Riad Sattouf Interview

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Riad sattouf interview. Be careful with advice it s not always good. Riad sattouf s early artistic endeavours documented in the award winning first volume of the arab of the future now about to be published in the uk. Riad sattouf s graphic memoir series the arab of the future details a journey taken in precisely the opposite direction several decades ago but it s one that nevertheless provokes many of. Beat staff 12 21 2016 6 00 pm.

One of riad sattouf s favorite places in paris is the musée du quai branly a temple of ethnographic treasures from africa asia oceania and the americas not far from the eiffel tower. Riad sattouf on growing up between the lines of france and syria in the arab of the future. Leah mirakhor interviews riad sattouf about the award winning graphic memoir trilogy the arab of the future and his career in france. Franco syrian riad sattouf here discusses his emotionally honest graphic memoir praised as a classic within its genre sparked by the civil war in syria.

Close to 1 500 new bd books bd stands for bande dessinee or comic strips are produced each year to satisfy the incessant appetite of mainstream and alternative audiences. Advice to young cartoonists watch the acclaimed cartoonist riad sattouf draw while sharing his advice for colleagues. Riad sattouf has published two volumes of his graphic memoir the arab of the future with the third volume coming out this fall in france. He knew he wanted to be a cartoonist early on.