Tout se complique

By Jean-Jacques Sempé

Jean-Jacques Sempé is equally adept at capturing the little indignities (and triumphs) of everyday life as he is at high farce. Everything is Complicated , the second collection of Sempé's cartoons, features some of his favourite subjects, such as hapless tourists, pipe-smoking novelists and unruly schoolchildren, as well as people who choose to express their innermost feelings through the medium of the protest sign. These inimitable drawings and watercolours, accompanied by perfectly judged deadpan captions, are fresh, engaging and funny, and will be appreciated by cartoon connoisseurs and Francophiles as well as the general public.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0714845426
• ISBN13: 9780714845425
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Phaidon Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 9.3" x 11.0"
• Age Range: 13 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary

Customer Reviews

A fine collection of classic sempe...

Sempe's whimsical illustrations deftly captured with a brilliant touch of wit and humour, the foibles of the bourgeoisie and the ironies of Life. This particular compilation is well worth getting together with its companion "Nothing is Simple". Some of Sempe's more morbid artwork may remind you of the dark humour of Charles Addams, another noted and well-loved New Yorker illustrator. If you're a fan of Addams like me, you would most probably appreciate Sempe too.