Kiki de MontparnasseWritten by Jose-Luis Bocquet
Art by Catel Muller
2011
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A biography of wild-girl Alice Prin: a big-nosed, French, free-spirit - born in poverty - whose constant search for her next meal and bottle of wine led her to collide with the crazy hedonist delights of Paris in the early 20th century; vaulting from obscurity to notoriety to full-blown legendhood through a series of affairs, modelling work and sheer Persian rambunctious. Spanning the entirety of life and her meetings with such greats as Cocteau, Hemingway and Picasso (who all seem dim and dull in comparison) and drawn with a light carefree touch that recalls the artwork of Marjane Satrapi (and be forewarned: this is a book full of boob, bums and naked bits)- this is a comic that's less concerned with getting bogged down by the details and more in love with than in capturing the energy of the moment - and then jumping forward to the next wild scene and party. It doesn't breaks any boundaries: but if you've ever wanted to hang out in the roaring twenties and discover the ins-and-outs of the people that made it sing - then grab on.
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Links: TCG Review, Guardian Review.
Further reading: Embroideries, Alan's War: The Memories of GI Cope, The Rabbi's Cat, Gemma Bovery, Berlin.
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