Rob Price
Gutbrain Records
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2019 March 08 • Friday

One of the most affordable and most regional souvenirs you can pick up on a trip these days is a mini-comic.

Probably you have to be in a big city and you have to find a comic book shop or at least some kind of cool book store that carries a range of independent and alternative titles.

Paris is a big city and Europe in general takes comics a lot more seriously than the United States. And so we were pleased to bring back these three mini-comics from our recent vacation.

The first title, Cavalcade Surprise, was an easy pick as I was already a fan of all three creators: Jessica Abel, Matt Madden and Lewis Trondheim.

I haven't tried to decipher the text yet. I think even with my extremely limited French it might not be too hard.

Diablotus is a Trondheim solo work and, like some of his other titles, has no text at all, only pictures. No translation necessary!

The name Marc-Antoine Mathieu didn't ring a bell but I was very taken with the art and design of Labyrinthum, so this one also found its way into my luggage.

These came from Philip the Bookseller, 32 Rue des Vinaigriers, right near the Canal St Martin and were published by L'Association.