It's Letterer Appreciation Day 2022! Let's take a look at four things I've noticed in reading Franco-Belgian comics.

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Back in February, Dark Horse announced an August release for the print edition of Jordi Lafebre's "Always Never" in English:

https://www.darkhorse.com/Blog/3446/fall-back-love-always-never

It's a book I had reviewed after its digital release in 2021:

https://www.pipelinecomics.com/always-never-by-jordi-lafebre-review/

I really hope this gives the book a new life in North America. It's a great one.

Also, it prompts a little wild speculation from me about Dark Horse and other projects of Lafebre's... My theory makes sense and fits the gaps in the narrative, but is it true? I hope so....

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IDW announced their next Artist's Edition, and it's collecting a whole lot of Todd McFarlane Spider-Man art. I couldn't imagine a more exciting AE outing, so I'm going to go over the specs on this thing in the podcast. We have six months to save up the $150 to buy it, which hopefully is enough time...

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Julie Doucet won the Grand Prix at Angouleme this year. How did that happen? What kind of narrative did you shape in your mind for why the voters voted the way they did?

My guess is, you're wrong. These things can't be forced into a single narrative, and I'll tell you exactly why and how Julie Doucet won in this podcast.

You're welcome.

Here, watch Chris Ware hand over the prize to Doucet:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZx486r9FW4

Warning: It's awkward.

Learning French: I passed the 800 days streak on DuoLingo last week, then celebrated by winning my Diamond League for the week! Je suis rentré chez moi hier.

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Is that episode title clickbait? How about "Last Rat Deserts Ship"? Now THAT's incendiary!

See David Steinberger's resignation tweet here:

https://twitter.com/stonemtn/status/1501962345618317313

Comixology on CrunchBase:

https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/comixology/company_financials

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The McSpidey Chronicles is a subsite of PipelineComics.com which will review every issue of "The Amazing Spider-Man" that Todd McFarlane drew, plus some articles that fit along with that as their theme.

https://www.pipelinecomics.com/mcspidey/

We're past the halfway point now, so let's see how this project came about, what's left, where it's going, and what's next.

...With apologies if I'm repeating any of the stuff I talked about in the original announcement of this project in Episode #78:

https://pipelinecomics.com/78

Learning French: I'm using DuoLingo for learning French. I'm past day 794 now and barreling towards 800. Tu ne vas pas partir demain?

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Comics are a combination of words and art. You need both. You can flip through a book or look at its cover and get a good first impression. A lot of the times, however, that can be deceptive. You need to dig in and read the combination of art and words to get the art in its proper context to enjoy it. This works both ways -- some very cool art tells the story very poorly.

It also can go for color schemes, as I talk about in this podcast.

I mentioned my review of Penelope Bagieu's "Josephine" in this podcast. You can find it here: https://www.pipelinecomics.com/josephine1/

The autobiographical Instagram cartoonist whose name I blanked on during the podcast is Margaux Motion. You can find her here:

https://www.instagram.com/margauxmotin/

Now excuse me. It's getting late and I have to boost my score in this week's DuoLingo challenge. It's Day 793 for me today!

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It's true -- BD has an unfair advantage. It's all new stuff for me, and they tend to translate lots of good stuff first.

Works for me!

Learning French: I'm using DuoLingo for learning French. I'm past day 790 now and barreling towards 800. On va au cinema ensemble?

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We have the final three nominees for this year's Grand Prix at FIBD, a/k/a Angouleme. They're all women. The comments section at ActuaBD is ablaze:

https://www.actuabd.com/Le-trio-gagnant-pour-le-Grand-Prix-2022-du-Festival-International-de-la-BD-d

Learning French: I'm using DuoLingo for learning French. Today is day 789. Elle mange une orange.

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Today is my birthday, but I don't want your gifts. 🎉

Instead, I want you to buy a comic book for yourself. 🎁

I have some suggestions in an article on the website right now, but I'm going to talk about one very timely series in this podcast.

"Ken Games" was one of my early favorite European series. And it's on sale right now for a mere $2.99 a book. It's an amazing value for that money. Go buy it for yourself now. Thank me later.

Here's an Amazon link to it. (Yes, it's an affiliate link.)

Here's the Izneo link.

Learning French: I'm using DuoLingo for learning French. Today is day 788. L'alcool peut te donner un mal à dos.

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