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Palindrome

By François Ayroles

Translated by Matt Madden

Acrostic

By Killoffer

Translated by Matt Madden

Counting on You

By Etienne Lécroart

Translated by Matt Madden

False Faces: An Imagined Life of the Wig Gang

By David B. & Hervé Tanquerelle

“Remember that safe I carried off with Adjaj and Bernard and opened at my dad’s?”

Translated by Edward Gauvin

Sharing

By Xie Peng & Duncan Jepson

I wanted it too . . . I would have given anything

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We Have

By Mazen Kerbaj

We have nations that we don't want.

Translated from French by the author

Davide Reviati's Graphic Work Morti di Sonno, Page Four

from “Morti di Sonno”

By Davide Reviati

“If one of those things explodes, the city’ll blow up too.”

Translated from Italian by Jamie Richards

from “Etenesh”

By Paolo Castaldi

“When we get to Tripoli, you're on your own.”

Translated from Italian by Maaza Mengiste

This is How it is When You’re Involved with Sensitive Girls

By Ilana Zeffren

Translated from Hebrew by the author

Romanticism

By Krysztof Gawronkiewicz

Regular readers of Words without Borders will remember Otto Bohater, the downbeat Warsaw detective, and his faithful partner, Watson the White Rat, who appeared in an extract from Essence in 2007. Their…

Translated from Polish by Antonia Lloyd-Jones

From “The International”

By Roannie & Oko

Both travel book and testimony, L’intruse records the experiences of a French human rights activist in the Middle East. Roannie, a retired pediatrician and member of Amnesty International, spent…

Translated from French by Edward Gauvin

From “Les Mohameds”

By Jérôme Ruillier

Translated from French by Edward Gauvin

A Great Step Forward: Memoir of the Famine

By Li Kunwu & Philippe Ôtié

Translated from French by Edward Gauvin

From “The Eternonaut,” Part II

By Héctor G. Oesterheld & Francisco Solano López

Translated from Spanish by Erica Mena

Letter to the Mother

By Mazen Kerbaj

Translated from French by Mazen Kerbaj & Ahmad Gharbieh

Demonsterate

By Nawel Louerrad

Translated from French by Canan Marasligil

The Eternonaut

By Héctor G. Oesterheld & Francisco Solano López

The Eternonaut is a seminal work of Latin American literature. It’s been translated from Spanish into Italian and French, but never (until now) English. This section is taken from the original version…

Translated from Spanish by Erica Mena

December 2011 Fantastic Iranian Metamorphosis Mana Neyestani Feature

An Iranian Metamorphosis

By Mana Neyestani

Write why you drew that cartoon and why you chose a Turkish word.

Translated from Persian by Ghazal Mosadeq

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Catharina Margaretha Linck

By Elke R. Steiner

Translated from German by Edna McCown

From “Reunion”

By Pascal Girard

Translated from French by Helge Dascher

The Secret of Frequency A: An Incredible Disaster, Part Three

By Eom Jeong-Hui & Ko Im-Hong

Translated from Korean by Heinz Insu Fenkl

The Secret of Frequency A: An Incredible Disaster, Part Two

By Eom Jeong-Hui & Ko Im-Hong

Translated from Korean by Heinz Insu Fenkl

Two Million People in the Square: Scenes from the Revolution

By Magdy El Shafee

The people say: Step down now!

Translated from Arabic by Humphrey Davies

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War Rabbit

By Rutu Modan & Igal Sarna

Translated from Hebrew by G. H. Freedman

The Story of Serafima Andreyevna

Translated from Italian

From “Malamine”

By Christophe Ngalle Edimo & Simon-Pierre Mbumbo

Translated from French by Edward Gauvin

From “A Taste of Paradise”

By Nine Antico

Translated from French by Anjali Singh

The Cat’s Coming (in a Left-Handed Version)

By Chihoi

The adaptation that follows was inspired by a short story (also in this month’s issue), “Davin Chan Moves Out,” by the celebrated Hong Kong novelist and essayist Xi Xi. Chihoi’s version, which…

Translated from Chinese by Steve Bradbury

February 2011 International Graphic Novels Volume V From Rébétiko La Mauvaise Herbe David Prudhomme Page Thumbnail

From “Rébétiko (la mauvaise herbe)”

By David Prudhomme

Translated from French by Edward Gauvin

The Secret of Frequency A: An Incredible Disaster

By Eom Jeong-Hui & Ko Im-Hong

Last year, shortly after the excerpt from Blizzard in the Jungle was published in the graphic lit issue of WWB, I ran across a blog, oikono.com, maintained by Geoffrey K. See, a Yale graduate student…

Translated from Korean by Heinz Insu Fenkl & Jungbin Yoon

Farniente

By Lewis Trondheim

Translated from French by Edward Gauvin

From “Diary”

By Fabrice Neaud

Translated from French by Edward Gauvin

From “Baudelaire, the Metaphysical Ostrich”

By Marco Arnaudo & Paolo Di Tonno

Translated from Italian by Jamie Richards

February 2010 Worth Ten Thousand Words Part Iv International Graphic Novels Proud Beggars Thumb

From “Proud Beggars”

By Albert Cossery & Golo

What does a man need to live? A bit of bread is enough.

