Comics in French: The Bande Dessinee in Context (Polygons: Cultural Diversities & Intersections)

by Laurence Grove (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2010

  $158.50

  Whereas in English-speaking countries comics are for children or adults who should know better,A in France and Belgium the form is recognized as the ninth artA and follows in the path of poetry, architecture, painting, and cinema. The bande dessinee [comic strip] has its own national institutions and regularly obtains front-page coverage.