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Re:Ask HN: What are some great books that are relatively unk... by ddebernardy on Saturday June 23, 2018 @02:40PM (#17382694)
It's not just those two. Most French/Belgian comics [1] are unknown in the US. There have been tons of talented newcomers since the 1990s, and some cursory Googling suggests me that most are not translated to English yet. (Some are available in German.)

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco-Belgian_comics

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Re:Ask HN: What are some great books that are relatively unk... by eb0la on Sunday June 24, 2018 @10:36AM (#17386717)
I really enjoyed as a kid the Gaston Lagaffe and Spirou written and drawn by Andren Franquin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Franquin

He also authored a black humor series for adults really worth reading.

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Re:Ask HN: What are some great books that are relatively unk... by riffraff on Saturday June 23, 2018 @03:23PM (#17382915)
I would say European and south American comics are mostly unknown in the US. L'incal, Corto Maltese, Mafalda, El Eternauta... There is a whole world which is distinctly different from the mainstream American style and manga/manwa, and very interesting.
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Re:Ask HN: What are some great books that are relatively unk... by allegedganon on Saturday June 23, 2018 @03:54PM (#17383095)
The recently released film Valerian is based on a 70's french comics Valerian & Laureline that is/was totally unknown in the US.

Even more interesting is how much inspiration a certain George Lucas seem to have drawn from them:

http://www.ign.com/articles/2017/07/30/are-the-valrian-and-l...

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Re:Ask HN: What are some great books that are relatively unk... by eb0la on Sunday June 24, 2018 @10:30AM (#17386693)
There was magazine, called Heavy Metal, that published in the US european comics from the french Metal Hurlant magazine (Moebius, Enki Bilal, Corben, Milo Manara...).
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