Ryan McAvoy said:

RicOlie_2 said:

Doing the above homework reminded me of the line in Groundhog Day about studying 19th century French poetry, as I was doing just that. :P Until six months ago I never would have considered that I would possibly be stuck doing such a thing....

If I'd learned to read French much better than I did in school, I'd be going straight out and buying an original copy of 'The Incal' (And it's sequels/prequels).

It's a primary influence on Star Wars but I often feel the English translation that I own is suspect. I'd be ordering a lot of other un-translated Moebius stuff in fact... plus the new issue of Charlie Hebdo ;-)

Presumably, however, the translation was the influence, not the original...or does George Lucas read French?

But yes, a lot can be lost in translation. I plan to never again read a translation from French to English now that I'm mostly able to read them as they are.