Pistouvi

by Merwan, Bertrand Gatignol

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Pub Date Nov 10 2020 | Archive Date Sep 30 2020

Diamond Book Distributors | Magnetic Press

Comics, Graphic Novels, Manga | Sci Fi & Fantasy | Teens & YA

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Description

Childhood should last forever...

Jeanne is a little girl who lies with a mischievous young fox named Pistouvi. They share a charming little treehouse surrounded by a magical prairie tended by a giant 'tractor-man' and the wind-spirit he loves. Together, Jeanne and Pistouvie spend frolicking days without a care, but soon, the birds arrive and everything changes...

A beautiful, lyrical fable about the inevitable transition from childhood freedom to adult responsibility, replete with laughs, nostalgia and heartache.

Childhood should last forever...

Jeanne is a little girl who lies with a mischievous young fox named Pistouvi. They share a charming little treehouse surrounded by a magical prairie tended by a...

A Note From the Publisher

- By celebrated animator turned author Merwan.
- Illustrated by OGRE GODS artist Bertrand Gatignol.
- An endearing animated visual style, told in stark, cinematic, manga-like panels.

Advance Praise

"The fine-lined artwork precisely captures both the charming surface and the subtly unsettling undercurrents of Pistouvie's curious world." -- Eric Shanower (Eisner-winner, The Worlder Wizard of Oz, Little Nemo: Return to Slumberland)

"Whimsical, magical, beautiful, heart-rending: I already want to read PISTOUVI again. You will too." -- Janet Lee (Eisner-winner, Return of the Dapper Men)