Articles on FA about comics created by Jacques Tardi

The Arctic Marauder

by Jacques Tardi ; Fantagraphics Books

Peter Campbell — 09-May-11

Fantagraphics continues its programme of issuing the works of Jacques Tardi with this, a translation of a comic from the earliest stages of his career. It’s a slim volume (64 pages), written and drawn in a style that reveals another facet to his diverse abilities. It’s also the least satisfying of his works to appear in English to date.

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Tags: Fantagraphics, Jacques Tardi

West Coast Blues

by Jacques Tardi ; Fantagraphics Books

JT Lindroos — 19-Nov-10

What else could you expect? I mean honestly, when you combine one of the finest living comic book artists with one of the greatest writers of hardboiled crime fiction. Really. Don’t even bother reading the rest of this review. Just buy the book. Is there anything I can do but state the obvious?

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Tags: Fantagraphics, Jacques Tardi, Jean-Patrick Manchette