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...Joann Sfar, much like the feline star of his most popular comic, always seems to land on his feet. The laid-back French artist, 33, regularly confronts three of the thorniest issues of the day--politics, religion and cultural conflict--but uses a deceptively light touch that results in stories that are thoughtful, charming and hands-down funny...
...Sfar began drawing incessantly at the age of 3, when his mother died, using the creative outlet as a refuge, and hasn't stopped since. His greatest success is the graphic- novel series Le Chat du Rabbin (The Rabbi's Cat), which explores the life of an old rabbi and his daughter in an Algerian town that is home to both Jews and Muslims--all through the eyes of his irreverent, scrawny cat. "What I wanted to do is use humor and irony to explore the daily lives of religious folk," says Sfar, "which is a change from the rather...
...Sfar's father's side is Algerian Jewish, while his mother's lineage comes from Jews in Ukraine. Sfar is a native of Nice. His stories of Sephardic and Ashkenazic differences, and Jewish-Muslim relations, have resonated with readers in France. Says Sfar: "Not long ago I gave a talk to some 17-year-old students, where most were Arab. Afterward, two girls came up to me and said, 'We adored it because we could see how Jewish families are just as screwed up as Arab families.' That made me smile." --By Grant Rosenberg
...turning it into a satire on modern mores. In October the publisher will collect into a single volume the series Black Hole, Charles Burns' inky creepfest about a plague that infects teenagers during the 1970s. And the summer will see the release of The Rabbi's Cat by Joann Sfar, a philosophically inclined French comic artist. Splashy comics from other publishers include Lost Girls (Top Shelf, summer) by Alan Moore (author of The Watchmen) and Melinda Gebble, an erotic fantasy that's pricey ($75) and edgy (the publisher says the work "seeks to reinvent pornography as something exquisite"). Bizarro World...
...DUNGEON, VOL.2, "THE BARBARIAN PRINCESS" By Lewis Trondheim & Joann Sfar Part duex of the Dungeon series continues the horror and fantasy spoof by two of France's best cartoonists...