Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the. Two more eisner award nominations for brecht evens. I posted about brecht evens a while back but now seemed like a good time to do it again. Belgian graphic artist breaks with comic tradition reuters. His prizewinning debut comic book a message from space was released in 2005, followed by several other books including vincent 2006 and the wrong place 2009, which recently won the haarlem comic festivals willy vandersteen award for best dutchlanguage graphic novel. Cartoonist brecht evens appeared to emerge out of nowhere in fall of 2010 with the american publication of the wrong place by drawn and quarterly, a book that had originally been released in europe the year before. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. May 22, 2010 i posted about brecht evens a while back but now seemed like a good time to do it again. Jan 28, 20 evens, who works in watercolour, really is the quirkiest of illustrators at the angouleme international comics festival, his last book, the wrong place, was awarded a prize for audacity, and. Danse morte, for united dead artists, 2015 visit united dead artists. Brecht evens, trans from the french by laura watkinson and michele hutchinson. Brecht evens is at the wrong place at the right time. Join facebook to connect with brecht evens and others you may know.
This week, evan narcisse, graeme mcmillan and douglas wolk talk about brecht evens night animals and the third issue of batman inc. After winning a comics debut prize from the flemish guild of comics artists v. You can read my interview with evens about the book by clicking this link. His lifelong fascination with airplanes and the pioneers of early aviation was a constant theme in his art and stories. Brecht evens is at the wrong place at the right time broken. Book teaser for latest graphic novel by brecht evens the city of belgium les rigoles het amusement. Important mentors were his illustration teacher goele dewanckel and cartoonistcomedy coachzen master randall casaer. A brilliant book, full of wonder both delightful and malicious, evens has created a masterpiece. Its disturbing, niggling at the brain in a way i cant put my finger on yet. I didnt need to do research for this book, but it is influenced by, and a reaction to, all kinds of childrens stories. Two more eisner award nominations for brecht evens flanders. Lush colors, wild imagination, and rich human themes collide in the top shelf debut of belgian cartoonist brecht evens the wrong place. Dec 10, 2012 comic artist brecht evens decided to break away from the traditional comic strip images of clear lines and pencil sketches developed in belgium more than half a century ago.
Infinitely repeatable illustration for the 40th birthday of actes sud editions, 2018. Brecht evens delivers a chilling childhood friend in panther. Brecht evens, the awardwinning author of the wrong place and the making of, returns with an unsettling graphic novel about a little girl and her imaginary feline companion. His prizewinning debut comic book a message from space was released in 2005, followed by several other books including vincent 2006 and the wrong place 2009, which recently won the haarlem comic festivals willy vandersteen award for best dutch. New comics from michel rabagliati, brecht evens and igort. Brecht evens is a belgian graphic novelist from ghent, who is currently based in paris, france. Brecht evens breaks the grammar of comic book creation in every possible way without disturbing the narrative flow.
When he was 19, brecht evens published his first comic book, for which he won the flemish comic book debut award. I didnt know anything about night animals when douglas suggested it, except that he described it as a notforkids. Night animals by brecht evens nook book ebook barnes. Belgian cartoonist brecht evens was born in 1986 and studied illustration in ghent, belgium. Brecht evens panther is undeniably one of the standout releases so far this year, blending astonishing watercolour art and an increasingly menacing tone. With lush watercolors and his characteristic wit, evens details the fumbling, amateurish foibles of the participants of a small art festival in the flemish countryside. Panter panter comic book hc by brecht evens order online. Join an innocent young girl as she becomes a woman and learns where the wild. Oct 22, 2018 the book contains not just evens trademark watercolor but also pages made with several lithographic methods. May 26, 2016 a brilliant book, full of wonder both delightful and malicious, evens has created a masterpiece. His work is also the subject of a show in arles, brecht evens. Comic artist brecht evens decided to break away from the traditional comic strip images of clear lines and pencil sketches developed in belgium more than half a century ago. This is what happens when techland goes to the comic book store.
And now theres artist and comic book illustrator brecht evens les noceurs and panthere, published by actes sud. It won the haarlem comic festivals willy vandersteen award for best dutchlanguage graphic novel, and an award at the angouleme international comics festival. Prompted by james, the panel went further back to basics and clarified the terms comics is the art form, comic or comic book is the frequently serialized floppy magazine format, while graphic novel is the uncomfortable term applied by the media to the spinebacked book format, encompassing autobiography, investigative journalism, historical works and. The wrong place 2009, started out as a graduation project and was a departure from the more typical comic art of his earlier books. Years ago i had a girlfriend and we lived together. Painting the town with brecht evens city of belgium we catch up with the flemish artist after the publication of his fifth major book, which is also the subject of an exhibition in paris opening this thursday. Panther is the book where brecht evens reaches his full potential. Brecht evens panther panter has been nominated twice for the will eisner comic industry awards, sometimes referred to as the oscars of the comic book industry. Even the structure and format of the book itself reflects the storys shifting, chameleonic, and ambuscading themes. Iconoclastic in his cartooning and page layouts, subtle in his plotting, and deft in his capturing of the human experience, evens has crafted a tangled, dark masterwork.
