January 10th, France Inter broadcasted an episode of the podcast Aux livres etc. with a interview with Cosey and Cyril Pedrosa. The occasion of the interview was the publication of Yiyun by Cosey and a project of a graphic novel set in Asia by Cyril Pedrosa.
The interview went into the ways of working and creating a story. For Cosey fans, nothing new to be heard on this – Cosey is very consistent in his answers since the 1980s!
In another recent interview, Cosey suggested he had plans for a comic without words. In the interview on France Inter he talks about something quite opposite: a story without images. He doesn’t want to call it a novel, but still. He says it is almost finished (‘quasi fini’). Interesting.
I can recommend everybody to read the albums of Cyril Pedrosa. In the interview, he talks about a very original project he is working on. In 1543, a Portuguese sailor discovers Japan. At the same time, Japanese people discover the Portuguese sailor. Cyril Pedrosa and Taiyô Matsumoto will both make an album around this discovery: Pedrosa will tell it from the Portuguese viewpoint, Matsumoto for the Japanese viewpoint. One story – two albums Nanbanjin. Interesting!
Dupuis will publish two ‘Cahiers’ as an ‘amuse’ before the albums will be released later this year.