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A WORLD IN PIECES

Gaspard et Ulysse Gry

What if our society were a gigantic chessboard, with a king, rebellious pawns and checkers migrating from another board, threatened with deportation?
Between manipulation, corruption, the hunt for migrants and the rise of totalitarianism, this political thriller describes the current state of affairs in a society caught up in the spiral of a destructive game.

Dimension 21x29 cm 112 pages

PRÉSENTATION

Thanks to its success on the web, A world in pieces, in tune with current events, was part of the digital selection of the Digital Challenge competition at the 2017 Angoulême Festival and was praised on the airwaves of France Inter.               
Put online on the web in autumn 2017: viewed by 12500 unique visitors to date (54000 page views) / formation of a community of active fans on Facebook.
https://un-monde-en-pieces.com/

PRESS

"The use of the rules and vocabulary of chess is very clever, as is the idea of including this world in a vast universe of board games, with, in particular, draughts to embody the migrant women, pariahs and sexual objects. All these good ideas boost interest in a fragmented story, in which we follow different characters who come into contact with each other. And they make it easier to immerse yourself in Ulysse Gry's impressive but sometimes rather dry graphics, all shadows, black/white contrasts and sharp lines. So don't be put off by the harsh, hermetic design: once you're immersed in the plot, you can't put it down, and any minor problems with legibility are quickly forgotten. A wonderful discovery. Benjamin Roure - Bodoï


"Review of the Librest network's selection of summer books: An absolutely fantastic comic book!" - Genre Urbain bookshop

"With a script and drawings packed with chess-related references and puns, the two brothers offer a dystopian tale with hints of social struggle, with these Pawns manipulated... like pawns by a tentacular and unscrupulous power that has no qualms about eliminating the troublesome." Denis Marc - RTBF

https://www.rtbf.be/culture/bande-dessinee/detail_un-monde-en-pieces?id=9714029

"The absolute choice, for the mastery of the drawing and the script, which plays with humour and causticity on world events as much as on the world of chess. Here the chess pieces settle their score, the bishop stakes his life on a throw of the dice, and the checkers invite themselves in and clash with Sub-Lieutenant Céquatre, who polices illegal immigration. Christine Siméone - France Inter

https://www.franceinter.fr/culture/fibd-bd-numerique-turbomedia-challenge-digital-angouleme

Ulysse Gry, 35, is an author and illustrator with a Master 2 in Journalism from Sciences Po. He is a regular contributor to Mediapart. Ulysse has written trailers for Canal+, as well as working as a press illustrator under the name Ulystrations for La Matinale on Canal+ and the Musée de l’Homme in Paris. He illustrated the web documentary Iranorama for France 24 with Yann Buxeda (Audience Award at the WebProgram France festival in 2013), and the book CineCittà: manifeste anti-crise et pro-graisse (written with Thomas Gayet, La Tengo Éditions, 2012).Ulysse Gry is co-author of the series A world in pieces and author of The revenge of endangered species, published by Presque lune.Thanks to its success on the web, A world in pieces, in tune with current events, was included in the digital selection of the Digital Challenge competition at the 2017 Angoulême Festival and was praised on the airwaves of France Inter.In 2019, the first two volumes won the Audience Award at the Pulp Festival and the Best Album Award at the Moulins Festival.


 

Gaspard Gry: 40, graduated in public and political communication from ISIC (Institut des Sciences de l'Information et de la Communication) and Sciences-Po Bordeaux in 2006.
Formerly a
political communicator for the cities of Bobigny and Nanterre, he is now a webjournalist (written and video) for the Est Ensemble agglomeration community, which is part of the Greater Paris region and includes the eastern suburbs of Paris.

 
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