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In France, Belgium, and other Francophone countries, comic strips---called bande dessinee or ""BD"" in French---have long been considered a major art form capable of addressing a host of contemporary issues. Among French-speaking intelligentsia, graphic narratives were deemed worthy of canonization and critical study decades before the academy and the press in the United States embraced comics. The place that BD holds today, however, belies the contentious political route the art form has traveled. In Drawing France: French Comics and the Republic , author Joel E. Vessels examines the trek of

History of civilization --- anno 1800-1999 --- France --- Comic books, strips, etc. --- History and criticism. --- tekenkunst --- 741.5 --- eenentwintigste eeuw --- twintigste eeuw --- negentiende eeuw --- strips --- beeldverhaal --- stripgeschiedenis --- Frankrijk --- Comic books, strips, etc - Belgium -. --- Comic books, strips, etc - France -. --- Comic books, strips, etc --- Languages & Literatures --- Literature - General --- History and criticism --- 741.51 --- Comic strips --- Comics --- Funnies --- Manga (Comic books, strips, etc.) --- Manhua (Comic books, strips, etc.) --- Manhwa (Comic books, strips, etc.) --- Serial picture books --- Caricatures and cartoons --- Wit and humor, Pictorial --- Manhua (Comic books) --- Manhwa (Comic books)