Timestamps for ease of navigation! 00:00 How I discovered Jacques Tardi 01:11 The Bloody Streets of Paris and why I loved it 02:38 What hooked me first about Tardi 03:37 My quest/ Fantagraphics to the rescue! 04:18 Jacques Tardi's impressive range 05:47 Main Titles 05:57 The Bloody Streets of Paris (reprise) 06:35 You Are There 08:28 West Coast Blues 09:14 It Was The War of the Trenches 11:31 Adele Blanc Sec Vol 1 12:50 Adele Blac Sec Vol 2 13:45 The Arctic Marauder 15:09 Like A Sniper Lining Up His Shot 16:12 New York Mon Amour 18:13 Godamn This War! 20:02 The WWI slipcase set 20:22 Run Like Crazy, Run Like Hell 21:58 Fog Over Tolbiac Bridge 23:07 I, Rene Tardi...Parts 1, 2, and 3 25:21: Goof! 25:32 Streets of Paris, Streets of Murder 26:20 The original chronology 27:30 What I'm looking forward to!
Here I am, again watching with unflinching concentration as my Big Papa Comics showcases yet another incredibly interesting line of works that I need to look into at some point. Rest assured that notes were taken, heads were nodded and "aaah":s where uttered. Tardi seems like he would be right up my alley - noir, violence, war, great art... whats not to love? It's amusing to me how I recognize several of the covers of these titles as I've passed by them on multiple occasions when browsing online, however, after seeing this I'm not sure if I can keep passing them by for much longer. No wonder that you've been busy! Almost 29 minutes of footlock film bravado is enough to make anyone's mouth water in anticipation of excellent information in a wonderful package - this was interesting and well done throughout! The overhead shots are great and I love how your narration follows along with your emoting with the hands =) Superb work as always sir! Catch you later!
Many many thanks as always! Yes, sleep has not been a friend of mine of late but all that changes now! 😁 I'm so glad you enjoyed the video and yes, Tardi is a real gem and very well worth your time. Since you gravitate towards the noir violence, maybe I can suggest the large format slipcased Manchette set as a starting point? 😁
As much as I love everything you do, I have to say that I honestly cannot thank you enough for introducing me to Tardi. It’s been a long time since I was this excited about a creator in any medium.
That just makes my day! Thank you so much and I am thrilled to bits to hear how much you're enjoying one of my all-time favourites. Now I feel I've gotten to 'pay forward' the favour done to by my friend who put the first book into my hands! Cheers!
I never heard of this author until I watched this video. At some point, I look forward to reading some of Tardi's books. I really do enjoy the deep-dive content. Thanks for all your hard work.
Great video, I’ve always wanted a solid overview of his work! It makes me wonder if Mignola ever saw those Adele Blac-Sec stories back then. The colors and shadows have some major Hellboy vibes.
Thanks, I'm glad you like this! Tardi, from what I understand, is widely acclaimed and beloved, and given how widely read Mignola is, I am sure he would have at least seen some work, especially Adele Blanc Sec 😁
On the back of this video I bought four Tardi volumes, West Coast Blues, Like a Sniper, War of the Trenches and Goddam this War. On the back of reading those in unputdownable succession I've now bought another five. Each of the books I've read was simply excellent and right up there as the best reads I've had this year and the term "masterpiece" comes to mind. The two war books were unrelentingly grim, brutal and pulled no punches in their savage criticism of the futility of the First World War (and clearly war in general). Much of the content was hard to take and yet both books were so well written and drawn one simply can't look away. The art was stunning in each. The other two (noir crime) books were equally impressive with West Coast Blues being the pick of the two for me. A gripping fast paced thriller with gritty dialogue and uncompromising characters cut together with one violent scene to next. Again, the art perfectly combines with the dialogue and text and not a single word or panel is wasted. Excellent stuff. Your overview video of Tardi's works was one I watched in its entirety when it was published but I have returned to several times, finding the timing breakdowns especially useful. Good criticism is not always just about whether the art in question has merit or not, although Tardi's work has an abundance of that, but good criticism makes the viewer want to experience the art in question themselves. I've now lost count of the amount of books I've bought as a result of your superb videos. With only a cursory awareness of Tardi before your video, I find myself in your debt for opening such a box of literary comic book treasure for me. Anyway, I have the I Rene Tardi trilogy to look forward to as well as The Artic Marauder and Run Like Crazy, all of which I have no doubt will be of the highest standard if what I've now read is anything to go by.
As always you're way too kind, but I really appreciate it! There are often times when I wonder if I have done justice to the works I want to talk about or if the video is in any way worthwhile, so hearing such lovely feedback is a vital shot in the arm always. The graphic representation of violence has seldom been used to such differing effects as in Tardi's crime versus war stories. Like you, I found myself unable too tear my eyes away in spite of the no-holds barred approach to very difficult-to-read content. It is truly a testament to his skills as a writer that he is able to pare and highlight both with such precision. West Coast Blues is a real freight train of a story isn't it? I'm sure you will enjoy the other Manchette books, and I am curious to see what you make of the Arctic Marauder and the Adele Blanc Sec stories, them being so markedly different from what you've read so far! Cheers, my friend!
@@ftloc I'm still waiting for the second volume of I Rene Tardi to arrive although I have 1 and 3. Not going to start vol 1 just in case I can't wait for vol 2 if you get my drift. I really enjoyed The Artic Marauder, different in both style and content to the noir and war books (were they really war books? Maybe they should be categorised under "horror"?). I loved the art in Artic Marauder too. I also have You Are Here and Adele Blanc Sec vol 2 to arrive (Vol 1 seems to be outrageously expensive so I'll wait for someone to auction it on eBay as someone did recently, it went for £12 but I forgot to bid myself). But next up is Fog Over Tolbiac Bridge.
