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Portrait of a Drunk

By Jerome Mulot and Florent Ruppert and Olivier Schrauwen
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Portrait of a Drunk follows Guy, an ordinary sailor with a clipped beard, whose traits include laziness, cowardice, dishonesty, drunkenness, and thievery. His tale unfolds in two symbolic segments: "The Blowout" and "The Hangover." Crafted by three contemporary comics masters—Belgian Olivier Schrauwen and the French duo Florent Ruppert and Jerome Mulot—this graphic novel combines vivid colours, epic sea battles, and gallows humour, delivering a black comedy that honours the great maritime tales.
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This graphic novel is ideal for readers who enjoy mature, darkly comedic maritime adventures and fans of visually striking, inventive comics. It is suited for those who can appreciate satire blended with intense and provocative themes in a richly illustrated format.

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A black comedy masterpiece by a graphic novel supergroup.

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Guy is no master mariner, with a clipped red (or black) beard. He's just an ordinary member of the crew — able enough, but also a lazy, cowardly liar, a drunkard, and a thief. His story is told in two allegorical parts: "The Blowout" and "The Hangover."

Three contemporary comics titans, Belgian Olivier Schrauwen (Parallel Lives) and the French duo Ruppert and Mulot (The Perineum Technique), collaborate to bring you the best pictorial and narrative elements of the great tales of the sea — bright colours, grand battles, gallows humour — in this tour de force of black comedy.

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Praised as a vigorously nihilistic pirate yarn rich in depravity and dark humour, Portrait of a Drunk offers a visually stunning experience and uncommonly vicious storytelling. Critics acclaim it as an entertaining swashbuckling romp with fantastic illustrations and a provocative, innovative graphic style. The novel stands out as a thrilling example of graphic storytelling, appealing to those who appreciate bleak satire and dynamic visuals.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781683962892

Publisher: Fantagraphics

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 16 April 2020

Country: United States

Imprint: Fantagraphics

Illustration: 1 Illustrations

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 225.0mm

Height: 279.0mm

Weight: 300g

Pages: 184

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Adult Graphic Novels Fiction Florent Ruppert Graphic Novels Jerome Mulot Olivier Schrauwen

About the Author

Jérôme Mulot is best known for his comics collaborations with Ruppert; each French artist both writes and draws. The two met at the National School of art in Dijon and began publishing their creations in their fanzine Del Adventure. Together they won the Revelation Prize from the Angouleme International Comics Festival for Barrel of Monkeys (Panier de Singe). They began publishing the crime fiction le Grande Odalisque in 2012. Olivier Schrauwen was born in Belgium in 1977 and studied animation at the Academy of Art in Gent, and comics at ESA Saint-Luc in Brussels. He currently lives in Berlin. He is the author of the books The Man Who Grew His Beard (2011), Arsène Schrauwen (2014), Parallel Lives (2018), and Sunday (2024). Florent Ruppert is a French comics writer and artist who frequently collaborates with Mulot. The two met at the National School of art in Dijon and began publishing their creations in their fanzine Del Adventure. Together, they won the Revelation Prize from the Angouleme International Comics Festival for Barrel of Monkeys (Panier de Singe). They began publishing the crime fiction le Grande Odalisque in 2012. Jenna Allen is a freelance translator based in Colorado.

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