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  • ‘History of My Life’ by Giacomo Casanova

    • June 19, 2017
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    When we mentioned to people that we were putting together a graphic novel on Casanova there was a certain amount of wink winking and nudge nudging. Casanova the archetypal womaniser is what comes to most people’s minds. And it is true, he was a man who was fascinated by love and love-making. In terms of
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  • Time bending

    • September 30, 2023
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      A fundamental, and fascinating, quality of any narrative, but especially one that incorporates a visual element, is the manipulation of time.  Unlike objective time, which is classically a constant and unidirectional phenomenon (at least at the human experience of reality) time in a graphic novel is much more flexible.  It is reflective, in a
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  • D’Urfe and Francoise

    • September 23, 2023
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    A child of the theatre, a libertine and with a distinct live and let live attitude, Casanova was adept at moving amongst people who inhabited very different social worlds, whether of high status or low, whether respectable or subversive.  It is this latter world, the world of the subversive, of the clandestine, which is represented
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  • Winging it

    • September 16, 2023
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    Arriving in Paris penniless but with connections in high places, Casanova was able very quickly to make himself a fortune.  The monarchy was hard up for cash and Casanova claimed to have a plan that could help them out. In reality, he had no such plan at all.  Intrigued, one the chief financiers to the
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