<p>Thrilling, funny, fresh, and surprising, From Above is a one-of-a-kind graphic novel that is impossible to put down. As the Washington Post noted: “Panchaud’s diagrammatic style, informed by his dyslexia, is conceptually fresh;"\nThis innovative, award-winning graphic novel uses the visual language of infographics to tell the story of Simon—an average teenager whose brush with a fortune teller sends him on a surreal adventure.\nFrom Above is an internationally acclaimed, groundbreaking graphic novel that tells its story from a bird’s-eye view. Characters are depicted as colored circles in a graphic and strikingly designed visual approach reminiscent of Chris Ware's. Readers are encouraged to actively engage with the story as its relatively simple setup unfolds into a shocking and surreal adventure.\nSimon is an unpopular and awkward 14-year-old boy. Overweight, eager to please, and well-meaning, no matter how hard he tries, his lot in life is to be bullied by the neighborhood children and neglected by his absentminded parents.\nBut one day everything changes for Simon when he does a favor for a fortune teller who rewards him by telling him the name of the winning horse at the Royal Ascot. Simon becomes an overnight millionaire when he bets his father’s life savings on the winning horse. But as he returns home, he discovers that his mother is in a coma and his father has disappeared.\nSimon can’t collect his winnings without finding his father, and he can’t help his mother until he solves the mystery of her sudden condition. With time running out, can Simon change his fortune?</p>

From Above: An (Info)graphic Novel

Comics & Graphic Novels

Panchaud, Martin

Graphic Novels

Harry N. Abrams

<p>Simon, un jeune anglais de 14 ans un peu rondouillard, est constamment l'objet de moqueries de la part des jeunes de son quartier, et il est recruté pour toutes sortes de corvées. Un jour où il fait les courses pour une diseuse de bonne aventure, celle-ci lui révèle quels vont être les gagnants de la prestigieuse course de chevaux du Royal Ascot. Simon mise alors secrètement toutes les économies de son père sur un seul cheval, et gagne plus de 16 millions de livres. Mais quand il revient chez lui, Simon trouve sa mère dans le coma et la police lui annonce que son père a disparu. Étant mineur, Simon ne peut pas encaisser son ticket de pari. Pour ce faire, et pour découvrir ce qui est arrivé à sa mère, il doit absolument retrouver son père. Au terme d’une aventure riche en péripéties et en surprises, Simon, l'éternel perdant, deviendra un gamin très débrouillard.La couleur des choses de l’auteur suisse Martin Panchaud bouscule les habitudes des lecteurs et lectrices de bandes dessinées | le livre est intégralement dessiné en vue plongeante sans perspective et tous les personnages sont représentés sous forme de cercles de couleurs. La couleur des choses oscille entre comédie et polar avec une technique graphique surprenante, mêlant architecture, infographies et pictogrammes à foison, qui font de ce roman très graphique un livre étonnant et captivant.</p>

La couleur des choses

Manga

CA ET LA

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