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MAY 1, 2013

Interview with Boulet

By Rachael Small

Boulet refers to his work as autofiction. “Things always go wrong,” he told Bell, “it’s never completely true.” Perhaps you can find the tools to tell truth from fiction in this interview with American comic artist Jim Benton and critic Scott McCloud.

APRIL 16, 2013

Interview with Alex Alice

By Rachael Small

As you look forward to the American release of Alex Alice’s graphic novel Siegfried II: The Valkyrie (available May 21 from Archaia), read an interview with his translator, Edward Gauvin. Here, he discusses working in different formats, the challenges of fantasy, and some of his favorite French and American comic artists.

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

Interview with Author & Translator: Arno Bertina and Laird Hunt

By Rachael Small

Arno Bertina will be touring in the U.S. with his translator Laird Hunt in February and March of 2013 for the launch of Brando, My Solitude. Conceived as a biographical hypothesis, the narrative stages a posthumous meeting between the author and his grandfather.

JANUARY 21, 2013

Interview with Anouk Ricard

By French Culture

An interview with comics author Anouk Ricard whose recent book is 'Anna and Froga'. The interview took place during a panel and party for French comics authors at the Embassy, and was a part of Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival, and NY Illustration Week.

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Gwenaëlle Aubry in Conversation with Rick Moody

By French Culture

Gwenaëlle Aubry and Rick Moody sat down for a reading and discussion at 192 Books in New York City to mark the English publication of Aubry’s novel No One.

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

Interview with Zeina Abirached

By French Culture

An interview with comics author Zeina Abirached on her recent book 'A Game for Swallows'. The interview took place during a panel and party for French comics authors at the Embassy, and was a part of Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival, and NY Illustration Week.

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

Interview with Nine Antico

By French Culture

An interview with comics author Nine Antico on her recent book 'Coney Island Baby'. The interview took place during a panel and party for French comics authors at the Embassy, and was a part of Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival, and NY Illustration Week.

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

Interview with Françoise Mouly

By French Culture

An interview with Françoise Mouly, art editor of the New Yorker, and publisher of TOON BOOKS. The interview took place during a panel and party for French comics authors at the Embassy, and was a part of Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival, and NY Illustration Week.

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Interview with Clément Baloup

By French Culture

An interview is with comics author Clément Baloup on him recent book is 'Miss Saigon'. The interview took place during a panel and party for French comics authors at the Embassy, and was a part of Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival, and NY Illustration Week.

OCTOBER 30, 2012

Dreaming in French: An Interview with Alice Kaplan

By French Culture

The sojourn of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, Susan Sontag, and Angela Davis in the City of Light has influenced these three future key figures in American cultural, intellectual, and political life.

OCTOBER 30, 2012

Interview with Vahram Muratyan

By French Culture

When Vahram Muratyan began his online travel journal, Paris Versus New York, he had no idea how quickly it would become one of the most buzzed-about sites on the Internet...

APRIL 19, 2012

Interview with Alyson Waters

By French Culture

On the 23rd of March 2012, Antonin Baudry, Cultural Counselor of the French Embassy, conferred the insignia of Chevalier of the Order of Arts

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