Après le succès de notre première BD d’apprentissage, Panic in London, le deuxième tome de la collection Bubble Up! sera bientôt dans les bacs: Panic in U.S. History. Le 14 juin, l’auteur William Lafleur (Monsieur l’ex Prof) et l’illustrateur Xuan Le feront une séance de dédicaces à la librairie BéDéCiné de Toulouse. Panic in U.S. History! … Continue reading “Meet the Authors in Toulouse: Bubble Up 2”
Le deuxième tome de la collection Bubble Up!, des BDs pour l’apprentissage de la langue anglaise, met en scène des moments clés de l’histoire des États-Unis pour des élèves à partir d’un niveau A2. Les collégiens du premier tome, Panic in London, commencent une nouvelle année scolaire, que leur enseignant compte consacrer à la culture … Continue reading “Panic in U.S. History!: A Comic Strip for English Teaching”
Vous êtes déjà nombreux à plébisciter notre première BD d’apprentissage, Panic in London. Le 22 juin, l’auteur William Lafleur (Monsieur l’ex Prof) fera une séance de dédicaces à la librairie Gibert de Toulouse. Panic in London! est le premier titre de la collection Bubble up: des BDs pour l’apprentissage de la langue anglaise. Il met … Continue reading “Meet the Author in Toulouse: William Lafleur”
Un professeur d’anglais propose une BD pour l’apprentissage de la langue. Le premier titre de la collection Bubble up met en scène un voyage scolaire un peu particulier, où un groupe d’élèves doit relever des défis en anglais pour libérer leur professeur de la Tour de Londres. Arrivant naturellement au cours d’un récit en français, … Continue reading “Panic in London!: A Comic Strip for English Teaching”
For its 51st edition, the Angoulême International Comics Festival awarded the Grand Prix of the city to the British artist Posy Simmonds for her entire body of work and American Daniel Clowes received the prestigious Fauve d’Or for his latest book Monica. It was on Wednesday, January 24, 2024, at the opening of the 51st … Continue reading “Angoulême Festival 2024: British and American Winners!”
Posy Simmonds is a British cartoonist and writer. She is best known for her work in the field of comics and graphic novels, particularly her contributions to The Guardian newspaper. She is currently being celebrated at the Bibliothèque Publique d’Information (BPI) at the Centre Pompidou (Paris) in a retrospective exhibition until April 1st, 2024. The … Continue reading “Posy Simmonds: Drawing Literature”
The expanse of the Marvel Cinematic Universe timeline is about to get much wider with the arrival of Eternals, whose storyline will span thousands of years. Directed by Chloé Zhao (Nomadland), Eternals is visually distinct from many other Marvel films and Zhao’s soft touch has elevated the film beyond what is traditionally expected of superhero … Continue reading “Eternals: A Team is Born”
The Eternals movie is based on the Eternals comic and characters created by Jack Kirby, which was first released in 1976. Kirby’s involvement with the company dated back to his co-creation of Captain America in 1941. Along with Stan Lee, Kirby is widely considered one of the most important figures in comic book history, with … Continue reading “Jack Kirby: the Man who Created the Eternals”
Joe Sacco has been creating works of comic non-fiction for more than two decades, illustrating conflict, war and human atrocity through the medium of graphic art. For his latest book — “Paying the Land”—Joe Sacco travels to the Arctic regions of Canada and tells us the history of the Dene Nation, an indigenous people living … Continue reading “Comic Notes: Joe Sacco “Paying the Land””
While it may be the last film of the current X-Men movie franchise, Dark Phoenix is also shaping up to be the absolute darkest chapter of the series yet. What’s the Dark Phoenix story? The Dark Phoenix story is based on Chris Claremont’s iconic 1980s X-Men comic book (specifically The Dark Phoenix Saga). … Continue reading “Dark Phoenix: back to black”
