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Herge Tops Paris Auction Of Original Comic Art, With Uderzo And Franquin Not Far Behind…
The rough pencils of a page of Tintin in Tibet by Herge, has been auctioned by Christie's for €289,500  ($400,000) almost double its estimated price while a self portrait sold for €91,500 ($125,000) and a Tintin postcard design for €85,500 ($117,000). While a cover of Asterix and the Soothsayer by Albert Uderzo has sold for at €193,500 ($265,000) a third over its estimated price, while a page from Asterix[...]
French Original Comic Art Set To Rock The Marketplace At Christie's In Paris
Christie's Auction House in Paris is having its first sale of comic book material in April And there are going to be some seriously large wallets to be carried to this display of European comic book art. The cover of Asterix And The Soothsayer (Le Devin in the original) by Uderzo will be the highest valued[...]
Paris To Get Its Very Own Comics Art School, Funded By Guy Delcourt
Luc Institute in Brussels and the Angoulême School. Strangely, I don't think that Paris had anything to match… until now. Guy Delcourt is the head of France's second largest comics publisher Group Delcourt, including Delcourt, Sun, Quadrants, and Tonkam. And ahead of this week's Angoulême Comic Art Festival, he announced on French media this morning that he will[...]
ComiXology Europe Launches In Paris And At Angouleme
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 more foreign language comics – with the possibility of English translations to come. The French and Belgian[...]
When Paris Threw A Comic Con
The Paris Comics Expo is part of this new wave From October 27th to October 28th, the Espace Champerret's Hall C hosted the convention for its first year. The Paris Comics Expo seemed to personalise the state of comics in France The venue was small (less than 2000 square meters) but packed with exhibitors and attendants,[...]
The French Punk Rock Jesus To Be Ten Pages Extra, And In Hardcover
But that's just not enough for the French market. At the Paris Comics Expo recently, author Sean spoke about how the French edition would have ten extra pages to allow the story to breathe more in certain places, and it would also be in hardcover… UPDATE: Sean Murphy lays out what is actually happening… Just thought I'd comment[...]
Stuart Immonen Hits The Parisienne Dramatic Scene
And this time he's managed to get Stuart Immonen to draw the poster. Performing at "Le Café de la Gare" in the centre of Paris, it also means that Stuart's art will be featured on ten foot tall posters all around the city… Jérémy Manesse, who works for Panini Comics in France as a consultant,[...]
The Paris Comic Con That Happened Last Weekend
Thomas Allard writes for Bleeding Cool from Paris Comic Con. Another Comic-con took place last week Obviously you didn't hear much about it, considering the one that just finished in San Diego The fact that it takes place in France probably doesn't help either But its future definitely looks promising This Comic-con is a 30-minute-tube trip[...]