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Minuscule Mousquetaire #1
Le Minuscule Mousquetaire - Tome 1 - L'Académie des Beaux-Arts
Un conte mettant en scène un cadet de Gascogne téléporté dans un monde étrange gouverné par les femmes.
- GenresBande Dessinée
48 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2001
About the author
Joann Sfar
507 books512 followersJoann Sfar (born August 28, 1971 in Nice) is a French comics artist, comic book creator, and film director.
Sfar is considered one of the most important artists of the new wave of Franco-Belgian comics. Many of his comics were published by L'Association which was founded in 1990 by Jean-Christophe Menu and six other artists. He also worked together with many of the new movement's main artists, e.g. David B. and Lewis Trondheim. The Donjon series which he created with Trondheim has a cult following in many countries.
Some of his comics are inspired by his Jewish heritage as the son of Jewish parents (an Ashkenazi mother and a Sephardic father). He himself says that there is Ashkenazi humor in his Professeur Bell series (loosely based on Joseph Bell), whereas Le chat du rabbin is clearly inspired by his Sephardic side. Les olives noires is a series about a Jewish child in Israel at the time of Jesus. Like Le chat du rabbin, the series contains a lot of historical and theological information.
His main influences are Fred and André Franquin as well as Marc Chagall, Chaim Soutine, Will Eisner, Hugo Pratt and John Buscema.
From 2009 to 2010, Sfar wrote and directed 'Serge Gainsbourgh: Une Vie Heroique', a biopic of the notorious French songwriter, of whom Sfar is a self-confessed fanatic. The film, which draws substantially on Sfar's abilities as a comic book artist through its extensive use of fantasy artwork, animation and puppetry, was released in 2010 to general critical acclaim.
Sfar is considered one of the most important artists of the new wave of Franco-Belgian comics. Many of his comics were published by L'Association which was founded in 1990 by Jean-Christophe Menu and six other artists. He also worked together with many of the new movement's main artists, e.g. David B. and Lewis Trondheim. The Donjon series which he created with Trondheim has a cult following in many countries.
Some of his comics are inspired by his Jewish heritage as the son of Jewish parents (an Ashkenazi mother and a Sephardic father). He himself says that there is Ashkenazi humor in his Professeur Bell series (loosely based on Joseph Bell), whereas Le chat du rabbin is clearly inspired by his Sephardic side. Les olives noires is a series about a Jewish child in Israel at the time of Jesus. Like Le chat du rabbin, the series contains a lot of historical and theological information.
His main influences are Fred and André Franquin as well as Marc Chagall, Chaim Soutine, Will Eisner, Hugo Pratt and John Buscema.
From 2009 to 2010, Sfar wrote and directed 'Serge Gainsbourgh: Une Vie Heroique', a biopic of the notorious French songwriter, of whom Sfar is a self-confessed fanatic. The film, which draws substantially on Sfar's abilities as a comic book artist through its extensive use of fantasy artwork, animation and puppetry, was released in 2010 to general critical acclaim.
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January 8, 2008
Primer libro que leo de Sfar y que me anima a seguir haciéndolo. Sfar cuenta la historia de un mosquetero que disminuye su tamaño tras tomar un brebaje adelgazante, una excusa para introducir a su personaje dentro de un mundo diminuto, aislado del mundo real, donde las reglas de la historia no tienen porque cumplirse.
Enfoca el asunto desde una perspectiva peculiarmente satirírica sobre el machismo inherente a todo héroe que entre duelo y espadazo ejerce el salto de cama vestido de época. Con un protagonista algo patético, que se come la cabeza con cuestiones elevadas sobre la existencia cuando su amante sólo quiere darse un revolcón con él, o que tiene que empezar a ganarse la vida posando desnudo para los estudiantes de bellas artes o que acompaña a un enamorado joven en busca de su amada para descubrir que ella se está divirtiendo a su costa con su viejo e ingenioso marido. Los dos siguientes volúmenes prometen mucho más surrealismo e historias maravillosas, pero hasta que no los tenga en mi poder no podré contar nada.
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October 18, 2023
No sé per quina raó aquest mosqueter de bragueta fàcil i panxa fofa es fa diminut, de la mida d'un ratolí, i entra a una França alternativa i petita. Però les històries que hi viu (la metgessa que només vol follar-se'l, el fer de model a una escola de Belles Arts on totes les alumnes són noies o l'assalt a un castell on hi ha l'amant d'un company d'aventures) són divertides, fresques i lleugeres.
April 8, 2015
Con los "tomos 1" de Sfar siempre me pasa lo mismo: Divertido, ingenioso, profundo, medio tierno... ¡y completamente introductorio! Espero tener los siguientes a mano dentro de no mucho, porque este tomo promete y promete y se termina a mitad de otra promesa...
January 13, 2012
Je ne me lasserais jamais de Joann Sfar. Ses dessins, sa prose, son humour et son imagination. Difficile à expliquer.
April 6, 2015
Primer tomo con las enormes desventuras del Minúsculo Mosquetero.
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November 26, 2017
Dentro del registro del humor absurdo y surrealista cultivado por Fred en La historia del cuervo con bambas o con las aventuras de su personaje Philémon, Sfar demuestra que no se queda atrás respecto al maestro.
Destila un humor inteligente, desestabilizador, crítico, negro, azul, rojo, verde,... desbordante y ridículo como el mundo de la Alicia de Carroll. Me ha conquistado.
Destila un humor inteligente, desestabilizador, crítico, negro, azul, rojo, verde,... desbordante y ridículo como el mundo de la Alicia de Carroll. Me ha conquistado.
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