Le blog tumblr officiel de Geraldine & Mona ! Retrouvez toutes leurs aventure dans leurs prochains albums ! N'hésitez pas à commander le 1er tome dans son format physique dès maintenant sur le site de Myria Edition, https://myria-editions.com/bd-comics-humour-tranche-de-vie/geraldine-mona-tome-1-cookies-au-cafe.html ou dans la section "Précommande" !
Aaand another older page entirely remade ! Both in english and french, so don't worry about the translation ^^ !
One of the 1st page i made for the 2nd tome, and also the 1st I remade from scratch.
To give you the little trivia, I wasn't a huge fan of the look of the older one. I think it needed to give Geraldine good reason for actually get angry. I think this one was important to show that sometime, Geraldine would snap, BUT not in a wrong way. Here Mona was about to get really hurt for real, and this scared her mother. I kinda didn't showed it that well in the original, so It needed to be fixed in my opinion.
... Don't hesitate to tell me what you think about the remastered one ! I think it would be nice to show the older one as well as the new one, since it's really different from the original. (The old one is in french only, but really, it's virtually the same thing)
Anyway, have a new old one !
(Saying this again, this was on my patreon MONTH ago ! So don't hesitate to give it a look if you're curious ! https://www.patreon.com/cw/francoisL_patreon_Artblog)
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So, remember a few weeks back when I was reblogging a bunch of comics and art from a little wholesome blog called @geraldineetmona? Well, look what I ended up buying and having shipped all the way from France.
Yes, it's the book for this adorable little comic series. And, I figured I'd make a little post about it and my thoughts.
Now, the thing I love about this series is just the slice of life aspect of it and its approach to the concept. I always love stuff like that, so Geraldine and Mona was pretty much my neck of the woods in interests. I came across this series randomly while looking for art elsewhere and it caught my eye for how different the vibe is from most slice of life comics and in general the wholesome factor.
I mentioned this in a previous ask, but I get major Hilda and Johanna vibes from this whole series. Maybe it's the single mom/daughter character duo or just the more Euro vibe of it all compared to what you might see in an American made story of a similar manner that Hilda similarly has got, it just makes it work. And speaking of, yes, the book is all in French.
While there are English translations on the main blog, the book is French (duh, it literally came from France, lol). But that also makes it kind of unique in my book collection, as it's the first French book I got instead of English. Plus, it was a good chance to refresh myself on French, a language I literally spent 6 years learning in public school (spoiler alert, I still suck at it and yet ironically, I've been to Paris but not Montreal, lol). But TBH, it's so worth it cause the visuals in this book are amazing. @francoisl-artblog, you got some mad talent!
Speaking on the characters, I love the dynamic between Geraldine and Mona. They're both super funny, wholesome and all around fun. Geraldine is a pretty sweet and caring mom and Mona is hilariously funny and yet also adorable. You love them both instantly.
One thing I find pretty interesting about this book and comic series, is the whole ever present realistic struggles of parenting, work/life balance, and the ever obvious effects that all has on your waistline, lol. And yet despite that, it's all explored in a really fun, innocent and body positive way. It even says on the book's official page that it's a great balance of a story in anxieties on appearance and life, through a pretty fun and childishly innocent way. You don't really see something like that in books aimed especially at younger readers, so it was fun to see how it portrays it in a way that you feel almost able to relate to. You'll find Geraldine's struggles and highs and lows all so true, while also finding fun with Mona's antics and hilariously child like ways to deal with things you probably can relate with too. I mean, who hasn't wanted to eat a mountain of pancakes, or crash out Windows being Windows?
All in all, Geraldine and Mona is a truly wonderful book/comic series. This was without a doubt, one of my better impulsive buys made at 12 AM with little idea what I was getting myself into. I was genuinely surprised and loved it. There's just a charm to stuff like this that as I've said above, you just don't get from most American shows or comics. Hilda was probably the closest I've seen to that and now Geraldine and Mona. Guess that's what happens when you're like me and grew up on Canadian made cartoons that had a similar vibe or with Euro studios in collab (cough cough Babar). If that doesn't make any sense at all, don't worry. I can't explain it but for me, that's just what I enjoy seeing most and this book does that well.
