AGATHE AND THE LITTLE THINGS
DOMITILLE COLLARDEY
DUSTIN HARBIN
HARK! A WAGRANT!
LES CHAUDS LAPINS
LISA HANAWALT
LITTLE LOVE MONSTER
MATTIAS ADOLFSSON
MUSEUM OF MISTAKES
ORNERYBOY
SARAH GLIDDEN
SATURDAY MORNING BREAKFAST CEREALS
Steve Holfhard
XKCDF.A.Q.
- Q : Who are you and what is this blog ?
- Q : The translation are sometime awkward, how do you work ?
- Q : Can we help you to make it sound better ?
- Q : I am french, but I fluently speak english, can I help anyway ?
- Q : I can’t translate, but is there anything else I can do to help ?
- Q : How did you make this layout ?
- Q : Can I use the same layout for my blog ?
- Q : Where can we buy your work ? Do you have a shop with posters, mugs or T-shirts ?
- Q : Can I use one of your comics to print a shirt / a poster / to put it on my blog / to illustrate my book / magazine ?
- Q : Can I buy you an original artwork ?
- Q : I’m very rich and I want to hire you / I want to publish your work
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Q : Who are you and what is this blog ?
I’m Boulet, a french cartoonist living in Paris. I’ve had about 20 books published, most of them for young readers. I also worked on two books of the “Dungeon” series with Lewis Trondheim and Joann Sfar (available in English, ask at your local comic shop).
This blog is an attempt to translate my french blog ” bouletcorp.com “. I started in 2004 and have drawn more than 1600 entries. I’m trying to catch up but it’s a huge undertaking! -
Q : The translation are sometime awkward, how do you work ?
The translation is a very delicate subject !
Most of the translations were performed by followers of my french blog, but very few of them are native anglophones, so the accuracy varies a lot.
I tried to find a professional translator but it turned out it was far too much expensive for me alone. So I offered to give an original artwork in exchange of amateur translations (like, for a month or so of comics to translate) but even then it was complicated because just the re-handwriting the texts and posting them alone took a lot of time, and having to do original artworks for it and posting them was a lot of work too. Anyway I can’t manage it like this either.
So for this new version, I’m going to give it a try and translate all by myself.
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Q : Can we help you to make it sound better ?
That would be the idea !
As you can see in this FAQ, I’m not so good in english ! So here’s what I have in mind: if you think you can make the translation sound better, just write your propositions in the comments, and I will gradually update the comics.
The more comments and remarks I’ll get, the more I’ll be happy !
Just be indulgent, I try my best, and translation is not my main job !
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Q : I am french, but I fluently speak english, can I help anyway ?
Yes you can, of course, but must tell I will pay more attention to native anglophone comments !
I had a lot of people trying to translate, and each time, english or american people told me it was still awkward. French people tend to be overconfident with their level in english or at least, with their ability to translate a comic. It’s not just about being accurate, it’s also about making it soud good, you have to feel it, and that’s almost impossible if you are not english or american.
The best help I could help would be from english or US cartoonists !
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Q : I can’t translate, but is there anything else I can do to help ?
Even if it’s written in english, it’s not easy to share this webcomic: in France I can rely on cartoonist friends or specialized reeferers to share, but it’s very difficult to make people discover my work in other countries !
So if you want to help, it’s very easy: you can share with your friends ! If you have friends who don’t speak french, tell them about this page, and use social networks to share the comics you liked !
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Q : How did you make this layout ?
First, this blog was programmed with flash.
But flash is a very heavy format, and very difficult to share. A few months ago, I decided to rebuild it whith a different platform. I discussed about this with Arnold on Twitter. He’s very good with WordPress, so I designed and he made this happen !
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Q : Can I use the same layout for my blog ?
WordPress is supposed to be a free-sharing platform, but we worked a lot on this, and we don’t specially want that anyone could use it without consulting us.
The layout programming is Arnold’s, so you can ask him and he will be the only judge ! If he likes your work, I think he will be happy to authorize you to use this !
His contact is at the bottom of the site, on the main page.
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Q : Where can we buy your work ? Do you have a shop with posters, mugs or T-shirts ?
For now, there’s not such a thing. I try to keep this the less “commercial” I can. But maybe I will change my mind some day !
