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Monday 16 September 2013

Casterman BD: Eve sur la balançoire







Eve sur la balançoire
AuteurNathalie Ferlut

Collection : Univers d'auteurs
Hardcover
Full colour
Pages : 128
Dimensions : 20.1x26.3x1.7 cm
Prix : 18,00 €
ISBN : 2203066393
EAN : 9782203066397
 Date d e parution : 25/09/2013

Un roman graphique sensible pour évoquer une icône érotique de la Belle Époque, surnommée « la fille sur la balançoire de velours rouge ».

Evelyn « Eve » Nesbit (1884-1967) est la première pin-up du XXe siècle, la première muse d’une société de consommation qui fabrique l’image d’une vedette pour la brûler ensuite.

Adolescente, Eve est magnifique. Chaperonnée par une mère abusive qui exploite outrageusement ses charmes naturels, elle arrive à 16 ans à New York, une mégapole alors en pleine explosion économique. Très vite, sa beauté rayonnante est captée par les peintres, les photographes et les publicitaires de la Belle Époque. Mais l’ascension de la « vraie Eve américaine » – « the true American Eve », comme on l’avait qualifiée – est aussi fulgurante que le sera sa chute, sordide.

Dans ce roman graphique aux douces images aquarellées, Nathalie Ferlut a choisi de retracer les six années déterminantes de la vie d’Eve Nesbit, icône du début du XXe siècle. Une démonstration réussie de savoir-faire narratif et un bel exemple de « biopic » dessiné.



Sensitive to evoke the erotic icon of the Belle Epoque, nicknamed "the girl on the red velvet swing".

Evelyn "Eve" Nesbit (1884-1967) was the first pin-up of the twentieth century –this is a portrayal of a consumer society that makes the person a star and then destroys them.

Eve is beautiful and chaperoned by an abusive mother who outrageously exploits her daughter’s natural charms. Eve arrives as a 16 year old in New York, then a megalopolis in full economic explosion. Very quickly, her radiant beauty is captured by painters, photographers and advertising of the “Belle Epoque.”

 But the rise of the "real American Eve" - "the true American Eve", as she was described - is that lightning that will be her sordid downfall.

In this graphic novel, using soft watercolors, Nathalie Ferlut chose to trace the six crucial years in the life of Eve Nesbit, icon of the early twentieth century. A successful demonstration of knowledge narrative and a fine example of "biopic" drawn.

Don’t think that this is just “so-so” because if you are really interested in pop culture and the iconography and lifestyle of the “celebrity” you must learn about Evelyn Nesbit. You think the things celebrities get up to today can seem bad!

And the art by Ferlut is superb. This is the type of book we ought to be making in the UK!



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