Well, well!
And do you know where he lives?

And you, madame! Do you recognise this shady person?
I see, I see!
But where is he hiding?

Haha, I thought she dealt with the manatee and goose rather well.

So I recently rediscovered this lovely comic which I had as a kid. In French it’s Pas de grisbi pour Grabote, or “No cheese (money) for Grabote.” It’s a little book of 18pp, the second of Claveloux’ Grabote series. I found it super-cute, whimsical, absurd and inventive, altho at times there was sort of a menacing ‘Ralph Steadman’ vibe as well. So-- something to generally amuse kids, but also something to intrigue creative types, perhaps.

One can read it online below, using the buttons at the bottom to navigate:

http://www.resaclic.net/grabote/grisbi/grisbi

  • Horrible_Goblin@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    6 months ago

    Almost seems political… Athoug my french isn’t quite good enough to follow. Eithe way, I love it when they break with regular strip formats.

    • JohnnyEnzyme@lemm.eeOPMEnglish
      1·
      6 months ago

      Hmm, I was kinda puzzling over what you meant by “political,” then it hit me that maybe you meant the landslide of crazy alter-egos that showed up later in the book!

      Then it hit me again that the book was published in 1974, when I seem to recall a major, popular psychological effort to break down one’s being in to different aspects, like “id,” “ego,” and “superego.”

      Holy shizzle, author Nicole was swinging at some major, respected piñatas right there! XD

      • Horrible_Goblin@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        6 months ago

        Difficult to pinpoint exactly why it feels political. I think the little guy trying to get things done from the bigger creatures in a quote repetitive manner already kinda hints at it for me (the ostrich represents x, they other creature represents Y, and so on)

        But especially near the end there’s a lot of imagery that I feel could as well be used in the working class revolts for example.