#xavier dorison

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The Third Testament #1:The Lion Awakes

by Xavier Dorison,Alex Alice and Gabriela Houston

Titan Comics

#titan cameraman #the third testament #alex alice #xavier dorison #comic book #bande dessinée

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Animal Castle #3 (2022)

Ablaze

#animal castle #ablaze publishing #ablaze #ablaze comics #comics #comic books #Comic Covers #animals #xavier dorison #felix delep

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Animal Castle Vol. 2 #3 is another amazing issue as the animals go on strike to get the vote

Animal Castle Vol. 2 #3 is another amazing issue as the animals go on strike to get the vote #comics #comicbooks

Nestled in the heart of a farm forgotten by men, the Animal Castle is ruled with an iron hoof by President Silvio. The bull and its dog militia savor their power, while the other animals are exhausted by work, until the arrival of the mysterious Azelard, a traveling rat who will teach them the secrets of civil disobedience. Story: Xavier DorisonArt: Felix DelepColor: Felix DelepLetterer: Nathan…

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#ablaze #animal castle #comic books #Comics #featured #felix delep #nathan kempf #video #xavier dorison

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3 novidades da Ala dos Livros

3 novidades da Ala dos Livros #diogocampos #hugoteixeira #mikael #xavierdorison #raplhmeyer #bandasdesenhadas

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#Ala dos Livros #Dargaud #Diogo Campos #França #Hugo Teixeira #Mikaël #Portugal #Ralph Meyer #Undertaker #Xavier Dorison

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#ralph meyer #xavier dorison

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Le Château des animaux de Xavier Dorison et Felix Delep

Le Château des animaux est une adaptation du fameux roman d'Orwell, la Ferme des animaux. Prévue en 4 tomes, je viens d'en lire le premier. La trame est connue, mais le scenario de Xavier Dorison n'en est pas moins efficace. Il est servi par les dessins très expressifs de Felix Delep, assisté de Jessica Bodard pour les couleurs. Ils rendent la BD particulièrement intense. Découvrir

#Xavier Dorison #Felix Delep #Jessica Bodard #bande dessinée #entre-deux-guerres

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i had to reread Animal Farm this month for book group. it’s been almost ... fourteen years? since I first read it. coincidentally I also relatively recently read the first volume of Animal Castle by Xavier Dorison, back in November, which is a direct response to Animal Farm. returning to Farm as an adult and with that in the back of my mind made for a really, really interesting contrast.

first of all I simply love Animal Castle. it’s exquisite, one of the most beautiful animal fantasies I’ve seen illustrated in a long time. Felix Delep’s forms and gestures are so weighty, so fluid, & his designs evoke realism and character in equal measure, which is a hard line to walk in animal fantasy. every character is distinct and recognizable with resorting to caricature — an equally artful character design sensibility, but incorrect for the tone of this book. (can’t help but compare w/ Joe Sutphin’s recent graphic novel adaptation of Watership Down, which similarly wanted a realist sensibility and was genuinely a joy to read but suffered from all the bunnies looking the same, much like real bunnies.) and every panel is a treat to look at! Delep’s backgrounds are sooo detailed, the sense of place is really fantastic, not to mention his handling of light. pick this one up in hard copy if you can, it’s so worth seeing in person.

textually, storywise, it is equally excellent. Dorison is doing something different from Orwell: Farm is allegorical, a fable, which by necessity makes simplifications and operates with broad strokes, relying on archetype. Orwell is not particularly interested in the inner lives or personal relationships of any of the animals, which is fine for a fable. but I think it has a major failing, which is that basically all of Orwell’s working class characters areeeee... dead stupid. The working animals are, with the exception of Benjamin the donkey (who is cynical and apathetic), ignorant, illiterate, incapable of becoming literate, and without agency. This is even true of their descendants! (I do not think I am personally quite as pro-revolution as Jones Manoel, but I find his critique of Farm on this basis very compelling. This isn’t the only theme or moral you can pull from Animal Farm, but it is easy to read one of the main themes as “dictators are inevitable because regular people are stupid and gullible and cannot be educated,” which is ... I do not endorse this.)

