Beirut 1990 - Snapshots of a Civil War #1

by Bruno Ricard, Sylvain Ricard, Christophe Gaultier (Illustrator)

Overview

1990, off to join an aunt working for a relief organization, young Frenchmen Sylvain and Bruno Ricard come to discover the ins and outs of everyday life in Lebanon’s war-torn capital. More than a decade later, the brothers recount their experiences with the help of artist Christophe Gaultier, as inspired by the real life pictures taken by the siblings on their journey of discovery.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781594654657
Publisher:	Humanoids, Inc.
Publication date:	03/19/2014
Sold by:	HUMANOIDS INC - EBKS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	79
File size:	38 MB
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Age Range:	12 - 18 Years

About the Author

Born in 1966, Bruno Ricard is a French comic book writer. He co-wrote the autobiographical Beirut 1990: Snapshots of a Civil War with his brother Sylvain Ricard, which was drawn by Christophe Gaultier. It was published in 2004 and awarded the citizen comic prize at the 2004 BD Boum de Blois festival. He was also given the France Info prize in 2005 and for Best Screenplay by the Angoulême International Comics Festival.
The younger brother of Bruno Ricard, Sylvain Ricard is a French comic book writer. In 2001 he met artist Christophe Gaultier, whom he created his first three books with. After being a research scientist for nearly twenty years, he abandoned that career in 2008 to fully devote himself to comics. He was recognized three times by the Angouleme festival in 2003, 2004 and 2005, for his first two books. In 2013, he wrote two books about the Black Panthers, under the title Motherfucker, created with William Martinez. He began a fruitful collaboration with Christophe Gaultier on Banquise in 2003, Kuklös in 2004, as well as the series Le Cirque Aléatoire, and they both teamed up with Jean-David Morvan for Guerres Civiles between 2006-2008.
Christophe Gaultier is a comic book artist who spent ten years working in animation and contributed to the critically praised film The Triplets of Belleville. He created his first comic with Alexandre Thomas, called 'Grise Mine' for Éditions Paquet in 2000. In 2006, Gaultier published his first solo comic Demi-course et Casquette Motul, and adapted The Phantom of the Opera, based on the work of Gustave Leroux between 2011 and 2013. He later illustrated Jerry Frissen’s Le Loup-Garou de Solvang for Les Humanoïdes in 2011.