François Ayroles

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Trans. by Edward Gauvin

Notes Mésopotamiennes

 

François Ayroles is a French comic book writer and a member of Oubapo. His graphic novels include Incertain Silence, a paean to Buster Keaton, and Le Jeu de dames, an initiation story with surreal touches. The pieces in this issue are from his Notes Mésopotamiennes, a collection of self-contained one-page strips.

Edward Gauvin translates prose and graphic novels from the French and has received awards from PEN America, the NEA, the Fulbright program, the Lannan Foundation, and the French Embassy. Recent translations include Peplum by Blutch, The Cathedral of Mist by Paul Willems, and Moving the Palace by Charif Majdalani.

 
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