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Melody: Story of a Nude Dancer
Sylvie Rancourt
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Description for Melody: Story of a Nude Dancer
Paperback. A longlost memoir about being a stripper. Translator(s): Daschler, Helge. Num Pages: 352 pages, black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: FX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 186 x 35. Weight in Grams: 400.
In 1980, Sylvie Rancourt and her boyfriend moved to Montreal from rural Northern Quebec. With limited formal education or training, they had a hard time finding employment, so Sylvie began dancing in strip clubs. These experiences formed the backbone of the first Canadian autobiographical comic book, Melody, which Rancourt wrote, drew, and distributed, starting in 1985. Later, Rancourt collaborated with artist Jacques Boivin, who translated and drew a new series of Melody comics for the American market - the comics were an instant cult classic. The Rancourt drawn-and-written comics have never before seen English publication. These stories are compelling without ... Read more
In 1980, Sylvie Rancourt and her boyfriend moved to Montreal from rural Northern Quebec. With limited formal education or training, they had a hard time finding employment, so Sylvie began dancing in strip clubs. These experiences formed the backbone of the first Canadian autobiographical comic book, Melody, which Rancourt wrote, drew, and distributed, starting in 1985. Later, Rancourt collaborated with artist Jacques Boivin, who translated and drew a new series of Melody comics for the American market - the comics were an instant cult classic. The Rancourt drawn-and-written comics have never before seen English publication. These stories are compelling without ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Drawn and Quarterly
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Montreal, Canada
ISBN
9781770462007
SKU
V9781770462007
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About Sylvie Rancourt
Sylvie Rancourt is a cartoonist and painter who was born in northern Quebec and moved to Montreal in the early 1980s. With limited options for work, she began performing as a nude dancer and recounting her experiences in comics form, self-publishing a series called Melody. In the 1990s, Rancourt collaborated with Jacques Boivin who translated and illustrated her stories. The ... Read more
Reviews for Melody: Story of a Nude Dancer
[Sylvie Rancourt] is one of the pioneers of autobiographical comics...The republishing of this long out-of-print and difficult to find saga... plunges the reader straight into a profoundly sensitive work that no moral judgment could taint. -Le Monde