#Angouleme International Comics Festival

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Poster for the Angouleme International Comics Festival Art by Hiroaki Samura

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I'm doing my first international (or ever) book tour with my pal Ariel Ries this January in France!! We're going to be signing and promoting our comics with Editions Kinaye in Paris and Brittany and then... to Angouleme!!!!!

I am so hyped, you have no idea. Angouleme is like, the Ultimate Comics Festival in my head and it's always been a bucket-list item, so to get to finally be there, amongst the international comics scene… dream come true!!! Also!! I love Franco-Belgium comics so my luggage is gonna die.

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Swiss artist Panchaud wins best comics album prize at Angouleme

Angoulême, France (AFP) — Swiss artist and writer Martin Panchaud won the Fauve d’Or for the best album of the year at France’s prestigious Angouleme International Comics Festival on Saturday. Manga featured heavily at this year’s festival, with exhibitions of a number of leading artists in the form (AFP) His book, “The Color of Things”, tells its story using the codes of video games, with…

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Les mangas, à l’honneur au festival d’Angoulême comme en librairies

YOHAN BONNET / AFP Visitors look at Editions Issekinicho comics book at Manga City section during the 49th Angouleme International Comics Festival (Festival International de la Bande Dessinee), in Angouleme, western France, on March 19, 2022. (Photo by YOHAN BONNET / AFP) YOHAN BONNET / AFP Le stand des Editions Issekinicho au festival de BD d’Angoulême 2022 BD – Alors même que le Festival de la…

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Le festival de la BD 

Connaissez-vous Angouleme, une jolie petite ville dans l’ouest de la France? On s’appelle aussi la capitale de la BD. En effet, depuis 1974 s’y déroule annuellement le plus important festival de la bande dessinée francophone en Europe: le Festival international de la bande dessinée d’Angouleme. Cést l’occasion de voir des expositions mais aussi de rencontrer des acteurs de la BD. 

The comic book festival

Do you know Angouleme, a nice little town in the west of France? It is also called the capital of comics. Indeed, since 1974 the most important festival of the French-speaking comic strip in Europe takes place there every year: the International Festival of the comic strip of Angouleme. It is the occasion to see exhibitions but also to meet actors of the comic strip.

s’y déroule -> takes place there rencontrer -> meet

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This week in Paris, France was the Angoulême International Comics Festival, and this year Battle Angel Alita (aka Gunnm) creator Yukito Kishiro was in attendance! Here’s an English transcript of his interview, thanks to the folks at Fullfrontal.moe. Enjoy!

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Rumiko Takahashi Draws Poster for 47th Angoulême International Comics Festival

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Parenthesis by Elodie Durand (Book Review)

Parenthesis by Elodie Durand (Book Review)

Winner of the Revelation Prize, Liberation Readers’ Prize, and Poland Prize from the Angoulême International Comics Festival and named one of FNAC’s “Top 10 Graphic Novels About Illness”! From the publisher (Top Shelf): A triumph of graphic memoir, Parenthesis narrates the author’s experience with tumor-related epilepsy–losing herself, and finding herself again.Judith is barely out of her teens…

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Naoki Urasawa Wins Special Award and Mystery Award at Angoulême International Comics Festival

The 45th Angoulême International Comics Festival awarded manga creator Naoki Urasawa with the Fauve Special Award and the Fauve Polar SNCF Special Award for mystery works. The festival held an exhibit of Urasawa’s work, and the exhibit will continue from February 13-March 31, 2018 at Paris Rendez-Vous at the Hôtel de Ville in Paris. Urasawa previously received Angoulême’s grand prize for…

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Poster for the 47th Angouleme International Comics Festival by Rumiko Takahashi, featuring her favorite childhood series: Wonder 3, Princess Knight, Dororo, Osomatsu-kun, Obake Q-taro, and Perman.

-Rumic World

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Magnetic Press Announces Award-winning Sci-Fi Double Feature: CARBON & SILICON and SHANGRI-LA

Eisner-nominated and international award-winning graphic novel and art book publisher Magnetic Press announces two extraordinary tales of speculative hard science-fiction by award-winning, visionary graphic novelist Mathieu Bablet to be offered in a new Kickstarter campaign launching this Tuesday, May 25th, 2021  at 10AM CST.

