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Nicolas de Crécy
Part of Graphic Novels from Europe Festival
After studying at the Angoulême comics art school, Nicolas De Crécy made his debut in 1987 with ’Bug Jargal’, an adaptation of a work by Victor Hugo, adapted by his friend Sylvain Chomet. Then he worked for two years with the French Walt Disney Studios. Meanwhile, he found the time to make the highly acclaimed album ’Foligatto’, scripted by fellow Angoulême school artist Alexios Tjoyas. This utterly surreal story about a castrato opera singer in a seemingly eighteenth-century Italian city, immediately made De Crécy one of the most important young comics authors. His baroque, Klimt-like drawings and unusual use of color gave ’Foligatto’ its uniquely haunting atmosphere.
English
Free
Link: www.nyu.edu
New Literature from Europe: Graphic Novels from Europe 2008 is organized by the Goethe-Institut New York, Istituto Italiano di Cultura, the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, Instituto Cervantes, and the Czech Center New York.
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La Maison Française - New York University
16 Washington Mews
New York, NY 10003
T 212 998 –8750
Fax 212 –995 –4142
Written on Nov. 10, 08
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