European Graphic Novels+

As an Elvis fan and singer this one hurt, but it was just too funny not to share. 😅

Pieter De Poortere is a Belgian comic artist, children's book illustrator, graphic artist and animator, most famous for his internationally succesful pantomime comic "Boerke," about the mishaps of a generally unlucky moustached farmer. The series combines an innocent-looking graphic style with pitch black comedy. De Poortere is also known for his large crowd paintings. He is part of the new wave of the Flemish humorists, together with Kim Duchateau (see the EGN+ index for samples of Esther Verkest), Jeroom, Bart Schoofs and Nix. --Lambiek, with Johnny's edits

What's also nice is that his comics are largely wordless, so the original Dutch / Flemish collections are usually fine no matter the reader's native tongue(s).

Lots more de Poortere info and comics samples here:
https://www.lambiek.net/artists/d/de-poortere-pieter.htm

cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/8378985

Posy Simmonds makes history as first Brit to win coveted comics award

José is from Spain, and what first blew me out of the water was his ingenious, hugely inventive, isometric, stream-of-consciousness book, Adventures of a Salaryman. Here's the French title & cover:

It's about a Japanese "salaryman" ('career office worker,' essentially) simply trying to make his way home after a long day pointlessly wasting overtime hours in order to mildly impress his bosses (i.e. the usual salaryman thing).

Basically-- he just wants to get home and go to sleep, and is certainly not looking forward to anything new and/or unexpected. This dude, even if he wanted sex from his wife? That almost certainly wasn't going to fly. So he really, really just wants to throw down his head upon yon pillow(!)

Unfortunately (or fortunately?) absolutely everything unexpected, weird & wild happens to him from that point on, with flippin' bells hangin' off bells, a bit of an ol' Brit expression? :P

Anyway-- SAMPLES

TBH? I don't know that much about his other work.
Still, from what I do understand, this matey has his finger in many pies, such as animation, movies, cartoons, and et cet.

So then, here's some samples I liked in particular:

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.mindoki.com/post/328958

Federation seems to be back on the menu with 0.19.2 !

Art and Science-Fiction (1986)

Moebius drew this image to illustrate an article by Ray Bradbury about Art and Science-Fiction, written for The Universe, a book edited by Byron Preiss.

Moebius: I absolutely love that drawing, because I think it is one of the earliest pictures I drew which prefigures my current abstract, or non-figurative, work. The detail of the machine or machines under the character shows the same obsession with assembling a variety of non- figurative shapes and making them look shiny and real. Here, of course, that whole non-figurative pattern fits into the overall context, which purports to show a science-fiction writer, caught by the dreamlike nature of his subject, connected to a collective unconscious universe of robotic images through his very body.

The copyright of the illustration is subject to the copyright of the rights holder.

Copyright: Humanoids Publishing

I dont read much (if any) european comics, but this one catched my interested, its on my local library but not avalaible currently so im waiting on it, opinions? It reminded me of Assasins Creed which i used to love, specially the french comics like the Ankh of Isis Trilogy and Hawk Trilogy

Copyright: Humanoides Associes / Bess / Jodorowsky

Copyright: Splitter Verlag & Vicente Segrelles

Copyright: Splitter Verlag & Vicente Segrelles

Snowpiercer was originally a set of three graphic novels done by Casterman in French and Titan in English.

1: The Escape
2: The Explorers
3: Terminus

Then they launched a prequel series which was also supposed to run 3 volumes:

1: Extinction
2: Apocalypse
3: Annihilation

That 3rd book was supposed to be out in 2021? I guess it was Covid-Delayed?

All About That Bass - Postmodern Jukebox European Tour Version

Woof! :D
I.e., a uniquely Euro-American, sexy mashup of ridiculous fun.

Another recent, random American discovery, and IIRC the first little collection of pixel art here, one of my favorite styles based on growing up in the 8-bit PC & gaming age.

"Mich-spich" had me at the "Prague" piece, so I'm just gonna roll with it, blush a little, and promise to get back to pure Euro stuff in my next post. 😅

Nightlife in Prague

Astoria Column

Lake View

Nature's Eruption

Blue Lotus

Oregon Coast

Koi Pond

Omg-- Burning Tower !

