The Initiates: A Comic Artist and a Wine Artisan Exchange Jobs

The sold out hardcover now in paperback. A nominee for the Slate Cartoonist Studio Award and winner of Gourmand magazine's best U.S. wine book translation, this graphic novel explores the nature of one's vocation and offers a look at the daily devotion to craft in two dissimilar professions. tienne Davodeau is a comic artist--he doesn't know much about the world of winemaking. Richard Leroy is a winemaker--he's rarely even read comics. But filled with good will and curiosity, the two men exchange professions, and tienne goes to work in Richard's vineyards and cellar, while Richard, in return, leaps into the world of comics. Providing a true-life representation of how both professions work, this insightful book investigates two fascinating fields, exploring each man's motivations and ultimately revealing that their endeavors and aspirations are not much different.

Author: Étienne Davodeau
Publisher: Nantier Beall Minoustchine Publishing
Published: 03/01/2018
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 9.90h x 6.90w x 0.50d
ISBN13: 9781681121338
ISBN10: 1681121336
BISAC Categories:
- Comics & Graphic Novels | Literary
- Comics & Graphic Novels | Nonfiction | Biography & Memoir

About the Author
Étienne Davodeau is an award-winning comics author. Born in the Anjou province of France, and educated in grahpic arts in Rennes, has realized numerous bestselling and critically acclaimed graphic novels, mostly in the reality-based and reportage vein.