The only available work I have in english are the two books I drew for the serie “Dungeon” with Lewis Trondheim and Joann Sfar. Ask for it in any comic book shop ! The more you ask them to order it, the easiest will it get to obtain !
If you want to have a better translation of this webcomic, you just have to harass US and UK publishers, till one of them agrees to publish it in english
For my french work, I drew a lot of books, here’ the entire list:
Glénat Editions:
-Raghnarok
Tome 1 : Dragon Junior
Tome 2 : Fées et Gestes
Tome 3 : Terreurs de la nature
Tome 4 : Légendes urbaines
Tome 5 : Tempus Fugit
Tome 6 : Casus Belli
-La Rubrique Scientifique
Tome 1
Tome 2
Tome 3
-Le Miya (with Reno, Julien Néel and Libon)
-Womoks (only scenario, drawing by Reno)
Tome 1 : Mutant, suspends ton vol…
Tome 2 : Le croiseur s’amuse
Tome 3 : Albon, les brutes et les truands
La boîte à bulles Edition:
-Le vœu de…
Tome 1 : Le vœu de Marc (coscenarist with Nicolas Wild, drawing by Lucie Albon)
Tome 2 : Le vœu de Simon (coscenarist with Lucie Albon, drawing by Lucie Albon)
-Amour et Désir (Collectif, seven pages under the alias Ella Forbin)
-Delcourt Edition:
-Donjon (avec Lewis Trondheim et Joann Sfar au scénario, et Lucie Albon à la couleur)
Tome 5 : Un mariage à part
Tome 6 : Retour en fanfare
-Notes (these are the compilations of all the entries of the french blog)
Tome 1 : Born to be a larve
Tome 2 : Le petit théâtre de la rue
Tome 3 : La viande, c’est la force
Tome 4 : Songe est Mensonge
Tome 5 : Quelques Minutes avant la Fin du Monde
Tome 6 : Debout mes globules ! (à paraître, 23 novembre 2011)
-Chicou-Chicou (under the alias Ella Forbin, with Aude Picault, Domitille Collardey, Lisa Mandel and Erwann Surcouf)
-Boule de neige (collective compilation of works for the 24-hours comics of Angoulême )
-La Maison Close (collective book by Ruppert et Mulot)
-La Page Blanche (scenarist, drawing by Pénélope Bagieu. Release in january 2012)
-Bragelonne Edition:
-Tous malades ! (original title: Now we’re Sick) (illustrations for a collection of adult poems by Neil Gaiman and other authors, with Reno and Mélaka)
-Erik le Viking (illustrations of the french version of Terry Jones’s book)
-L’almanach illustré 2008. (texts by Laurent Genefort and Gudule)
Nekomix :
-Soupir (collectif)
Tome 1, 2008
Tome 2, 2009
-Nekomix 7 spécial cinéma (collectif)
-Barclay-Universal :
-Repenti (Illustrations for Renan Luce’s album, christmas edition)
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Q : Can I use one of your comics to print a shirt / a poster / to put it on my blog / to illustrate my book / magazine ?
No, you can’t !
All this comics ask a lot of time to draw, and I don’t want them to be taken out of this blog, especially if it’s for commercial use.
And most of this blog material is already printed by the french publisher Delcourt, so it would be highly illegal !
They are some exceptions, though:
-You can use one panel or two if you are making a citation (for example: if you write an article about my work or about webcomics in general, you can show a couple of pictures, without asking me. You just have to put the source under it: my name and the blog’s URL, clikable if your article is on internet. You don’t specially have to tell me, but it would be nice)
-If you want to share a story on internet, the way I like better is one panel, clikable, redirecting to my original blog.
-You can use a comic or more for pedagogic use if it’s a non-commercial use: if you’re a teacher and you need a printing from the blog for your class, if you’re a student and need an illustration for an essay or your thesis, I’m totally ok if you respect these two conditions: you have to ask me FIRST (because I wouldn’t like to illustrate something I totally disagree with), and the use must be completely NON-COMMERCIAL (you CAN’T sell it, no matter the format), NON-POLITIC (especially if you are a kind of nationalist NRA douchebag) and NON-RELIGIOUS (I’m an atheist, and I work for no church or cult) -
Q : Can I buy you an original artwork ?