Once again thanks so much for the new horizons. I am such an introvert I’m completely dysfunctional at social gatherings because the conversation is DULL DULL DULL and I gladly head over the the bookshelf and dive in , only problem being no one has bookshelves anymore because no one reads :-(
Reading, tragically, does seem to be on the decline even more in general terms, but I am lucky to have friends and acquaintances who love reading! And I also like sharing books with people to get them to read too! 😁
You mentioned re reading over and over, that is a great appeal to me with the few graphic comic / stories that I have. They come out time and time again. Thank you for your videos. I must get more stories on my bookshelf :)
Thank you so much, I'm soo glad to hear you enjoy the videos. It always seems like with soo much to still read for the first time rereading should be a waste, but there's so much that revisiting reveals that i honestly think what i think of as arey has to be something that can be reread and registered and still hold up.
I have the crime noir box set and the world war 1 box set from fantagraphics. Great design and great art and story. May I make a suggestion for your next video? Have you heard of the spanich comic noir series called Blacksad published by dark horse? It's an amazing series with great water color art. It is set in the 50s in the united states and all its characters are anthropomorphic animals. It touches upon a lot of topic such as racism, drug and war. It's a great comic and I think you will love it.
Those boxes are really wonderful icings on an already terrific cakes, aren't they? And I have read and enjoyed Blacksad, the more it goes on the better it gets I feel. I have a Blacksad video (paired with Bryan Talbot's Grandville) planned but just need to find the right things to say and the time to make it! 😁
Absolutely wonderful video overview...I marvel at your skill, as I also marvel over the Tardi pages you show. This is also just plain useful as one doesn’t hear more than passing references to Tardi over here in the states..I’m not sure why...
You're too kind! 😊 Yes, I am not sure why Tardi isn't more known in the United States; he definitely gets a lot of love from folks like Spigelman and McCloud, I think, and Fantagraphics has done a good job giving us nice editions of some wonderful work. I do hope you get to check him out, particularly the WWI and WII books and -if to your taste- the violent noir.
you definitely has the best channel (and collection) that i ever know. thank you so much for keep bring us so many awesome comics and comments. cheers from Brazil o/
Thank you so very much for watching and commenting, and I hope your enjoyment of this channel continues for a long time! 😁 Cheers and greetings right back from India!
Everyone owes himself/herself the duty of reading Tardi, at least once in their lifetime, preferably in a bigger size such as those being published by Fantagraphics. An artist that elevates the meaning of 9th Art to another level, definitely. Another top choice and great recommendation. Cheers….
Currently reading Goddamn this war by Tardi.. Superb book. Your introduction and summary of Tardi's work is very comprehensive and useful. Thank you for that.
So glad you liked the video and that's an excellent book to start with, one of my favourites! I hope you continue exploring Tardi's works, and do let me know what you think of them if you do! Cheers!
@For the Love of Comics I thoroughly enjoyed the book "Goddamn this war". I recently found your channel .I started reading Graphic Non-Fiction/Fiction some years ago and enjoy them a lot. I love the following authors. Joe Sacco,Marjane Satrapi,Craig Thompson,Sarah Glidden, Raid Sattouf,Will Eisner,Guy Delisle, Osamu Tezuka,David Small,Thi Bui,Shigeru Mizuki,Rutu Modan,Derf Backderf, Robin ha,Kazou Koike ... to name a few. Are you in goodreads? Regards .Vivek
What a list! As they say, all killer, no filler 😁 Thanks for your kind words in the channel and hope to see your enjoyment continue for a long long time! And no, I'm not on Goodreads myself, although I often read people's reviews there, especially my viewers and members of the Discord channel! Fell free to share your links with me, here or in Dscord!
I'm really not well versed on the subject matter to say anything other than - "lovely video as always, and I'll be sure to look into Tardi!" .....as if Fantagraphics already doesn't take most of money due to the disney books...... :P
Awesome content friend. There´s not much content on BD in english around youtube. Yours videos are thoroughly enjoyble! I´ve been wanting to dip my toes on some Tardi books, and you just me made me go full on ahead. Here in Brazil we have some books published which are quite hard to find, glad to see there´s a lot of them in english. As a sugestion, you should do some content on italian Fumetti comics.
Thank you so much! I'd love to know what you think of whichever Tardi books you decide to try! And what you recommend I try/ start with for fumetti? Especially that would be reasonably easily available in English?
@@ftloc Basically anything form Sergio Bonelli Editore, Dylan Dog, Martin Mystere, Maigc Wind and Tex are all classic characters popular here in Brazil. There´s a few stories from Dylan Dog published by Dark Horse. Aside from that, I believe there´s a Tex Willer story penciled by Joe Kubert in english as well. Since I´m here might as well recommend you Argentinian comics, particularly from H.G. Oesterheld: Mort Cinder, Ernie Pike (penciled by Hugo Pratt) and The Eternaut, all of these published in english. Just bought "Le cri du people" which wasnt´t published in english. Looking forward for more on you´re "international comics" content. Really want to know more abaout comics in India.
Wonderful video! I am a big Tardi fan and have some of these books. I must highlight that this video is very well shot and edited and is cinematic in the look. Kudos!
Thanks so much - I've been slowly working to improve my videos so it is really gratifying to hear that you liked the technical aspects! Tardi is of course magnificent and I'm looking forward to more of his books coming out in English. Do you have a favourite from the ones you have read?
Tardi is my favorite European creator, I even have a French edition of Cri du Peuple mostly to look at the art. Thank you for such a fun and informative look at his work!
I'm thrilled that you enjoyed the video as a fan of Tardi's! He's definitely a fast favoruite of mine and every work of his has something unique to offer!
Tardi is the real deal, no doubt. The translation I’m most looking forward to is "Le Cri du peuple", because of interesting subject matter combined with Tardi’s skill.
My favorite Tardi book is, Le Cri du peuple. Luckily I found the spanish edition several years ago and I've never let go of the guy. His work is fantastic. As a tangent to the video, it's really mindboggling how dificult it can get to get european comics other than the big hitters like moebius and herge. I'm in south america and trying to broaden my library and i'm all stuck on several titles.
