The Initiates: A Comic Artist and a Wine Artisan Exchange Jobs

Winner of: Gourmand Magazine Best US wine book translation Slate Cartoonist Studio Award nominee
A graphic novel that explores the nature of one’s vocation, this book offers a look at the daily devotion to craft in two dissimilar professions. Étienne Davodeau is a comic artist—he doesn’t know much about the world of winemaking. Richard Leroy is a winemaker—he’s rarely even read comics. But filled with good will and curiosity, the two men exchange professions, and Étienne goes to work in Richard’s vineyards and cellar, while Richard, in return, leaps into the world of comics. Providing a true-life representation of how both professions work, this insightful book investigates two fascinating fields, exploring each man’s motivations and ultimately revealing that their endeavors and aspirations are not much different.

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Davodeau, Étienne

Beverages & Wine

NBM Publishing

Nantier, Beall, Minoustchine Publishing

It wasn't premeditated. At the end of her nth job interview, Jude takes off on a whim to the shore, just to get away from it all. She has a husband and kids but nothing against them - she just needs some time for herself. Surprised at her own temerity, she meets others who live on the edge of things, and a trip that was supposed to be relaxing might just take on a sinister edge. This is an atmospheric, beautifully drawn tale from the author of The Initiates (2013, NBM, also available from Turnaround).

Jude Nude

Comics & Graphic Novels

Graphic Novels

At the end of yet another unproductive job interview, Lulu, on a whim, takes off for the shore just to get away from it all. She’s got a husband and kids left bewildered but it’s nothing against them. This is just her time, getting away from the grind and with no other plan than savoring it. Surprised at her own temerity, she meets other people on the edge of the world. It wasn’t meant to be for long. It wasn’t meant to be anything but in the end thrilling, fun, and possibly dangerous, this improvised experience will make of Lulu a different woman.

Lulu Anew

NBM/ComicsLit

Fabian is supervisor at the Louvre. He loves his job. He also loves Mathilde. When it comes time, she presents him to her family in their vast country house and not without some apprehension, as the Benion clan is a bit special. There’s her father, Louis, who heads since 1975 the family furniture company founded in 1947, and two brothers, Maxime and Joseph. They’re not bad guys, just rather clumsy and with a decidedly unsubtle sense of humor. The fact that Fabian works in the Louvre is a welcome coincidence, since they just found in the attic a painting by an ancestor in the nineteenth century. It’s a sorry representation of a cross-eyed mutt. What is the value? ask the Benion. Is this an eyesore or a masterpiece? Fabian, pretty embarrassed, punts on the question. So for the Benion, case closed, if it ain’t an eyesore then no doubt it has its place on the walls of the Louvre! Fabian is left hoping the whole delusion will just go away, until one day the two brothers show up at the Louvre and ask. Getting the Cross-Eyed Mutt into the Louvre would demonstrate his commitment to becoming a member of the Benion family! Fabian is now in a pickle when he meets Mr. André Balouchi, an oddball frequent visitor of the museum who turns out to have quite a bit of clout… A raucous satirical comedy that asks: Who decides what makes a work of art worthy of being in a major museum?

The Cross-Eyed Mutt (Louvre Collection)

The sold out hardcover now in paperback. A nominee for the Slate Cartoonist Studio Award and winner of Gourmand magazine's best U.S. wine book translation, this graphic novel explores the nature of one's vocation and offers a look at the daily devotion to craft in two dissimilar professions. Étienne Davodeau is a comic artist—he doesn't know much about the world of winemaking. Richard Leroy is a winemaker—he's rarely even read comics. But filled with good will and curiosity, the two men exchange professions, and Étienne goes to work in Richard's vineyards and cellar, while Richard, in return, leaps into the world of comics. Providing a true-life representation of how both professions work, this insightful book investigates two fascinating fields, exploring each man's motivations and ultimately revealing that their endeavors and aspirations are not much different.

Brest, 1950. Sur les chantiers de la reconstruction, les ouvriers sont en grve. Face l'intransigeance patronale, les manifestations s'intensifient, jusqu' ce que le 17 avril, la police tire sur la foule, tuant un homme. Ren Vautier, cinaste, filme alors la colre de ses camarades, leur soif de justice et leur solidarit. Etienne Davodeau et Kris s'attachent la parole des tmoins pour une oeuvre de lutte et d'espoir.

Un homme est mort

KRIS

Фоліо

La balade nationale (01)

Venayre, Sylvain

LA DECOUVERTE

Lulu Femme Nue: Second livre (2)

FUTUROPOLIS

Un vigneron chez Jean-Pierre Gibrat ou chez Emmanuel Guibert, et un auteur de bande dessinée dans la vigne : mais qui sont-ils ? Deux ignorants ! Comment, pourquoi, et pour qui faire des livres ou du vin ? Les réponses à ces questions forment le récit vivant et joyeux d'une initiation croisée.

Les ignorants: Récit d'une initiation croisée (French Edition)

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The Initiates: A Comic Artist and a Wine Artisan Exchange Jobs

The Initiates: A Comic Artist and a Wine Artisan Exchange Jobs

Jude Nude

Lulu Anew

The Cross-Eyed Mutt (Louvre Collection)

The Initiates: A Comic Artist and a Wine Artisan Exchange Jobs

Un homme est mort

La balade nationale (01)

Lulu Femme Nue: Second livre (2)

Les ignorants: Récit d'une initiation croisée (French Edition)