I'm also terrible att French, but I love BD art so much that I learn a lot just from reading books that haven't been translated to English, Swedish or Danish. I understand most Danish so when only tome 1 of Cyann by Bourgeon was translated to Swedish I bought the rest of the series in Danish.

Yes, true, you know you're in for a treat with Schuiten. Have you read The Tower? It's sooo good.

Oh I see. But I often feel old when I talk about books released in the late seventies in Sweden that were handed down to me by my older sister. We both adored Derib's Buddy Longway and I was obsessed with Johan and Peewit and read the same books over and over. When I mention and rave about those books now my younger friends don't know what I'm on about! :)

Humanoids are reviving Metal Hurlant, too. :)
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/humanoidsinc/metal-hurlant

Watership Down by Richard Adams is my favourite book.Thank you for this wonderful post.

There's something so endearing about Gaston. I often find myself wanting him to succeed with his own projects and simultaneously that he is successful at helping Fantasio in a way that makes Fantasio eternally grateful. I mean, it's so funny, but at the same time, I feel a bit sorry for poor Fantasio...

Aquarica, tome 2 by Benoît Sokal and François Schuiten
La Brute et le Divin by Léonard Chemineau

https://www.babelio.com/livres/Sokal-Aquarica-tome-2--La-baleine-geante/1418249/extraits
https://www.babelio.com/livres/Chemineau-La-Brute-et-le-Divin/1530753/extraits

I really like your posts, by the way. You make an old (I was born in 1977) BD enthusiast feel right at home. :)

This is the kind of book I thought I would only see in my wildest dreams. I need a new word for how gorgeous this is. It's kind of weird that I found this post right now, now that two books from Rue de Sèvres takes pride of place in my flat at the moment.