The Whale Library - Zidrou & Judith Vanistendael

 


Originellement publiée en français, j'ai lu cette BD en anglais grâce à NetGalley et à Europe Comics 
(English below)

J'ai adoré cette courte bande dessinée, évidemment, un livre sur les livres, je ne pouvais qu'aimer. L'histoire suit un facteur des mers qui rencontre un jour la baleine bibliothèque qui va lui poser plein de questions sur la vie sur Terre et lui proposer des lectures d'amour dont les histoires finissent bien parce qu'elle n'aime pas les histoires qui finissent mal. Malheureusement, cette histoire-ci finit plutôt assez mal, et cette fin m'a rendue très triste parce que SPOILER je ne supporte pas la maltraitance envers les animaux. Pour autant, la BD porte de beaux messages et tente de finir sur une note un peu philosophique.
Les dessins sont magnifiques et je verrais bien certains planches comme prints sur mes murs.

TW : sang, mort

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Thanks to NetGalley and Europe Comics for providing me with an eArc

I loved this story ! It follows a mailman who works on the sea who one day meets the Library Whale. This Whale loves books and is very curious about life on land. They both love stories that end well, and sadly this was not the case for this comic, even though the last page is kind of philosophical.
The illustrations were beautiful and I wanted one for my walls.

TW : blood, death

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