Synopsis
A 3,000-year-old romance.
Joann Sfar and Emmanuel Guibert bring the true spirit of Victorian London to life in this witty, engaging, sepia-colored tale of a proper but mischievous young girl and the mummy who opens his eyes for the first time in 3,000 years and instantly falls in love with her. Will the love between Lillian and Imhotep IV survive when their fathers, the London police, and even the Royal Archeological Society are all determined to keep them apart?
Written by the hilarious and insightful Joann Sfar and painted in watercolors by the contemplative and beguiling Emmanuel Guibert, The Professor's Daughter tells an engaging, heart-warming love story through affecting, delightful art.
What Ho chaps, this rather clever little graphic novel, quite charming one has to say, has what we're after - some simply super writing, and rather charming illustration.
There are rumours it's by two Frenchies, utter tosh I'm sure, after all Queen Victoria graces this graphic novel with her presence, and she wouldn't be caught near any garlic-munching capitulation simians, I can tell you that for five bob!
Let's support these young artistes of this new form of chapbook, and delve deep into our money-purses and buy what is deservedly winning pundits internationally. Heartily recommended to be read with a small aperitif of sherry.
As for mummies running around London, quite a lark, next thing it'll be dinosaurs being stolen! Remember, the Empire's treasures like mummies and the Elgin Marbles should be kept away from the destructive hands of Johnny Foreigner!
