Bécassine: The Impact and Evolution of a Dumb Maid
Whilst retracing the history of Bande Dessinée (Franco-Belgian comic book art), Groentseen situates Pinchon and Caumery’s albums as the Ninth Art’s very beginnings. Their heroin’s name, Bécassine, is the diminutive of bécasse which ‘designates in its literal meaning, wading birds, celebrated for their flesh and their lack of intelligence; in its figurative sense, silly … Read more