Author Mathieu Bablet’s storytelling gained critical recognition for telling smart and deeply empathetic stories in line with INTERSTELLAR, THE ARRIVAL, and BLADE RUNNER. SHANGRI-LA won the Fauve d’Or Award for Best Graphic novel at the 2017 Angouleme Festival, and CARBON & SILICON most recently won the FNAC Award for Best Graphic Novel of 2020.

Magnetic Press is now offering both books in premium, oversized hardcover editions, along with an exclusive, sophisticated linen-and-foil slipcase set.  

Magnetic Press’s Publisher Mike Kennedy says, “When I first saw SHANGRI-LA, I instantly became enamored with all of Mathieu’s work. The cinematic scope of that book is simply astounding, and when he followed that up with CARBON & SILICON, he firmly established himself as the Stanley Kubrick of comics in my opinion. A smart, visionary storyteller who knows how to layer fascinating, probable high-concept science-fiction with relatable and endearing human pathos. He deserves all of the attention and accolades that his work has garnered so far, and a lot more.”

CARBON & SILICON is a 272-page tale that spans several centuries, starting in contemporary Silicon Valley and stretching to the farthest side of the dystopia we may be heading towards today. CARBON & SILICONtells a heartfelt story of the complex relationship between two androids who crisscross the planet for centuries in search of themselves and each other while civilization crumbles around them.

SHANGRI-LA is a 224-page story about humanity’s relocation into space when the planet Earth becomes no longer livable. After generations of living on board massive space stations, science is about to offer the inhabitants the next evolutionary step. Bablet wraps contemporary social issues of consumerism, racism, and transhumanism into a complex conspiracy tale that balances visceral action and commentary with gorgeous panoramic vistas set designs.

To launch their campaign, Magnetic Press is offering several FREE Linen Cardstock Prints for backers who pre-register at http://www.carbon-and-silicon.com and pledge to the campaign on

Kickstarter backers will be able to choose between individual hardcover books, each with Spot UV and curved corners, or as an eye-catching set within a Limited-Edition linen textured slipcase with metallic foil elements. Additional upgrades such as heavier paperweight, foil logo, and ribbon bookmark may be unlocked as stretch goals. All books will include bookplates signed by Mathieu Bablet.

A limited number of original sketches will be created by Mathieu Bablet for 30 backers.

This campaign will mark Magnetic Press’s twelfth Kickstarter campaign following eleven previous successes. Visit http://www.carbon-and-silicon.com for more information.

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While looking for another photo, I found this one. #TBT to our first trip to Angouleme. @tom_scioli w/ his 1 euro baguette, and @pitzergirl excited for comics! (at Festival International de la Bande Dessinée d'Angoulême) https://www.instagram.com/p/CD1TUigBo73/?igshid=1jq20k9fepur

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44th Angoulême International Comics Festival 26.-19.1.2017

  Here is a long overdue report of my visit at Angoulême Comics Festival this year. 

I attended Angoulême Comics Festival in France for the first time this year. Angoulême is the biggest comic festival in France and one of the largest ones in Europe with an international crowd of about 200,000 people each year gathering into this small town in southwest of France.  I had heard a lot about this festival that had gone on for over forty years and was interested to see it for myself.

I was invited as a guest to the festival as part of Femicomix Finland (Feministinen sarjakuvatoiminta). Femicomix was representing at Angoulême in collaboration with three other organizations from around the world that bring awareness of gender inequality in the comic scene and bring out more female artists. These organizations were Chicago Ladies’ Night Anthology (USA), Laydeez Do Comics (UK) and Comic Book Slumber Party (UK). As a group we called ourselves “International Girl Gang”.

The Mission of International Girl Gang was to bring awareness of gender inequality in the French comic business. Last year there was a scandal at Angoulême Comics Festival because no women were nominated for the lifetime achievement award. The scandal raised a discussion internationally about the position of women in comics. Female creators do not get as much praise as the male comic creators and are often left without publishing deals. There are many great female comic artists so why did the awards not reflect it?

To bring more women in to the eyes of the public visiting Angoulême we had an exhibition at Conservatoire as part of the Angoulême Comics Festival. Many locals and people visiting the festival came to the opening party and saw the exhibition later as well. I had few pages from my graphic novel MOSS DASH exhibited there. We had a table in Espace BD Alternative where all the international artists in the Girl Gang could sell their work and meet people visiting the festival. We also publsihed a zine International Girl Gang Encyclopedia that we sold at our stall. The zine had works from all the four organizations by different artists in the groups. There was also a two page comic about impostor syndrome by me published in the zine.

