Le fric c'est capital #[nn]

Tignous brings his sharp satirical pen to Le Fric C'est Capital, a collection from 12 Bis showcasing the cartoonist's biting commentary on money and power. The cover says it all: a self-satisfied fat cat in a rumpled suit lounges atop towering stacks of bundled banknotes, cigar lazily in hand, the picture of smug excess rendered in Tignous's wonderfully loose, expressive line work. Published in 2010, this is French political cartooning at its most gleefully irreverent.