Bonne, Claude & Madeleine

by Tillie Walden

Madeleine is on her way up. She is reading books when she isn't fighting duels. She is running all over town with whoever takes her fancy. In trouble; in love; in everything. No one can control her and who would want to try? Claude is looking for a way out. His future is in the balance and he's living for the moment. An artist, a fighter and a murderer; he's going to escape but he won't go alone. Bonne is devout but malleable; just how Madeleine and Claude like her. They don't have much in common. Madeleine is Claude; Claude is Madeleine and Bonne wishes they were both Joan of Arc. Together, they set off on a journey that sees them fight, sleep and sing themselves from 17th century Paris, all the way to the fabled City ofLadies.

Part romantic adventure, part love letter to some of the greatest women in history, 'Bonne, Claude & Madeleine' is a timeless tale of freedom, equality and gender fluidity from Ricky Miller (Metroland) and Tillie Walden (I Love This Part, Spinning)

100 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2018

About the author

Tillie Walden is an American cartoonist and illustrator.
Born in 1996 in San Diego, California, Walden graduated from the Center for Cartoon Studies in Vermont, where she is currently a professor.
Walden started publishing short comics when she was just a teenager. Her first long-form graphic novel The End of Summer was published by the British publisher Avery Hill in 2015. Her second book I Love This Part came out only a few months later, winning the 2016 Ignatz Award for promising new talent. Later Walden received the 2018 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work for her memoir Spinning (2017). Among her other works are A City Inside (2016), On a Sunbeam (2018), Are You Listening? (2020), Alone in Space (2021) and the series Clementine.