AYA: Claws Come Out Cover (2022) - RIP Clement Oubrerie

11.5 x 16.5

RIP Clement Oubrerie 12/23/1966 - 03/01/2026

Posting this cover in remembrance of Clement Oubrerie who recently passed away from ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease). I was shocked to hear as I didn't realize he was suffering.

In recent years I've grown to become a big fan of his artwork. A very stylized and scratchy style that works splendidly with his colorwork. I first became enthralled through his series Aya De Yopougon. It is a slice of life book about life in the Ivory Coast in the 1980's centered around the main character, a girl named Aya. Beautiful, intelligent, and independent, it shows her growing up to adulthood and the various cultural issues she faces. So entertaining that I did a video about if for my channel:


Aya De Yopougon on Comic Art Channel

This piece is from the 7th French Volume. Drawn and Quarterly has been publishing them with the first 2 books containing 3 volumes each and with this 7th volume it looks like they've begun to do the individual volumes in hardcover. Really recommend this read for fans of Love and Rockets. I'm thankful to be able to have this cover as well as a couple of interior pages in my collection.

His Picasso graphic novel was also wonderful both as a read and visually, of course. Really a major loss for me as a comic art fan and a reader, as well as the comics world in general.