Written by Nicolas De
Crecy, Art by Nicolas De Crecy
Vol. 1: Transports of Love (2010)Vol. 2: An Eventful Crossing (2011)
Published by NBM
The new year gets off to
a great start with two books by Nicolas De Crecy.
Salvatore is about three love stories. The title
character is a miniscule mechanic who pours all his love into the construction
of his Julie-mobile, so that he can travel to South America to be with his
love. Lea is a goth cat—all the characters are anthropomorphized animals—who
finds, and pours all her maternal love onto, a little piglet. Amandine is a sow
and mother of Lea’s piglet. So myopic that she’s practically blind, she has all
but turned her back on her twelve other children in her obsession to find her
one lost child.
The stories share themes
of blindness and obsession. Each character is in love and tries reshaped their
world in honour of their love. But their world’s aren’t as malleable as they
believe and while they each pursue their ideals they leave behind a
considerable amount of wreckage. Salvatore has built his vehicle by stealing
parts from his clients. Lea’s parents, who are quite rich, are deeply opposed
to having a pig in their house and, because Lea absolutely refuses to get rid
of it, are manipulating things in the hopes of getting her to do what they
want. And Amandine’s ignored children have turned to a life of crime and fraud
in order to support themselves. Everything is constantly on the verge of ruin,
and yet everyone pushes on. Salvatore and Amandine have deeply compromised themselves
in their pursuit of love. Lea’s wealth has helped keep her hands clean, but her
father has set up a long line of dominoes and it is obvious a day of reckoning
is coming.
I enjoyed De Crecy’s Glacial Period very much and picked
these up with great expectations. I was not disappointed. His is the work of a fully
matured and gifted cartoonist, and he tells each of these stories with
sympathy, but without excuses. I am sure you’ll enjoy them as much as I did.
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