num_pages: 192
description: Famously referred to as one of the "Axis of Evil" countries, North Korea remains one of the most secretive and mysterious nations in the world today. In early 2001 cartoonist Guy Delisle became one of the few Westerners to be allowed access to the fortress-like country. While living in the nation's capital for two months on a work visa for a French film animation company, Delisle observed what he was allowed to see of the culture and lives of the few North Koreans he encountered; his findings form the basis of this graphic novel.Guy Delisle was born in Quebec City in 1966 and has spent the last decade living and working in the South of France with his wife and son. Delisle has spent ten years, mostly in Europe, working in animation, an experience that taught him about movement and drawing. He is now currently focusing on his cartooning. Delisle has written and drawn six graphic novels, including "Pyongyang," his first graphic novel in English.
language: English
title: Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea
titlecomplete: Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea
genres: Bande Dessinée, Asia, Graphic Novels Comics, Biography, Travel, Comics, Nonfiction, History, Memoir, Graphic Novels
ratings_count: 25872
places: Pyongyang, North Korea
awards: awardedAt: 1388563200000
name: Urhunden Prize
category: Foreign Album
publisher: Drawn and Quarterly