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taneliv
Since I was unsure if I remembered it correctly and had to check it up: BD stands for bande dessinée[1], that is, a comic book.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bande_dessin%C3%A9e

clauderoux
Actually, Bande Dessinée means: Comic Strip
bestouff
Sure it does, initially. But nowadays it means comic book.
a-french-anon
Not really, it means both. A simple 4 square strip in a newspaper is also called bande dessinée.
taneliv
Isn't the literal meaning "drawn strip"?
nickserv
Nice.

It's always a pleasure to see the print versions of Pepper&Carrot at the local bookseller, knowing that it's mainly done in Krita, and other OSS.

And of course the stories are cute!

Will pick up a copy when available in my area.

drivingmenuts
> All the stories in this book are in French, for the French-speaking market

OK, so why is the ad in English, then?

Timwi
Only half of it is an ad. The rest is more a blog post about the process involving FLOSS publishing software.
PoignardAzur
The article mentions open-sourcing it and opening it to translations. You can see on the screenshots that the speech bubbles are left blank, so they can be filled with translated text.

(Also, holy crap this idea is amazing. I'm buying two as soon as I close this tab.)

lancesells
I don't know anything about this comic, but word balloons going over part of a face is not a good sign for a quality book.
tokinonagare
Well that's indeed bad, but looking at that illustrator portfolio, his skill is undeniable.