Alan Cope, and the Sardine in Outer Space series. Emmanuel Guibert has written many books, including The Professor’s Daughter, the Ariol graphic novels, Alan’s War: The Memories of G.I.Emmanual Guibert French Comic’s Critique Association Award of “Grand Prix fe la Critique” for his piece L’enfance d/Alan.Alan’s War, another novel by Emmanuel Guibert, was nominated for four Eisner Awards.Nominated for a 2010 Harvey Award for Best American Edition of Foreign Material.School Library Journal Best Adult Book for High School Students.Library Media Connection Best of the Best.Won the Essentials of Angouleme Award in 2007.Potential readers/ appeal factors: documentary, war, photography, history, medicine, human rights, photojournalism, travel Visual and textual style: photographs mixed with thick-lined illustrations, informative, gritty, cinematic, realistic, raw, expressive, historical, crude drawings, graphic Lefèvre’s photographs combined with the thick-lined crude drawings illustrate all of the work the entire team went through to provide medical treatment and aid to a people who are involved in a tragic war. In 1986, he was hired to be a photojournalist documenting a trip into Northern Afghanistan on a Doctors Without Border MissionThis book details all of the people he met, the struggles they went through, as well as the entire journey process(getting ready, crossing the mountains, treating patients, and coming back). The Photographer is a graphic memoir/documentary put together by Didier Lefèvre that details his journey into Afghanistan. The Photographer: Into War-Torn Afghanistan with Doctors Without Borders. First Second: New York, 2009. who relocated to France after World War II, in his own words, accompanied by Guiberts drawings. The book tells the story of Cope, an American G.I. Guibert, Emmanuel, Didier Le fèvre, and Frédéric Lemercier. Last year, Guiberts acclaimed graphic novel 'Alans War' hit American shores courtesy of First Second Books, and the critics exploded with positive responses.

Alan's War by Emmanuel Guibert