet point) not to show you kids how it’s done with Je vole from Aladdin (a genius play on words which delves into the two significations of the verb “voler”: to fly or to steal).

Video games:

Long ago, before I discovered the wonderful world of Nintendo, I would wait patiently every month for the new issue of Toboclic. This game had everything: cute animal mascots, stories, mini-games, arts-and-crafts suggestions, catchy songs, interactive documentaries… I’m sure my parents still have the CDs somewhere, but they probably don’t run anymore, which is a shame. I miss my friends.

Thank you so much for the ask, this was so fun to write!

@dragongutsixofficial please do this too so we can compare notes! 👀💖

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Fairytales in BD: Garulfo

I will conclude (so far, because there's a lot more to say) this look at Franco-Belgian comics with THE most famous BD series when it comes to fairy tales. I speak, of course, of Garulfo.

Published in six volumes between 1995 and 2000, created by Alain Ayroles and Bruno Maïorana (with colors by Thierry Leprévost), Garulfo began as a two-part (two volumes) humoristic retelling/parody that many summarized as "What if the tale of The Frog Prince had been told by Voltaire"? Garulfo is a talking frog living in a pond in a fairytale realm. And he has enough of living among wild and savages animals in a dirty, uncivilized swamp. He is endlessly fascinated and obsessed by humans, that he believes to be the epitome of beauty, biology and civilization: he dreams to become one. As such, hearing about stories of princess' kisses turning frogs into princes, he goes to a fairy so she can cast such a spell on him...

Problem is the "fairy" Garulfo visits is a witch - and quite open about her witchcraft, but Garulfo believes fairy and witches are all the same. So she does put the spell on him, but with the warning that it will only bring bad things... And indeed, as Garulfo is kissed by the princess of the realm and welcomed as a prince by the court, the naive frog ends up causing the most massive chain of "butterfly effect" you ever saw within the kingdom. Because, as he comes to learn, the world of human is filled with corruption, cruelty, lust, hypocrisy and other manipulations, and the arrival of an innocent, mysterious newcomer starts a whole series of events - courtly conspirations, assassination attempts, peasant rebellion, old secrets brought to light, tragic misunderstood identites - all culminating, of course, with the arrival of a dragon...

This humoristic, though cynical, BD proved such a success it was extended by four more volumes for a series of six tomes - the second "arc" of Garulfo exploring the relationship between the nice Garulfo the frog, and the human prince who he "took" the shape of, who turns out to be a selfish, arrogant jerk. The two end up again entangled in a set of transformations and identity swap, as a tournament is organized to win the hand of the princess in marriage - and this journey of the naive and the jerk learning from each other for personal growth gets derailed when an ogre kidnaps the princess and makes her a prisoner of his castle. But the rescue mission reveals that the story might not be so much "The Little Thumbling" as rather a bittersweet "Beauty and the Beast"...

As I said before, Garulfo is considered the number 1 BD when it comes to fairy-tales in the Franco-Belgian comics. And one of the classics of humoristic fantasy in BDs.

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Alain Ayroles (writer), Jean-Luc Masbou (artist) De Cape et de Crocs T. 1: Le Secret du janissaire (1995) Published by Delcourt

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El buscón en las Indias.

Alain Ayroles / Juanjo Guarnido

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Ex-libris for Les Indes Fourbes, written by Alain Ayroles, art by Juanjo Guarnido 

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Entrevista con JUANJO GUARNIDO y ALAIN AYROLES                     Z nº 82

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Les Indes Fourbes by Alain Ayroles  and Juanjo Guarnido

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So I'm in Angoulême right now and like the idiot I am (or not, I just generally don't check out which writers/artists are gonna be signing when I come here) I just learned that the writer of De Capes et de Crocs, Alain Ayroles, was signing the last volume (vol. 12) of one of my all time favorites comics/manga/whatever you call it (while the codes are different the basic concept is the same and each language calls it differently so it can be confusing...). So I forewent all my plans for the day just to get him to sign my volume.

De Capes et de Crocs is a very well written epic tale and I honestly don't know how to summarize it because it's so many things at once

so, since the last two volumes are about Eusebe (this adorable little bunny) I of course decided to stick to the theme + one of my favorite lines which I have no idea how to translate. it's just a great play on words I will forever love to the death. One of the two main female characters scolds one of the male characters who tried to fight over her by saying she may be an idiot but she's not a reward (both can be used with the name of a container in french, respectively : jug and cup, hence the play on words).

Also, some of my old followers might have recofnized the Bunny as a plush I bought and yes, yes it's him.

I also almost ruined myself by buying the complete collection bexause it's sooooo beautiful

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De capa y colmillos. Integral 1: Vida hidalga

De capa y colmillos. Integral 1: Vida hidalga

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favourite books? (fiction and non-fiction)

TOO MANY TO LIST but let’s try anyway:

Novels:

La vérité sur l’affaire Harry Québert, by Joël Dicker

Hygiène de l’Assassin, by Amélie Nothomb

The Shadow of the Wind, by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

All three are excellent treatises on the harshness (and sometimes cruelty) of the writing process, disguised as mystery novels. One of these is actually the reason I chose the name “Nina” for my OC, and eventually this blog! I had a much higher tolerance for darker content when I first came across these, so be warned.

