![]() Guibert says that Cope wasn't a hero - he arrived in Europe too late to see battle - but his stories are still powerful. Guibert proposed that they work on a book together.Īlan's War, the result of their collaboration, recounts Cope's experiences as an American G.I. The older man told his stories as if he were living in the moment, not as someone looking back 60 years later. "That's when I realized that he was a fantastic storyteller."Ī budding illustrator at the time, Guibert was struck by Cope's amazing memory and his narrative ability. "The first time he started to tell me things about his life and his war was on the beach on this little island on which he used to live," remembers Guibert. That request turned into a 15-minute conversation, which evolved into a deep friendship and, eventually, led to the creation of the graphic novel Alan's War. ![]() ![]() In 1994, a 30-year-old cartoonist named Emmanuel Guibert was visiting a small island off the coast of France when he happened to asked 69-year-old World War II veteran Alan Cope for directions. ![]()
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