Tardi's WWI: It Was the War of the Trenches/Goddamn This War! (Boxed Set)

Jacques Tardi

ISBN 10: 1606997696 / ISBN 13: 9781606997697

Edité par Fantagraphics Books, Seattle, 2014

Boxed Set. To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the beginning of World War I in 1914, Fantagraphics releases a deluxe edition of Jacques Tardi's acknowledged masterpieces of the conflict. The first book, It Was The Year of the Trenches, focuses on the day-to-day horrors of the men in the trenches, creating an astonishingly evocative world unlike any other depiction of life on the front line, and featuring some of Tardi's greatest artwork. His second masterwork, Goddamn This War! Is told with a sustained sense of outrage and pitch-black gallows humour. An essential purchase. To commemorate WWI s 100th anniversary, Fantagraphics is collecting two of award-winner Tardi s WWI graphic novels in a box set." Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9781606997697

Synopsis :

Jacques Tardi is responsible for two acknowledged graphic novel masterpieces about World War I: It Was the War of the Trenches and Goddamn This War! To honor the 100th anniversary in 2014 of WWI, Fantagraphics is proud to release a two-volume boxed set collecting these two perennial classics. The first book, It Was the War of the Trenches, focuses on the day to day of the grunts in the trenches, bringing that existence alive as no one has before or since with some of his most stunning artwork. His second WWI masterwork, Goddamn This War!, is told with a sustained sense of outrage, pitch-black gallows humor, and impeccably scrupulous historical exactitude, in masterful full color.

À propos de l?auteur: Tardi is a pioneering, internationally award-winning European cartoonist. His Adele Blanc-Sec series was adapted into a feature by Luc Besson, and the animated film April and the Extraordinary World was inspired by his cartooning. He lives in Paris with his wife, the singer Dominique Grange, and their cats.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Tardi's WWI: It Was the War of the Trenches/...
Éditeur : Fantagraphics Books, Seattle
Date d'édition : 2014
Reliure : Boxed Set
Etat : new
Edition : Edition originale