How the World Was: A California Childhood — First Second Books
Issue: #1
In 1994, French cartoonist Emmanuel Guibert befriended an American veteran named Alan Cope and began creating his new friend's graphic biography. Alan's War was the surprising and moving result: the story of Cope's experiences as an American GI in France during World War II. How the World Was is Guibert's return to the life of his friend. Cope died several years ago, but Guibert kept working to co...
Creators: Emmanuel Guibert
Characters: Alan Ingram Cope