Back to Basics 1 — Real life

• Script: Jean Yves Ferri
• Art: Manu Larcenet
• Translation Publisher: Europe Comics
• Original Publisher: Dargaud

Aaah, the countryside! Fresh air, green fields, home-grown vegetables… the dream (or the nightmare) of all city-dwellers. Well, this is the tale of when it became Manu Larcenet’s reality. One fine day he and his partner Mariette packed up their urban life and set off for the little village of Ravenelles (population of 89 people, including a pretty baker). When, like Manu, you’ve lived your whole life in a Parisian suburb, the rural life can be quite the shock to the system…“I could get lost in this stuff all day.” Pipeline Comics