Tag Archives: Angoulême

Scarce Magazine At Angouleme For Bleeding Cool

Posted on February 6, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Xavier Lancel is the editor-in-chief of famous French magazine SCARCE on US comics. the magazine has been running since 1983, making it one of the oldest magazine in print on US comics. The latest issue covered the whole DC science-fiction …

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Angouleme Grand Prix “Scandal” Rolls Out

Posted on February 5, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Louis Trondheim tweeted the shortlist of the Angouleme Grand Prix presented to the Academy, and the five names listed. He added; La majorité de l’Académie atteint son seuil de compétence en élisant le seul auteur connu(excellent neanmoins)par elle twitter.com/lewistrondheim… — …

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Angoulême Hands Out Its Awards, Prizes And Controversy For 2013

Posted on February 3, 2013 by Rich Johnston

The Angoulême Festival has revealed their winners of 2013. The Grand Prix was split, between Akira Toriyama, the creator of Dragon Ball who received a “Special” 40th Anniversary Grand Prix while Willem got the actual regular Grand Prix. The one …

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Angoulême Dreaming Friday

Posted on February 1, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Wishing I were in Angoulême, the 40th such occasion in France, and the largest comics festival of its kind in the world… Comic book authors knighted by the French Republic were Pénélope Bagieux, Emmanuel Guibert and Jean-Claude Denis, with Culture …

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Benedict Mouchart, Leaving Angoulême For Casterman

Posted on January 31, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Angoulême was all of a twitter earlier this month when it was announced that Artistic Director of the International Festival of Comics, Benedict Mouchart, was to quit to become editorial director in charge of the large French comics publisher Casterman …

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Angoulême Dreaming

Posted on January 29, 2013 by Rich Johnston

The Fortieth Angoulême Comic Art Festival, the largest such event in the world, is underway, kicking off this weekend. And no, I’m not there. I’d probably just get in a fight if I did. Didier Pasamonik, comic book industry journalist, …

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ComiXology Europe Launches In Paris And At Angouleme

Posted on January 28, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Expect those ComiXology Around The World posts on Bleeding Cool to start looking a little different. ComiXology gave announced they are opening a Paris office and will be exhibiting at this week’s Angouleme Festival, with an aim to start distributing …

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Cultura Replaces FNAC As Angoulême Sponsor

Posted on December 4, 2012 by Rich Johnston

The French bookstore chain Cultura has replaced FNAC as the main sponsor of the world’s largest and most prestigious comics convention. This represents a continual shrinking in size of sponsor, from Leclerc, a big supermarket company, then multi-media store FNAC, …

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The Walking Dead Makes The Angoulême Official Selection For 2013, As Well As Fables, Dockwood, Big Questions And Daytripper

Posted on November 28, 2012 by Rich Johnston

The 40th Angoulême Festival has published its official selection of titles for the year, which form a shortlist for the Awards given out in the show in 2013. For the English-speaking comics industry, notable choices in the Official Selection includes …

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Lewis Trondheim Asks Angoulême To Change

Posted on March 10, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Legendary French cartoonist and one of the founders of L’Association, Louis Trondheim has written an open letter to the largest comics festival in the world, Angoulême, published in the major French newspaper, Le Monde yesterday. Here is an attempt at …

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Drawn And Quarterly To Publish Angoulême Winner – Guy Delisle’s Jerusalem

Posted on February 18, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Recently, Bleeding Cool reported that the Canadian graphic novel Jerusalem: Chronicles from the Holy City by Guy Delisle had won the Faux D’Or at Angouleme, for the best album of the year. Of course it was in French, and I …

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Abby Denson At Angoulême

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Abby Denson writes for Bleeding Cool. Hi, I’m Abby DENSON. This is my third year at Angouleme. So far, I’m making good on my vow to come every year, and I’m so glad I can! My friend Yuuko KOYAMA came …

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Maxime Garbarini Goes To Angoulême

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Maxime Garbarini writes for Bleeding Cool; Hey, my name’s Maxime Garbarini, and it’s my first time in Angoulême on the other side of the table. I’ve been here several times as a visitor, more than 10 years ago so I …

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Sunday Trending Topics: Here Comes Con Season

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Though there’s really not much of an off-season anymore, it was one of the first major con weekends of the year with interesting news tidbits coming from Angoulême and New Orleans (hence Rich’s earlier call for convention contributors).  And what was this thing …

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The Look Of Angoulême

Posted on January 29, 2012 by Rich Johnston

A gallery of photographs taken in and around the 39th Angoulême Comic Art Festival, held this weekend in France. And a little taste shared with you, courtesy of gameone, bellache, laurentLC, ThierrySoulard,  FlorentDeFrise,  paingout,  bedeof, , UitgeverijXTRA , VisitPCharentes, Twikito, CinebookLtd, lbr0, …

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Jim Woodring Wins Jury Prize At Angoulême – And Other Awards

Posted on January 29, 2012 by Rich Johnston

I know, I know, how provincial, a US-based website goes and puts the US comic creator who won the jury prize at Angoulême in the headline. Guilty as charged. But here are the full list of winners, as presented at …

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SCARCE At Angoulême – Standing Out In The Crowd

Posted on January 29, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Xavier Lancel of SCARCE magazine, writes for Bleeding Cool; The Angouleme Festival is so big that have to remember that if you are indeed bringing many talented people at your booth, there is so many booths, so many different areas …

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David Mazzucchelli Hands Over His Award In Style To Bastien Vivès

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Each year at Angouleme, l’Association des Critiques de Bande-Dessinée selects their own Critics Prize for the comic creator most deserving, in a rather splendid ceremony. This year  the award went to Bastien Vivès  for his book Polina published by KSTR/Casterman. …

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