This comic in black and grey, sometimes with the color of a vermilion heart beating in the chest of each subject, pardon, Puppets, as defined by the author, is a symbol, a little light carried by its characters, a glimmer of hope, of love.
Its drawings are tattoos on paper, as Loïc Malnati is also a tattoo artist. The spirit is very vintage with the jetty boardwalk casino. The puppets are there to tell us a story, let’s decipher the drawings. They have a lot to tell us.
A fine-lined tribute to the attack of July 14, 2016, in Nice. The wounds are still as vivid in people’s minds. Three tales in one album! The first tells us of a child with a wounded heart, his healing.
The beauty of the world appears, silence imposes itself; is it not the most beautiful music ever written? Eternal flower, the tattoo, the flower, the color, always this black and grey giving more depth to the drawing, then extraordinary objects there to seduce and amuse the child with the healed heart. Alas, a cemetery flower to eternalize love, Mr. Puppet buries his wife, Mrs. Puppet.
A fantastic tale where death is not sad, as it allows dreams to be materialized. The flower in the closet where the little spider resides is watered. Then the ultimate drawing to conclude with the man manipulating the marionette, the puppet!
Mechanical tales, a wonderful story, vibrant and moving drawings, a book, a cry of hope, a hymn to life.
Thierry Jan
