Le blog de Frantico

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Le blog de Frantico
Author(s)Frantico
Website http://www.zanorg.com/frantico/
Launch dateJanuary 1, 2005
Genre(s)Auto-biographical

Le blog de Frantico is a supposedly autobiographical Franco-Belgian webcomic that ran in 2005. It is drawn by Frantico, thought to be a pen name of Lewis Trondheim. In his blog, Frantico describes the miseries of his sex life. Le blog de Frantico was compiled into a comic book published by Albin Michel in October 2005, and it was nominated for the 2006 Prize for First Comic Book at the Angoulême International Comics Festival [1]

Contents

Content

In Le blog de Frantico, the anonymous author describes the miseries of his daily life, with a specific focus on his sexual life. [2]

Author

It is widely speculated that the author of Frantico is Lewis Trondheim, and though he initially denied it, [3] he later admitted that he indeed created the blog. [2] The auto-biographical nature of the Frantico webcomic has been confirmed to be false.[ citation needed ] A first comic book compilation of Le blog de Frantico was published by Albin Michel in October 2005. [4]

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  4. "Le blog de Frantico". Bédétheque.com.