"Belgique" . . "LITERARY CRITICISM Comics & Graphic Novels." . . "Comic books, strips, etc. Belgium History and criticism." . . "Frankrig" . . "Comic books, strips, etc." . . . . . . . . "Electronic books"@en . . . . "Drawing France : French Comics and the Republic" . . "Livres électroniques" . . . "Drawing France : French comics and the Republic" . . . "Drawing France French comics and the republic" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Drawing france french comics and the republic"@en . . . "Drawing France : French comics and the republic" . "Drawing France French comics and the Republic"@en . . "Drawing France French comics and the Republic" . "In France, Belgium, and other Francophone countries, comic strips--called bande dessinee or \"BD\" in French--have long been considered a major art form capable of addressing a host of contemporary issues. Among French-speaking intelligentsia, graphic narratives were deemed worthy of canonization and critical study decades before the academy and the press in the United States embraced comics. The place that BD holds today, however, belies the contentious political route the art form has traveled. In Drawing France: French Comics and the Republic, author Joel E. Vessels examines the."@en . . . "Criticism, interpretation, etc" . "Criticism, interpretation, etc"@en . . . . . . . . . . . "Drawing france : french comics and the republic"@en . "tegneserier" . . "Belgium" . . "Bandes dessinées Aspect politique." . . "Cultuurgeschiedenis." . . "HUMOR Form Comic Strips & Cartoons." . . "kunst og politik" . . "Comic." . . "Frankrijk." . . "Bandes dessinées Histoire et critique." . . "anno 1800-1999" . . "Frankreich." . . "Belgien." . . "France" . . "karikaturer" . . . . "national identitet" . . "Comic books, strips, etc. France History and criticism." . .