If I had any nitpicks, it would probably be the page count being 48 when the website said 56 (though maybe that includes everything rather than just numbered in book pages) and of course, an English version of the book would be nice, given there are English translations on Tumblr already. Though, if that may be down the line fingers crossed which I've heard could be, I'd 100% buy it.
But those are nothing really in the grand scheme of it all. This is a solid read. I'll leave the purchase links below. I ended up getting it from Amazon cause in Canada it is sold there and also cause the official site wasn't loading for me for some reason till now (maybe my browser was broken, lol).
GÉRALDINE & MONA par MYRIA EDITIONS, une bande-dessinée cocooning sur une mère célibataire et sa fille espiègle !
Géraldine est en télét
It's always nice having a physical copy of something you see online IMO. Be it merch from a show you love or a book for a comic series you enjoy. And on top of that, I love finding new stuff to obsess over or talk about beyond my usual Gravity Falls stuff or more.
So, if Geraldine and Mona is something you find interesting, get a copy and support a super wholesome series and a great artist.
Is honestly the best review I ever gotten on this comic. Like, I'm really glad that you love that much : ) ! This. and the recent DTIYS, you. have no idea how much this is motivating me to keep going ! Thank you so much !
I do love that you bring up the "Parenting struggling" part, It's something that I kinda want to show more often, and it's actually more present in the 2nd tome (That will release ONE DAY, but I think I'm on my own for this one, so i don't know WHEN...) With also other stuff, like school, friends, and more !
I initially wanted to release both french and english in physical, but it's kinda not possible at the moment... that's why I nowadays try to share some translated pages from both tome, so you still can see them ! Still love that you have the french version, it means a lot : D ! Once I can do both and can find a way to be available to send them all around the world, trust me, I will !
(There's also A LOT more on Patreon, at the current time ! Just in case, just in case ; ) )
For the page mistake, this is from my current publishers, The. actual pages is indeed 48, I don't know where the 56 is from, and this haven't been fixed yet... I don't know why ^^'...
Thanks too for sharing the Amazon link ! It's still in french only, but It's still there ^^ !
So ! Thank you so much for your kind words and review, I now need to do even more with them ! Which is in the work ^^ ! (Along another project that I CAN'T WAIT to reveal once I can ^^ !)
Also, you mentioning Gravity Falls revived my fond memories for this show that I used to love a lot back then. Gonna watch it again now so I can do fan art stuff.
So ! The main Geraldine and Mona account on instagram just reached 1k (Posting more comics sure had it's effect, so I'm going to post more of this), so here's a little DTIYS challenge to celebrate if you want to !
So, it's really simple, you just need to redraw this pic of Geraldine there !
With the background or not, just have fun !
The Rules are as usual, just draw this pic in your style, similar poses and all.
Put the #GeraldineDTIYS
Don't do NSFW stuff.
And have fun !
The winner gets a Full Body Artwork for me, only one winner this time !
Deadline is July 2 ! Have fun if you want to draw her !
So far, I received a lot of entries, way more than what I've expected ! I may add more prizes because, truly, lot of good stuff there, on Da, Tumblr and Insta. I have to thank you, guys, It's always great to see one character being appreciated this way.
All that said ! There's one day left ! I heard some of you may have slightly be late or something, so... Don't worry, It technically ends tomorrow, but I'll be okay to include your art even if it's bit late by one day or two.
Good luck to you all and thanks a lot for participating !
Final "Heatwave" callback, I was in the mood for this :' )... 2nd tome this time, i think we can see a bit of difference between style ? Also, first page starring Camille !