I have heard many people praise _Le Cri du Peuple_ now and cannot wait for it to be translated! I'm so glad you enjoyed the video! and I completely agree with you about how hard it is to get (at least English language) editions of a lot of stuff. Even Moebius' work seems to be in some sort of limbo with things like Azarch, the Airtight Garage, and Blueberry not available with ease. Cinebooks and IDW with their Euro Comics imprint have been doing a commendable job though - I am glad to have the Corto Maltese books, for example.
@@ftloc Word. I thought Euro Comics was no longer a thing... I've been considering going digital for the stuff, europecomics has a big selection of books in english, but i rather have paper for these stuff.
Just done reading the bomb by alcante. The combination of storytelling and history is gold for me, really looking forward to this tardi's ww1 collection. I would love to see your top 10 (or soemthing) comics about the world wars.
That's really a fascinating topic, but I'll probably need to read a lot more to make a Top 10. Perhaps I could just go with a 'best war comics I've read (thus far)'? For example, I will be looking up The Bomb, which I have not read! Cheers!
@@surfingerik69 Absolutely! I always love getting suggestions from people in the comments and elsewhere, so maybe hat will become something is specifically start asking for in all my list videos!
@@ftloc I loved it all. Griffu was the stand out for me of the slip case collection but to be fair it’s all great. I have been eyeing up I Rene Tardi for a while now and that will be the next jumping on point for me.
hello. I just found out that Fantagraphics is releasing Elise and the New Resistance by Tardi in English for 2024 release date. Is this an older work of his or a newer work?
Great question, and i don't know for sure. I know he has a book based on writing by Dominique Granger from 1985, but this sounds like a new work of fiction based closely on fact. I'll update here if i find out more, and please do let me know if you get any confirmation as well!
@@ftloc thanks. i will definitely get back to you. I LOVE his crime books. I am currently reading the TARDI war series about his father. Such beautiful art with such dark and sad narratives. I wish Tardi's Newer works would be translated more. His art is so much better and more developed. Instead the publishers tend to focus on his much older work. I never understand that way of thinking =(
Godamn This War! fading from color to practically black and white was so apt it gave me chills when I realized what was happening. Those poor souls may have survived, but they were being desiccated every hour they suffered life in the trenches. My great-grandfather was a WWI vet. I only met him once when I was very young and it was absolutely terrifying. It must be one of my earliest memories. He was sitting and suddenly belted out the most blood-curdling sound of pure horror. I scrambled to my mom for comfort and she said "it's alright, he's ok" and I remember thinking even then "how can someone make that sound and be alright"? As an adult I asked my father about him and was told that he would regularly stare off into space and scream... but it was particularly scary when it happened while driving! (`･/д＼･)
Wow, that's a powerful and visceral picture of permanent trauma; thank you so much for sharing. I think Tardi does a phenomenal job of keeping something that may otherwise fade from memory so fresh and alive. His choice of details and the manner in which he portrays it makes it impossible to forget, something you can feel is of primary importance to the author.
Amazing, thank you for this. I had been on the fence about Streets of Paris, Streets of Murder and I honestly hadn't given much attention to the author. Very cool to see there's a lot more from Tardi. Could you tell me the size/height of these like Run Like Crazy Run Like Hell, is it as tall as a deluxe edition/omnibus book?
So glad you enjoyed the video. Re: the Manchette books, there are two sizes. Those older, individual volumes are a little shorter than an Image deluxe edition, say, but the Streets of Paris, Streets of Murder collection puts them in a much larger edition, about the size of a Dark Horse Library Edition. Let me know if that helps!
Excellent video! Tardi is one of those creators I've yet to check out and I'm definitely looking forward to it. Those two oversized Nestor Burma books look very interesting, as do his WWI and WWII stories. My only question was whether the books collected in the WWI slipcase (It was the war of the trenches and Goddamn this war) are European or American sized hardcovers.
The only books at the 'European' size are the newest ones - the three Rene Tardii WWII books, and the new Manchette editions, included in the Streets of Murder slipcase (I think that is what you were referring to, not Nestor Burma?). Everything else is the slightly smaller size you see here.
No, it's not retired, I just try some videos without them to see if they affect audience retention and stuff like that 😊 I may start putting those titles in at the end of a video, what do you think of that? As for the list of comics, here they are in order of appearance: Zot! by Scott McCloud George Sprott by Seth a pinup by Richard Sala Lint/Rusty Brown by Chris Ware Black Hole by Charles Burns Watchmen by Dave Gibbons (written by Alan Moore) Batman Year One by David Mazzucchelli (written by Frank Miller) The Lincoln County War by Rick Geary Love and Rockets by Jaime Hernandez American Splendor by Robert Crumb (written by and starring Harvey Pekar) Age of Reptiles by Ricardo Delgado Polina by Bastien Vives Bone by Jeff Smith Hilda by Luke Pearson I Killed Adolf Hitler by Jason Castle Waiting by Linda Medley Mouse Guard by David Petersen Scott Pilgrim by Bryan Lee O' Malley Mind MGMT by Matt Kindt Usagi Yojimbo by Stan Sakai Cheers!
@@ftloc We like to play the game of trying to identify those comics. Thank you for the answer sheet. I recently read I Killed Adolf Hitler at your suggestion and got really excited when I found that panel! I've never heard of a couple of those, so I'll to check them out. I think it's reasonable to experiment with where to put the title sequence and even leaving it out sometimes. I wouldn't mind it at the end sometimes.
The Manchette box set (which reprints three of these books plus a fourth and three stories) , as well as the WWI box are still very easily available and I think the same goes for the _I, Rene Tardi_ books and _Fog over Tolbiac Bridge_ , which will cover most of the best ones. I think _You Are There_ was reprinted with a new cover too. But the Adele Blanc Sec books, yes, those seem to be badly OOP 😢
West Coast blues is an adaptation of "le petit bleu de la côte ouest" by Jean-Patrick Manchette and the Nestor Burma comics are adaptation of the books by Léo Malet (it's funny but Malet was inspired by the first lines of Sax Rohmer's Fu Manchu for the name of his famous detective : "Smith, Nayland Smith from Burma).
