Latest News About Guy Delisle

Updated 2026-04-22 18:02

I don’t have live access to the latest news right now. Here’s a quick snapshot of Guy Delisle’s recent and notable activity based on available sources up to 2025–early 2026:

Recent works and reception:
- Delisle released Hostage (Drawn & Quarterly), a graphic memoir about a 1997 hostage crisis, which drew strong critical attention and was discussed in interviews around its release.[3][5]
- Jerusalem: Chronicles From the Holy City remains a frequently referenced work in profiles and retrospectives, highlighting its thoughtful approach to life in a geopolitically complex setting.[2][5]
Interviews and profiles:
- He has been the subject of multiple interviews and feature articles as part of book festival coverage and press for his new releases, including discussions of craft, research, and travel influences.[4][2]
Tours and appearances:
- After publishing Hostage, Delisle conducted book tours and appearances in North America, including bookstore events and festival appearances, as noted in press coverage.[2]

Suggested next steps to get the latest:

Check major comics news outlets (The Beat, Comic Book Resources, Ain’t It Cool News) and Drawn & Quarterly’s announcements for new titles or tour dates.
Look up Guy Delisle’s official site or his publisher’s page for the most current releases and event schedule.
Search recent interviews or festival programs (Angoulême, local European festivals, or North American events) for any new projects or forthcoming tours.

If you’d like, I can perform a targeted search for the latest updates and pull current sources and dates for you. I can also summarize any new interview or review you find.

Sources

Lakes Festival Focus 2018: Guy Delisle

Every year, in the countdown to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival, we bring you a series of interviews with guests at the event. This “Festival Focus” for 2018 is Guy Delisle, a Canadian animator and comics artist. In 1994, Guy made his first short, Trois petits chats, which piqued fellow filmmaker Michael Dudok de Wit’s interest. Dudok de Wit asked Delisle to

www.comicartfestival.com

Guy Delisle’s "Jerusalem": Peering Through the Veil of Orientalism

Canadian cartoonist Guy Delisle’s latest effort…

truthout.org

Interview: Cartoonist Guy Delisle on Crafting his ...

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[Artist Talk] Sketching the Everyday and Beyond: Guy Delisle's ...

An Artistic Journey into the World of Visual Storytelling!

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Comics Book Resources Interviews Guy Delisle

Delisle’s latest book is “Jerusalem: Chronicles From the Holy City,” published by Drawn & Quarterly. Earlier this year, the book received the Fauve d’Or or Best Comic Book Award at the prestigious Angouleme Comic Festival. Following a year that Delisle spent in the city with his wife and two children, the book doesn’t avoid politics, but is more concerned with everyday life in the city. The challenges of getting from one side of the city to another, dealing with life abroad with two young...

drawnandquarterly.com

Guy Delisle - PEN America

Guy Delisle is best known for his travelogues about life in faraway countries, Burma Chronicles, Jerusalem: Chronicles from the Holy City, Pyongyang, and Shenzhen.

pen.org

The Fader profiles Guy Delisle ahead of Hostage – Drawn & Quarterly

It’s an approach that serves him well in his latest release, *Hostage*, an exhaustive account of the 1997 kidnapping of a young Doctors Without Borders employee by Chechen separatists. As the writer Sarah Glidden puts it in her back-cover blurb: “A book about a man chained to a radiator should not be exhilarating, but … my heart was racing by the end.” It’s true: pages and pages of nearly-identical-looking panels somehow ends with a surge of blood-pumping adrenaline. … Then other work got in...