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| juman Diglot Senior Member Sweden Joined 5231 days ago 101 posts - 129 votes  Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: French | Message 1 of 22 19 November 2012 at 8:45pm | IP Logged | ||
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I'm still fighting with my french and thought about buying some comics in french. So any
recommendations on a comic that has several volumes and can be interesting for adults (detective, horror, sci-fi etc) but not be of the xxx-kind? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
 emk Diglot Moderator United States Joined 5545 days ago 2615 posts - 8806 votes Speaks: English*, FrenchB2 Studies: Spanish, Ancient Egyptian Personal Language Map | Message 2 of 22 19 November 2012 at 9:07pm | IP Logged | ||
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Sure! I think reading BDs is a great idea. There's a ton of really good stuff out there, and sometimes the pictures will help you avoid a trip to the dictionary. :-)
Persepolis: The story of young girl growing up in Iran and moving to the US. This is one of my all-time favorite BDs, for the insight it gives into the Iranian revolution and for the difficulties of being stuck between cultures. There's a lot of words per page, including tons of natural, conversational French. (Four volumes, available in as a single book.) Immigrants: A series of short stories about immigrants to France. This may be getting harder to find, but it's well-written and the art is beautiful. (One volume.) Siegfried: I thought I would be annoyed by the changes this story makes to the Siegfried legend, but no, I wound up enjoying it greatly. The art is terrific. There's less text in these three volumes than in many BDs, but there's a lot of good vocabulary. (Three volumes.) Les Mondes d'Aldébaran: This is a huge, sprawling science-fiction series, of which I've only read a few of the later books. My favorite part is all the strange alien wildlife, which is incredibly varied and delightfully weird. There's some nudity and adult subjects in these books—if you made them into a movie, they'd probably be R rated with an occasional stern note from the MPAA. The writing is perfectly acceptable, but a bit wooden in places. (Five or six series of three to five volumes each.) 5 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| iguanamon Pentaglot Senior Member Virgin Islands Speaks: Ladino Joined 5275 days ago 2241 posts - 6731 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Portuguese, Haitian Creole, Creole (French) | Message 3 of 22 19 November 2012 at 10:44pm | IP Logged | ||
I wholeheartedly agree! I found Persepolis in Portuguese translation and thoroughly enjoyed it, thanks to emk. Although, the main character, Marjane didn't move to the US, she moved to Austria, and France- where the author, Marjane Satrapi, lives today. Maus- Un survivant raconte by Art Spiegelman: This is one of the most powerful pieces of writing I have ever read. The story tells the tale of the author's father's (Vladek Spiegelman) ordeal in World War II Poland and as a prisoner in Auschwitz. Spiegelman won the Pulitzer Prize for Maus and it is easy to see why. It was originally written in English and has been translated into French. Good, natural, conversational language is found throughout. I read the Portuguese translation. My advice is not to read it just before going to sleep. Edited by iguanamon on 19 November 2012 at 10:50pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Michel1020 Tetraglot Senior Member Belgium Joined 5030 days ago 365 posts - 559 votes Speaks: French*, English, Spanish, Dutch | Message 4 of 22 20 November 2012 at 12:11am | IP Logged | ||
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Alix - by Jacques Martin
Blake et Mortimer Thorgal XIII (13) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| emk Diglot Moderator United States Joined 5545 days ago 2615 posts - 8806 votes Speaks: English*, FrenchB2 Studies: Spanish, Ancient Egyptian Personal Language Map | Message 5 of 22 20 November 2012 at 2:48am | IP Logged | ||
Thank you for the correction! My brain sends messages but my fingers type what they want. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
 songlines Pro Member Canada flickr.com/photos/cp Joined 5222 days ago 729 posts - 1056 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French Personal Language Map | Message 6 of 22 20 November 2012 at 5:38am | IP Logged | ||
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If you're ever visiting Brussels, leave some time (and a little money) to visit Le Centre Belge de la Bande
Dessinée/ Belgisch Stripcentrum/ The Belgian Comic Strip Centre. When I was there, I didn't have either the time or the French-language skills to actually use their library, but it looks like it might be a treasure trove for anyone wishing to browse through French or Dutch graphic books.* You can't borrow material from the library, but - on the plus side - neither can anyone else, so their entire collection should be there for you to browse through, consult, and read. As a bonus, it's in a lovely Art Nouveau building designed (in 1906) by Victor Horta. * Updated to add from the website: "In the reading room [which seems to be different from the library] a selection of albums in over 15 European languages can be read." Edited by songlines on 20 November 2012 at 5:48am 4 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Cavesa Triglot Senior Member Czech Republic Joined 5022 days ago 3277 posts - 6779 votes Speaks: Czech*, FrenchC2, EnglishC1 Studies: Spanish, German, Italian | Message 7 of 22 20 November 2012 at 1:40pm | IP Logged | ||
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Le Prince de la Nuit - vampires
Le Troisieme Testament - a bit like the Da Vinci's Code. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| juman Diglot Senior Member Sweden Joined 5231 days ago 101 posts - 129 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: French | Message 8 of 22 20 November 2012 at 2:00pm | IP Logged | ||
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Thank you for all the suggestions... I will go through them and see what seems most
interesting. An other question is what is a collection called in french? Say I want to buy a full volume of a comic... Is there a specific name for such a "book"? 1 person has voted this message useful |
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