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Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} Paul Joins the Scouts by Michel Rabagliati REVIEW – Paul Joins the Scouts by Michel Rabagliati Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} Paul Joins the Scouts by Michel Rabagliati REVIEW – Paul Joins the Scouts by Michel Rabagliati. This is a story about Paul, a 1970’s Quebec teenager, who decides to join the scouting movement in the midst of the height of the FLQ (Front de Liberation du Quebec…Quebec Liberation Front -a radical group who wanted a sovereign Quebec). I met Michel at TCAF 2012 and bought “The Song of Roland” which turned out to be one of my favorite graphic novels of all time. So, I snagged a copy of “Paul Joins the Scouts” at TCAF 2013 and had a nice chance to chat with Michel (who is lovely). I am giving the book a 4/5 for enjoyment, a 4/5 for value ($20 purchase price) and an overall score of 4/5. (What scores mean) – Michel is a talented artist and storyteller. The art is clean and accessible. The writing always feels authentic and each character has enough of their own voice to make them distinctive. The translation is excellent. On page 20 they left in a french word “Can’t we just annul the science and order pizza instead”. Annul means cancel, but I assume that the context here is enough to lead a non French reader in the right direction. While I fully realize the decision to leave store names and such in French is done out of convenience (i.e. not having to redraw panels), the French does help set the place and put the book squarely in Quebec, which works in terms of atmosphere. – Michel does autobiographical or semi-autobiographical really well. In order to be interested in a story there has to be one of three key features. Fame (you are interested in Winston Churchill because of historical importance or Bobby Orr because you love the Bruins), a Hook (An ordinary person did something incredible, overcame odds, did something unique) or Universality (a story that we can relate to). You care about Luke Skywalker because the themes of growing up, finding your place, finding a purpose, dealing with family who wants you to go in the direction they have chosen etc… are universal. Who doesn’t chafe at their parents wishes or wants more out of life than what’s in front of them? (and spaceships, spaceships help). In “Paul Joins the Scouts”, the themes are universal. Michel’s work combines both an authenticity and universality that has enormous appeal. MASSIVE SPOILERS FROM THIS POINT FORWARD. – Scouts has a number of things that I’d have changed at the script change. The major threads are Paul joining the scouts, Paul’s burgeoning romantic life, Paul’s drawing and learning guitar, the FLQ and family apartment tensions. The first three are necessary. The last two (FLQ/Family stuff) aren’t as important and I’d have removed them. As an English reader, the FLQ backdrop doesn’t really add the story. It certainly helps set the place (1970’s Quebec) and may well be a boon for Quebec natives but I didn’t feel the investment in the thread matched up with its value. The FLQ does intersect Paul’s life (a character is arrested and then released because he had no involvement) and not in an artificial way (it does make sense) but I didn’t find myself feeling that the inclusion of the FLQ had any great impact on the story. In terms of the family, there isn’t any real arc in the relationships between Paul and his parents or the members of the two apartments (in-laws who live next door and are ALWAYS over) that makes these pages feel necessary. Michel is at his best when Paul is the focus and either his extended family needed more pages (and an arc) or fewer. In other words, If the book was going to be 140 odd pages, I wanted more of Paul, Paul/romance, Paul/Scouts. If the book added 50 pages of that type of content, I wouldn’t be making this point. – One of the boys says he is “REALLY” glad to be bunking with Paul. Boy then climbs into bed with Paul in middle of the night. It’s gotta be a young boy discovering their sexuality and being clumsy about it (as is normal) right? Nope, he wets the bed, which felt like a cop out. It’s not funny as a joke, interesting enough as a twist or necessary enough in the plot (as is) to be worth the effort. The bed wetting is mentioned once more (problem solved). I would rather have seen either a) kid actually being gay or b) one of those midnight chats where two boys lie awake and chat and we get into their heads and get to know them. It’s a minor point, but it just felt like a lost