Going two months adventure, backpack and eyes wide open, not two months on the road but confined to a small island completely clueless, stashed in the heart of the Inland Sea of Japan. That is the experience Florent Chavouet , magician colored pencils, shares with us, in 142 pages.
Manabi Shima is an album artwork unclassifiable. Neither BD nor travel book, Florent sign a different book that finds its place in the libraries of both aficionados of the comics that fans of unconventional designs and even those who are reluctant to consider the book of books with drawings in it.
Meeting with the Japanese soul
drawing drawing with small text hiding in any corners, Florent undertaker faces, grumpy or friendly characters. He sketched the landscape with vegetation reclaiming full, architecture typical Japanese ... He sketched all these little details that characterize Japan: utility poles, half-wild cats, the ubiquitous food, confusing urban juxtapositions ...
Florent alternates great illustration plates educational plans of houses, small comic strips, and realistic drawings of poignant beauty. The patchwork born cohesion, emotion. He has aptly captured the essence of the place and people. Gradually, we discover the people, their foibles, the smell of iodine interferes, and it feels strange to be tied to this island, its kami.
addition to the sudden explosion likelihood of local tourism Manabi Shima offers a quiet space, a rest period full of humor and tenderness. I thank once again my favorite comics livraire for giving me this fabulous album. Now it remains for me to buy Tokyo Sanpo !
Some links:
- The Blog Florent Chavouet
- An interview about Tokyo Sanpo
Copyright: Marianne Ciaudo 
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