Former Charlie Hebdo cartoonist wins Angouleme award for comic about painting stolen by National Socialists during WW2
The AFP/Times of Israel reports about a former contributor to Charlie Hebdo, the satirical weekly that was attacked by jihadists a decade ago, who's now won an award for a WW2-set comic:
A graphic novel about a painting looted by the Nazis wins the prize for best comic book at the prestigious International Comics Festival in Angouleme, southwest France.It's great he's won an award for this subject, but a terrible shame if he's not brave enough to tackle a subject like Islamic terrorism. That remains a subject anybody in comicdom who's a realist must show the courage to confront in art and history focus.
Its author, “Luz,” is a former cartoonist at the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, who escaped the deadly 2015 Islamist attack on its Paris offices because he arrived late that day.
“Deux Filles Nues” (Two Naked Girls) traces the true history of the 1919 painting by German Expressionist Otto Mueller, which was looted from a Jewish collector by the Nazis. It was eventually returned to his descendants after WWII.
The album wins out of 44 in competition for the prize.
“I started to become a comic book artist 10 years ago” after the attack on Charlie Hebdo, he says when receiving his award. “That was all there was to do.”
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