How interesting! I can't wait for the next Burma stories. After reading these six or seven stories, I am also interested in seeking out a Manchette book or two in English.
@@ftloc The particularity of the Nestor Burma serie is that the action of each book is set in a different arrondissement of Paris. Only five of the twenty arrondissements of the French capital have not been used as settings for a novel. Another literary reference : Malet named his serie "The new mysteries of Paris" as a tribute to Eugene Sue's "The Mysteries of Paris"
I generally use Bookswagon and sometimes Amazon for new books; I get used books from people online selling through Facebook or Whatsapp, but that is less about what you are looking for and more about what they have available at different points of time. I hope that helps!
@@ftloc wow thanks alot for the reply , i love bookswagon too s the books there are always just less costly than on amazon , anddd a whole lotta thnks goes to you cuz i would never ve discovered tardi if not thru here , love that guy , reminds me a lot of herge whom i adore too. btw have u tried out christophe chaboute ? and paco roca? theyere fantastic too.
Thank you so much; thrilled you've now interested in Tardi, a true master! I talked about three Chaboute books in this video : ua-cam.com/video/UgLNTyp1ioU/v-deo.html And about discovering more of Paco Roca in this livestream: ua-cam.com/video/vTGGBlSg5vw/v-deo.html There's also a sort of follow up video with more Tardi here: ua-cam.com/video/aIX86fw1sGo/v-deo.html I hope you enjoy them!
You know I keep thinking after watching your videos, how much would you value your entire collection at? it must be thousands surely, probably very hard to calculate?
Haha, I literally have no idea. But since I've never won the lottery, robbed a bank or inherited a fortune, it is all within the bounds on what a salary can afford. Just takes time and spending on nothing else, I guess? 😁
I almost bought bloody streets of Paris box set but couldn’t fit it in with my latest order. Panic bought a lot of love and rockets because it was starting to go out of stock everywhere
I've read a couple of Lynda Barry books, as well as short stories by her in various anthologies. Dav Pilkey I know only through my nephews and their reading of Captain Underpants and Dog Man, but from what I saw of them, they seemed genuinely enjoyable! Clown is not something I have read, but of course I've grown up worshipping the art of Quentin Blake, usually in the books of Roald Dahl. I'll be sure to keep an eye out for Clown! Thank you!
I enjoy Dav Work as a great influencer of Comics to the next generation of artists and storytellers... And Clown is an amazing story.....almost reminds me of Charlie Chaplin and his adventures
I have the two Tardi-Manchette set published by Fantagraphics. Just read the first story, Griffu, and it's so cliché (in a boring, not must-have way) Bad start for me.
Ah, that's unfortunate! But one good thing about Tardi is that he has such a range of comics that one story may not be to your tastes but another will. I'd be interested in hearing what you think of the other stories in the set, but if you find yourself not enjoying his violent crime stories, maybe you could try his WWI and WWII comics instead. Or the steampunk/ madcap ones 😁
@@ftloc i'll keep reading, but gotta say, they mention that Griffú was made in like 3 weeks, and it shows. I also have the WWI box set, but I don't see me reading thay any time soon.
Alas I'm not really an expert on them, my childhood collections have been lost to time. There are a a couple of Indrajals I have remaining but nothing that could fuel a proper survey. Perhaps I'll start working on that more informal 'comics of my childhood' video I have always planned! 😁
Timestamps for ease of navigation!
00:00 How I discovered Jacques Tardi
01:11 The Bloody Streets of Paris and why I loved it
02:38 What hooked me first about Tardi
03:37 My quest/ Fantagraphics to the rescue!
04:18 Jacques Tardi's impressive range
05:47 Main Titles
05:57 The Bloody Streets of Paris (reprise)
06:35 You Are There
08:28 West Coast Blues
09:14 It Was The War of the Trenches
11:31 Adele Blanc Sec Vol 1
12:50 Adele Blac Sec Vol 2
13:45 The Arctic Marauder
15:09 Like A Sniper Lining Up His Shot
16:12 New York Mon Amour
18:13 Godamn This War!
20:02 The WWI slipcase set
20:22 Run Like Crazy, Run Like Hell
21:58 Fog Over Tolbiac Bridge
23:07 I, Rene Tardi...Parts 1, 2, and 3
25:21: Goof!
25:32 Streets of Paris, Streets of Murder
26:20 The original chronology
27:30 What I'm looking forward to!
Pin your own comment. It looks odd finding your comment in the middle of comment section😂
tallmanT14 Haha, I always pin these timestamps and then UA-cam unpins them. Thanks for pointing it out here!
As a French person and a comic book enthusiast, I've always seen Jacques Tardi as a national treasure.
Absolutely so! He's magnificent.
Instantly you see it is Tardi because his art is so special and wonderful.
5Absolutely unmistakable, I agree 100%
Here I am, again watching with unflinching concentration as my Big Papa Comics showcases yet another incredibly interesting line of works that I need to look into at some point.
Rest assured that notes were taken, heads were nodded and "aaah":s where uttered. Tardi seems like he would be right up my alley - noir, violence, war, great art... whats not to love?
It's amusing to me how I recognize several of the covers of these titles as I've passed by them on multiple occasions when browsing online, however, after seeing this I'm not sure if I can keep passing them by for much longer.
No wonder that you've been busy! Almost 29 minutes of footlock film bravado is enough to make anyone's mouth water in anticipation of excellent information in a wonderful package - this was interesting and well done throughout! The overhead shots are great and I love how your narration follows along with your emoting with the hands =)
Superb work as always sir! Catch you later!
Many many thanks as always! Yes, sleep has not been a friend of mine of late but all that changes now! 😁
I'm so glad you enjoyed the video and yes, Tardi is a real gem and very well worth your time. Since you gravitate towards the noir violence, maybe I can suggest the large format slipcased Manchette set as a starting point? 😁
@@ftloc suggestion duly noted, no objections raised! Have a good night and thanks for enriching mine!