I don’t really need mone for now, so I don’t sell my original works… So no !
And I have a lot of work waiting to be done, so I don’t have time to make special drawings for birthdays, christmas presents or stuff like that ! -
Q : I’m very rich and I want to hire you / I want to publish your work
Ok, send me an email and we’ll see !
I’m not specially looking for work now, but if you have something nice to propose, maybe we can find an arrangement !
If you want to publish material from this blog, my publisher shares the copyrights with me, so you have to contact him ! look for “editions Delcourt” on the web !
Wow. Just wow. ...and Cthulhu.
Thank you.
I love how you translated the "leap of faith" line :D
J'adore la traduction de "A leap of faith" par "Allons-y !".
How very lucky we are to know about your work... No one's like you, Boulet. No one at all.
Merci so much Mr.Boulet pour ces 9 années.
Very different and so cool. Great imagination!
Tu t'est pris pour moebius mec!
I red it by listening Coconut - Silver light (music from hotline miami, a pixel art game) and it fit very well with this note
Marvelous!! I love it when you get bored. :-) Congratulations on 9 years! May there be many more anniversaries! As always, thank you for sharing your thoughts and talent with us!
holy shit boulet Your imagination is the best.
BEAUTIFUL And thank you so much for making your comics
Wow. Lindo pra caralho (in portuguese, because the native language expresses the feeling better ;). Now paging Scott McCloud. ^^
What you're looking for is God. Skip the religious nonsense, go directly to the Bible, and see for yourself.
J'suis bluffe, graphiquement vraiment balaize. Keep it up, moar plz man :-D !
Congrats on 9 years! We are all lucky to have you translate all this for us and draw phenomenal stories!
Congratulations on nine years anniversary, love your work.
ok, boulet has an incredible lung capacity, why not. He is undestructible, acceptable. Nazi at the centre of earth, well, at least it's not the moon. BUT! Dinosaurs without feathers! now THAT is nonsense. Please correct that and add some nice feathers to it (I think they may be pinks, but I don't have the facts to prove that, don't worry I'm on it). A scientist that will further shatter your dream with reality.
Bravo! That was bananas! You are awesomely amazing Please never stop making comics!
Congratulations on 9 years! This is the most amazing comic I've read in the past year, and one of your greatest pieces. To be honest towards the end I got extremely worried you'd announce that you quit your webcomic! I don't know what I'd do then.
This was the most amazing "comic" i have seen since EVER! Brilliant!!
You have officially blown my mind in every way possible. And epic journey, beautifully told. I'm in love with this comic.
Lovely! Excellent work.
wow dude, this is truly great! i love the scenery and the lights!
Thank you so much for translating this! I loved all the little jokes that weren't necessarily obvious right away. Am I imagining things or was there a little reference to The Little Prince in there?
NOM
Geezus, that was brilliant! Thanks very much.
that was kool
Fantastic scroll event, liked it very much, thanks, goof
Thank you. That comic was amazing. I love the way you used scrolling to affect time, lighting, and create tension. Your use of space to tell story is masterful! -Bobby Tomio
wow
Usually I don't comment on the site... but I have to say, this comic was AMAZING!!!!! I don't have words to say how this was great (maybe because I don't know very well how to speak in english hahah)! Congratulations for the good work!!! o/
Oh man, I could've done with a high velocity mermaid kiss today.
Merci Boulet, for taking us on your journey of the soul.
Gorgeous. And I don't like anything.
wow, this is really beautiful
I am speechless. Awe. Just.... awe...
just awesome.. :)
I think this is one of my favorite things I've ever seen. Not just a favorite thing by you, but a favorite thing ever, of all time. I think this was a wonderful story and so beautifully made. Thank you.
I had sound effects in my head for the first time you went under water. Amazing stuff.
oh my god......wow.....im stunned. what a ride. Incredible intensive. Thank you for what you were sharing the last nine years. Your work is one of the small hidden jewels giving me a smile in my daily life. Like unwrapping presents.... best whishes for the next nine....
C'est vraiment génial. J'adore, I had the feeling I was falling down too and doing the same weird and fantastic trip ! Bravo :) Please some more !
Ahah extra pic for those who comment! This was, is, and forever will be, Beautiful!
