Ricardo Leite, In Search of Lost Tintin page 55 (2022)

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Title:	Ricardo Leite, In Search of Lost Tintin page 55 (2022)
Artist:	Ricardo Leite (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Interior Page
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	213
Likes on CAF:	1 2
Comments:	1
Added to Site:	6/11/2024
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I purchased this page during the recent CA Live in May 2024.

Leite presents a hallucinatory trip through several conversations among legendary comic and art creators. His art reflects the dream-like nature of this journey, as it comes in and out of focus following the narrative. I chose this page as it begins his communication with Crumb, who I believe is one of the four most important comic creators of the last 50 years (with Clowes, Ware and Spiegelman).

"The novel presents Ricardo’s travels through the symbolic and cultural universes of comics that have enchanted him throughout his life, as he maintains a semi-real, semi-dreamlike relationship with Hergé, his world and his work, in particular The Adventures of Tintin.

As he travels, Ricardo has an ongoing imaginary dialogue about the art, technique and history of comics with the great creators, particularly seeking advice in relation to his own frustrations in trying to become a published comic artist. Sometimes these conversations are based on real encounters, while other times they are inspired by wide reading. Will Eisner, Winsor McCay, Joe Kubert, Art Spiegelman, Scott McCloud, Chris Ware and many others participate in Ricardo's return to his dream of creating and drawing comics.

The title, In Search of Lost Tintin, is a triple play: an explicit echo of Marcel Proust's great novel, In Search of Lost Time; a reference to the Hergé character so inspirational to Ricardo, and a reference to contemporary French slang in which “lost tintin” means to be frustrated or deprived of something."

Awards and Honors:
Published in late 2022 in France, Belgium, Holland, Portugal, and Brazil, In Search of Lost Tintin combines great art, inventive compositions, and a highly personal and moving story that gets at the heart of what comics do to us and for us. It has been awarded several honors in Brazil, Portugal and Belgium.

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Marcus Wai
Member Since 2005

Posted on 6/11/2024

Pretty cool pencil portraits of the legendary indie creators! A veritable comic con dream gathering all in one page!

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