Comments on: The Photographer: gripping graphic memoir about doctors in Soviet Afghanistan, accompanied by brilliant photos http://boingboing.net/2009/05/12/the-photographer-gri.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 03:52:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/05/12/the-photographer-gri.html#comment-489987 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-489987 Fascinating. There's an allusion to a poem by Victor Hugo in the PDF (p. 12). Above a drawing of the author walking, the caption says (in French), "I walk with rage, my spirit heavy with lead, and I don't take any photographs". Hugo wrote the poem in question after his daughter and her husband drowned in a canoe accident. It sounds at first like a love story. It's addressed to the person without whom he can't live. He will walk night and day, staring at the ground, not seeing the sunset or the sailboats, and when he arrives, he'll place a bouquet of flowers on her tomb. DNA Fascinating. There’s an allusion to a poem by Victor Hugo in the PDF (p. 12). Above a drawing of the author walking, the caption says (in French), “I walk with rage, my spirit heavy with lead, and I don’t take any photographs”.

Hugo wrote the poem in question after his daughter and her husband drowned in a canoe accident. It sounds at first like a love story. It’s addressed to the person without whom he can’t live. He will walk night and day, staring at the ground, not seeing the sunset or the sailboats, and when he arrives, he’ll place a bouquet of flowers on her tomb.

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]]> By: failix http://boingboing.net/2009/05/12/the-photographer-gri.html#comment-489739 failix Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-489739 This graphic novel is great! I can safely recommend it to anyone who loves alternative comics. And I agree, Doctors without Borders doesn't sound right compared to Médecins sans frontières. :P This graphic novel is great! I can safely recommend it to anyone who loves alternative comics.

And I agree, Doctors without Borders doesn’t sound right compared to Médecins sans frontières. :P

]]> By: failix http://boingboing.net/2009/05/12/the-photographer-gri.html#comment-491113 failix Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-491113 Wow, thanks for the info! Wow, thanks for the info!

]]> By: edgertor http://boingboing.net/2009/05/12/the-photographer-gri.html#comment-489853 edgertor Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-489853 supposedly Guibert stopped by the Maddow show last week but it hasn't aired yet. Or maybe it's not going to air or they're waiting for the release of the book. supposedly Guibert stopped by the Maddow show last week but it hasn’t aired yet. Or maybe it’s not going to air or they’re waiting for the release of the book.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/05/12/the-photographer-gri.html#comment-490627 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-490627 Yes, we were at the Rachel Maddow show for a taping session with Emmanuel Guibert and Juliette Fournot, who headed the mission to Afghanistan in THE PHOTOGRAPHER. It was an amazing interview. We're keeping fingers crossed, but still haven't got an air date from them. Juliette Fournot met Ben Laden in the late 80's. She later testified before the US congress that the US was pouring funds into this guy's pocket and that something bad was brewing with him. She was basically patted on the head and told to "stick to medicine and leave politics to us." She founded MSF/USA and is an extraordinary woman. --Mark Siegel, First Second Books Yes, we were at the Rachel Maddow show for a taping session with Emmanuel Guibert and Juliette Fournot, who headed the mission to Afghanistan in THE PHOTOGRAPHER. It was an amazing interview. We’re keeping fingers crossed, but still haven’t got an air date from them.

Juliette Fournot met Ben Laden in the late 80′s. She later testified before the US congress that the US was pouring funds into this guy’s pocket and that something bad was brewing with him. She was basically patted on the head and told to “stick to medicine and leave politics to us.”

She founded MSF/USA and is an extraordinary woman.

–Mark Siegel, First Second Books

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/05/12/the-photographer-gri.html#comment-489645 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-489645 Another notable graphic novel on Afghanistan is Ted Rall's "To Afghanistan and Back." I'll be sure to check this one out. Another notable graphic novel on Afghanistan is Ted Rall’s “To Afghanistan and Back.” I’ll be sure to check this one out.

]]> By: mattofdoom http://boingboing.net/2009/05/12/the-photographer-gri.html#comment-489681 mattofdoom Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-489681 Regarding the front cover of this book, it makes me sad every time I see 'Médicine Sans Frontièrs' translated into English as 'Doctors without Boarders' -- A name that somehow manages to strangle all of the emotion out of the original. Are there actually people out there who can't work out what they do from the French name? Sorry. Rant over. Book looks good too. Regarding the front cover of this book, it makes me sad every time I see ‘Médicine Sans Frontièrs’ translated into English as ‘Doctors without Boarders’ — A name that somehow manages to strangle all of the emotion out of the original.

Are there actually people out there who can’t work out what they do from the French name?

Sorry. Rant over. Book looks good too.

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