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Angoulême Exhibitions In Pictures

Posted on February 3, 2013 by Rich Johnston

A look at some of the exhibitions at Angouleme this week. Don’t you wish you’d been there? Andreas Hoochie Coochie Brecht Evens Uderzo expo: Jano expo: Disney expo: Current Angoulême festival president Jean-Claude Denis expo: Pénélope Bagieu expo:  

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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

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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Batman Gets A Very French Christmas

Posted on December 7, 2012 by Rich Johnston

French comic anthology Spirou has announced its Christmas double-sized special, issue 3895. In which, amongst many Christmas stories give us Céline Fraipont and Pierre Bailly‘s tale of a woodland-dwelling Santa Claus  in battle with a depressed overweight Batman. Ho ho …

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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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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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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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The French Comics Market In 2011

Posted on December 27, 2011 by Rich Johnston

In the French comic book market, it’s been another year of growth, with 5327 comic book volumes published over 5165 last year. These are typically 48-72 page colour hardcover volumes. While there are 310 comic book publishers in France, four …

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L’Association At Peace – Will Marjane Satrapi Sit On Editorial Board?

Posted on May 17, 2011 by Rich Johnston

Bleeding Cool has covered the machinations of alternatiuve-lit French comics publisher, L’Association a fair bit of late. From bust-ups with distributors, staff on strike, founders staging a coup, that sort of thing. Well finally, there seems to be an… accord. …

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Founders Vs Founder Over The Future Of L’Association

Posted on April 5, 2011 by Rich Johnston

Bleeding Cool has catalogued a number of the woes of French alternative comics publisher , as it has seen mainstream publishers take over the kind of projects that would usually be theirs. There as been a reduction in operation, dismissal …

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French Comic Staff Get Jobs Back, Call Off Strike

Posted on February 14, 2011 by Rich Johnston

Bleeding Cool has covered the strike at French comics publisher L’Association, supported by the people who originally founded the company, and the picket at Angouleme that caused a lot of public awareness. There were many complaints against the company, specifically …

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Moebius Exhibition In Paris Is Immense

Posted on February 1, 2011 by Rich Johnston

The Fondation Cartier Pour L’Art Contemporain in Paris is currently showing an exhibition devoted to the work of Moebius, as well as his other pseudonym Gir and real identity Jean Giraud. Devoted to his comics work, the display is… well. …

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Diogo Bercito In Angoulême As The Party Winds Down…

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Rich Johnston

Diogo Bercito (reporter for Folha de S.Paulo, www.folha.com.br, Brazil’s leading newspaper) writes for Bleeding Cool For us who stayed in Angoulême after the closing ceremony, it was possible to see the city changing just before our eyes, as if it …

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Inching Along With Tim Fish At Angoulême

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Rich Johnston

Tim Fish reports from Angoulême for Bleeding Cool Tim Fish here (writer/artist of CAVALCADE OF BOYS and some Marvel bits like in NATION X), reporting on the International Festival, day three. I’ve been to the festival a number of times, …

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Jean Van Hamme To Be Awarded Commander Of Arts And Letters

Posted on January 29, 2011 by Rich Johnston

Earlier this month, Bleeding Cool reported that ex-Dupuis editor Jean Van Hamme would be at Angoulême this year, the first time for twenty years since he was at Dupuis. The word was that he’s lobbying for the Angoulême lifetime accomplishment …

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Angoulême Day Two With Xavier Lancel

Posted on January 29, 2011 by Rich Johnston

Xavier Lancel writes for Bleeding Cool As we entered our second day at the festival, (and the third one in Angoulême), Abby (Denson), Fred (Harper), Tim Fish and Charlie Alard, were panelists on a round table titled “Mainstream or Indy: …

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Molly Crabapple At Angoulême

Posted on January 28, 2011 by Rich Johnston

Molly Crabapple writes for Bleeding Cool. I’ve never been to Angoulême before. The Western hemisphere’s largest comics convention had always seemed to be the Anti-San Diego, where instead of berber carpeting, overpriced pretzels and hoards of fanboys, you had a …

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Striking Protests At Angoulême

Posted on January 28, 2011 by Rich Johnston

Bleeding Cool reported on news that the French staff for the comics publisher L’Association were going on strike earlier this year. Well, now it’s stepped up publically, with the striking workers still attending the world biggest comic convention Angoulême for …

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