Blutch (Christian Hincker) is an award-winning, highly influential French cartoonist. He has published almost two dozen books since his 1988 comic debut in the legendary avant-garde magazine Fluide Glacial, including Mitchum, Le Petit Christian, and So Long, Silver Screen, his only previous book to be published in English. His illustrations appear in Les Inrockuptibles, Liberation, and The New Yorker. Edward Gauvin has translated more than a hundred and fifty graphic novels and is a two-time winner of the John Dryden Translation Competition. He is the contributing editor for Francophone comics at Words Without Borders.
Blutch is a master. No other cartoonist renders with such casual virtuosity. It s long overdue for his books to be translated into English. Craig Thompson One of our greatest artists. L Express In the hands of the amazing Mr. Hincker (who uses the pseudonym Blutch), a simple pencil takes on the qualities of a magic wand. The New York Times One of the greatest living cartoonists (and if you don t think Blutch fits this bill you really, really need to read more Blutch). The Comics Reporter One of the most important European cartoonists of the past 20 years. Robot 6