Michelle is inspired by scenery of the Pacific Northwest, and seemingly much more, such as fantasy worlds and anime / manga. In fact she works in multiple types of media, and is regularly looking to expand and refine her craft. Her site is below, in which there's much more art to look at. She also takes commissions.

https://mich-spich.carrd.co/

(note: I don't know her personally, and this is not a plug)
(just wanted to share the work of another artist I liked)

Copyright: Splitter Verlag & Vicente Segrelles

Copyright: Splitter Verlag & Vicente Segrelles

Hopefully, eventually we get more contributors here, and if I may say so, it's part of why @Nacktmull@lemm.ee and I have worked hard to get things rolling, share content, be good hosts, and welcome you all. I.e., we want to create a pleasant place for people to share Euro-style comics content, talk about such & them, and enjoy.

Jump in as you like. ^^

ART CREDIT: Blazing Blue Remastered, by The_Good_Guy_Two.

Me, I'd never heard of this gal before, but just today, Google featured what I thought was a pretty sweet ligne claire depiction of one of MLK's marches. Reading up, I came to learn a little bit about the African-American creator, Tatyana.

So I goggled & googled, saw the above, and thought... dang! That's some nice ligne claire, baby, particularly focusing on a topic rarely if ever tackled across LC, right?

TBH, I still don't really know that much about Tatyana. Seems she's a Californian who moved to Texas (zoiks). Any winkly-wankley-wuvvly case, I enjoy her art a lot, so here goes some samples:

One thing I've always enjoyed about LC is that it's so much more than just a formulaic Hergé imitation (altho it can still be that, haha), but pretty much like every art style ever, it's more of a launch=point.

Ooh lala, I love how she goes all 'I'mma do my version of Japanese Koi right here!' :D

It's a positional coolness, Johnny. You'll never be able.
Hey wassup big daddy!

Whoopsie, pardon me, esteemed sir!
(or multiple sirs, as the case may be)

Oi! Could almost be a Will Eisner piece, Tenement Stories, etc.

Hahaha, dunno if anyone remembers those classic Coke ads from the 50's & 60's, but this one really sent me. Drunken Santa et al.

"Alright, wrap it up, Roy!"
--Maurice Moss (The IT Crowd)

So then, here's some Tatyana links to pursue, if interested:
https://www.instagram.com/french75studios/
https://www.french75studios.com/

Copyright: Splitter Verlag & Vicente Segrelles

From: the Art of Moebius, published by Epic Comics. Copyright 1989 by Byron Preiss Visual Publications, Inc. and Starwatcher Graphics, Inc.

Moebius's most famous hero, Arzach, flies through his strange world atop a concrete pterodactyl. A silent warrior, Arzach was first serialized in Metal Hurlant in six ground-breaking stories, published in 1974 and 1975. The Arzach strips gave Moebius a chance to try nonnarrative story- telling: breaking away from the word and letting the surrealistic visions tell their own tale.

Moebius: I'm a little like Arzach. Before Metal Hurlant, I was standing still, and it was only after that that I began to move, to stretch my wings, to fly. But I couldn't do it by myself. I'm not a superhero! I needed a bird, figuratively, to carry me further.

So once upon a time, a BD colleague snapped this at market.

Bit later, I tried to sort it in GIMP.
Bah:
https://i.imgur.com/3XXNn77.jpg

Moebius: This drawing is one of my earlier experiments with the airbrush. It is also very telling about my spiritual situation at the time. It's not unlike a psychic self-portrait. This was a time of changes, when I decided to completely change my life-style. I quit smoking, stopped drinking, etc.

At the time, I didn't think about it, but today, I see quite clearly a relationship between those weird creatures at the bottom of the picture that are trying to attack the central character and all the bad habits I was trying to break.

From: The Art of Moebius

Published by Epic Comics. All rights reserved. Copyright 1989 by Byron Preiss Visual Publications, Inc. and Starwatcher Graphics, Inc. All illustrations copyright © their respective copyright holders.

After a migration to Hetzner cloud earlier today, lemmee federation issues are fixed and also performance feels much better than before. We are looking forward to see all your future posts, have fun!

No, it's Bob et Bobette (or Suske en Wiske, is it not?) by Willy Vandersteen.
If I understand correctly, he's of Dutch descent, who lived and worked out of Belgique.

In any case, I love this kind of action-packed, early 'Hergé-style' ligne claire.
So funny and cute. <3

Now, if this heavily reminds you of The Misadventures of Jocko, the High-Flying Chimp, with his two little human buddies, well actually he was the star of a slightly different series:

https://www.lambiek.net/artists/h/herge.htm#:~:text=Herg%C3%A9/Moulinsart%202012.-,Jo%2C%20Zette%20et%20Jocko