As much as I love everything you do, I have to say that I honestly cannot thank you enough for introducing me to Tardi. It’s been a long time since I was this excited about a creator in any medium.
That just makes my day! Thank you so much and I am thrilled to bits to hear how much you're enjoying one of my all-time favourites. Now I feel I've gotten to 'pay forward' the favour done to by my friend who put the first book into my hands! Cheers!
I never heard of this author until I watched this video. At some point, I look forward to reading some of Tardi's books. I really do enjoy the deep-dive content. Thanks for all your hard work.
He's a true master, and I'm really appreciative of Fantagraphics making him known to me!
Tardi is indeed a true master and I too recommend you to read his works. His art is special, one can always tell it is Tardi. 😊
Jacques Tardi is a monument of the graphic Novel
An unmistakable style indeed!
Lol now I have 17 more comics to read. Man you are consuming a lot of time in my life but I'm loving each and every bit of it
Haha mission successful then, thank you! 😁
Great video, I’ve always wanted a solid overview of his work! It makes me wonder if Mignola ever saw those Adele Blac-Sec stories back then. The colors and shadows have some major Hellboy vibes.
Thanks, I'm glad you like this! Tardi, from what I understand, is widely acclaimed and beloved, and given how widely read Mignola is, I am sure he would have at least seen some work, especially Adele Blanc Sec 😁
This video is a masterpiece. Of course your other videos are masterpieces as well.😁
Thank you so much! Very kind of you to say!
On the back of this video I bought four Tardi volumes, West Coast Blues, Like a Sniper, War of the Trenches and Goddam this War. On the back of reading those in unputdownable succession I've now bought another five. Each of the books I've read was simply excellent and right up there as the best reads I've had this year and the term "masterpiece" comes to mind.
The two war books were unrelentingly grim, brutal and pulled no punches in their savage criticism of the futility of the First World War (and clearly war in general). Much of the content was hard to take and yet both books were so well written and drawn one simply can't look away. The art was stunning in each.
The other two (noir crime) books were equally impressive with West Coast Blues being the pick of the two for me. A gripping fast paced thriller with gritty dialogue and uncompromising characters cut together with one violent scene to next. Again, the art perfectly combines with the dialogue and text and not a single word or panel is wasted. Excellent stuff.
Your overview video of Tardi's works was one I watched in its entirety when it was published but I have returned to several times, finding the timing breakdowns especially useful. Good criticism is not always just about whether the art in question has merit or not, although Tardi's work has an abundance of that, but good criticism makes the viewer want to experience the art in question themselves. I've now lost count of the amount of books I've bought as a result of your superb videos. With only a cursory awareness of Tardi before your video, I find myself in your debt for opening such a box of literary comic book treasure for me.
Anyway, I have the I Rene Tardi trilogy to look forward to as well as The Artic Marauder and Run Like Crazy, all of which I have no doubt will be of the highest standard if what I've now read is anything to go by.
As always you're way too kind, but I really appreciate it! There are often times when I wonder if I have done justice to the works I want to talk about or if the video is in any way worthwhile, so hearing such lovely feedback is a vital shot in the arm always.
The graphic representation of violence has seldom been used to such differing effects as in Tardi's crime versus war stories. Like you, I found myself unable too tear my eyes away in spite of the no-holds barred approach to very difficult-to-read content. It is truly a testament to his skills as a writer that he is able to pare and highlight both with such precision.
West Coast Blues is a real freight train of a story isn't it? I'm sure you will enjoy the other Manchette books, and I am curious to see what you make of the Arctic Marauder and the Adele Blanc Sec stories, them being so markedly different from what you've read so far!
Cheers, my friend!
@@ftloc I'm still waiting for the second volume of I Rene Tardi to arrive although I have 1 and 3. Not going to start vol 1 just in case I can't wait for vol 2 if you get my drift. I really enjoyed The Artic Marauder, different in both style and content to the noir and war books (were they really war books? Maybe they should be categorised under "horror"?). I loved the art in Artic Marauder too. I also have You Are Here and Adele Blanc Sec vol 2 to arrive (Vol 1 seems to be outrageously expensive so I'll wait for someone to auction it on eBay as someone did recently, it went for £12 but I forgot to bid myself). But next up is Fog Over Tolbiac Bridge.
The english hardcover collection is much better than the Casterman edition, thank you for sharing Jacques Tardi work
So glad you liked the video, and it's my pleasure, I simply love his work!
Thank you for introduce me to these graphic novels. Right away ordered two of them
Lovely to hear that! Which two did you get?
@@ftloc Tardi's Ww1: It Was The Year Of The Trenches / Goddamn This War! Did you read Guerillas by Brahm Revel. Also ordered that one
Sleep Reader sent me, great informative video. Thank you for the content!!
Welcome to the channel, and so happy you enjoyed the video! Hope you find plenty to enjoy here! 😁
From where did bought "Goddamn This War!"...
I really want to buy it!
I got it as part of the two-book set with _It Was the War of the Trenches_ ; the box is called _Tardi's WWI_ .
Once again thanks so much for the new horizons. I am such an introvert I’m completely dysfunctional at social gatherings because the conversation is DULL DULL DULL and I gladly head over the the bookshelf and dive in , only problem being no one has bookshelves anymore because no one reads :-(
Reading, tragically, does seem to be on the decline even more in general terms, but I am lucky to have friends and acquaintances who love reading! And I also like sharing books with people to get them to read too! 😁
You mentioned re reading over and over, that is a great appeal to me with the few graphic comic / stories that I have. They come out time and time again. Thank you for your videos. I must get more stories on my bookshelf :)
Thank you so much, I'm soo glad to hear you enjoy the videos. It always seems like with soo much to still read for the first time rereading should be a waste, but there's so much that revisiting reveals that i honestly think what i think of as arey has to be something that can be reread and registered and still hold up.
I have the crime noir box set and the world war 1 box set from fantagraphics. Great design and great art and story. May I make a suggestion for your next video? Have you heard of the spanich comic noir series called Blacksad published by dark horse? It's an amazing series with great water color art. It is set in the 50s in the united states and all its characters are anthropomorphic animals. It touches upon a lot of topic such as racism, drug and war. It's a great comic and I think you will love it.
