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{{Short description|2018 graphic novel by Bastien Vivès}}
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{{Infobox comic book title
| title               = Petit Paul
| image               = Petit_Paul.jpeg
| image_size          = <!-- default 250 -->
| alt                 = 
| caption             = Cover of ''Petit Paul'' single-volume edition.
| format              = Graphic novel
| genre               = [[Erotic fantasy]]
| publisher           = [[Glénat Éditions|Glénat]]
| date                = 19 September 2018
| main_char_team      = Petit Paul
| writers             = Bastien Vivès
| artists             = Bastien Vivès
| creators            = [[Bastien Vivès]]
| TPB                 = Petit Paul
| ISBN                = 978-2-344-02897-1
}}
'''''Petit Paul''''' ({{Lit|Little Paul}}) is a 2018 [[graphic novel]] written and illustrated by [[Bastien Vivès]]. It was published on 19 September 2018 by [[Glénat Éditions|Glénat]] as part of Porn'Pop collection.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Petit Paul |url=https://www.glenat.com/pornpop/petit-paul-9782344028971 |access-date=9 December 2024 |website=Éditions Glénat |lang=fr}}</ref> But it was withdrawn from sale following allegations of [[child pornography]].

== Synopsis ==
The comic strip tells the adventures of a precocious ten-year-old Paul endowed with a penis of astonishing size, who finds himself confronted with the lust of the women around him with whom he ends up having exclusively sexual adventures.<ref>{{Cite web |title="Petit Paul", une BD "pédopornographique"? Laissez-moi rire… |url=https://bibliobs.nouvelobs.com/bd/20180921.OBS2764/petit-paul-une-bd-pedopornographique-laissez-moi-rire.html |access-date=2019-09-13 |website=Bibliobs |language=fr}}</ref>

== Controversy ==
Almost immediately after its release, the book became the subject of considerable controversy and the situations presented in it were accused of child pornography.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Petit Paul, où es-tu ? |url=https://www.franceculture.fr/emissions/le-journal-de-la-philo/petit-paul-ou-es-tu |access-date=2019-09-13 |website=France Culture |language=fr}}.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-09-25 |title=Taxée de pédopornographie, la BD ''Petit Paul'' de Bastien Vivès retirée des rayons |url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/bd/2018/09/25/03014-20180925ARTFIG00139-taxee-de-pedopornographie-la-bd-petit-paul-de-bastien-vives-retiree-des-rayons.php |access-date=2019-09-13 |website=lefigaro.fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=''Petit Paul'' : "Normaliser la pédophilie, la stratégie du prédateur sexuel" |url=https://actualitte.com/article/17048/edition/petit-paul-normaliser-la-pedophilie-la-strategie-du-predateur-sexuel |access-date=2022-12-22 |website=ActuaLitté.com |language=fr-FR}}</ref>

In 2022, Bastien Vivès' programming as guest of honor at the Angoulême festival, with a planned exhibition, sparked a new controversy. On this occasion, Bastien Vivès' past statements resurface as well as certain aspects of his editorial production, including ''Petit Paul''. Two associations file complaints against him and his publishers.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bastien Vivès visé par deux plaintes pour "diffusion d'images pédopornographiques" : que dit la loi ? |url=https://www.bfmtv.com/people/bandes-dessinees/bastien-vives-vise-par-une-plainte-pour-diffusion-d-images-pedopornographiques-que-dit-la-loi_AV-202212210449.html |access-date=2022-12-22 |website=BFMTV |language=fr}}.</ref> Cartoonist Joanna Lorho told on ''[[Libération]]'' on 22 December 2022, "It is dishonest to say that ''Petit Paul'' by Bastien Vivès has nothing to do with pedocriminality." She believes that Vivès is representative of a comic strip environment that is too exclusively masculine and sexist.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Klock |first=Marie |title=Joanna Lorho : "C'est malhonnête de dire que ''Petit Paul'' de Bastien Vivès n'a rien à voir avec la pédocriminalité" |url=https://www.liberation.fr/culture/bd/johanna-lorho-cest-malhonnete-de-dire-que-petit-paul-de-bastien-vives-na-rien-a-voir-avec-la-pedocriminalite-20221222_IC2K3QDUVRCHPJ4FWQT4ZXWT2A |access-date=2022-12-22 |website=Libération |language=fr}}.</ref>

On 6 January 2023, the [[Nanterre]] public prosecutor's office opened a preliminary investigation targeting Bastien Vivès and the publishing houses Glénat and Les Requins Marteau.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-01-06 |title=Bastien Vivès visé par une enquête pour diffusion d'images pédopornographiques |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2023/01/06/bastien-vives-vise-par-une-enquete-pour-diffusion-d-images-pedopornographiques_6156888_3224.html |access-date=2024-12-08 |language=fr}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://ecpat.be/en/petit-paul-a-well-founded-polemic/ Petit Paul, a well-founded polemic?] – ECPAT Belgium

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