Castle, on the other hand, is an entirely character-driven story. Miss B, our beloved Miss B, may not the smartest or strongest or best-positioned individual, but she has a will, she has a personality, she has opinions, she has family and friends and material interests and incentives, and Castle cares very much about all of these things. it also is far more interested in the small, mundane details of resistance against authoritarianism; no glorious revolution (yet? the story is still in progress & I need to read the first 3 issues of vol. 2, but I doubt it), but the small acts of rebellion and community building that are no less important. it is also, of course, very relevant that Dorison’s protagonist is a single mother. Dorison is interested in the ways women manage in authoritarian regimes — the hens whose reproductive labor is exploited are a much bigger part of the book, and the ewes (some of the sheep are ewes!) are not brainless sycophants but people who are realistically cowardly and reluctant to make waves, plus there are also rabbits in Castle and iirc they’re doing some sex work — and this also includes those who cozy up to the government. Orwell, known misogynist, very briefly mentions a female dog and a couple of sows, but only as vehicles to produce Napoleon’s guard dogs and more pigs; Dorison sketches out the ox dictator’s consort and the wife of the chief guard dog as minor but fully considered characters with concerns and incentives of their own.

Castle also has a much less hypercompetent authoritarian government. Metatextually, neither Napoleon nor Snowball are actually superhumanly competent compared to an average person, but the rest of the animals are so stupid that the bar for competence is on the floor. Castle knows & shows that dictators are not actually head and shoulders above working class people in terms of competence, only in terms of the amount of force they can bring to bear.

i don’t think Castle is necessarily strictly better than Farm, they have different concerns (Farm, by Orwell’s own admission, is much more immediately about revolutions failing, and Castle is more about existing under authoritarianism afterwards) and are also fully different forms (the allegorical novella vs. the serialized graphic novel), but... my edition of Farm (Signet Classics 1996) has a quote from the NYT on the back, reading, “A wise, compassionate, and illuminating fable for our times.” illuminating? yes. compassionate? no, I don’t think so. Orwell does sympathize with his characters (except Mollie, justice for Mollie) and wants you to sympathize as well (weren’t we all traumatized by Boxer’s death in high school?) but still, he is distinctly in contempt of the common man and women generally. I prefer Castle.

#laurelnose.txt #long post #read animal castle it’s good

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Mid-Year Book Freakout 2023

so i was tagged by @violaeade (my main was tagged but its book-related so its going here)

1. Best book you’ve read so far this year

The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On by Franny Choi: My favorite book and poetry collection of the year by far. I was barely 1/4 in it when I could tell it was going to be my favorite book. It's a collection about environmental racism, climate change, xenophobia, police brutality, girl it had everything. I decided to read it because an article recommended it for people who enjoyed the science fiction novel How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu and I agree; if you liked that book, you'd enjoy this poetry collection.

2. Best sequel you’ve read so far this year

Mysteries of Thorn Manor by Margaret Rogerson: A novella that sorta kinda operates as a long epilogue for the previous Sorcery of Thorns book. I enjoyed that first book - and I love that we got a tall girl, love that for us. It was a fun time for those of us who enjoy fantasy romances (or romance fantasies??).

3. New release you haven’t read yet

Maroons by adrienne maree brown No One Will Come Back For Us by Premee Mohamed A Darker Wilderness: Black Nature Writing from Soil to Stars edited by Erin Sharkey

4. Most anticipated release for the second half of the year

Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle

5. Biggest disappointment

Entranced by the Basilisks by Lillian Lark: I didn't find the throuple compelling at all. Jasper felt like someone in his early 20s even though he's the director of the library. Ari and Emilia connection was based on...her being turned into a monster and him seeming inherently alluring I guess? I will say this book taught me that I don't like reptile monster sex. The hidden penis situation does nothing for me.

6. Biggest surprise

Release by Suzanne Clay: I was surprised to find that I enjoyed an age gap, employee + boss romance. It helped that the female lead is 32 years old and the man's like 55. I think the author did everything in their power to make sure male lead was super aware of the power dynamic and gave the female lead space and security in her job (because this is a complete fantasy). And they're bi4bi so that was the icing on the cake.

7. Favorite new author (debut or new to you)

Kimberly Lemming: She's a new romance author to me. I found all her stories to be fun and erotic in the best way. A true monsterfucker who understands there's not enough monster romances that involve women of color.

8. Newest fictional crush/newest favorite character

Unfortunately, I haven't obtained any fictional crushes or favorites.

9. Book that made you cry

Short Film Starring My Beloved's Red Bronco: Poems by K. Iver: Okay I'll be honest, it didn't make me cry. But out of everything I've read so far this year, it made me the most emotional. It's a collection of poems where many of them are addressed to or at least speaking to the author's dead friend who committed suicide.

10. Book that made you happy

Animal Castle Vol. 1 by Xavier Dorison, Félix Delep: a graphic novel that is in a similar vein to Animal Farm but the animals aren't becoming human, it's more of a story that is so blatant in its metaphor of how exploitative capitalism is. It's some good communist propaganda and I can't wait to read the next volume.

