Comic Book Exhibition

Comic Books are a great passion to me. Not just those superhero comics that grace the magazine stalls, I like to explore the other styles of comic books. Like Blankets, Craig Thompson is clearly American but from his drawing style, its clearly French. That is why I was excited to attend the Comic Book exhibition for Francophonie week.

Jo Lin, Izam, Christophe Batallion and Agnes Maupre.
Four Artists. Two Bruneian and Two French. Each with their own unique style clearly with influence from their culture. Jo Lin and Izam are working on their drawings with the traditional pencil and sharpie while the French illustrators went straight ahead with the ballpoint. No, it is not a question whether they are more experienced, it is about how comfortable we are when we sketch. Walking through all their drawings displayed, I can feel the ease of the pen and ink flow into frame. How do they do it, I wonder? Whatever it is, I am inspired to try out their style at home.

The highly talented Christophe Batallion and the extremely beautiful Agnes Maupre sketch with passion.

Our favourite editorial cartoonists creating their main characters.