Bastien Vives came out of the silence.
In a long message posted on Instagram, the author, whose planned exhibition in Angoulême was canceled following
"threats"
made on social networks, expresses his regrets over remarks he considers
"disrespectful"
and
"unworthy
while justifying the “humorous burlesque” approach
of
his
works taxed with child pornography.
“I condemn pedocrime, as well as its apology and its trivialization. I condemn rape culture and violence against women. I want to express my sincere solidarity with the victims of incest and any other sexual abuse. Under no circumstances should my books be read through the prism of complacency towards these crimes
,” he wrote in the preamble to his post.
As a reminder, the author of
Polina
and
A Sister
has stirred up the anger and indignation of many detractors, calling his work
“child pornography”
.
In question, his pornographic works published by Glénat.
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“My work is varied. For those who have never read me, most of my books evoke the birth of feelings of love and desire. This is the subject that inspires me the most. My four so-called ''pornographic'' books are sold in bookstores in blister packs, with a warning and a ban for those under 18. They are part of a humorous burlesque genre
, ”defends the designer again.
In addition to his polemical works, his provocative and virulent remarks, in particular towards the feminist designer, Emma, have fueled the controversy.
The author once again profusely apologizes while invoking an immature attitude.
"
It happened to me to take it up sometimes, in a clumsy way, in my interviews.
It is sometimes said of me that I am without filter, but at no time did I want to hurt victims of crimes and sexual abuse.
And I obviously want, if my words may have offended these people, to offer them my most sincere apologies.
My presence on social networks was often childish.
Sometimes I used it as a stress reliever.
I sincerely regret some of my remarks, and more particularly those against the designer Emma posted on my Facebook wall to which I would like to apologize.
It was gratuitously violent, disrespectful and above all unworthy.
I left Facebook and Twitter some time after.
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Regarding the exhibition at the comic strip festival, the author of
Taste of Chlorine
, emphasizes that it “
did not address these controversial subjects.
“And to add:”
Everything had been thought out and weighed taking into account the constraints of an event like the international comic book festival.
Before concluding this act of contrition with an awareness:
"Today I realize that beyond my works, it is above all my words that shocked, I will now have the greatest discipline towards myself -even when I speak in public or in the media.
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