Mixed Messages


A collection of illustrations by world-renowned cartoonist Jean-Jacques Sempé.


Jean-Jacques Sempé


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Overview
  • In Mixed Messages Jean-Jacques Sempé turns his attention to the trappings of modern life, from mobile phones to designer water, and revisits some of his favourite subjects, such as struggling artists, aloof psychiatrists and unhappy couples
  • The most recent collection of Sempé's work, Mixed Messages was originally published in France in 2003 and is now available in English for the first time
  • Will appeal to cartoon connoisseurs and Francophiles as well as the general public
  • Translated from French by award-winning translator, Anthea Bell


 

About the author(s)
Jean-Jacques Sempé (b.1932) is one of the world's most successful illustrators and cartoonists. He is the illustrator of the classic children's-book character, Nicholas, and author of a collection of some thirty albums of his cartoons and graphic novels, all published or to be published by Phaidon. His world-renowned illustrations and cartoons are featured on the cover of the New Yorker and in Paris Match.


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