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

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

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Of course, it's just my pure flight of fancy that artist Dongni Hau was specifically imagining Joan here, but the ages (and maybe armor style?) seem to roughly fit, in which Joan would have been between 17-19yo, around 1429-1431AD.

One of the most fascinating things I've seen across the arts is the way in which vastly-different cultures examine each other (and produce imitative work) across such vast, geographical & social gulfs. As in-- no matter how culturally-conservative and predictable such a process might go, there is STILL almost always something fascinating in the interpretation and recapitulation, I personally find.

Now me, I don't really know what to make of the heavily religious-political overtones during Joan's (or almost any other) era, but in terms of pure narrative (based on historical fact, mind you), I find Joan's sadly brief life & times rather fascinating, tragic, and certainly moving.

The artist's site is below.
She's from Fuxin, Liaoning, China, and now lives and paints in Paris:
https://dongnihou.com/

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