author/illustrator: Sophie Guerrive
ages: 4+
28 pages
24 x 32 cm
hardback with headband 4 colours + 1 pantone, hotstamping on the cover
French
4048
Rights sold: Korean, Complex Chinese
Where is the Tulip the Bear?
Tulip has vanished again!
Violet and Crocus are hot on the trail. Has he wandered off down the paths, scaled mountains, and trudged through the desert in search of some magical place? Or is this yet another sneaky trick from Big Bear, lurking in his cave?
Unless, of course, the rude monster Malpoli, the Swamp Sluggard, or some other bizarre creatures — like the blissoires or those ghastly libégoules — are responsible for this mischief!
One thing’s for sure: you’ll need a brave heart (and maybe a good pair of binoculars) to keep up with the Friends’ Club on their grand adventure. Will you be able to spot them in these wildly detailed, action-packed pages?
With the characters from The Friends Club successful comics series: winner of the Angoulême FIBD award, and published in 10 languages.
THE AUTHOR
Sophie Guerrive was born in 1983 in Marseille (France) and studied art in Aix-en-Provence then illustration in Strasbourg. She took part in various newspapers, magazines, fanzines. Since 2007, she has published several comic and illustration books. Besides her short and minimalistic stories influenced by comic strips like Peanuts or Mafalda, she also works on larger and very detailed drawings inspired by medieval illumination, oriental miniatures or Japanese prints. Her stories are often tinged with adventure and absurd humour, and feature her favourite themes: the marine world, initiatory journeys, the ancient and medieval periods, and visual and narrative symbolism.
"Absurd humour, a great delicacy tinged with melancholy, mixed with philosophical and existential thoughts [...] a unique talent for observing details - about things, about people" - Le Monde, about Sophie Guerrive's exhibition.
BY THE SAME AUTHOR
Dinosaur Detective Is Always There
The Friends Club series:
- The Friends Club 1 (Winner of the 2021 Angoulême FIBD award, 8-12 years category)
- The Friends Club 2
- The Friends Club 3
- The Friends Club 4