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Chagall en Russie #2
Chagall en Russie: Seconde partie
Par amour, le jeune peintre Chagall a décidé de construire un opéra dans son village. Tout le monde s'y met, les cosaques, Jésus, le violoniste et l'égorgeur... dans une folie exubérante. Mais la violence antisémite balaye la farandole et le folklore.
Le conte yiddish se termine ici : «Ça serait indigne, quand on va dans cette époque, dans cette région, de s'en tenir au "Violon sur le toit". C'est un récit sur les gens dont on ne veut plus, qui savent qu'ils vont disparaître et qui ne savent pas où se sauver»
Le conte yiddish se termine ici : «Ça serait indigne, quand on va dans cette époque, dans cette région, de s'en tenir au "Violon sur le toit". C'est un récit sur les gens dont on ne veut plus, qui savent qu'ils vont disparaître et qui ne savent pas où se sauver»
- GenresComicsBande Dessinée
64 pages, Hardcover
First published January 20, 2011
About the author
Joann Sfar
498 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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April 15, 2023
idk there's so many wrong things with this but i could stop reading i rly liked the drawings
July 4, 2014
Disapointing.
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