Le blog de Frantico
Le blog de Frantico is a supposedly autobiographical Franco-Belgian webcomic that ran in 2005. It is drawn by Frantico, thought to be a pen name of Lewis Trondheim. In his blog, Frantico describes the miseries of his sex life. Le blog de Frantico was compiled into a comic book published by Albin Michel in October 2005, and it was nominated for the 2006 Prize for First Comic Book at the Angoulême International Comics Festival[1]
Le blog de Frantico | |
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Author(s) | Frantico |
Website | http://www.zanorg.com/frantico/ |
Launch date | January 1, 2005 |
Genre(s) | Auto-biographical |
Content
In Le blog de Frantico, the anonymous author describes the miseries of his daily life, with a specific focus on his sexual life.[2]
Author
It is widely speculated that the author of Frantico is Lewis Trondheim, and though he initially denied it,[3] he later admitted that he indeed created the blog.[2] The auto-biographical nature of the Frantico webcomic has been confirmed to be false. A first comic book compilation of Le blog de Frantico was published by Albin Michel in October 2005[4]
References
- ToutenBD.com Archived October 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, Angoulême palmarès
- "Le maître du dérisoire". Telerama.fr. August 12, 2006. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007.
- Wivel, Matthias (June 3, 2007). "Lewis Trondheim". The Comics Journal. Archived from the original on June 10, 2007.
- "Le blog de Frantico". Bédétheque.com.