The True Story of the Unknown Soldier Portfolios Offset printed in Southern California

Offset printed in Southern California by craftsmen printers

When I first reviewed the works included in the exhibit

this story is fundamentally about finding oneself

and his malicious fingertips are all over the "Golden Age" of comics

*A watercolor message by Hayao Miyazaki

The True Story of the Unknown Soldier Portfolios Offset printed in Southern CaliforniaFantagraphics presents two experimental, early works by the French cartooning legend Tardi. These comics, created in the mid '70s, provide a fascinating preview of the masterworks of his prolific career. While they are not narratively linked, an eerie sense of foreboding suffuses stories in this collection: they both depict sex and brutal violence and condemn the horrors of war. The True Story of the Unknown Soldier follows a pulp novelist turned