Tardi’s depiction of the First World War is so impassioned and visceral that it can be compared to the work of the artists who actually served in the trenches. The richly composed and obsessively researched drawings - perfectly poised between cartoon and illustration - march to the relentless beats of Tardi’s three horizontal panels per page to dig a hole deep inside your brain. It’s a compulsively readable wail of Existential despair, a kaleidoscope of war’s dehumanizing brutality and of Everyman’s suffering, as well as a deadpan masterpiece of the darkest black humor. Among all of Jacques Tardi’s towering achievements as a comics artist, nothing looms larger than this devastating crater of a work.
I seldom give blurbs, but this book is an essential classic. Jacques Tardi’s graphic novel of the Great War, It Was The War Of The Trenches, is one of those books that is critically lauded appearing in ‘Best Of’ lists as well as reviews of the year and with its complete translation into (American) English we get the chance to see just what all the fuss is about. ‘The war to end all wars’ has become a magisterial comic book to end all comic books. Director: Abel Gance Stars: Romuald Joubé, Maxime Desjardins, Séverin-Mars, Angèle Guys. but obviously you'll still need a copy of the book! The story of two men, one married, the other the lover of the others wife, who meet in the trenches of the First World War, and how their tale becomes a microcosm for the horrors of war. 2 Signed Fine Art Pigment Prints numbered out of 114 for the one representing the German. This mini-site is designed to supplement that book with updates, additional information and links. It Was the War of the Trenches Ctait la guerre des tranches. Even with 960 pages, I couldn't squeeze all the material I had into my book 1001 Comics You Must Read Before You Die.
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