The book chronicles the year that Delisle and his family spent in Israel while his wife worked for Doctors Without Borders. The simple visual storytelling is what makes his reportage so impressive. The visual effect is lovely.ĭelisle’s lines are simple, his page layouts straightforward. Delisle uses this technique to bring the reader’s attention to specific details or to indicate loud noises. He uses two hues for most panels-black and then a second hue at varying saturations-but sometimes throws in splashes of other colours. I haven’t looked at any of Delisle’s work before and I have to say that the art is amazing. My French is a bit rusty, so I picked up a copy of the English version, Jerusalem: Chronicles from the Holy City, translated by Helge Dascher. Included on the list for Outstanding Canadian Comic Book Cartoonist is Guy Delisle for his graphic work Chroniques de Jerusalem. The final nominee list for the Joe Shuster Awards won’t be announced for at least another week, but in the meantime longlists for the five Joe Shuster Awards (down from seven in 2011) have been posted.
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