Thibaud Hue, edited by Gauthier Delomez
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07:52 am, December 03, 2021
REPORTAGE
A meeting that many fans will not forget. French football star Kylian Mbappé gave a signing session on Thursday in Paris, at Fnac des Ternes in the 17th arrondissement, for the publication of his very first autobiographical comic entitled My name is kylian and co-written with designer Faro. For the occasion, 150 people were drawn to be able to request a dedication to the world champion. Europe 1 went there.
“A moment that I will never forget”
In his comic book, Kylian Mbappé retraces his beginnings in Bondy, in Seine-Saint-Denis, and his meteoric rise that saw him to be crowned with the France team in 2018. Many fans of the Paris Saint-Germain striker made their dream come true by meeting the player. “It’s nice to see you in real life!”, Says the mother of a young admirer of the footballer. “He’s a great soccer player, one of my favorites. It’s a moment I’ll never forget in my life,” admits the boy, stars in his eyes.
“I think children like it when it’s illustrated, they like it to suit them. They can identify with this kind of thing,” says the star of the day, Kylian Mbappé, of his comic book at the microphone of Europe 1. The world champion accumulates dedications. “It’s for my brother,” explains a customer, before telling the player, “Scratch the Ballon d’Or, Kylian!”
“There are all stages of my life”, explains Kylian Mbappé
The 22-year-old French footballer says more about his first literary work, which should sell like hot cakes for Christmas. “There are all the stages of my life, there are not only the good times. There are more difficult, more painful times”, confides the native of Bondy. “For me, he’s a real model. He comes like me, from 93, and he got through it. I think he’s a great model of success, of a lot of work,” says a client.
And Kylian Mbappé to ensure that “the goal (of comics) is not to tell stories, it is to tell my story. That’s why I invested so much in it”. Adults and children will all remember this meeting with the French football star.
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