During June, the students of Alain Corbel’s Spring 2009 Sequential Art class exhibited work at a comics convention in Saint-Brieuc, Brittany, France. The comics convention, called “Bulles a Croquer” (Word Balloons to Crunch), was unique in that it offered both comics and gourmet food. http://www.bullesacroquer.net/index.php

Because of this gastronomic theme, the MICA students created comics about the infamous gourmet Gargantua, a character from the book “Gargantua and Pantagruel” written by French author Francois Rabelais in 1534. These comics were displayed in large format and collected in an anthology which was sold during the convention. This exhibition follows a show in Beja, Portugal in which Alain displayed work from his Fall 07 Sequential Art class. 

Recent MICA graduate Max Hallinan IL‘09 accompanied Alain Corbel to “Bulles a Croquer”, where he was introduced to well-known French comic creators such as Jean-Claude Fournier, Emmanuel Lepage and had the opportunity to make contacts with French publishers. 

Students involved:  Robin Rodowsky, Timothy Yingling, Laura Allen, John Bylander, Christie Sheridan, Ian Kahler, Thomas Kieley, Kirsi Twomanen, Emma Maatman, Alexis Morgan, Quentin Gibeau, Mellis Tuck, Alon Braier, Rebecca Mock, and Craig Bowers.