These are the most perceptive, hilarious, and titillating comics that I have ever seen. I bought these in French, and studied the language - it is the best portrait of the Parisian intelligencia and middle class that I know, at least for the 1970s. There are snapshots of life in here that are so intimate, so crazy, so realistic and yet full of satire, that they live in my mind as only the greatest writer can accomplish. So much of it is an instant of dialogue (looking through the calender at what days are vacations; a chance meeting in a restaurant), a few seconds of someone as they get through the day (trying to put in contact lenses, stepping in dog mess), a scene in a couple's life (a quickie while watching TV, fantansies of breaking up) - the list could go on and on. Yet these images stick with me as I get through my day, like the freelancer who submits something to an editor, who appears sympathetic and then puts her work right in the garbage after saying, "I can't promise anything..." It is truly brilliant stuff, from a maladjusted observer and incredible artist of the mundane. And each panel contains the most deliciious ironies, a comic perspective that thrusts everything into perspective at the end. Bretecher is as good as Robert Crumb.
That ought to be enough to persuade you! Plus, 50% of the Les Frustrés books that I have lent to people have never been returned! There's a recommendation for you.
She does other things too .....
But now, dear readers, we will have a bit of music from Louise Attaque ... la Plume ..
La plus belle ville que t'aies connue
Le plus bel hymne que t'ai voulu
J'te donne la plume moi j'en veux plus
J'te donne la plume pour savoir vivre
Parler, écrire et danser
Pour reste ivre bien éveillé
J'te donne la plume et mes conneries
Garde les
Voilà une heure que je t'attends
Voilà mon cur prudence en sortant
Compter les heures depuis longtemps
Est revenu mon cur déposer en sortant
J'te donne la plume pour que t'inscrives
Perpétuellement la vie à construire
Ce mouvement si dur
J'te donne la plume
Moi j'en veux plus
Voilà une heure que je t'attends
Voilà mon cur prudence en sortant
Compter les heures depuis longtemps
Est revenu mon cur déposer en sortant
Voilà une heure que je t'attends
Voilà mon cur prudence en sortant
Compter les heures depuis longtemps
Est revenu mon cur déposer en sortant