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“- Where are they?
Two revolutionaries
– Everywhere! We tried to group as many of them as possible at the first guardhouse. They sprayed the whole neighborhood with machine gun fire from the towers, it fell like hail. My brother took a bullet. Aulard and Huguet are dead.
– What about Jospeh?
– I don’t know. The last time I saw him, he was chopping down the chains of the great drawbridge with an axe!
– You say that like it’s an achievement! You guys are out of your minds!”
The Revolution by the people for the people
Revolution is the great historical fresco in comics about this important period in France. Florent Grouazel and Younn Locard, the two authors, decided to give voice to the people. Subject often approached in the 9th art and in all the other artistic disciplines, the first opus thus focuses on the small people, those whom the books of History forgot in favour of the great men.
“We refuse to allow history to be made only by people who have left a mark.” [Florent Grouazel]
If illustrious historical figures are visible in this book 1, they also rub shoulders with anonymous people. They also shed light on women and their important roles during the French Revolution.
The Bastille, symbol of repression
The first volume of Revolution thus focuses on the year 1789. An important moment when sans-culottes mass in front of the Bastille. This 14th century monument was then used as a place of confinement. These prisoners were only a few in number on July 14. But it is not only the seven that the rioters of the faubourg Saint-Antoine come to deliver. They are looking for weapons and powder to defend themselves.
This is how Florent Grouazel and Younn Locard put into images this tragic episode opening the Revolution, the fall of the regime and freedom.
In this first part of the saga, the duo also draws the streets of Paris, the working-class districts but also the Tuileries Palace or Versailles.
Revolution, a real work of historians
Although they claim to be historians, Florent Grouazel and Younn Locard have nevertheless touched this discipline. To do this, they based their book on the work of Pierre Serna, professor of the history of the French Revolution at the University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne. A leading expert on this period, he has written and edited numerous books on this subject (What do the people want? History of the cahiers de doléances or even Antonelle. Revolutionary aristocrat. 1747-1817).
“We met with historians who encouraged us, recognized our work, and provided access to more confidential and private archives.”
The first volume was a long work, since it took the authors six years to finish it. The numerous sources were delicate to digest. Revolution also has very current accents. The duo, by giving voice to the people, brings the claims of the revolutionaries closer to those of the yellow vest protesters of recent years.
The four volumes of Revolution will be over 1,000 pages long.
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By Damien Canteau
Passionné par l'Histoire, les animés, les Arts et la bande dessinée en particulier, Damien est le rédacteur en chef du site spécialisé dans le 9e art, Comixtrip.