French author Yvan Pommaux narrates visual stories & three of the comics will now be translated into Hindi & EnglishThere’s a story-teller living in this artist and a creator wrapped in this narrator. Yvan Pommaux’s drawings and stories emerge simultaneously, as opposed to 30 years back when this French author for children would rely on his drawings to tell a story. The creator of John Chatterton, The Detective Cat, Yvan is a follower of the clear line style and studied fine arts and began his career illustrating school and children’s books. For the last many decades, he has been creating a range of characters and stories that appeal to children of all ages, “I prefer to call my illustrated books albums and not comics and am happy that three of them from John Chatterton, The Detective Cat series will be translated into English and Hindi.’’ Here at the Alliance Francaise, the author and artist in many of his books, especially for children between five and eight uses animals to tell the story, which he feels is the traditional way, “but I don’t restrict my imagination, so people, history, documentary, adventure, humour and even I are a part of my creations.’’ The author clarifies that he doesn’t mean to put across any message through his books, but agrees that most readers, children and teachers do read in-between the lines. Yvan candidly agrees he may not be a best-seller, but has his faithful admirers, with the books being both ambitious and with an attitude. “It’s my livelihood, the passion began with drawing and the stories flowed in,’’ Yvan shyly mentions that back in France, there are three villages named after him. “That’s kind of flattering, for it’s an honour that’s usually conferred on the dead,’’ Yvan shows you the hard-bound beautifully illustrated books, some of which we soon can devour.
