Les Aventures de Michel Swing (Coureur automobile)

European Comics
Les Aventures de Michel Swing (Coureur automobile)
By Hervé St-Louis
July 6, 2006 - 10:18

Treizeétrange
Writer(s): Pascal Jousselin, Brüno
Penciller(s): Pascal Jousselin, Brüno
Inker(s): Pascal Jousselin, Brüno

Michel Swing is probably the best car driver of his generation. Yet, everyone, including the best master criminal from his generation, and the most wicked Chinese-man servant minion of his generation want him dead. Trying to earn a record seventh Grand Prix championship, Swing goes through tragedy and murder attempt, while FBI agent, Brexon Bright, probably the best secret agent of his generation, tries to keep him alive.

Br�no vs Jousselin

Each strip in this book is written and created alternatively by Jousselin and Brüno and some guest artists. No plot were prepare in advance so the ending of each page always ends in a ludicrous but funny cliffhanger. One creator may pick up a thread from the other one or go in a complete opposite direction. One never knows with those two. It provides readers a ridiculous amount of fun all at the expenses of those cliché plots. The strips were published almost weekly on the Internet before being compiled into one collection.

This book is great for people who don’t want their comic books to be too serious and who follow the Formula One races. Even for those who don’t follow car races, this book will provide a good break.

As two authors created the strip, their style differs, even while trying to keep the strip consistent. Of the two, Jousselin is the best. His action is more fluid and the characters rounder and more cartoon-like. The design of the book is interesting as only red, black and white were used. That means that a lot of characters have red hair! With these three colours, the creators manage to show a lot of mood and emotion. Even without understanding the text, most readers would get a good laugh at these comic strips.

8/10