Oct 06, 2011 brecht evens breaks the grammar of comic book creation in every possible way without disturbing the narrative flow. Mar 10, 2011 this is what happens when techland goes to the comic book store. Painting the town with brecht evens the comics journal. His comic book the wrong place 2009, started out as a graduation project and was a departure from the more typical comic art of his earlier books. Evans february 5, 1920 june 22, 2001 was an american cartoonist and illustrator who worked in both comic books and comic strips. Our international team of staff writers covers quality stories from all corners of the comics. This brings the number of graphic novels i have read to two. When the wrong place was published in the us last year, it soon became a darling of the comics press as it had been in the european scene, with praise heaped upon the creator, brecht evens. It is an 176 pages counting original full colour graphic novel, retailing for 24 and is available in finer bookstores and comic shops in dutch speaking countries. First of all, brecht just won an important belgodutch comic award, the willy vandersteenprijs and secondly, his beautiful book ergens waar je niet wilt zijn will soon come out in english as the wrong place. Night animals by brecht evens meet your next favorite book. The making of is the followup to international sensation brecht evenss eisnernominated debut, the wrong place. The wrong place by brecht evens is published by oogachtend. Brecht evens on crafting horror and storybook beauty in.
The winner of the audacity award at the 2011 angouleme comics festival looks calm enough as he sits quietly on a cafe terrace on place saintmichel, paris. Jan 17, 2011 then belgian cartoonist brecht evens the wrong place may be right book for you. Flemish cartoonist brecht evens was born in 1986 and studied illustration in ghent, belgium. See more ideas about brecht, illustration, illustration art. Prompted by james, the panel went further back to basics and clarified the terms comics is the art form, comic or comic book is the frequently serialized floppy magazine format, while graphic novel is the uncomfortable term applied by the media to the spinebacked book format, encompassing autobiography, investigative journalism, historical works and everything. Panther by brecht evens is published by oogachtend in dutch.
Brecht evens, the awardwinning author of the wrong place and the making of. Night animals is a deluxe fullcolor comic book containing two wordless stories, each a feast for the mind as well as the eyes. Dec 19, 2016 the inkslingers and colorwranglers in the gallery above either elevated their books to bestof status or stood out as exemplary even when the comic as a whole failed to penetrate our top 25. Broken frontier is a comic book and graphic novel news site established in 2002. This brings the total number of nominations for books by brechts evens to six. There are surprises on every page and characters come and go unrehearsed and freeflowing style. The making of is the followup to international sensation brecht evens s eisnernominated debut, the wrong place. Its graphic invention, almost dizzying, is refreshing for its utter tirelessness. The wrong place represented his breakthrough in flanders and the rest of the world. I cant totally put my finger on it and im not sure id want to. Painting the town with brecht evens dessin, bd comics, lac. He tells gripping stories in beautiful watercolors, that deal with underdogs and selfreflection.
Navigating by taxi lights, pearls in the dark and nightclub mirrors, the pages sweep the reader through a crowded city between dusk and dawn. Im hardly an impartial commenter, since im promoting a comic book by brecht evens coming out in march, but i thought sean t collins pulled some great insights from the man and made some great observations himself in their interview here for robot 6 about his very impressive book the wrong place personally, after getting over the initial moment of. Unfolding like a childrens book gone horribly wrong, brecht evens panther begins with the death of christines cat and the appearance what might be an imaginary friend designed to take its place and ease the sadness of the loss. At first it seems like a story about a young girl trying to understand and deal with her grief, but as the narrative unravels, the whole world becomes far more sinister. Brecht evens les rigoles is on show at galerie martel in paris from october 26 to november 24. An ambitious, ambiguous phantasmagorical tale that examines innocence on various levels, and which involves the reader in the story to such a degree that he or she has to fill in the blanks from their own psyche to have the story come to a full resolution. Since then evens has stood out for the style so typical of his work. Panther springs out of christines bottom drawer and into her life with a sly charm that becomes slowly more unsettling as the story.
Aug 07, 2012 the making of is the followup to international sensation brecht evens s eisnernominated debut, the wrong place. It is a complex story told in watercolour and dry humour. The quietus brecht evens manages to dream up the same kind of menacing, seductive hocuspocus that made kidlit curmudgeons maurice sendak or roald dahl so beloved. Yet behind the teenagewarrior mane of hair theres something.
Pieterjan is invited to the festival as an honored guest. Ergens waar je niet wil zijn brecht evens comic book hc. It is a fullcolor hardcover counting 120 pages and retails for 24. New comics from michel rabagliati, brecht evens and. One of the games i came up with to amuse her, or rather to scare her and amuse me, was to incarnate an everexpanding host of.