"This day's experience, set in order, none of it left ragged or lying about, all of it gathered in like treasure and finished with, set aside." –Alice Munro, "What is Remembered"
From Heavy Metal vol. I, no. 13, here is Nicole Claveloux‘s contribution to “Paradise 9 Magazine,” a compendium of short, journalistic visual reports by a select group of cartoonists who had recently been on “an all-expense paid round trip to Paradise 9, home planet of regular Metal Hurlant contributor Zha“:
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BONUS LINK:
Golden Haze > The Psychedelic Illustrations of Nicole Claveloux
The Nicole Claveloux category here at RCN is also worth a visit…
From Heavy Metal volume VI, number 1 (April 1982), here’s “Prince Charming and a Very Patient Young Lady” by the great Nicole Claveloux:
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From Heavy Metal vol. 2, no. 8 (December 1978), here’s “Off Season,” with script by Edith Zha and art by Nicole Claveloux:
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A fat English-language hardcover collection of comics with art by Nicole Claveloux would be a lovely gift to the world, and Drawn and Quarterly would be the perfect publisher for such a project. So get right on that, Chris Oliveros!
From Heavy Metal, volume III, number 6, “Special Lovecraft Issue” (October 1979), here’s “The Language of Cats,” with beautiful black-and-white art by French illustrator, painter, and cartoonist, Nicole Claveloux:
From Heavy Metal, volume IV, number 8, here’s “Sans Family” by Nicole Claveloux; as far as I’m aware, none of Claveloux’s work in comics is currently in print in English:
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From Heavy Metal volume 1, number 9 (December 1977) — 33 years ago! — here’s the fifth and final chapter of Claveloux and Zha’s The Green Hand:
From Heavy Metal volume 1, number 8 (November 1977), here’s the fourth chapter of Claveloux and Zha’s The Green Hand:
From Heavy Metal volume 1, number 7 (October 1977), here’s the third chapter of Claveloux and Zha’s The Green Hand:
From Heavy Metal volume 1, number 6 (September 1977), here’s the second installment of Claveloux and Zha’s The Green Hand, which to my knowledge has never been published in a single volume in English:
The graphic album, “La Main Verte,” by Nicole Claveloux and Elisabeth “Zha” Salomon, published in French in 1978 by Humanoids, was also serialized in English in Heavy Metal. The following is the first of five chapters that appeared in Heavy Metal from August to December 1977 (33 years ago!); I’ve also included the cover by Bernie Wrightson, for comparison and contrast fun:
The moment when the woman says to the flightless, depressed bird, “Get out of here. I’m going to do something desperate,” and then unexpectedly slides through the wall into the ivy-choked apartment next door, leaving her clothes in shreds on the floor, is not only beautifully realized but also, for me, absolutely unforgettable.
Should I post the rest of the story? You tell me.
UPDATE:
Ragged Claws Network 