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The palace of champions / Henriette Valium ; translated by Peter Dubé

by Valium, Henriette, 1959-

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BDANG, Conundrum Press, [2016]

Underground comic books, strips, etc.

Montréal (Québec) -- Comic books, strips, etc.

9781772620061 (hc.)

Palais dé champions. English

1 volume (unpaged) : colour ill. ; 37 cm

Translated form the French.

French-Canadian cartoonist Henriette Valium has been called one of underground comic's elder statesmen. Over the past three decades his creations have been widely dispersed in numerous anthologies, fanzines, self-published oversized silkscreened comics, and various mixed-media collaborations. He's become a regular in almost every independent zine, compilation and catalogue in North America and Europe. Yet he has never had an original graphic novel published in English, until now. ... In his peculiar way, Valium explores decay, as in the rotting urban environments he obsessively renders, and his fascination with the various corruptions of the human body and mind, our illness and madness. His comics rant on subjects like "Science" or "Crisis," horrifically, sometimes nonsensically, often hilariously exposing our culture's fears and hypocrisies. The Palace of Champions ... includes an introduction and interview to give context to Valium's long career and expansive body of work.

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