Cartoonist and animator Guy Delisle, author of *Burma Chronicles, Jerusalem, Pyongyang*, and *Shenzhen*, joins comics scholar Hillary L. Chute, author of *Outside the Box, Graphic Women*, and *Disaster Drawn*, for a discussion of Delisle's latest book, *Hostage*. _This tour is supported by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the United States._
Guy Delisle (born January 19, 1966) is a Canadian cartoonist and animator, best known for his graphic novels about his travels, such as *Shenzhen* (2000), *Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea* (2003), *Burma Chronicles* (2007), and *Jerusalem* (2011).
Hillary Chute is Professor of English at Northeastern University. Formerly an Associate Professor of English at the University of Chicago. She is the author of Outside the Box: Interviews with Contemporary Cartoonists (University of Chicago Press). She is also the author of Graphic Women: Life Narrative and Contemporary Comics (Columbia University Press) and Associate Editor of Art Spiegelman’s MetaMaus (Pantheon). She recently co-edited both the Critical Inquiry special issue on “Comics & Media” and Daniel Aaron’s Scrap Book (Pressed Wafer). She has written for publications including Artforum, Bookforum, The Believer, and Poetry.