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Fantagraphics Not Tardy About Translating Tardi

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Fantagraphics Not Tardy About Translating TardiBleeding Cool has been reporting a number of French translated projects from Fantagraphics of late as it mines the country's rich history of work. But in the case of Like a Sniper Lining Up His Shot they aren't hanging around.

This new work, entitled La position du tireur couché or The Prone Gunman in France, by Watchmen-translator Jean-Patrick Manchette and master craftsman Jacques Tardi hasn't even been released in France yet, scheduled for November.

The US version is planned for August next year. Which, in terms of European-to-American translation is light speed.

The book is about assassin Martin Terrier trying to change his life after ten years in the game…

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Rich JohnstonAbout Rich Johnston

Founder of Bleeding Cool. The longest-serving digital news reporter in the world, since 1992. Author of The Flying Friar, Holed Up, The Avengefuls, Doctor Who: Room With A Deja Vu, The Many Murders Of Miss Cranbourne, Chase Variant. Lives in South-West London, works from Blacks on Dean Street, shops at Piranha Comics. Father of two. Political cartoonist.
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