Bravo sir! Here's to nine more years!
This was AWESome!!! just awesome...loved it.....thanks sooo much
Congratulations for the 9 years of amazingness!
Très cool !
The poster-child for creativity and the imagination? Could be. This piece is excellent with twists and turns of hair-raising adventure!! BUT (1): Nobody could hold their breath that long, EVEN IN THEIR IMAGINATION & (2) You'd need at least one change of underwear! Pretty good, but I'm sure you can do better. Yes, lots of time for that...
I assume it is my duty as a Gramar Nazi to correct your Google-Translate-German: -No guard would shout "stoppen" - you would better write "Halt, stehenbleiben!" or "Anhalten!" -I guess "Scheiße Französisch" is supposed to mean "fucking french" (a french person, not the language) in which case it translates to "Scheiß Franzose!" The other phrases should be -Dinosaurier -Oh nein, er hat Karl getötet! -Stirb, kommunistische Eidechse! Gern geschehen
AWESOME
Loved this comic, from the story to the subtle and shifting color palette to the excellent bonus gag near the comment form. AWESOME WORK!
This is the most amazing thing that I've saw about webcomics lately. Congratulations, good job :)
This is the most amazing thing that I've saw about webcomics lately. Congrats, good job :)
wonderful!
Thank you so much for this :)
How very lucky I am to have found this. I feel alive again. Your artwork and your story is stunning. You just took me on an awesome journey, to the depths of hell and back. Lots of love and thanks for everything. :)
Take my money.
Haha, I love the Arne Saknussem graffito :-D
Great work! But why didn't you leave any graffiti of your own?)
I'm speechless, this was just... WOW
Congratulations on 9 years of sharing your wonderful outer and inner worlds with us! You are really in a class by yourself. LOL to see your old raclette monster still hanging out in the sewer! kat
When the devil appears... it scared me to death!
Awesome, awesome stuff!! Keep the weird, wonderful thoughts coming! :-) Anita
Long time reader - First time commenter. Wonderful! Merci. j.
Absolutely fantastic and WOWOWOW!
Cthulhu indeed... Awesome journey... don't have words...
Cthulhu indeed... ... Awesome journey... I have no words...
Very cool, THANKS!
That was fanTAStic! What an incredible joy to read. Thank you! Congratulations on 9 years!
Quote: "Message de Patrice posté le 3 August 2013 à 13:58:33 I assume it is my duty as a Gramar Nazi to correct your Google-Translate-German[...] " I would disagree with you there. The way you suggest him to correct it, the lines may turn into proper German, however it would ruin the effect he may have wanted to creat. I'm suspecting, he wanted to go for "Hollywood-Movie-Nazi-German", and in that case he just hit it perfectly. Because the special charme of it is the "Google-Translate"-Grammar. Just watch one of the Indiana Jones-movies. At least to me the "Stoppen denn Jooooones!" and "Schießen derrrn Joooooones" by the Soldiers adds up to the charme. ;)
This is the most fantastic thing I've seen in a very long time.
J'adore! Merci bien.
that was a great journey
I've just discovered your work and it makes me so happy! It's wonder-full.
Great trip. Cool pictures. Thank you!
Wonderful! Thanks for 9 amazing years and keep up the good work!
I cannot describe how amazing that was. Those scenes were captivating, the whole thing was magnificent! Thank you.
My brother reminds me to ask you, Have you played the game FROG FRACTIONS? If not, just google it dude, go there, and prepare to lose a few hours!! seriously.
Fuck this\
This is the best comics strip ever.....I am just overwhelmed after reading it.... and its true that we are all very lucky to know about your work.
Wonderful. This, as all of what I've seen here is going to the "Beautiful" section. =3
Slight heart attack. This was so epic, when you started talking about 'website' and 'nine years', I imagined that it was going to be 'So Long and Thanks For All The Fish'. Thanks for sticking around ...
Это прелестно! Продолжай!
Wow,How extroudinary Jay & what a blast,it's soooooooo Jay Bev
I love the Arne Saknussemm grafitti detail when you approach the center of the Earth.
Amazing! Thank you for sharing. Inspired me, been questioning myself a lot lately and I'm taking this as a sign to acknowledge them and move on! Have a wonderful day :)
Awesome!!
