Oni Press Presents BOULET’S NOTES: BACK IN TIME–Excavating the Archives of a Seminal French Cartoonist’s Wry and Withering Tours de Force
First English Language Anthology of European Humorist’s Early Works to Debut in 2024
PORTLAND, OR (December 14th, 2023)– Oni Press, the multiple Eisner and Harvey award-winning publisher of best-selling comic books and graphic novels for all ages, is proud to present Boulet's Notes: Back in Time–a hardcover collection of award-winning French cartoonist Boulet’s comic strips and observational cartoons, showcasing the best of the world-renowned works that initially debuted on his relatable, humorous blog before finding international acclaim. From dating to pop culture to big city living, the eponymous Boulet has poked fun at universal experiences to great renown for nearly two decades—and now Boulet's Notes: Back in Time collects a selection of the most wryly humorous and humanistically insightful works created between 2004-2007 by one of France's greatest talents.
Since 2004, the French cartoonist Boulet (Dungeon: Zenith) has kept an online comic diary of his adventures and reflections of everyday life. Pulled from his sketchbooks and posted on his blog, these often-witty observational comics brought Boulet a whole new audience thanks to his canny habit of posting multilingual versions of each story. Turns out, commentary on dating, pop culture, and big-city life is universal—even if the big city in question is Paris, France!
“Boulet’s improvisational, imaginative, and insanely creative comic strips have been a key part of the world of webcomics since he started posting them online way back in the early 2000s,” says translator and editor François Vigneault. “This new collection, featuring a curated and newly-translated selection of his work from the early years, is truly a ticket back in time to the start of the webcomics era!”
Boulet was born and raised in France where he studied art in Dijon and Strasbourg. He started working in comics in the early 2000s and published a dozen books for young readers before creating bouletcorp.com, his world-renowned website which got adapted in a series of eleven best-selling comic books. He also worked on the critically acclaimed French series Dungeon with Lewis Trondheim and Joann Sfar. He currently lives in Paris, working in comics, illustration and animation.
Boulet’s Notes: Back in Time will be published by Oni Press on June 11, 2024.
About the creator
Boulet was born and raised in France where he studied art in Dijon and Strasbourg. He started working in comics in the early 2000s and published a dozen books for young readers before creating bouletcorp.com, his world-renowned website which got adapted in a series of eleven best-selling comic books. He also worked on the critically acclaimed French series Dungeon with Lewis Trondheim and Joann Sfar. He currently lives in Paris, working in comics, illustration and animation.
About Oni Press
Founded in 1997, Oni Press has a 25-year history as one of the industry’s most respected and acclaimed publishers of award-winning comic books and graphic novels with titles including Bryan Lee O'Malley's Scott Pilgrim, K. O’Neill’s Tea Dragon Society, Cullen Bunn & Brian Hurtt's The Sixth Gun, Maia Kobabe's Gender Queer, Ezra Clayton Daniels' Upgrade Soul, Brenna Thummler’s Sheets trilogy, and many hundreds more. In 2019, Oni Press merged with Lion Forge Comics – the Eisner Award-winning independent comic book publisher founded by Academy Award-winning producer and entrepreneur David Steward II – to create one of the largest, independent libraries of comics content anywhere in media. The Oni-Lion Forge Publishing Group now exists as a publishing subsidiary of Steward’s diversified global media company, Polarity.
The Oni-Lion Forge Publishing Group publishes more than 60 original and licensed graphic novels annually, in addition to an extensive list of periodical comics.
