In Fluide Glacial, Chez Francisque recounts the day to day goings on of a classic French bistro and its tipsy regulars. The series now appears in single drawings or in half-pages, based on current news and world issues as perceived by these raucous barflies. Sometimes they’re racist, sometimes sexist, sometimes spineless or cowardly, but — most importantly — they’re always a little bit plastered.
Somewhere between Jean-Marie Gourio’s Brèves de comptoir (News From the Bar) and the work of Jean-Marc Reiser and Philippe Vuillemin, Chez Francisque, by Lindingre and Larcenet, gives a hilarious, if sometimes terrifying, glimpse into the heart of France.
