"That's what I wanted to show in Aya: an Africa without the ... war and famine, an Africa that endures despite everything because, as we say back home, life goes on." --Marguerite AbouetIvory Coast, 1978. Family and friends gather at Aya's house every ev
Aya: Love in Yop City comprises the final three chapters of the Aya story, episodes never before seen in English. Aya is a lighthearted story about life in the Ivory Coast during the 1970s, a particularly thriving and wealthy time in the country's history
This award-winning graphic biography of Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) captures the prolific and eventful life of one of the world’s best-loved artists. Pablo explores Picasso’s early life among the bohemians of Montmartre, his turbulent relationship wit
The world of Philip Pullman’s internationally bestselling His Dark Materials saga is brought to visual life in book 1 of a three-volume graphic adaptation of The Golden Compass. Lyra Belacqua is content to run wild among the scholars of Jordan Colleg
Les histoires de Yopougon s'exportent quand Inno, "coiffeur pour dame stylées", débarque à Paris et lance une mode de la coupe Grace Jones dans un foyer malien. Pendant ce temps en Côte d'Ivoire, Aya est harcelée par un prof de fac, le père de Féli
Aya has captured the hearts of North American readers of all ages for the rare portrait it paints of a vibrant, happy, bourgeois Ivory Coast in the 1970s, based upon Marguerite Abouet’s youth in Yop City. Not only is Aya complemented with
Il y a autant d'embrouilles autour d'Aya que de moustiques à Abidjan. Mamadou fait le génito pour la femme du prof de biologie tandis que Félicité, soupçonnée d'être riche, est séquestrée au village par son père. De son côté, Grégoire, le gar
“Aya is an irresistible comedy, a couple of love stories and a tale for becoming African. It’s essential reading.” —Joann Sfar, cartoonist of
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Ivory Coast, 1978. It’s a golden time, and the nation, too—an oasis of affluence
“[Aya] wittily delves into both the political and the pop during an enchanted era when anything seemed possible.” —Vibe VixenThe original Drawn & Quarterly volume of Aya debuted last year to much critical acclaim, receiving a Quill Award nominat
À Yopougon, comme à Paris, les histoires se dénouent, les vérités éclatent et chacun va devoir faire face à son destin. À commencer par Aya, qui a toujours un compte à régler avec son prof de biologie, le harceleur. Mais toutes les vérités son
