For this 3rd edition, COMET is supporting authors from German-speaking and Italian-speaking Switzerland in translating their selected work into French, as well as reprinting it.
The French versions will be unveiled and available for purchase exclusively at COMET – Comic Market on 17 October, a chance to discover them directly in the presence of their authors!
This project is made possible thanks to the support of the Fondation Oertli Stiftung through its « Jeter des ponts » (Building Bridges) programme and the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia.
We warmly thank them for their support!
Meet the six authors taking part in this project, and the works they’ll be bringing to COMET 📙✨
Enfant de colère (Child of Wrath)
by Michael Furler
📙 Sporting a fresh black eye, teenage Otter spends her afternoon watering the beans and berries in her mum’s vegetable garden. The adults around her pass judgement, but she has only one thing on her mind: what did her mother mean by « snail motorway »?
🔗 Michael Furler on Insta (@michaelfurler) or michaelfurler.com
Le Mur du son (Wall of Sound)
by Galileo Disperati
📙 Late 1960s. Cleo Okra, a soul singer, wakes up in a dark basement, her magnificent voice has vanished. As she tries to escape, guided by a mysteriously familiar voice, she gradually remembers how she came to be locked away. These memories involve, among other things, an eccentric music mogul and his ultimate creation…
🔗 Galileo Disperati on Insta (@galileo_disperati) or cargocollective.com/galileodisperati
Une bonne affaire (Das Schnäppchen)
by Lina Brazerol
📙 A man wants to buy a cat and heads to a pet shop. He’s in luck, the saleswoman is happy to help. She recommends the most elegant and well-mannered cat in the store: a tiger, who turns out to have a far more stubborn temperament than expected.
🔗 Lina Brazerol on Insta (@linabrazerol) or linabrazerol.ch
Rosa et Amir (Rosa e Amir)
by Elena Maspoli
📙 Rosa and Amir love each other, but living together isn’t always easy when you come from different cultures. A tender story about the care it takes to nurture trust, affection and… plants.
🔗 Elena Maspoli on Insta (@scilla_illu) or elenamaspoli.ch
Le Quotidien des Autres (Der Alltag der Anderen) by Fabian Meister
📙 In a collection of five short stories, humans, animals, creatures and ghosts grapple with the difficulties of everyday life. The plots unfold in absurd worlds: abandoned underground incineration plants, playgrounds inhabited by genetically modified children, flooded beaver cities, and monstrous suburbs.
🔗 Fabian Meister on Insta (@fabianshideout) or fabianmeister.ch
L’embarquement (Verlad)
by Adelina Lahr et Aska Schär
📙 On a journey together, two characters who could not be more different, in nature and in appearance, slowly get to know each other. The story is defined by contrasts: analogue meets digital, big meets small, intrusive meets reserved, and human meets machine.
🔗 Adelina (@adelina.lahr) et Aska (@alaskasch_) on Instagram or adelinalahr.ch / askaschaer.ch