European Graphic Novels+
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* GN = graphic novel
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* LC = "Ligne claire"
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From Scandinavia so we can read Norwegian, Swedish and Danish all the same. At the same time large distributors like Egmont used to lord over the whole region when I was collecting paper, so it was basically the same assortment of comics throughout the entire region.
So many series got partially translated and "ended" by the local distributors, which I later discover have a much larger catalogue. I've only read like half of Carnardo, a few albums of Yoko Ono, Valérian and Laureline, etc.
Wow, interesting.
"English" is of course based on olde West Germanic, so it's not that hard to figure out a few modern German words here and there, and then Dutch kinda leads me down that same path, a tiny bit?
But the three Scandi languages... hmm, I guess they're not "West proto-Germanic" in origin, is that right?
Bah, I know that pain.
Part of why I'm deadset on learning French. Like-- go to the source, because the source can never be taken away from you.
Or something like that, lol.
I have no idea, sorry.
I'm mostly reading visual novels in a digital format these days, so I'm looking towards automatic translation instead. The tools to translate any comic to my native language as I go are available, it's just a matter of putting them together in a reader app. I haven't checked in a while, it might be available as open source already.
Though I wouldn't mind being able to read the comics in the original language.
Hmm... To Be, or *Not* To Be, a Total Heretic?