In her new comic strip,
Les idolâtres
, Joann Sfar talks about her childhood, about the loss of her mother: “I tried to question the construction of the feminine image in a boy who lost his mother before the age 4.”
But the one who took away almost no memories of the one who gave him life clarifies: “Do not confuse absence with emptiness.
What I experienced was a void, but I filled it with images.”
He is built with a very particular father figure: “My father was a playboy, he was very courted and I grew up in the middle of that.
It’s very difficult to form an image, an identity in the face of a male like that.”
To discover
Business with Attitude 2024 Prize: vote for your favorite candidate!
Podcast >
Arnold Schwarzenegger: sex, lies and big muscles
Download the Le Figaro Cuisine app for tasty and authentic recipes
Despite this, he takes stock of an “extremely happy” childhood.
Even today, happiness seems to rock his life: “I love being French, I love being in Paris, I love being a designer, I love my family and even my dog so I am very lucky.”
Joann Sfar believes that drawing “saves him from everything”, particularly from the violent news that is agitating Israel.
And strives to maintain hope: “The voices of peace are always there.
It's just that under the fire of the cannons, we can't hear them.
People who want to talk to each other are always there.”