As part of its centenary celebrations, Belgium’s long-standing current affairs and cultural weekly Moustique has selected the 100 best Bande Dessinées (cartoons) of all time – Art Spiegelmanof Rats Take the top spot.
Other familiar names in the top ten include David B. Epilepsy/The Rise of Higher Evil (#5), Osamu Tezuka’s Buddha (#8), Criswellof Construct a story (#9), and Emile Ferris My favorite thing is monsters (#10). Alan Moore Twice in the top 100 – Moore & Dave Gibbons‘ watchman (#19) and Moore & David Lloydof V for Vendetta (#4). Aside from Moore’s work, only one other superhero book made the entire list— Grant Morrison and Dave McKeanof Batman: Arkham Asylum Ranked 34th.
Describe the holder of the top spot Ratsthe mosquito said [translated via DeepL]:
Spiegelman interviews his father about the Holocaust, depicting Jews as rats, Nazis as cats, and Poles as pigs. Never seen that before! Pulitzer Prize winner, landmark in the history of comics and autobiographical narrative.
Jean-Marc Lochte2022 graphic novels the last queen Login #6. SelfMadeHero published an English version earlier this year. More famous works by artists and writers Jacques Loeb, “Snowpiercer”/Le Transperceneige Appears in #49.
exist the last queenthe mosquito said [translated by DeepL]:
“By interweaving the true story of an extraordinary woman’s crushed and repaired face with the life of Vercors’ last bear, Lochte weaves a universal and poignant story. Sending love before our environment disappears The cry.
Manu Lassenet ——This year, he attracted the attention of English readers with his adapted works Cormac McCarthyof the way Two critically acclaimed early works were shortlisted: thunderbolt Quartet (2009-2014) and Normal combat series (2003-2008). They ranked 7th and 44th respectively. Both works are currently available digitally in English through Europe Comics, with international rights available to any enthusiastic publisher.
exist thunderboltthe mosquito said [translated by DeepL]:
“Manu Larcenet mixes styles to tell the story of a murderer on the run. The author is Normal combat Managing to capture this madness in a way that goes far beyond but never loses us. A masterpiece.
Oddly enough, a book published this year occupies the third spot – ivy and spider /spider and ivy go through Gregoire Carr, The author today reflects on his grandfather’s role in the French Resistance as a teenager. As early as January, the French version was published in cooperation with Dupuis, and the purely digital English version was released in July in cooperation with Europe Comics.
Mosquitoes describe Carl’s book [via DeepL]:
“Based on the story of a group of resistance fighters almost forgotten by history, Carr tells a rich, well-documented and compelling story about strength, courage and fear, but also about nature and its fragility.”
In addition to the top ten, there are other names familiar to English readers – Maja Satrapis persepolis (#twenty four), Chen Shaoenof Arrival/where our fathers go (#31), Daniel Close‘ ghost world (#52), charles burns black hole (#68), Joe Saccoof Palestine (#74), Will Eisnerof Spirit (#79), Charles Schulzof peanut (#81), Alison Bechdelof happy house (#90), Dev Backderfof my friend damer (#92), and Richard McGuireof here (#95).
Comic works outside the top ten include: Naoki Urasawaof monster (#20), Tezuka’s A message to Adolf/The story of three Adolfs (#twenty three), Matsumoto Dayos sunny (#41), Jiro Taniguchiof Distant Neighborhood/Luntan District (#45), and Otomo Katsuhiro epic Akira (#51).
This list is a fascinating look at comics from a Franco-Belgian perspective. Several French and Belgian classics or characters appear at least in the top 100, including Gaston Lagaffe, Asterix, The Smurfs, Lucky Luke,” “Blueberry,” “Blake and Mortimer,” “XIII” and “Torgar.” One of the most famous Belgian figures—— Hergé‘s “The Adventures of Tintin” – only appeared twice in 1954’s “The Adventures of Tintin” Explorers on the Moon/We Walk on the Moon #15 and 1962 Castafiore Emerald/Les Bijoux de la Castafiore At #25.
The most-appeared and highest-ranked character on the list is another beloved (albeit less internationally known) Belgian creation: Spirou. 1966 Bretzelburg am QRN go through Andre Francon & Greg, Spiru and his friends entered a dictatorial state, ranking second. Emil BravoThe recent stunning reinvention of the series into an accessible yet heartbreaking wartime occupation drama – hope against all odds – Reached #17 (European Comics translated the first two parts). Another Spirou album by André Franquin, Z is for Zorglub/Zcomme Zorglub (1961), which introduced an iconic series villain, reached number 21 (available in English via Cinebook).
Moustique is a French-language Belgian news and cultural magazine founded on November 23, 1924 by print publisher Jean Dupuis. Spiru Magazine published in 1938. Since 2015, the magazine has been acquired by and is currently published by L’Avenir Hebdo, a subsidiary of the Belgian industrial group Nethys. The centenary celebration also includes top 100 lists of novels, movies, TV series, video games and albums.
