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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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ComiXology To Distribute Le Walking Dead In French – And Delcourt And Soleil’s Back Catalogue

Posted on January 31, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Delcourt, one of the largest French comics publishers – indeed, one of the largest French publishers – has signed a deal with ComiXology to distribute their comics in French interntionally, including their French translations of The Walking Dead. But more …

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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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France Gets Two Free Comic Book Days

Posted on January 25, 2013 by Rich Johnston

America has one Free Comic Book Day on May the 4th 2013. So naturally, France has to do two. Inspired by the American event, on the 5th and 6th of April, six of the biggest French comics publishers will, between …

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Jacques Tardi Turns Down The Legion D’Honneur

Posted on January 2, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Jacques Tardi has turned down France’s highest award for civilians in the New Year’s Honours list. He issued the statement; Being fiercely attached to my freedom of thought and creativity, I do not want to receive anything, neither from this …

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Charlie Hebdo’s The Life Of Muhammad Comic Goes On Sale

Posted on January 2, 2013 by Rich Johnston

French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo has published the first chapter of its biography if Muhammed in comic book form. It is available to buy online for six Euros. It is likely to sell out rather quickly. We’re not running an …

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Comic Book Life Of Muhammad From French Satirical Publisher

Posted on December 30, 2012 by Rich Johnston

French satirical weekly magazine Charlie Hebdo is to publish a special edition, as a comic book biography of the life of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, adapted directly from the work of classical Muslim writers, described by its editor Charb as …

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France Puts On Sales In 2012, And Titeuf Vol 13 Sells A Million

Posted on December 28, 2012 by Rich Johnston

In France, the production of comic book volumes in print has increased for the seventeenth year, according to Gilles Ratier, secretary general of ACBD. In a report that points out economic difficulties, confluct between publishers and creators, and the rise …

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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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Hugo Pratt’s Corto Maltese – A Pop Culture Hound Goes To Malta

Posted on December 7, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Chris Thompson writes for Bleeding Cool; My love affair with Hugo Pratt‘s Corto Maltese really took hold on my most recent trip to Italy. Although beloved by the French, Pratt was an Italian who spent his formative years in Venice. …

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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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French Court Decides Delcourt Over Dargaud

Posted on November 5, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Swipe File hist the international courts! Look how a decent judicial system works… Dargaud sued Delcourt in France for a comic biography of EP Jacobs, author of Dargaud-published Blake & Mortimer series, that apparently had a cover which was “too …

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Popeye The Public Domain Man

Posted on July 4, 2012 by Rich Johnston

In the European Union, Popeye went into the public domain back in 2009, but not in the US It seems to be down to Popeye being labelled work for hire in the US, and thus a beneficiary of the “Disney …

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Asterix Co-Creator Uderzo’s Early Work To Be Collected, Including Captain Marvel, Before He Is Angoulême Guest Of Honour

Posted on June 25, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Albert Uderzo, who has recent stepped down from the comic series he co-created, Asterix, is about to find his earliest work revisited. Philippe Cauvin and Alain Duchene are currently restoring his work, from the original boards, running from 1941 until …

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$275 Million For Tintin And Friends

Posted on June 8, 2012 by Rich Johnston

By the end of the week, the agreement covering the sale of French publishing house Flammarion from Italian publishing house RCS to French publisher Editions Gallimard, should be finalised. Reportedly this is for a sum worth 220 million Euros ($275 …

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How The French Advertise Beasts Of Burden

Posted on June 4, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Yes, folks, this is how the French are advertising their publication of Evan Dorkin and Jill Thompson’s Beasts Of Burden.

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Cronenberg To Shoot New Movie In France, Reunite With Robert Pattinson

Posted on May 23, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

It hasn’t become clear just what David Cronenberg‘s next feature will be, now that he’s delivered Cosmopolis in time for Cannes. He does have a TV pilot called Knifeman on the cards, but beyond that, all I can see are …

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Now The French Do Augmented Reality Comics Better As Well

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Rich Johnston

We’ve all seen and enjoyed the Augmented Reality that Marvel has been introducing into its comics of late. But that’s nothing, as usual, compared to what the French get up to with their comics. Here’s an example using the graphic …

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