Cats of the Louvre

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Are there not many important things connecting us to reality, Snowbébé muses, “cold,” “smelly,” and “noisy” as it is? Ongrijpbaar op een bepaalde manier, zodra je het wilt beetpakken is het verdwenen, maar als je erin meegaat verdwijn je in het boek net zoals je in een schilderij kunt verdwijnen. Taiyo Matsumoto (of “Tekkonkinkreet” and “Ping Pong” fame) channels this feeling into “Cats of the Louvre” with an undeniable amount of gusto. I liked a lot the general idea and how it connects with the Museum but it seems that he didn't know where to go with it, it lacks a little something more personal, but it is quite logical for a command work.

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It’s a choice made doubly odd by the fact that these cats care little for the fact they they’re surrounded by the treasure of ages; their main interests lay in avoiding the staff of the museum by day and traipsing over to the nearby Tuileries Gardens at night so they can carouse freely, openly, with little concern for danger. He is seen by one of the museum guides, who along with the night guard, starts to uncover the mystery of his missing sister (who disappeared decades ago into a painting) and is helped indirectly by Snow Bebe. Despite a slow start and the occasional depiction of cats as half human that triggered a shuddering flashback to the appalling movie version of the Cats musical, I warmed to this fantasy of a night watchmen who looks after stray cats in the Louvre's attic and then spends the rest of his night seeking traces of his sister who went missing in the museum fifty years prior.He gained his first success through the Comic Open contest, held by the magazine Comic Morning, which allowed him to make his professional debut. As children, Marcel and his sister would play at the museum; during their visits, she would tell him she could hear the voices of the paintings. Hirohiko Araki's Rohan at the Louvre (a spin-off of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure) and Jiro Taniguchi's Guardians of the Louvre have previously been translated into English.

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Given this auspicious combination of favored elements, I had expected to go absolutely apeshit lord/not/lady Gaga for this graphic novel. Het is een echte Matsumoto qua thematiek, het belang van kunst, de surreële elementen die erin verwerkt zijn, maar ook de outcasts die worstelen met hun eenzaamheid, pijn en het zoeken naar een eigen plek in deze wereld. Within its hallowed halls lies an unseen, surreal world that only a family of French felines can see! The first thing you'll likely notice about Little Goody Two-Shoes is the name and its apparent juxtaposition with Elise's character.That they behave inhumanely doesn’t matter: they aren’t human, no matter what Matsumoto’s decision to occasionally anthropomorphize them might suggest, and so are governed by different mores and instincts than those that govern us. This new volume about the Louvre Museum has exactly the same flaws and qualities that the Taniguchi one.

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I smiled seeing the cover and that grin didn't leave my face until much later, it stayed with me even after I was done and the book was back on its shelf.In 2007, Matsumoto was awarded the Japan Media Arts Festival Excellence Award, and in 2020 he won his second Eisner Award for the English publication of Cats of the Louvre. In addition to writing for Comic Book Resources, he has also had articles published on JewishBoston, Anime News Network, Anime Herald and MyAnimeList. Even his recreations of famous art seem to stop just before they congeal into solid, definitive shapes. These two storylines soon entwine, spinning a strange tale that is as much about grief and acceptance as it is a thoughtful, meandering look at how we relate to art. Sawtooth, a charcoal cat with sharp teeth, doesn't have time for beauty and daydreams because he has experienced the uncaring brutality of the outside world.