This past Saturday at 3:19 p.m., as we were strolling through Antibes, we came across this man sitting in the unusually quiet Rue des Revennes, reading a BD, a bande dessinée. To call a BD a comic strip simply does not do it justice. For one thing, a BD is not limited to a particular genre; its topic can be humorous, but also political, historical, biographical, artistic... even pornographic. Many BD feature topics or stories that may be read on different levels; thus, adults and children might both laugh at a humorous BD, though not necessarily in the same spots. While some famous series have been published in different languages, BD are a truly francophone phenomenon and do not usually translate well. Check this site for more information.