We held a very popular panel discussion on how to fight sexism in comics that had a huge line before it started. We decided to have the panel two times since there were so many people wishing to hear about this topic. Speaking we representatives from each of the four groups. Johanna Rojola was representing Femicomix Finland in the panel.

We also had a seminar day at EESI with workshops and presentations from the different groups taking part in international girl Gang. I was unfortunately unable to attend this seminar. I was supposed to talk about trans and non-binary representation in comics at the seminar but on the day I got really bad food poisoning and had to spend the rest of the day puking in the toilet. My last few days were a bit of a haze of throwing up and trying to survive. Luckily I got some strong french medicine to help with my sickness and I was able to make it back to Finland without puking on the plane, bus or train.

Our table was in the alternative area comics are of the festival and I really found some interesting artists there and wonderful new styles in comics. Alternative artists as graduates from renowned ÉESI (École Européenne Supérieure de l'Image) in Angoulême were pushed aside to a Spin off Festival near by. The works at Spin Off were very artistic and inspiring. Reminded me most of the finnish comic scene that is ruled by great artists from KutiKuti for example. The comic market in Finland is very much a small niche thing and no matter what you do you will be considered a niche thing. The french comic market is very big and many international publishers head to Angoulême in hopes of cashing in on the large french speaking market.  

As a non-binary transperson I am always trying to search representation of queer themes and artists in comics. At the festival I didn’t see many queer artists. I met one trans artist stco-19 that had many great zines about trans and queer themes which I was very happy about. The publisher LGBT BD also had many comics about queer themes. I was really happy to find them as well. But that was about it. Maybe if I understood more french I could understand the comics more, now I was mostly limited to understanding the comics that were in english. The french culture is still very conservative when it comes to LGBTQIA+ issues. So for these themes to hit the mainstream and be in comics more widely might still take some time.

I saw some women creators and artists at the stalls. Still the mayority was men in the creators, publishers and sellers. The french comic scene is still very much ruled by old men making adventure comics for other men. While women make up a large portion of the comic consumers, not many comics are made by women or for women.

Overall I had a great experience. I want to give a big thank you to all of the wonderful people of International Girl Gang and to Kone Foundation for giving us funding for the trip. Hope to go to Angoulême again but not next year since I got a little bit traumatized by my food poisoning there. And it was so hard to find vegan food there. Maybe I can go back in a few years and see if things have at all improved in Angoulême in regards to gender inequality and vegan food.

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ComiXology Originals & Delcourt Group Celebrate the Impending Release of Promethee 13:13 by Andy Diggle, Shawn Martinbrough, David Stewart & Jock with an Exclusive Poster During the Festival International De La Bande Dessinée

Promethee 13:13 is an upcoming prequel to the critically acclaimed, post-apocalyptic sci-fi  bandes dessinées by Christophe Bec

Bec, Diggle, Martinbrough, & Jock to sign the exclusive Promethee 13:13 poster and speak during a panel at the Festival International De La Bande Dessinée

Volumes 1 & 2 to be simultaneously released in English and French same-day worldwide

January 23 2019 – Angouleme, France – ComiXology, Amazon’s premier digital comics service, and Delcourt Group, the leading independent comic book publisher in France, join forces to bring readers everywhere the upcoming comiXology Originals title Promethee 13:13, a prequel to Christophe Bec’s best-selling, mind-bending, science-fiction bande dessinée, Promethee. The Promethee 13:13 team along with original Promethee creator Christophe Bec will be in attendance at the 46th annual Festival International De La Bande Dessinée – happening January 24-27, 2019 in Angouleme, France – to promote and discuss new details about this upcoming title. Coming this year as part of the comiXology Originals line of exclusive digital content, Promethee 13:13 will be exclusively available as two 48-page volumes on Kindle and comiXology and available to members of Prime Reading, Kindle Unlimited, and comiXology Unlimited at no additional cost. Each volume will be simultaneously released in English and French worldwide at debut.

To celebrate this announcement, the all-star Promethee 13:13 creative team of Andy Diggle, Shawn Martinbrough and Jock, along with Promethee original creator,Christophe Bec, will appear at the Delcourt Group booth in Le Monde des Bulles Marquee to sign an exclusive, limited edition poster illustrated by Shawn Martinbrough, with colors by Jock, Friday, January 25th from 5-6pm, and Saturday January 26th from 7-8pm. Additionally, the Promethee team along with comiXology Originals Head of Content, Chip Mosher and Directeur Editorial at Delcourt Group, Jean Wacquet, and Editor Will Dennis, will discuss this upcoming comic series during the Past, Present and Future: Promethee 13:13 panel, Thursday, January 24th at 4:30pm at the Conservatory Gabriel Fauré in Angoulême, France.