opportunity to get to know the characters better. What is more classic than lying in the dark talking at camp or sleepover? – The car crash that kills a scout master (about to retire) and five kids is like a punch in the gut. It comes out of nowhere and is Rabagliati at his best. It literally gave me chills. The end of Paul’s romance happens via letter containing Paul’s ring and three stickers. It’s a moving moment for the everyone who has gone through the trials of romance. While the last six pages (the five kids being drawn in the clothing of the professions they wanted to pursue and the scout master in retirement… each on their own, otherwise blank, page) are quite poignant, I wanted more from the epilogue. The story wraps up in 7 pages and I felt like the book ended before I was ready for it to end. Certainly, it is entirely possible that this was a script choice. i.e. that tragedy strikes out of nowhere and you are meant to finish the book and be left reeling and looking for answers. Answers, frankly, that just aren’t there. I still wanted more of Paul and the aftermath. In short, “Scouts” doesn’t hit the incredible highs of “Roland” but it’s like being disappointed on only climbing the 7th highest mountain in the world. Really good. 4/5. The Toronto Comic Arts Festival 2021. Following on the heels of the The Song of Roland , Montrealer Michel Rabagliati returns to the childhood story of his famous semi- autobiographical character. It’s 1970 and Paul’s family watches the news with anxiety as bombs are going off around Montreal. But Paul is more interested in flying his kite, comics, and his first kiss. Soon Paul joins the Scouts and heads off to camp. Away from his parents and extended family he discovers self worth in a troop of like-minded and enthusiastic boys. Things take a turn, however, when the troop gets mixed up in the terrifying events of the FLQ crisis. Paul Joins the Scouts is a coming of age story which takes an historical approach to both the Baden Powell scouting movement and the October Crisis, but humanizes these incidents for both a YA and adult audience. It is original, sincere, captivating, and a little bit retro. The French edition, Paul au Parc , sold incredibly well and was critically hailed, nominated for the youth award at the Angouleme Festival 2012, a Shuster Award, and for a Friends of the Library Award in Montreal. Paul Joins the Scouts will debut at TCAF 2013. Looking from Solitude. CRAIG FISCHER reviews Michel Rabagliati’s latest graphic novel, Paul Joins the Scouts . If you’ve enjoyed any (or all) of Michel Rabagliati’s previous graphic novels, you’ll love Paul Joins the Scouts , a French-to-English translation of Rabagliati’s Paul au Parc (2011) recently released by Conundrum Press. Scouts is also a fine introduction to Rabagliati’s signature virtues, including his penchant for sentiment, his supple cartooning, and his use of detailed, map-like panels to chart out the environments his characters inhabit. Image: Panel from Paul Joins the Scouts. a little blog about little nothings. This blog offers periodic curation of arts & ideas, often with an implicit political undertone. All contents featured here are discovered from various online sources and belong to their respective owners. The lone individual responsible for this blog strongly believes in obeying the rules of fair use, does not claim ownership of any content posted and will never purposely deny giving attribution, links back and credits to the primary sources. Please inform if you see any violation of fair use rules so that the content can be removed immediately. Paul Joins the Scouts. by Michel Rabagliati , Helge Dascher (Translator) Browse related Subjects. Taking place in Montreal in 1970, Paul Joins the Scouts is a coming-of-age story which examines both the Baden Powell scouting movement and Quebec's October Crisis, but humanizes these incidents for both a YA and adult audience. It is original, sincere, captivating, and a little bit retro. Read More. Taking place in Montreal in 1970, Paul Joins the Scouts is a coming-of-age story which examines both the Baden Powell scouting movement and Quebec's October Crisis, but humanizes these incidents for both a YA and adult audience. It is original, sincere, captivating, and a little bit retro. Read Less. Paul Joins the Scouts. If you’ve enjoyed any (or all) of Michel Rabagliati’s previous graphic novels, you’ll love Paul Joins the Scouts , a French-to-English translation of Rabagliati’s Paul au Parc (2011) recently released by Conundrum Press.
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