L'Association

In his role as a founder of the L'Association publishing group, David B. has fostered the growth in Europe of innovative comics — it was he who suggested to Marjane Satrapi that she should draw "Persepolis" in the style of Persian miniatures.

Cartoonist as Auteur: 2008

Other works from L'Association that broke boundaries include David B. 's graphically innovative "Epileptic," a family tale; and "Alan's War," by Emmanuel Guibert, the memoirs of a World War II veteran.

Cartoonist as Auteur: 2008

With several friends, including Mr. Trondheim, Mr. Beauchard started L'Association with seed money from the French government.

Night Visions 2008

Did L'Association teach you to do collaborative work?

The Man Behind 'The Rabbi's Cat' 2008

I was lucky to start out simultaneously doing underground work with L'Association [an alternative comic-strip publishing house] and for mainstream publishers like Dargaud and Delcourt.

The Man Behind 'The Rabbi's Cat' 2008

Persepolis starts and ends with the resilient Marjane Satrapi, whose story was initially put out by the comic book publisher, L'Association, in France, where it became a sensation.

Melissa Silverstein: Persepolis: Iranian Feminist as Subversive 2008

In the 1990s, independent publishing house L'Association, founded by artists David B.,

Cartoonist as Auteur: 2008

L'Association was originally a salon des refusés for all the new authors who couldn't get their work published.

The Man Behind 'The Rabbi's Cat' 2008

Persepolis starts and ends with the resilient Marjane Satrapi, whose story was initially put out by the comic book publisher, L'Association, in France, where it became a sensation.

Archive 2007-12-23 Melissa Silverstein 2007

Persepolis starts and ends with the resilient Marjane Satrapi, whose story was initially put out by the comic book publisher, L'Association, in France, where it became a sensation.

December 27, 2007 Melissa Silverstein 2007