Zeke raconte des histoires
Zeke vertelt...
Last page: 12-05-1999; album: 1999 
The structure of 'Zeke raconte des
histoires' is an experiment of graphic storytelling. The main story is interrupted by a
series of brightly colored images that tell other, absurd stories. Cosey: 'In 'Zeke
raconte des histoires' I have entertained myself by using images, to distort them, to use
them for different messages, for more uses even.'
'That's something that has often
fascinated me, this magic of comics that makes that a reader receives a drawing and a text
[...] and in his head he makes a synthesis which is surely very simple, immediate, no need
to think about it. But still, it is a rapid elaboration that occurs and I have entertained
myself by playing with it.'
Though, the intertwining of two story
lines (the search of Esmeralda and Cheyenne for Zeke; Zeke's life on the Mekong) and of
the absurd stories told by Zeke make for a complex read. Cosey: 'The readers and the
publisher have found the book difficult to read. And I agree. The reader can make an
effort, of course, but this effort should be indispensable to reach something that
wouldn't be accessible without effort. Well, here, the effort is too big.'
'If I can offer the reader the same
result without asking an effort from him, I do it. But it is not always easy.'
'But anyhow, I like the album a lot, I am
happy to have experimented.' |