ION

ION is a publishing house founded in 2010 in Angoulême, led by Benoît Preteseille, a cartoonist and comic book author. Through ION, he aims to publish books centered on drawing—a collection of small booklets that straddle the line between artist's books and illustration anthologies. ION offers a wealth of discoveries, unclassifiable works, female comic book artists, eccentric artists, illustrators, tattoo artists, and photographers who, alongside their professional work, cultivate a drawing practice that is sometimes secretive, original, and experimental.

Angoulême

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7 titles

Midori Furuhashi
Mistigri au Japon

2016

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A book featuring mostly cats, soft colors, and Japanese-inspired imagery (the first collection of Midori Furuhashi's work: colorful, naive, and heartwarming scenes in which animals play the roles of humans—kabuki actors, musicians, geishas, and more...).

Aurélien Vallade
Précis dermo-pictural illustré

2016

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More than 400 new, previously unpublished designs by internationally renowned tattoo artist Aurélien Vallade (aka Joe Moo).

Gilles Rochier
Bastion

2016

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An illustrated stroll through urban sites and residential neighborhoods that were designed with a futuristic vision but are now covered in graffiti. By making these places his own, the artist reimagines them and adds messages in the form of graffiti—like signatures marking his passage.

Nathalie Piernaz
Le Ministère des Liaisons Etrangères

2015

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The first collection of Nathalie Piernaz's collages and photomontages.

Céline Guichard
Les bêtes

2015

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In Les Bêtes, Céline Guichard's surreal, grotesque, and fantastical world has softened through her interaction with animals—whether furry, feathered, or scaly. The strangeness that permeates her drawings is still palpable, but in a lighthearted and perversely alluring way. This compendium showcases the beauty of natural forms, even if mutation is never far away...

Laurent Grisel - Les Misères et les Malheurs de la guerre

Laurent Grisel, L.L. de Mars
Les Misères et les Malheurs de la guerre

2012

French edition

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$Carl Roosens - L\'homme qui s\'en allait tout le temps, jamais très loin$

Carl Roosens
L'homme qui s'en allait tout le temps, jamais très loin

2011

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Carl Roosens draws a strange carnival of oddities where we encounter animals and fascinating women, reminiscent of George Grosz, Karl Arnold, or Tomi Ungerer.