Zoo comic book catalogue

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ZOO (Frank Pé/Bonifay) 1994-2007

Animals first

The First World War is already clearly playing a role in the background. Doctor Célestin and his playful foster daughter Manon live in a beautifully drawn zoo that we like to compare to the Garden of Eden. The exiled Russian Anna also tries to restart her life there. Sculptor Buggy completes the enigmatic quartet. It is clearly (even physically) an ode to Rembrandt Bugatti (1884-1916), known for his bronze statues of elephants, panthers and lions. He could not live with the fact that the Antwerp Zoo had to kill its wild animals during WWI. A fate that unfortunately could also happen to him in this story. Manon has the time of her life and without realizing it becomes a beautiful adult woman. Buggy and Célestin notice. Of course, much is possible in the name of art. The poetic, beautiful drawings of Frank Pé (Ragebol, Het Beest) make us forgiving. The war is getting mercilessly closer. Doctor Célestin is suddenly reported missing. Anna, who has to go through life mutilated - she lost her nose due to violence - dares to look for him. As a cursed woman without a soul, she thinks she has nothing left to lose. Manon tries to save herself with her colored strings of memory. The delightful drawings try to warn us in time. Great emotions await us. Tenderness and poetry can hit hard!

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Full name

Zoo

Number of comic books

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147

Oldest item

Vents d'Ouest Diffusion (1991)