Those boxes are really wonderful icings on an already terrific cakes, aren't they?
And I have read and enjoyed Blacksad, the more it goes on the better it gets I feel. I have a Blacksad video (paired with Bryan Talbot's Grandville) planned but just need to find the right things to say and the time to make it! 😁
Unfortunately I can't seem to find Tardi's WWI anywhere, maybe it's out of print.
Oh that's a real pity! But I think both the books are still available, yes?
Absolutely wonderful video overview...I marvel at your skill, as I also marvel over the Tardi pages you show.
This is also just plain useful as one doesn’t hear more than passing references to Tardi over here in the states..I’m not sure why...
You're too kind! 😊 Yes, I am not sure why Tardi isn't more known in the United States; he definitely gets a lot of love from folks like Spigelman and McCloud, I think, and Fantagraphics has done a good job giving us nice editions of some wonderful work. I do hope you get to check him out, particularly the WWI and WII books and -if to your taste- the violent noir.
you definitely has the best channel (and collection) that i ever know. thank you so much for keep bring us so many awesome comics and comments. cheers from Brazil o/
Thank you so very much for watching and commenting, and I hope your enjoyment of this channel continues for a long time! 😁
Cheers and greetings right back from India!
Everyone owes himself/herself the duty of reading Tardi, at least once in their lifetime, preferably in a bigger size such as those being published by Fantagraphics. An artist that elevates the meaning of 9th Art to another level, definitely. Another top choice and great recommendation. Cheers….
I completely agree with you - the more I read his work, the more I find to love. So glad you enjoyed the video~! Cheers!
Currently reading Goddamn this war by Tardi.. Superb book. Your introduction and summary of Tardi's work is very comprehensive and useful. Thank you for that.
So glad you liked the video and that's an excellent book to start with, one of my favourites! I hope you continue exploring Tardi's works, and do let me know what you think of them if you do! Cheers!
@For the Love of Comics I thoroughly enjoyed the book "Goddamn this war". I recently found your channel .I started reading Graphic Non-Fiction/Fiction some years ago and enjoy them a lot. I love the following authors. Joe Sacco,Marjane Satrapi,Craig Thompson,Sarah Glidden, Raid Sattouf,Will Eisner,Guy Delisle, Osamu Tezuka,David Small,Thi Bui,Shigeru Mizuki,Rutu Modan,Derf Backderf, Robin ha,Kazou Koike ... to name a few. Are you in goodreads?
Regards .Vivek
What a list! As they say, all killer, no filler 😁 Thanks for your kind words in the channel and hope to see your enjoyment continue for a long long time!
And no, I'm not on Goodreads myself, although I often read people's reviews there, especially my viewers and members of the Discord channel! Fell free to share your links with me, here or in Dscord!
thank you for showing me more of graphic novels that i love. more of these european grapgical novels, tin tin, blake and mortimer, etc
There is so much range in Tardi's works that I am sure you will find something here you will love!
I'm really not well versed on the subject matter to say anything other than - "lovely video as always, and I'll be sure to look into Tardi!"
.....as if Fantagraphics already doesn't take most of money due to the disney books...... :P
Thanks! Yes, give at least the War books a look, if you can!
Awesome content friend. There´s not much content on BD in english around youtube. Yours videos are thoroughly enjoyble! I´ve been wanting to dip my toes on some Tardi books, and you just me made me go full on ahead. Here in Brazil we have some books published which are quite hard to find, glad to see there´s a lot of them in english.
As a sugestion, you should do some content on italian Fumetti comics.
Thank you so much! I'd love to know what you think of whichever Tardi books you decide to try!
And what you recommend I try/ start with for fumetti? Especially that would be reasonably easily available in English?
@@ftloc Basically anything form Sergio Bonelli Editore, Dylan Dog, Martin Mystere, Maigc Wind and Tex are all classic characters popular here in Brazil. There´s a few stories from Dylan Dog published by Dark Horse. Aside from that, I believe there´s a Tex Willer story penciled by Joe Kubert in english as well.
Since I´m here might as well recommend you Argentinian comics, particularly from H.G. Oesterheld: Mort Cinder, Ernie Pike (penciled by Hugo Pratt) and The Eternaut, all of these published in english.
Just bought "Le cri du people" which wasnt´t published in english.
Looking forward for more on you´re "international comics" content. Really want to know more abaout comics in India.
@For the Love of Comics just found Bonelli is being published in the US by these people www.epicentercomics.com/
Wonderful video! I am a big Tardi fan and have some of these books. I must highlight that this video is very well shot and edited and is cinematic in the look. Kudos!
Thanks so much - I've been slowly working to improve my videos so it is really gratifying to hear that you liked the technical aspects!
Tardi is of course magnificent and I'm looking forward to more of his books coming out in English. Do you have a favourite from the ones you have read?
@@ftloc Rene Tardi, Prisoner of War trilogy if I was made to choose
Tardi is my favorite European creator, I even have a French edition of Cri du Peuple mostly to look at the art. Thank you for such a fun and informative look at his work!
I'm thrilled that you enjoyed the video as a fan of Tardi's! He's definitely a fast favoruite of mine and every work of his has something unique to offer!
Nice overview of the Tardi's books translated in English!!!
Glad you liked it - I'm really thankful for Fantagraphics for filling this gap!
Tardi is the real deal, no doubt. The translation I’m most looking forward to is "Le Cri du peuple", because of interesting subject matter combined with Tardi’s skill.
Like most of Tardi before it's translated, I know nothing about it but I cannot wait for it!
My favorite Tardi book is, Le Cri du peuple. Luckily I found the spanish edition several years ago and I've never let go of the guy. His work is fantastic. As a tangent to the video, it's really mindboggling how dificult it can get to get european comics other than the big hitters like moebius and herge. I'm in south america and trying to broaden my library and i'm all stuck on several titles.