I'm tagging: @readingrobin, @somewherereadingg, @bibliophilecats, @logarithmicpanda, @bookish-brews, @amongtomesandtales, @the-knights-who-say-book, @thebookbud, @foxingfae, @bookphile, @jorammiireads and @crookedreads

if you've done this before or don't want to do it, feel free to ignore the tag. if you want to do this but i didn't tag it, do it anyways and tag me so i can see your answers

#jericho.txt #tag memes #its called a freakout but im chillin over here

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Tagged by: @a-flying-fortress

Last Song

Moonlight Shadow by Mike Oldfield

Currently Watching

I've been rewatching some western movies lately- currently watching A Fistful of Dollars

Currently Reading

I'm jumping around but I've been reading Good Omens, and Le Châteaux des Animaux (/Animal Castle) by Xavier Dorison and Felix Delep

Current Obsession

Been obsessively thinking about some of my AUs 😭 Other than that, I've been p/ damn obsessed with the Barbie movie

Tagging

Idk who to tag so sbfjs if you see this, jump on if you're interested!

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The first two books that came to mind were Soseki's I Am a Cat (good book, hilarious) and Akif Prinçci's Felidae (mediocre book, inspired adaptation, contemptible author) but my final answer will be Xavier Dorison's Animal Castle. Basically the midway point between Animal Farm and the french Revolution. Still ongoing, great art

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Long John Silver #2: Neptune

by Xavier Dorison and Mathieu Lauffray

Cinebook

#cinebook #long john silver #mathieu lauffray #xavier dorison

[thebuhonerodazorrow]

Animal Castle #2 (2022)

Ablaze

#animal castle #ablaze publishing #ablaze #ablaze comics #comics #comic books #Comic Covers #animals #xavier dorison #felix delep

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Animal Castle Vol. 2 #2 is another fantastic issue as Silvio cracks down on the peaceful resistance

Animal Castle Vol. 2 #2 is another fantastic issue as Silvio cracks down on the peaceful resistance #comics #comicbooks #animalfarm

Nestled in the heart of a farm forgotten by men, the Animal Castle is ruled with an iron hoof by President Silvio. The bull and its dog militia savor their power, while the other animals are exhausted by work, until the arrival of the mysterious Azelard, a traveling rat who will teach them the secrets of civil disobedience. Story: Xavier DorisonArt: Felix DelepColor: Felix DelepLetteer: Nathan…

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#ablaze #animal castle #comic books #Comics #featured #felxi delep #nathan kempf #video #xavier dorison

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Undertaker 3: : Enquanto Deus Descansa!

Análise de Undertaker vol. 3 - O Monstro de Sutter Camp . #bandasdesenhadas #bandadesenhada #undertaker #aladoslivros #ralphmeyer #xavierdorison #western

Análise de Undertaker vol. 3 – O Monstro de Sutter Camp Ah! As extensas pradarias verdejantes; o imenso céu azul entrecortado por nuvens alvas; enormes manadas de vacas conduzidas por cowboys armados de laço e de revólver. Em suma, um western típico… tudo o que este não é! Com O Monstro de Sutter Camp, que a Ala dos Livros acaba de publicar (cf. apresentação e previews do lançamento nacional…

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#Ala dos Livros #BD franco-belga #Ralph Meyer #Undertaker #Xavier Dorison

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Undertaker – 07 – Mister Prairie : Xavier Dorison et Ralph Meyer

Titre : Undertaker – 07 – Mister Prairie Scénariste : Xavier Dorison Dessinateur : Ralph Meyer Édition : Dargaud (10/11/2023) Résumé : Jonas Crow a reçu une lettre signée « R. Prairie ». « R », comme Rose… Persuadé que celle avec laquelle il a vécu tant d’aventures souhaite le revoir et partage ses sentiments, il se présente à […]Undertaker – 07 – Mister Prairie : Xavier Dorison et Ralph Meyer

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Asgard de Ralph Meyer et Xavier Dorison

Asgard est un conte mythologique viking qui raconte l'histoire d'un handicapé destiné à être tué à sa naissance à cause de son infirmité. Epargné, il devient un formidable chasseur. Il est chargé de trouver et tuer un monstre marin, un Krökken, qui terrorise les pêcheurs.  Cette traque dans le grand nord, alors que l'hiver arrive, sera pour lui et ses compagnons l'occasion de faire face à leurs démons intérieurs et de régler leurs comptes avec eux-mêmes. Le scénario de Xavier Dorison est jalonné de rebondissements. Il est porté par les superbes dessins de Ralph Meyer aidé de Caroline Delabie pour les couleurs. Découvrir 

#bande dessinée #moyen age #Ralph Meyer #Xavier Dorison #Caroline Delabie