One of the ****Globe & Mail'****s 100 Best Books of
2018
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A timely collection of work about race and immigration in Paris by one
of France's most revered cult comic book artists.
Yvan Alagbé is one of the most innovative and provocative artists in the
world of comics. In the stories gathered in Yellow Negroes and Other
Imaginary Creatures--drawn between 1994 and 2011, and never before
available in English--he uses stark, endlessly inventive black-and-white
brushwork to explore love and race, oppression and escape. It is both an
extraordinary experiment in visual storytelling and an essential, deeply
personal political statement.
With unsettling power, the title story depicts the lives of undocumented
migrant workers in Paris. Alain, a Beninese immigrant, struggles to
protect his family and his white girlfriend, Claire, while engaged in a
strange, tragic dance of obsession and repulsion with Mario, a retired
French Algerian policeman. It is already a classic of alternative
comics, and, like the other stories in this collection, becomes more
urgent every day.
This NYRC edition is an oversized paperback with French flaps, printed
endpapers, and extra-thick paper, and features new English
hand-lettering and a brand-new story, exclusive to this edition.
