Ballads

Prince Gourignot de Fouët is very unhappy, and for good reason, here he is transformed into a frog. Nothing had prepared him for this state, nor for the plot fomented behind his back, with the aim of deposing him. A lord who falls is a bit of democracy is taking hold… although… Meanwhile, the valiant Gounelle, a knight by trade, goes to free Princess Patin from the skin of alabaster and face the dragon that guards it, but for both of them, the path The return journey will be long, winding, strewn with pitfalls, but also with discoveries. If we add a hallucinating salamander, a grumpy witch, a minstrel unbearable and music-loving frogs, we are beginning to have a little idea of the pure madness that is Ballades, the first book by Camille Potte, and we will tell you As you might expect, it is certainly one of the funniest and most engaging books. of the year. Ignoring fashions, Camille Potte works in Ballades a rounded, organic aesthetic, reminiscent of the 70s, the underground, F'murrr and Vaughn Bodé. But behind these graphic influences from the past, hidden is a story with very modern words, and if the farce is irresistible, it is also to better speak to us about feminism, democracy, of injunctions and a thousand other things… And then there are the frogs! If Ballades is Camille Potte's first book, she doesn't come out of nowhere part, and she already has a nice career in illustration (press, music) and the fanzine. Ballades will be pre-published in Libération on the 13th until July 26!