Freaking awesome. And I loved the DBZ reference, among others. Well done!
LOVED IT! Cured my boredom. Thanks!
My friend just posted your website on facebook. Oh man, was I missing out! What beautifully detailed and insightful pieces you make! I don't use the word "beautiful" lightly either. The word "pretty" has slightly superficial intonations in my book, but "beautiful" is visually appealing AND it has substance. Thank you for sharing your work- it really made a bad day much better for me. :)
love it
Stupendous. Ultimatimous. Thanks so much. [my scrolling finger is so tired...but that is a good thing]
Quite a few of the ideas in the comic seem to be a reflection of the story in the book series 'Tunnels' by Roderick Gordon. These are a reasonable read, but do stretch the imagination a bit too far... it just keeps going with weird things inside the earth. Anyways, this comic is very nice.
Weird as hell. But I had to follow it to the end. Probably would read another one too.
Beautiful.
Thank you... that was AMAZING!!! KaMaRa from Canada
It got to the point that my eyes would adjust to each color, so the new colors made me feel like I was waking up or falling asleep...just perfect.
All I can say is "fascinating"
Thank you for the journey! ps: "allons-y" reminds me of the tenth Doctor in Doctor Who :9
Gimme sum mor of Boulet's world...scary...funny...clever...leaves me wanting mor, much mor! feed me! feed me! i eat graffiti...!
fin?
wow, that was beatiful.
absolutely beautiful, thank you
Hello. I'm spanish journalist of the leading newspaper in Spain. Please, contact me soon on the mail provided. I would love to interview you to an article that I'm doing. Thank you.
Hello. I'm a spanish journalist from leading newspaper in spanish. I would love to interview for a big article that I'm doing. Thank you very much.
Sorry friend, I love the art you make, in this special comic pixel art is very good, and my question is which program you used to do so.
genial... But you shouldn't even read all those compliments, you might a very large head and ankles and the consequence of that is no more T-shirt and shorts, only buttoned down shirts and a towel...
This is amazing. Amazing!
:*-)
Hey,Boulet! Congrats for the blog's 9th anniversary! Anda a question: Have you ever considered making an animation short? I've always wondered how cool "Darkness" would look like. Do it for your fans!
major tom reporting for duty
briillliant!
;)
just like
True genius !!
i just discovered your page a few days ago...and i love it! Greetings from México!
This is incredible! How long did it take to make this entire comic? You sir, are extraordinary! Thank you for painstakingly making such a detailed and delightful comic for all of us :)
I especially liked the communist lizard! Chapeau!
Amazing, pal, simply amazing and charming.
beautifully done. thank you for the adventure :)
I wish the Next button in your site would just go on forever. Good job. I love how insightful your works are and how you apply different styles and techniques every once in a while. :)
Amazing concept and very alive!
This was just perfect. This is the first comic I read from you, and I will totally check the rest of the comics. Thanks for such an awesome piece of art.
No Words... Seriously... simply amazing :D
Oh god, woooooow
Coool stuff m8
Hi there to all, as I am genuinely keen of reading this webpage's post to be updated daily. It consists of good information.
awesome!
I enjoyed it very much! I have the same feelings about goaties and the same wonder about graffiti in weird places. Thanks for making it long enough to help me in my procrastination! (now back to work...)
I just wanted to say thank you for your imagination, and thanks for sharing. It's really uplifting to watch.
Ooooh I just remembered Monkey Island... Fantastic adventure, Boulet! Greetings from Spain
Dude I loved this!
Holy shit that was fucking amazing. So beautiful. I can't get over how simple it is but how wonderful and fun it was to scroll through this one. Your use of colour and lighting is phenome. TEACH ME YOUR WAYS!
Epic!
AMazing, one of the best comic/illustration ever seen.
I love the fact you could never own or experience this comic satisfactorily on paper….
Long and pointless
The most wonderful inspiration -- I look at your work and it makes me run for my pens • pencils • paintbrushes • mouse • touch-screen so I can let loose all the kaleidoscope thoughts of my own that come into my head after I see the inside of yours. The best thing is that it makes me want to be NOT-fussy and NOT-methodical and make big splashy pictures and do them on my walls and floors and doors. It's the best feeling EVER.
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so mush love
this is more then nice thanks you!