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L'Ancien temps #2
L'Ancien temps: Puisque tout le monde veut la guerre
Puisque tout le monde veut la guerre, le tome 2 de L'Ancien temps.
- GenresBande Dessinée
104 pages, Hardcover
Published August 23, 2018
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About the author
Joann Sfar
490 books504 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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September 9, 2018
Plutôt 3,5. C’est sympa et je suis contente d’avoir enfin eu la suite (et fin) du premier tome, qui avait été une révélation pour moi il y a 9 ans. Malheureusement, quand on compare les deux, cela fait un peu mal. Le dessin est moins précis, avec parfois un côté bâclé et limite je dessine en grand comme ça ça fera plus de pages... La résolution est également un peu faiblarde et aurait mérité un peu plus de réflexion. Pour le reste, les événements qui se sont produits entre les deux tomes changent forcément un peu la donne et la tonalité douce amer du premier a évolué vers plus de noirceur mais aussi plus de militantisme.
Dans l’ensemble un bon Sfar mais qui aurait tout de même mérité un peu plus de soin et de souci du détail pour marquer les esprits.
Dans l’ensemble un bon Sfar mais qui aurait tout de même mérité un peu plus de soin et de souci du détail pour marquer les esprits.
January 19, 2020
This was a lot of fun! More action and the characters are more sympathetic than in the first volume.
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