Comics-and-More Podcast: Franco-Belgian Comics

This week on the Comics-and-More Podcast, Patrick Markfort and I review two new releases from Fantagraphics' line of Franco-Belgian comics.


Reviewed:
Sibyl-Anne vs. Ratticus
Raymond Macherot

Gil Jordan, Private Detective: Murder By High Tide
Maurice Tillieux

Part One:


Part Two:


For further reading:
The Littlest Pirate King
David B.

Toys In the Basement
Stephane Blanquet

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