Tout Bec Doux: The Complete Cajun Comics of Ken Meaux and Earl Comeaux

Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9781935754084
ISBN: 1935754084
Item Dimensions:1201200340940
Label: Univ of Louisiana at Lafayette
Languages:EnglishUnknownEnglishOriginal LanguageEnglishPublished
Manufacturer: Univ of Louisiana at Lafayette
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 400
Publication Date: November 01, 2011
Publisher: Univ of Louisiana at Lafayette
Studio: Univ of Louisiana at Lafayette

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Product Description:
The Bec Doux et ses amis series constitutes a rare example of weekly newspaper comics written in Cajun French and dedicated to the self-representation of an often overlooked and stereotyped ethnic minority. Co-written by two Cajun authors, Ken Meaux (art) and Earl Comeaux (text), it was published for the first time in The Kaplan Herald in August 1969 and ran on a weekly basis for over twenty years until July 1992, appearing in other southwestern Louisiana newspapers as well. It depicts, in the style of caricature, daily situations of Cajun life, staging the (mis)adventures and social commentary of the main character, Bec Doux, and his sidekick, Zirable, with regular appearances from a cast of other Cajun protagonists, including Chere (Bec Doux's overweight and combative wife), Pas Belle (Zirable's unattractive wife) and their many children.

Tout Bec Doux is the first complete collection of the comics and includes critical introductions by Fabrice Leroy and Barry Ancelet, two of Ken Meaux's pre-Bec Doux graphic stories--Louisiana Folklore and The Cajuns--and an unseen Bec Doux et ses amis comic strip that publishers refused to print.

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