Translated from French by Lulu Norman

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From “King-Ma Has Come”

By Wei Tsung-cheng

King-Ma Has Come (Ma Huang Jiang Lin) is a product of the hugely popular kuso culture in Asia. Also known as egao in Mandarin Chinese, the genre is known for its campy humor and outrageous parodies of…

Translated from Chinese by Nancy Tsai

From “That Was Happiness”

By Blutch

Translated from French by Edward Gauvin

From “Farm 54”

By Galit Seliktar & Gilad Seliktar

The graphic novel Farm 54 brings together three semi-autobiographical stories from the childhood, puberty, and early adulthood (military service years) of its female protagonist, growing up in Israel’s…

Translated from Hebrew by Ronen Altman Kaydar

From “Waiting for an Island”

By Marc Legendre

Translated from Dutch by David Colmer

From “A Game for Swallows”

By Zeina Abirached

Translated from French by Edward Gauvin

Letter to Survivors

By Gébé

Translated from French by Edward Gauvin

Blizzard in the Jungle, Part Two

By Ri Chol-Geun & Jo Hak-Rae

Translated from Korean by Heinz Insu Fenkl & Geesu Lee

Paradise . . . Kind of

By Troub’s

The Total corporation—jewel in the crown of the French economy—maintains a presence in many countries across the globe, wherever there are fossil fuels to exploit. To do so, it hires locals, but also…

Translated from French by Edward Gauvin

Against Comics

Blizzard in the Jungle, Part Three

Translated from Korean by Heinz Insu Fenkl & Geesu Lee

February 2009 Graphic Lit Tetsu Yamanote Line Osamu Tezuka Feature

Tetsu of the Yamanote Line

By Osamu Tezuka

He’s a pickpocket. I want his fingers to be agile enough he’ll be able to ‘work’ again.

Translated from Japanese by Camellia Nieh

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February 2009 Graphic Lit Drifting Life Yoshihiro Tatsumi Feature

From “A Drifting Life”

By Yoshihiro Tatsumi

The genius behind all those great works is sitting right next to me! Strange he doesn’t seem at all different from any other young guy…

Translated from Japanese by Taro Nettleton

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Blizzard in the Jungle

By Ri Chol-Geun & Jo Hak-Rae

Since the ideology and values conveyed in children’s books tend to be relatively transparent in all cultures, I hope this excerpt from Blizzard in the Jungle gives a useful glimpse into the self-representation…

Translated from Korean by Heinz Insu Fenkl & Geesu Lee

Kaspar

By Diane Obomsawin

Translated from French by Helge Dascher

Il Maiale: The Pig

By Riccardo Falcinelli

Author’s Note: “The Pig” is an allegorical short story, but its scope is not so restricted as it may seem at first. It would be more correctly defined as a “civil” story,…

Translated from Italian by Marta Poggi

Waltz with Bashir

By Ari Folman

Translated from Hebrew by David Polonsky

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Graphic Literature

The General

Jeanine

My Cloud

Tongue-tied

A Shining Path of Blood: Massacres and a Monologue

Ladybirds’ Requiem

from “The Art of Flying”

My Mother Was a Very Beautiful Woman

Mean Folk: The Story of a Movement

The Last of the Bunch

Palindrome

Acrostic

Counting on You

False Faces: An Imagined Life of the Wig Gang

Sharing

We Have

from “Morti di Sonno”

from “Etenesh”

This is How it is When You’re Involved with Sensitive Girls

Romanticism

From “The International”

From “Les Mohameds”

A Great Step Forward: Memoir of the Famine

From “The Eternonaut,” Part II

Letter to the Mother

Demonsterate

The Eternonaut

An Iranian Metamorphosis

Catharina Margaretha Linck

From “Reunion”

The Secret of Frequency A: An Incredible Disaster, Part Three

The Secret of Frequency A: An Incredible Disaster, Part Two

Two Million People in the Square: Scenes from the Revolution

War Rabbit

The Story of Serafima Andreyevna

From “Malamine”

From “A Taste of Paradise”

The Cat’s Coming (in a Left-Handed Version)

From “Rébétiko (la mauvaise herbe)”

The Secret of Frequency A: An Incredible Disaster

Farniente

From “Diary”

From “Baudelaire, the Metaphysical Ostrich”

From “Proud Beggars”

From “King-Ma Has Come”

From “That Was Happiness”

From “Farm 54”

From “Waiting for an Island”

From “A Game for Swallows”

Letter to Survivors

Blizzard in the Jungle, Part Two

Paradise . . . Kind of

Against Comics

Blizzard in the Jungle, Part Three

Tetsu of the Yamanote Line

From “A Drifting Life”

Blizzard in the Jungle

Kaspar

Il Maiale: The Pig

Waltz with Bashir