The two should not have crossed each other, and yet ... In Barcelona, in 1916, the black boxer - and future world heavyweight champion -, Jack "Arthur" Johnson, and the white artist - and pretended nephew Oscar Wilde -, Arthur Cravan, will compete in the ring. One has fled America where racial segregation is still very present, the other seeks to dodge the call of arms with the World War raging. The two will end up in a rigged boxing match as the first "happening" in the history of art.
In the comics "It was 2 times Arthur", the screenwriter Nine Antico and the designer Grégoire Carlé bring a light between shadow and light on the incredible lives of two men very free and very selfish, who say a lot about their time, the early 20th century.
"He was 2 times Arthur" by Nine Antico and Grégoire Carlé (Aire Libre / Dupuis editions)