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Guy Delisle




Title Creator Publisher Series Price
Burma Chronicles Guy Delisle Drawn and Quarterly $17.77
($19.99 list)
Burmachron
Read more and comment... 		The creator of the widely acclaimed works, Pyongyang and Shenzhen, both of which chronicled his adventures as a French animator in Asia, returns, this time in the wake of his Medicines Sans Frontiers' employed spouse and their child as she is assigned to Burma and Mr. Delisle goes along for the ride -- and, of course, the chance to explore and document yet another Asian locale. 
Shenzhen: A Travelogue from China Guy Delisle Drawn and Quarterly $15.95
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Shenzhen
Read more and comment... 		Speaking of follow-up volumes, this is a follow-up to Delisle's Pyongyang: A Journey to North Korea, that was released last year at this time, then as now in conjuction with Tatsumi's collection. We're not sure what D & Q is trying to say with these dual releases, but we presume it has something to do with Asia. In any event, Deslisle, a Québec native currently residing in France, has abandoned a decade long career working in animation to devote himself full time to comics, and his devotion is starting to reap dividends. Shenzhen offers the reader a super cut-rate fare to this up and coming Chinese metropolis situated close to Hong Kong ( One caveat to keep in mind when reading this: the visit this travelogue records took place in 1997 -- the city has grown quite a bit since then) . He communicates his feelings of isolation as a non-Chinese speaking westerner who is there for work (he was overseeing an animation production) and offers an engaging look at the city's culture and people that doubles as a historical snapshot.
Aline and the Others Guy Delisle Drawn and Quarterly $8.95
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Aline
Read more and comment... 		Delisle, the author of the comics travelogues Pyongyang and Shenzhen here turns in an abecedarian compendium of quick, thumbnail comic strip portrayals of a comic-strip sorority of man-eaters that populate his imagination and keep him awake at night.  Each of these short strips manages to convey, in one way or another, if not the inevitable domination of man by woman, then, at least the fact that, when it comes to the battle of the sexes, men don't have a chance.  Laugh or cry, the choice is yours.  Part of Drawn & Quarterly's ongoing "Petits Livres" series.