Marjane Satrapi On L’Association News: “Don’t Worry, Everything is Fine.”

In a generally interesting interview by Chris Mautner at Panels and Pixels on the subject of her latest North American offering, Chicken With Plums, the cartoonist Marjane Satrapi speaks to the recent departure of Lewis Trondheim and David B from her French publisher L'Association by offering up what sounds to me like strong support. From the interview:

Q: But what do you think that means for L'Association that Trondheim and David B left ...

A: Yes and I come from L'Association. They tried to make other kinds of comics, intelligent comics, and I think that's probably why it works. It's a work of quality. In long term quality always pays. In short term maybe not, but in long term quality is always the thing that wins.

Q: Do you think it's going to hurt L'Association that these people are going to be leaving and doing work elsewhere?

A: Oh no. L'Association is really a whole thing in France. No, not at all. ...I'm extremely faithful to L'Association for example, and I know many other people are so I don't think it's going to hurt anyone. ...Don't worry, everything is fine.

Needless to say, Marjane Satrapi's books have been extremely strong sellers for L'Association, and her status at the company is likely one of the first things that pops into observers' minds whenever there's news about the publisher.
 
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