Actually, lemonade is really sweet. Enormously ! And no, I didn't know that before, I never drink it, but it's the equivalent of a soda. In fact, there's a French equivalent with much less sugar, the "citronnade", and I thought that was that ! Basically, I always confused the two... ( And the French name doesn't seems to exist in English, it's just a variation of lemonade)
Well, as in this context, it's a homemade lemonade, so they put less sugar. It's very light. And I won't change the name, I'm fond of this silly pun.
Following the current heatwave, here's another callback to the 1st tome, where Mona and Chloe tries to find a way to refresh themselves. They failed due to bad dose of lemons, and here's probably the silliest end of the whole comic.
Once again, sorry for reposting old stuff, but I kind of haven't posted the revised 1st tome pages here ^^'.
Following the English version and the french version and the OG version.
Character and comic made by me. Do not repost
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(But also slightly redone very recently, the current horrendous heatwave got me inspired to redo this one. I wanted to post another page, but I thought this one fitted more)
Here, the text got slightly simplified, I noticed it has too much text. Also modified the brush line to be closer to the one from the 2nd tome.
Following the English version and the french version.Character and comic made by me. Do not repost.
(Like a lot of things, this was posted a moment ago with many pages on my patreon ! Go check !)
So ! The main Geraldine and Mona account on instagram just reached 1k (Posting more comics sure had it's effect, so I'm going to post more of this), so here's a little DTIYS challenge to celebrate if you want to !
So, it's really simple, you just need to redraw this pic of Geraldine there !
With the background or not, just have fun !
The Rules are as usual, just draw this pic in your style, similar poses and all.
Put the #GeraldineDTIYS
Don't do NSFW stuff.
And have fun !
The winner gets a Free Full Body Artwork from me, only one winner this time !
Deadline is July 2 ! Have fun if you want to draw her !
This one is actually a "remake" of an older page, it's also part of the 2nd tome, but in the meantime you can check it here, both in french, and finally in english this time around !
I kinda liked this one back then. Most kids doesn't have tact, and it's sometimes kinda funny :' )... sometimes.
Character and comic made by me. Do not repost.
Once again, most of the Remade Page are already on patreon, this is only one of them ! Don't hesitate to check on there ^^ !
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Tiny artwork for (french) Mother's day, with Mona taking her first steps. She's getting at it, look at her go ! One day, you barely walk, next one, you. run too fast.
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Of course Geraldine ended up letting Mona watch the movie since she a good amounts of points. The main one being it's a good movie with neat music.
Mona is now following the hype now !
(Yeah, I know it's RUMI and not Roumie, but I needed at least one slightly different name. Just to fit the parody aspect of it. And because I find this funny.)
This also was posted MONTH ago on my Patreon. Want to see more Geraldine & Mona stuff ? Go check there as well !
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New Short Gag with Geraldine & Mona ! (And by new, I mean not made for the 2nd tome, it's new new !)
I kinda want your feedback on that one, because as you may have noticed, it's in flat colors. And I'm truly hesitating to do Shaded colors. Don't get me wrong, it looks better with ! But it's really time consuming with everything I do on the side (Commissions/Patreon/Drawings and life stuff)
So, don't hesitate to tell me which one you actually prefer !
Also, K-Pop mentioned here, who could have seen this ?
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Le p'tit poisson n'est pas fan du poisson d'avril, mais ne vous en faites pas, il s'en remettra.
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Another redone comic with a slightly different ending. It's one of those times where i ended up changing more things, just because I thought it needed a better gag.
So, long story short, the poor fish is traumatized and doesn't like April's fool. But don't worry, he'll get over it.
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Yo do you have anymore sneak peaks for the next Mona and Geraldine comic
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Well ! I got some good news, because there's the new pages on Patreon right now, fully translated in both French and english ! There will be both new pages and "redone" pages from the older comic.
It's going to stay on patreon for a while, and then it's going to release on the other blog, like @geraldineetmona , once again, in both version, but you'll have to be patient ^^ !
And if this works well, then I'll be able to work on the full sequel (The 3rd tome so, since the 2nd one just need to be fully translated now), probably in a shorter format, but it's in the work too ^^ !
