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“BD” refers to Franco-Belgian comics, but let's open things up to include ALL Euro comics, especially GN's. Euro-style work from around the world is also welcome!

* BD = "Bandes dessinées"
* BDT = Bedetheque
* GN = graphic novel
* LBK = Lambiek
* LC = "Ligne claire"

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

we can read Norwegian, Swedish and Danish all the same

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?

So many series got partially translated and “ended” by the local distributors

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

is that right?

I have no idea, sorry.

Part of why I’m deadset on learning French.

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Hmm... To Be, or *Not* To Be, a Total Heretic?