I have heard many people praise _Le Cri du Peuple_ now and cannot wait for it to be translated!
I'm so glad you enjoyed the video! and I completely agree with you about how hard it is to get (at least English language) editions of a lot of stuff. Even Moebius' work seems to be in some sort of limbo with things like Azarch, the Airtight Garage, and Blueberry not available with ease.
Cinebooks and IDW with their Euro Comics imprint have been doing a commendable job though - I am glad to have the Corto Maltese books, for example.
@@ftloc Word. I thought Euro Comics was no longer a thing... I've been considering going digital for the stuff, europecomics has a big selection of books in english, but i rather have paper for these stuff.
@@punkoso I'm the same way. Comics that were designed and laid out for 'paper reading' I would prefer to read that way!
It will be great seeing you read and shaeing your opinion on department of truth. Ita great comicbook
I've heard some good stuff about it - I'll check it out!
Just done reading the bomb by alcante. The combination of storytelling and history is gold for me, really looking forward to this tardi's ww1 collection.
I would love to see your top 10 (or soemthing) comics about the world wars.
That's really a fascinating topic, but I'll probably need to read a lot more to make a Top 10. Perhaps I could just go with a 'best war comics I've read (thus far)'?
For example, I will be looking up The Bomb, which I have not read! Cheers!
@@ftloc i think that would be awesome. With some Luck people will share there best war comics and we can read alot more ;)
@@surfingerik69 Absolutely! I always love getting suggestions from people in the comments and elsewhere, so maybe hat will become something is specifically start asking for in all my list videos!
I have only recently discovered Tardi, with streets of Paris streets of murder and I’ve been looking to jump into more. Great video!
Thank you! And what a great place to jump on! What did you think of the stories?
@@ftloc I loved it all. Griffu was the stand out for me of the slip case collection but to be fair it’s all great. I have been eyeing up I Rene Tardi for a while now and that will be the next jumping on point for me.
@@OffMyShelves You will not be disappointed. You may also want to keep an eye out for the WWI box, those books are magnificent!
hello. I just found out that Fantagraphics is releasing Elise and the New Resistance by Tardi in English for 2024 release date. Is this an older work of his or a newer work?
Great question, and i don't know for sure. I know he has a book based on writing by Dominique Granger from 1985, but this sounds like a new work of fiction based closely on fact. I'll update here if i find out more, and please do let me know if you get any confirmation as well!
@@ftloc thanks. i will definitely get back to you. I LOVE his crime books. I am currently reading the TARDI war series about his father. Such beautiful art with such dark and sad narratives. I wish Tardi's Newer works would be translated more. His art is so much better and more developed. Instead the publishers tend to focus on his much older work. I never understand that way of thinking =(
Godamn This War! fading from color to practically black and white was so apt it gave me chills when I realized what was happening. Those poor souls may have survived, but they were being desiccated every hour they suffered life in the trenches.
My great-grandfather was a WWI vet. I only met him once when I was very young and it was absolutely terrifying. It must be one of my earliest memories. He was sitting and suddenly belted out the most blood-curdling sound of pure horror. I scrambled to my mom for comfort and she said "it's alright, he's ok" and I remember thinking even then "how can someone make that sound and be alright"? As an adult I asked my father about him and was told that he would regularly stare off into space and scream... but it was particularly scary when it happened while driving!
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Wow, that's a powerful and visceral picture of permanent trauma; thank you so much for sharing. I think Tardi does a phenomenal job of keeping something that may otherwise fade from memory so fresh and alive. His choice of details and the manner in which he portrays it makes it impossible to forget, something you can feel is of primary importance to the author.
Amazing, thank you for this. I had been on the fence about Streets of Paris, Streets of Murder and I honestly hadn't given much attention to the author. Very cool to see there's a lot more from Tardi. Could you tell me the size/height of these like Run Like Crazy Run Like Hell, is it as tall as a deluxe edition/omnibus book?
So glad you enjoyed the video. Re: the Manchette books, there are two sizes. Those older, individual volumes are a little shorter than an Image deluxe edition, say, but the Streets of Paris, Streets of Murder collection puts them in a much larger edition, about the size of a Dark Horse Library Edition. Let me know if that helps!
@@ftloc most definitely, thanks
Excellent video!
Tardi is one of those creators I've yet to check out and I'm definitely looking forward to it. Those two oversized Nestor Burma books look very interesting, as do his WWI and WWII stories.
My only question was whether the books collected in the WWI slipcase (It was the war of the trenches and Goddamn this war) are European or American sized hardcovers.
The only books at the 'European' size are the newest ones - the three Rene Tardii WWII books, and the new Manchette editions, included in the Streets of Murder slipcase (I think that is what you were referring to, not Nestor Burma?). Everything else is the slightly smaller size you see here.
@@ftloc Thanks, and yeah, that's what I meant.
Is the introduction music retired? Can you make a quick video on which comics were featured?
No, it's not retired, I just try some videos without them to see if they affect audience retention and stuff like that 😊 I may start putting those titles in at the end of a video, what do you think of that?
As for the list of comics, here they are in order of appearance:
Zot! by Scott McCloud
George Sprott by Seth
a pinup by Richard Sala
Lint/Rusty Brown by Chris Ware
Black Hole by Charles Burns
Watchmen by Dave Gibbons (written by Alan Moore)
Batman Year One by David Mazzucchelli (written by Frank Miller)
The Lincoln County War by Rick Geary
Love and Rockets by Jaime Hernandez
American Splendor by Robert Crumb (written by and starring Harvey Pekar)
Age of Reptiles by Ricardo Delgado
Polina by Bastien Vives
Bone by Jeff Smith
Hilda by Luke Pearson
I Killed Adolf Hitler by Jason
Castle Waiting by Linda Medley
Mouse Guard by David Petersen
Scott Pilgrim by Bryan Lee O' Malley
Mind MGMT by Matt Kindt
Usagi Yojimbo by Stan Sakai
Cheers!
