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El París de los Dragones
104 pages, Hardcover
Published August 28, 2024
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Joann Sfar
515 books516 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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July 4, 2026
L'agafo de la biblioteca atret per l'ambientació i les il·lustracions i de seguida hi entro. M'agrada la barreja d'elements, tot flueix bé, però alguna cosa grinyola en la veu narradora.
El problema va creixent a mida que avança la història. Un narrador anacrònic que no li escau gens, i aleshores el nus de la trama comença a fer-se una mica repetitiu. Al final s'acaba desinflant i aguanto sobretot perquè és curt i m'agraden moltíssim els dibuixos, però podria haver estat força millor, o almenys això prometia.
El problema va creixent a mida que avança la història. Un narrador anacrònic que no li escau gens, i aleshores el nus de la trama comença a fer-se una mica repetitiu. Al final s'acaba desinflant i aguanto sobretot perquè és curt i m'agraden moltíssim els dibuixos, però podria haver estat força millor, o almenys això prometia.
March 12, 2026
La historia se basa en una idea fantasiosa bastante sugerente y prometedora: todas las gárgolas de Francia son en realidad dragones, que solidificaron con magia sus cuerpos para sobrevivir a los cazadores humanos.
Sin embargo, el relato se desarrolla con improvisación y surrealismo. A mi criterio, van apareciendo personajes y seres extraños que van añadiendo más incoherencia y restando menos sentido a la trama inicial. Al final todo lo draconiano se ve eclipsado por el romance lésbico forzado de una hawaiana y una sirena psicópata.
Sin embargo, el relato se desarrolla con improvisación y surrealismo. A mi criterio, van apareciendo personajes y seres extraños que van añadiendo más incoherencia y restando menos sentido a la trama inicial. Al final todo lo draconiano se ve eclipsado por el romance lésbico forzado de una hawaiana y una sirena psicópata.
July 11, 2026
No sé cómo definir esta obra. Me encanta, es un buen comienzo para la reseña. Cortita, de dragones y un final muy "¿qué acabo de leer?". Me mola haberle dado una oportunidad al cómic mientras investigaba de obras de dragones protagonistas o qué tengan mucha importancia. Mis personajes favoritos son el monje y el dragón negro. En mi cabeza, este último era como ver a Luci de (Des)encanto, cabroncete pero genial (hasta el ponía su voz leyendo los diálogos 🤣). El comic en total es una rayada corta (ojalá fuese más largo 🥺) situada en París y con diálogos geniales. Si te gustan los dragones, tienes que leerlo.
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