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Meanwhile in Angoulême: diary comics, signings and exhibits

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Lest we forget, all the hubbub about the Grand Prix aside, the Angoulême comics festival is now underway and a glorious festival it is....

MCM conventions expanding in Europe

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Speaking of conventions and their spread, the MCM Comic Con brand is expanding to Germany and Belgium. Currently MCM holds shows in...

So now Claire Wendling doesn’t want the Angoulëme Grand Prix either

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So after a few solid weeks of controversy and outcry, the finalists for this year's FIBD Grand Prix were announced: Alan Moore, Hermann...

NBM celebrates 40 years with a new logo, new brand and new website

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When you look at the list of comics publishers who have stayed the course throughout decades of tumultuous changes in distribution and audience, one...

Alors! Florence Cestac says Franck Bondoux is “un crétin total.”

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Whooooo-ah! This whole Angoulême-gate thing got out of hand FAST. In just 24 hours it went from an angry petition to the world's best cartoonists rejecting their nominations to front page news to the festival sulkily added Marjane Satrapi and Posy Simmonds to their list, even though no one would vote for them, and a whirlwind of hot takes.

FiBD grudgingly to add names to Grand Prix nominee list

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It seems that the Festival of Comics of Angoulême is grudgingly going to add more names to it's Grand Prix list after a growing...

Call for boycott of Angoulême’s Grand Prix nominees after list includes only men

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The long list for the 2016 Grand Prix at Angoulême was announced today—this is a kind of lifetime achivemenet award, and arguably the greatest honor...

How Scandinavia’s Quirky Christmas Comics Tradition Defined a Nation

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Norway has a peculiar and unique tradition in the comics field. Every November, several dozen special comic books are published to gear Norwegians of all ages up to Christmas. Learn about the Norwegian phenomenon of Christmas comics.

REALLY Nice Art: Golem by LRNZ coming from Magnetic in February

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GOLEM - Premiere Book Trailer 2016 Release from Neurobellum on Vimeo. Magnetic Press continues its strong slate of Euro comics releases with GOLEM by the...

The Eternaut may just be the most interesting graphic novel of the season

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Here's a book that has received little attention but SHOULD, especially in a world where cartoonists are still being imprisoned and worse for their...

Kieron Gillen on Thought Bubble: “This was the biggest one ever, and also the...

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Oh yeah speaking of Thought Bubble apparently it was amazing and incredible and love and comics flowed like a beacon of light in a...

British Comics Awards Winners:

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Although we've never been lucky enough to attend, the British Comics Awards seem to give the Ignatzs and Doug Wright awards a run for...

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