Deze grafische reisverhalenserie onderzoekt humoristisch en inzichtelijk de culturele botsingen die expats in Afghanistan ervaren. Volg hun avonturen terwijl ze lokale vieringen doorkruisen, existentiële vragen overpeinzen en hun eigen gewoonten contrasteren met Afghaanse tradities. Het biedt een uniek en boeiend perspectief op het leven in het buitenland, vol scherpe observaties en herkenbare situaties.
In his graphic Travelogue series, Nicolas Wild brilliantly explores the differences between the Afghan cultures around him and his own, as he and his fellow expat friends crash Asura celebrations, avoid the afterlife, and muse on the differences between Christian Easter egg hunts and Islamic penance.
Book 2 of a brilliant series of graphic reportage The first instalment of Nicolas Wild's wry, perceptive graphic reportage from Kabul saw a carefree young comic-book writer land in a capital in crisis. Nicolas found himself gradually falling in love with Kabul, and decided to extend his contract with Zendagui in spite of the risks of living in Afghanistan. Book 2 sees him returning from a holiday in France to resume work as an illustrator. Nicolas is assigned to the agency's new programme: an awareness campaign against opium. Wild draws a vivid portrait of a surreal situation: the farcical nature of the message, an election where no one votes and the yo-yo that is expat life in Kabul, swinging as it does between ever-present danger and casual festivities. Irreverent and funny, Kabul Disco continues to monitor the Afghan crisis in Book 2, serving both as historical documentation and the memoir of a keen-eyed observer.
"The satirical autobiography of a young French cartoonist and his hilarious, yet poignant, adventures in the heart of Central Asia. Looks like Nicolas wasn't done with Kabul after all ... Unfulfilled by his old life in Paris, he returns to Afghanistan to resume work at the Zendagu agency. This time around, however, his job is even trickier than illustrating the Constitution ... He has to convince Afghans that "Opium is Bad" in a time when no one wants to hear what expatriates have to say. Which a charming sense of humor and a genuine love for Afghanistan. Nicolas Wild depicts a series of complicated events, transpiring in a complicated country"--Back cover