First Second Books will publish an English-language edition of Exquisite Corpse by Pénélope Bagieu. A release date has been scheduled for May 05, 2015.
While Bagieu is unknown in America, she has become a well-regarded artist and blogger in her native France. In fact, Cadavre Exquis (as it is called in French) was released back in 2010. The story follows a young woman named Zoe who gets caught up with a famous author that faked his own death.
In an interview with The Mary Sue, Bagieu gave her own description for this graphic novel: “It’s about two worlds that were never meant to meet: The Parisian literary scene, and the hard-working twenty-something who’s never entered a bookstore. They’re two worlds that I’m sort of made of, and that I have a lot of tenderness for. What happens when these two planets collide, let alone fall in love? I really liked the idea.”