@@ftloc We like to play the game of trying to identify those comics. Thank you for the answer sheet. I recently read I Killed Adolf Hitler at your suggestion and got really excited when I found that panel! I've never heard of a couple of those, so I'll to check them out. I think it's reasonable to experiment with where to put the title sequence and even leaving it out sometimes. I wouldn't mind it at the end sometimes.
I just used it in my latest video! 😁
Amazing as always, unfortunately these are hard to find
The Manchette box set (which reprints three of these books plus a fourth and three stories) , as well as the WWI box are still very easily available and I think the same goes for the _I, Rene Tardi_ books and _Fog over Tolbiac Bridge_ , which will cover most of the best ones. I think _You Are There_ was reprinted with a new cover too. But the Adele Blanc Sec books, yes, those seem to be badly OOP 😢
West Coast blues is an adaptation of "le petit bleu de la côte ouest" by Jean-Patrick Manchette and the Nestor Burma comics are adaptation of the books by Léo Malet (it's funny but Malet was inspired by the first lines of Sax Rohmer's Fu Manchu for the name of his famous detective : "Smith, Nayland Smith from Burma).
How interesting! I can't wait for the next Burma stories. After reading these six or seven stories, I am also interested in seeking out a Manchette book or two in English.
@@ftloc The particularity of the Nestor Burma serie is that the action of each book is set in a different arrondissement of Paris. Only five of the twenty arrondissements of the French capital have not been used as settings for a novel. Another literary reference : Malet named his serie "The new mysteries of Paris" as a tribute to Eugene Sue's "The Mysteries of Paris"
@@monnezzapromizoulin5169 That's what I saw when reading up but didn't mention it because I wasn't sure how to pronounce 'arrondissement'! 😁
@@ftloc District is very good also ^^!
@@monnezzapromizoulin5169 haha I'll keep that in mind! 👍🏽
The last Nestor Burma adventure published by fantagraphics is fog over tobiac bridge
That's the first one, as I discuss here. I hope they bring the rest out too!
can u please tell of some online sites where u get comics collected editions in india?
I generally use Bookswagon and sometimes Amazon for new books; I get used books from people online selling through Facebook or Whatsapp, but that is less about what you are looking for and more about what they have available at different points of time. I hope that helps!
@@ftloc wow thanks alot for the reply , i love bookswagon too s the books there are always just less costly than on amazon , anddd a whole lotta thnks goes to you cuz i would never ve discovered tardi if not thru here , love that guy , reminds me a lot of herge whom i adore too.
btw have u tried out christophe chaboute ? and paco roca? theyere fantastic too.
Thank you so much; thrilled you've now interested in Tardi, a true master!
I talked about three Chaboute books in this video : ua-cam.com/video/UgLNTyp1ioU/v-deo.html
And about discovering more of Paco Roca in this livestream: ua-cam.com/video/vTGGBlSg5vw/v-deo.html
There's also a sort of follow up video with more Tardi here: ua-cam.com/video/aIX86fw1sGo/v-deo.html
I hope you enjoy them!
Nice discussion!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Awesome, i love tardi
great - I hope you enjoyed the video!
You know I keep thinking after watching your videos, how much would you value your entire collection at? it must be thousands surely, probably very hard to calculate?
Haha, I literally have no idea. But since I've never won the lottery, robbed a bank or inherited a fortune, it is all within the bounds on what a salary can afford. Just takes time and spending on nothing else, I guess? 😁
I almost bought bloody streets of Paris box set but couldn’t fit it in with my latest order. Panic bought a lot of love and rockets because it was starting to go out of stock everywhere
Haha, which Love and Rockets was this? I love that series!
Great video👍👍
Thanks, as always!
Have you ever read Lynda Barry...or Dav Pilkey...or Quentin Blake's CLOWN
I've read a couple of Lynda Barry books, as well as short stories by her in various anthologies. Dav Pilkey I know only through my nephews and their reading of Captain Underpants and Dog Man, but from what I saw of them, they seemed genuinely enjoyable!
Clown is not something I have read, but of course I've grown up worshipping the art of Quentin Blake, usually in the books of Roald Dahl. I'll be sure to keep an eye out for Clown! Thank you!
I enjoy Dav Work as a great influencer of Comics to the next generation of artists and storytellers... And Clown is an amazing story.....almost reminds me of Charlie Chaplin and his adventures
There's no doubt of Pulley's influence, in the approach as well as business aspects of comics!
And Clown sounds great!
Please make a video on Jo zette jocko comic.
I'd love to but I can't get my hands on those books! 😢
1000th view is mine! Tardi-fic video!
Haha thank you and congratulations! Here's a cookie! 🍪
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Have you ever read berserk?
I read the first Deluxe and my Vol 2 is stuck at my sister's place and I haven't been able to visit in two years!
@@ftloc Ok imo berserk is one of the best dark fantasy comics
I have the two Tardi-Manchette set published by Fantagraphics. Just read the first story, Griffu, and it's so cliché (in a boring, not must-have way) Bad start for me.
Ah, that's unfortunate! But one good thing about Tardi is that he has such a range of comics that one story may not be to your tastes but another will.
I'd be interested in hearing what you think of the other stories in the set, but if you find yourself not enjoying his violent crime stories, maybe you could try his WWI and WWII comics instead.
Or the steampunk/ madcap ones 😁
@@ftloc i'll keep reading, but gotta say, they mention that Griffú was made in like 3 weeks, and it shows. I also have the WWI box set, but I don't see me reading thay any time soon.
Please review some Old Indian comics like Indrajal comics , Diamond comics 🙏
Sir
Alas I'm not really an expert on them, my childhood collections have been lost to time. There are a a couple of Indrajals I have remaining but nothing that could fuel a proper survey. Perhaps I'll start working on that more informal 'comics of my childhood' video I have always planned! 😁
@@ftloc thank you for replying
Well what about Phantom comics
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But I'm your Fan 🙏
@@souvikmukherjee6493 Thank you! 😁
Jai ador Tardi.
Moi aussi!
Screw people. They're only there to keep books for I have not enough space. ;-)
Haha that's how I feel about them and money! 😁