Diaporama
First, thanks to my faithful friends and readers, Stuart and Lesley, for their support. It means more to me than I can say!
Now to the events at the Bibliotheque Municipale, also known as the local library. We got there at 8:30 to help Noëlle set up, buy she was so efficient it was already all done. We had a nice time sitting around and talking, although because she had made some cookies and I'd come armed with chocolate chip cookies and chocolate-raisin fudge, it was torture to sit there and smell them without eating any!
We started to get a little concerned that Maggie and we might be the only audience, but just before 9 o'clock, people started to appear. We had two people from Chalabre, but the other five or six folks came from Mirepoix, St. Benoit and Peyrefitte de Razés.
We sat around having cookies and coffee for a bit before JM started his slideshow. He looked at his notes and realized that the last time he gave this particular talk was at UCLA. That made us laugh, as it's very far from Chalabre in so many ways.
Because many of the slides were of U.S. comics from the Forties through the Seventies, it was new material for almost everyone who was there. I think what they saw really surprised them, as it's so different from Franco-Belgian comics.
After the talk, we all sat around for a long time talking about what we'd seen, but also the conversation ranged towards other things. Most of us stayed talking till almost midnight; quite late by local standards! However, we all had such a good time that we're going to schedule another evening next month. This time, it will be a talk on Tintin, which, even for a French audience, has new and interesting aspects to discuss.
JM and I came home very pleased with the way the evening had played out. We met new friends, we had great conversation and our whole commute ran two minutes long on foot! Another successful evening in the Possum Kingdom.
Ciao for now.
Randy
Now to the events at the Bibliotheque Municipale, also known as the local library. We got there at 8:30 to help Noëlle set up, buy she was so efficient it was already all done. We had a nice time sitting around and talking, although because she had made some cookies and I'd come armed with chocolate chip cookies and chocolate-raisin fudge, it was torture to sit there and smell them without eating any!
We started to get a little concerned that Maggie and we might be the only audience, but just before 9 o'clock, people started to appear. We had two people from Chalabre, but the other five or six folks came from Mirepoix, St. Benoit and Peyrefitte de Razés.
We sat around having cookies and coffee for a bit before JM started his slideshow. He looked at his notes and realized that the last time he gave this particular talk was at UCLA. That made us laugh, as it's very far from Chalabre in so many ways.
Because many of the slides were of U.S. comics from the Forties through the Seventies, it was new material for almost everyone who was there. I think what they saw really surprised them, as it's so different from Franco-Belgian comics.
After the talk, we all sat around for a long time talking about what we'd seen, but also the conversation ranged towards other things. Most of us stayed talking till almost midnight; quite late by local standards! However, we all had such a good time that we're going to schedule another evening next month. This time, it will be a talk on Tintin, which, even for a French audience, has new and interesting aspects to discuss.
JM and I came home very pleased with the way the evening had played out. We met new friends, we had great conversation and our whole commute ran two minutes long on foot! Another successful evening in the Possum Kingdom.
Ciao for now.
Randy
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