Calamity Jane: Calamitous Life Of Martha Jane Cannary 1852-1

Description: Return to the real-life days of the wild, wild West where the living wasn't so easy...especially for women. Martha Jane Cannary was a bona fide frontierswoman, a professional scout, a drunk, and sometime whore, doing whatever it took to stay alive in the hardscrabble days of American expansion. Writer Christian Perrissin (El Nino, Cape Horn) joins forces with Alph-Art-winning artist Matthieu Blanchin to tackle the legend of this formidable prairie girl and her daring life alongside the likes of Buffalo Bill Cody and Wild Bill Hickok. Presented in English for the first time ever, this is the true story of an extraordinary, independent woman with gumption, the incredible Calamity Jane! * Available in English for the first time! * Angouleme Award Winner!

Review: "As a mature-readers supplement to Laura Ingalls Wilder's "Little House" books, this Angoul�me Award winner makes a splendid volume for those interested in the Old West, women's history, and American history of the 1800s." -Library Journal


Author Biography: Christian Perrissin attended the Fine Arts of Annecy and the workshop BD of Applied Arts Duperr� in Paris, but gravitated towards writing. Between 1987 and 1990 he trained with Yves Lavandier. In 1992, he published The Hunt of Prince Charming, the first album of the series H�l�ne Cartier created with cartoonist Buche . Meanwhile, Christian Perrissin worked for Bayard Presse, wrote for TV series (Tribunal and Dr Sylvestre), and embarked on a movie project as part of a workshop funded by Canal + Scripture. It created, with Daniel Redondo drawing, cycle Beard Red Youth. Then with Marc Bourgne as a draftsman, he continued the series Redbeard, succeeding Jean-Michel Charlier and Jean Ollivier. He met the designer of Croatian origin Boro Pavlovic in 2002 and they work together on a new series: El Ni�o. In 2005, in collaboration with the Italian designer Enea Riboldi he wrote the series Cape Horn. In 2008, he created Martha Jane Cannary: The Calamitous Life of Calamity JAne with artist Matthew Blanchin (in 3 volumes). The series received an excellent reception, receiving the Ouest-France Prize 2008 and the price necessary at the Angoul�me Festival in 2009.