“The universe of Promethee is vast. It could be extended, as I am doing now, or enriched, as Andy Diggle wanted to do. He has adeptly filled gaps in my story, bringing his own vision and digging deeper into aspects of the tale that I only ever touched on, sometimes even with a certain poetry. Shawn Martinbrough’s artwork has character; his stark style brings a new feeling to the series, that will permit it, I hope, to help a much larger number of American readers discover my series,” said Promethee original creator/writer/artist Christophe Bec.

“The Promethee series is this huge, sprawling epic that takes place over thousands of years with dozens of characters. There’s so much material and so many options, you’re spoiled for choice. I wanted to come up with something accessible and give a sense of the wealth of the material out there to be discovered, but without it feeling completely overwhelming—a nice self-contained story, which doesn’t require you to have any knowledge of the original series, but can act as a doorway to it,” said Promethee 13:13 writer, Andy Diggle.

Promethee 13:13 is a psychological sci-fi horror comic full of alien conspiracy, written by Andy Diggle (The Losers, Thief of Thieves, Hellblazer, Uncanny) with art by Shawn Martinbrough (Thief of Thieves, Batman: Detective Comics, The Black Panther, Hellboy), colors by Dave Stewart (Hellboy, DC: The New Frontier, The Umbrella Academy), covers by Jock (Batman, The Losers), and headed by veteran editor Will Dennis.

Darla, a successful author, has visions of apocalyptic invasions and being abducted by aliens as a child. After years of medication she’s put it behind her, until one day while speaking at a mental illness conference in San Diego, her life gets turned upside down. At the same time, strange things begin to happen during the latest space shuttle Atlantis mission. Promethee 13:13 tells the thrilling fast-paced space drama leading up to the moments of September 21, 2019 at 13:13.

In addition to being purchasable on comiXology and Amazon, comiXology Originals are also available to read through Prime Reading, Kindle Unlimited, and comiXology Unlimited. Prime Reading offers Amazon Prime members a rotating selection of over a thousand top Kindle books, magazines, short works, comic books, children’s books, and more – all at no additional cost. Kindle Unlimited offers over 1 million titles, thousands of audiobooks, and select current issues of popular magazines for just $9.99 a month with a 30-day free trial at amazon.com/kindleunlimited. ComiXology Unlimited offers over 20,000 comics, graphic novels and manga for just $5.99 a month with a 30-day free trial at comixology.com/unlimited.

For more updates on comiXology Originals, check out http://comixologyoriginals.com and follow comiXology on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. 

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Au Festival de la BD d’Angoulême, six autrices à suivre

YOHAN BONNET / AFP Visitors look at Editions Issekinicho comics book at Manga City section during the 49th Angouleme International Comics Festival (Festival International de la Bande Dessinee), in Angouleme, western France, on March 19, 2022. (Photo by YOHAN BONNET / AFP) YOHAN BONNET / AFP 49ème édition du Festival de la BD d’Angoulême. BANDE DESSINÉE – Place enfin, au neuvième art. Le Festival…

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31 décembre ° 1 janvier

La bande dessinée

Dans les pays francophones, les bandes dessinées (BD) sont trés appréciées des petits et des grands. En France, un festival international de la BD se déroule chaque année à Angouleme. En Belgique, les BD font meme partie de la culture! Les auteurs et dessinateurs francophones avec leurs célebres titres sont réputés dans le monde entier. Qui ne connait pas Asterix et Obelix, Tintin et Milou ou Les Schtroumpfs? Vous avez envie d’en apprendre plus? Alors, bon mois de janvier! 

Translation: 

The comic strip

In French-speaking countries, comics are very popular with children and adults. In France, an international comic book festival takes place every year in Angouleme. In Belgium, comics are even part of the culture! The French-speaking authors and cartoonists with their famous titles are famous all over the world. Who doesn't know Asterix and Obelix, Tintin and Snowy or The Smurfs? You want to learn more? Then, have a good January!

-> envie: desire, want

-> déroule: unfolds , unravels 

-> chaque : each

-> alors: then, so 

-> font même partie: are even part of (meme: even) (font:”are”).