Writing Illustrated, No Borders

Time to give it up again for comic relief. I'm referring, of course, to graphic novels, which are featured in a second part in this month's Words Without Borders, which says:

This month we spotlight graphic novelists of five continents. From childhoods spent in sundrenched Gabon and bombed-out Beirut, to road trips launched with levity and driven by despair, these international artist-writers lay out character and plot with all sorts of lines. Philippe Dupuy and Charles Berberian, fresh from their Grand Prix at the Angoulême International Comics Festival, join Cho Pyŏng Kwŏn, Magdy El Shafee, Alberto Fuguet & Gonzalo Martinez, Mazen Kerbaj, Liniers, and Pahé in matching word and image to dazzling narrative effect. Meanwhile, artist and writer Carmen Boullosa frames the Taller de la Gráfica Popular, siblings of the Mexican Muralists, in the context of the current generation; and interviewer Nicole Rudick draws out the real life in Gipi’s art. We hope you’ll enjoy these international scenes.