Panel Borders: Translating Snowpiercer

Continuing a month of shows about French comics or Bande dessinée, Alex Fitch talks to Virginie Sélavy about her translation of Jacques Lob, Benjamin Legrand and Jean-Marc Rochette’s French graphic novel Snowpiercer (Le Transperceneige) for its new two volume UK edition published by Titan Comics. Fitch and Sélavy also discuss Bong Joon-ho’s forthcoming film adaptation of Snowpiercer, other French translations that Titan have planned for 2014, and about the various comics and graphic novels that are available in the Resonance FM fundraising auction. (Originally broadcast 10/02/14 on Resonance 104.4 FM)

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Links: Info about Titan Comics’ release of Snowpiercer
BFI page on Virginie Sélavy
Electric Sheep Magazine website
Wikipedia pages on Snowpiercer and Jean-Marc Rochette

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