Thursday, December 13, 2007

oh la la - New Books From France Are In



Just got a new shipment of French Graphic Novels (BD) and Artbooks too! Now some folks protest to having a graphic novel in another language, but for me - it makes me feel like I just went on vacation bringing back all these cool foreign books. Besides - most of the world is not in English, and anyone that proclaims it must be in English is missing out on the best the world has to offer. For those of you wondering - I can't read French either -but boy is my motivation to learn ever so high after getting some of these new gems.

There are many seriously terrific new books to check out - cartoony, serious as well as those in between.

One of these books is the awesome new Melange by Dean Yeagle.

For those of you that know us here at the Labyrinth - you know that we are huge fans of Dean Yeagle. Dean has worked as an animator and illustrator for more than 40 years. He's the original creator of the Honey Nut Cheerio's bee. In recent years he's done a lot of work for playboy. His work is always tasteful -but more importantly his drawings have a tremendous appeal and liveliness that's truly remarkable. In fact, we love Dean's work so much - we commissioned two exclusive sketchbooks over the years.

Now we are excited to be able to bring you this awesome new Dean Yeagle Artbook from Paris. Its a gorgeous full colour hardcover that covers Dean's carrear in Animation, Character Design and his Playboy cartoons -all in one place for the very first time. If you're half the fan of Dean that we are- you are guaranteed to love it!