Speaking of mystery novels, between the ages of 12 and 13, I read an impressive amount of Agatha Christie books. I feel like they deserve an honorary mention.

Plays:

Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand.

[ Shocked gasps from the audience ]

IT’S JUST SO GOOD OK. There’s a reason I reference it in fanfics all the time.

Poetry:

Les Contemplations by Victor Hugo.

Dude was a horrible human being, but he certainly knew how to write.

Comics:

De Cape et de Crocs by Alain Ayrolles and Jean-Luc Masbou.

Basically the ultimate fix-it fic, disguised as a tribute to French literature!

(This cover makes me vibrate so much. See this man’s face? No, and that’s the point. But every reader knew exactly what to expect when they picked it up at the book store and gosh did Ayrolles and Masbou deliver.)

Childhood books:

The Pricesse Zélina series is what really got me into reading as a child! Just your typical story about a princess going on adventures, falling in love, and constantly outsmarting her wicked stepmother.

Additionally, these bad boys:

All of which are reliable sources of information about the real world. Probably.

Anyways, books. 📚

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23 book I want to read in 2023

I've seen a few people do these lists, so here's mine

La Reine Margot – Alexandre Dumas

This one is a little cheating, since it’s on my TBR, but it’s not really a classic that really attracts me, especially with my last experience with a Dumas. (Sorry, when I was 12 I found D’Artagnan so dumb I couldn’t even finish the book, which just didn’t happen at that age)

The Queen’s Thief – Megan Whalen Turner

I heard so much about this serie from Booklr and it’s on Arhive.org, so I’m really excited for this one !

How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House – Cherie Jones

Trying to read books from all over the world, and this title make it very intriguing. Though the summary leads me to think it will be a very though read.

Handicap à vendre – Thibault Petit

A book about disabled’s rights in french worplaces (and the utter shit it is), mostly about Intellectual Disabled I think.

Aya de Yopougon - Marguerite Aboue & Clément Oubrerie

This is a mildly famous Comic Serie in France, and I’ve never read it so I want to finally bridge that gap.

Middlegame - Seanan McGuire

Once again a pretty popular book on booklr, and as I liked Every heart a Doorway I’m very excited for this one !

The Bomb – Alcante, Bollée & Denis Rodier

French Comic about the making of the Atomic Bomb. One again a though read, but it got praised a lot in France.

Les Indes Fourbes - Alain Ayroles & Juanjo Guarnido

Another french comic that got praised a lot. Seems interesting, but since it’s a comedy about the American Conquest, i’m a little wary about representation…. Guess I’ll read and see.

The witcher, Season of Storm – Andrzej Sapkowski

My Witcher period is a little behind me, but it’s the only book i have left to read so it’s worth the shot.

If on a winter’s night a traveler – Italo Calvino

This one get praised a lot for its narration and writing. I wiish I could read it in italian, but french will hae to do.

Quest for Fire - J.H. Rosny Aîné

Fantasy in prehistoric times ? Sign me up. (It’s very old so there’s little chance I will love it, but eh. Sometimes an okay read is all you can ask for.)

Texaco – Patrick Chamoiseau

I liked another novel by the same author, and this one won a big french award back in 1994.

Tè Mawon – Michael Roch

I’ve been meaning to read a Michael Roch’s books for years – and I SWEAR that this year is THE year I finally do ! (Once I get a job)

Iron Widow - Xiran Jay Zhao

This has been recced by everyone and their sisters (my sister at least) so I’ll try to finally read it!

Assassin’s apprentice - Robin Hobb

Never read anything by Robin Hobb. I’m a fake fantasy fan.

The City we became - N.K. Jemisin

Another book loved by a lot of people. I absolutely loved How Long 'til Black Future Month so this is a book i’m sure to love.

In mother’s land - Élisabeth Vonarburg

Once again it’s a book I’ve been meaning to read for years. It’s a SF book, where mens are scarce. and basically describing the new society. Exactly my genre of book!

Postcolonial Love Poem – Natalie Diaz

I want to try to read poetry, and this one seems good.

A doll’s house – Henrik Ibsen

It’s a norwegian play from the 19th century. It was apparently very feminist for its time, so much that it stirred a controversy way beyond the world of theatre so I’m curious to read it.

Therese and Isabelle – Violette Leduc

A lesbian autofiction. Need I say more.

Harrow the Ninth – Tamsyn Muir

I don’t care about my wallet state. I WANT to read this book and the next so much

La Horde du Contrevent – Alain Damasio

A french SF classic. I borrowed this book from my sister about two years ago, so it’s time I read it. Fun fact, this book pages are numbered down instead of up, which probably the most french thing I’ve ever seen. so edgy.

Toward the Terra - Keiko Takemiya

A SF manga drawn by a shojo artist. Looks beautiful and I hope it will be interesting to read!

Here's to hoping I will not be stuck in a reading slump for six months like last year