books.google.com - In France, Belgium, and other Francophone countries, comic strips---called bande dessinee or "BD" in French---have long been considered a major art form capable of addressing a host of contemporary issues. Among French-speaking intelligentsia, graphic narratives were deemed worthy of canonization and...http://books.google.com/books/about/Drawing_France.html?id=Gut56lkOOfgC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareDrawing France
