Alice Guy #[nn]

A confident young woman in elegant turn-of-the-century dress stands poised at a large wooden box camera on a tripod — a quietly thrilling image that immediately signals the subject of this Casterman graphic biography. Catel and Bocquet bring their signature illustrated storytelling to the life of Alice Guy, the pioneering filmmaker whose story deserves to be told. At 24,95 EUR, this handsome volume is an inviting portrait of ambition and artistry from 2021.