just read 'Ariol, vingt ans d'un héros de la bande dessinée jeunesse
date linked: 25 August 2021
source: link to article, from franceculture.fr
Great conversation in this podcast about the danger of dismissing comics as simply “easier to read.” I appreciated the discussion of the literacies needed to understand a comic.
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