It Dont Come Easy

The awardwinning Monsieur Jean series tackles the complexities of everyday lifeSince the character of Monsieur Jean first walked onto the page in 1998, he has endeared himself to readers, maturing with each frantic, surreal, heartwarming episode. Beginning as a young Parisian bachelor, defeatist writer, and urban bon vivant, Jean has reluctantly transitioned into a family man of forty, learning how to live with, and ultimately love those around him unconditionally.Constantly surrounded by a group of childhood classmates, an unbearably idealistic livein friend Felix and his adopted son, Eugene, as well as his sweet daughter Julie, Jean questions life and those of others in an honest and endearing way; his unmistakable joie de vivre always undermined by a palpable sense of cynicism. The joy of these awardwinning cartoons stems from that fact that Jeans weaknesses are our own; his doubts about life, universal; his relentless quest for happiness understood.With their unique collaboration, both writing and drawing each Monsieur Jean story, celebrated French cartoonists Dupuy & Berberian prove time and time again just how powerful and seductive a simple, yet elegantly told story can be.