DeLisle, Guy

"For three summers beginning when he was sixteen, cartoonist Guy Delisle worked at a pulp and paper factory in Quebec City. "Factory Summers" chronicles the daily rhythms of life in the mill, and the twelve hour shifts he spent in a hot, noisy building filled with arcane machinery"--.

Documents the two months Canadian animator Guy Delisle spent overseeing cartoon production in North Korea, where he records everything form the statues and portraits of dictators Kim Il-Sung and Kim Jong-Il to the ordinary citizens of the country.

Guy Delisle uses a graphic novel format to reflect on the experiences he had while working in a Burma--Myanmar--where his wife's career allowed him to explore Burma's rural and impoverished regions.

"In the middle of the night in 1997, Doctors Without Borders administrator Christophe Andr?e was kidnapped by armed men and taken away to an unknown destination in the Caucasus region. For three months, Andr?e was kept handcuffed in solitary confinement, with little to survive on and almost no contact with the outside world. Close to twenty years later, award-winning cartoonist Guy Delisle ... recounts Andr?e's harrowing experience in Hostage, a book that attests to the power of one man's determination in the face of a hopeless situation."--Provided by publisher.

Guy Delisle uses a graphic novel format to reflect on the experiences he had while working in a cold urban city in southern China, where he oversaw outsourced production for a French animation company.

Guy Delisle uses the graphic novel format to portray daily life in Jerusalem, presenting a realistic picture of the many cultural aspects of this city that means so much to so many.

Guy Delisle uses the graphic novel format to reflect on the experiences he had while living in Burma, also known as Myanmar, where his wife's career allowed him to explore Burma's rural and impoverished regions.

Documents the two months Canadian animator Guy Delisle spent overseeing cartoon production in North Korea, where he records everything form the statues and portraits of dictators Kim Il-Sung and Kim Jong-Il to the ordinary citizens of the country.

Documents the two months French animator, Guy Delisle spent overseeing cartoon production in North Korea, where he records everything from the statues and portraits of dictators Kim Il-Sung and Kim Jong-Il to the ordinary citizens of the country.