The Roma in comic books

French comic artist Kkrist Mirror grew up near the Montreuil-Bellay internment camp where Travellers were imprisoned during the Second World War. His fascination with the camp’s history blossomed into a love for the Roma people to whom he dedicated a comic book trilogy: Tsiganes tells the story of the Roma people interned in France during WWII; Manouches the tale of a gadjo taken in by his Roma patriarch friend and his family; Gitans centres around the Roma pilgrimage to the shrine of Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer on the French Mediterranean coast. Dipping into these three books, the author will talk about these communities that he has come to know and love.