You could do a whole year of nothing but comics by French webcomic master Boulet. Using the web format itself as a storytelling device – or many devices – his comics range from sharply observed slice of life comedies to fantastic tales (his astonsihing 24 hour comic, Darkness.). In “Your Comment Here,” inspired by real events, Boulet […]
Boulet and Carol Tyler win 2016 Cartoonist Studio Prizes
Oh but look! Slate’s Cartoonist Studio Prize 2016 winners for 2016 have just been announced and they are Boulet and Carol Tyler. Tyler won for Soldier’s Heart: The Campaign to Understand My WWII Veteran Father, which I was just lauding, a collection of her three volume memoir about her father, WWII vet Chuck Tyler, whose […]
Review: ‘The Tipping Point’ unites science fiction themes with human psychology
Part of the celebration of 40 years of international publisher Humanoids, this anthology gathers some great talent to explore the idea of forks in the roads, those moments of life discovery that are like Schrodinger’s Cat for human emotion. As with any anthology, the results vary, but there’s a lot of good here, particularly considering these […]
24 Hours of International Comics: Meet Boulet, Master of Visualizing Emotion (France)
By and large, American comics are exercises in external action. Rare is the superhero who ends up blighted by some existential crisis and is then forced to retreat into his or herself in order to resolve the issue. Rarely is conflict not solved through fights filled with flurried fists. Even Batman, “the World’s Greatest Detective,” generally […]
Kickstarter alert: Augie and the Green Knight
Well, this crowdfunder hardly needs my help as its already at more than $100K and it made it’s $30,000 goal in an hour or so, but danm Augie and the Green Knight: A Children’s Adventure Book looks pretty. It’s a collaboration between Zachary Weiner (Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal) and French comics master Boulet and it […]
Webcomic alert: Boulet goes shopping
A new comic by French cartoonist Boulet is always worth noting, and this one about the horror of buying new clothes is no exception, from the dread of buying underwear from snotty sales girls to the doomed perfection of new shows. Heidi MacDonaldHeidi MacDonald is the founder and editor in chief of The Beat. In […]
Future Comics: Boulet’s The Long Journey
Boulet is awesome, nuff said. The French cartoonist is very popular in his home country, and his amazing 24 hour comic published here by AdHouse as Noirness has begun to get him a well deserved US following.
On the Scene: MoCCA Fest 2013, Words from the Market-Wise at the ‘Art as Profession’ Panel
Holding panels in the wood-panelled bowels of the Armory this year at MoCCA Fest did bring a certain gravitas to the proceedings even if the location was a little difficult to locate for the unfamiliar. When I arrived at the “Art as Profession: Creating, Promoting, and Making Money in Comics” panel at 11:30 on Sunday […]
Adhouse to publish Boulet’s The Darkness
You may not know the name Boulet, but this French artist is one of the most prolific and talented cartoonists working. Maybe you will recall his disgustingly accomplished 24-hour comic from last year, The Darkness. Or his blog, which includes English versions of his comics. That first link is getting a printed version in the US, courtesy of AdHouseIt’s due in April to tie in with Boulet’s 2013 US tour, and will be printed in a limited quantity. Hopefully this is only the first US edition of Boulet’s work to see print. Here’s a wee preview: