Pretending Is Lying

"Here’s a terrific example of the current wave of great comics from Europe. Dominique Goblet’s approach is postmodern, with a scruffy, anything-goes mix of styles and moods, but it’s marked everywhere by her forays into photography. She intersperses her tale – an autobiographical account of family, a lover, truth, lies and brutality – with images that look like photos. She’s fascinated by the same aesthetic conundrum that has captivated photographers throughout the medium’s history: Can an image tell a lie? Can it ever not tell one?"