I, Rene Tardi, Prisoner Of War In Stalag IIB Vol. 1 Siadora Keaton’s sophisticated technical inventiveness coupled

Keaton’s sophisticated technical inventiveness coupled with his haunted-yet-handsome ‘Stone Face’ persona

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Every bit of space is used to tell the story

“Brilliant and weird

I, Rene Tardi, Prisoner Of War In Stalag IIB Vol. 1 Siadora Keaton’s sophisticated technical inventiveness coupledBy Jacques Tardi. Published by Fantagraphics. Hardcover, 192 pages, B&W and 2 Colour, 2018. The first volume of a true war trilogy by one of the greatest contemporary cartoonists. Captured by the Germans and sent to a POW camp where he spends the rest of the war, Ren Tardi lives a harrowing day to day existence. He recalls in vivid detail roll calls in sub zero temperatures, senseless executionsand especially the gnawing hunger. And yet, in the face