Angoulême ’24: A quieter festival but no less busy
It may have been a comparatively quieter year for the festival, but definitely not for your correspondent.
PHOTOS: Paris has So. Many. Comics Exhibitions!
While the city is seldom short of something comics-related to check out, it seems this year has a bumper crop - with incredible work on show from major retrospectives for Joann Sfar and Posy Simmonds, to small private gallery affairs featuring the work of Daniel Clowes and more
Media Do is bringing Taiwan webcomics to the US
Four popular Taiwanese comics are coming to the vertical scrolling (Webtoon) format courtesy of Media Do.
Angoulême ’24: Daniel Clowes’ MONICA picks up the Fauve D’Or; Moto Hagio honoured
America made some surprise gains at the 51st Angoulême Festival Fauve awards – with three awards including the French edition of Daniel Clowes’ Monica picking up the coveted Fauve D’Or
Angoulême ’24 Day 1: From indestructible samurai to heavy metal Hell
by Alistair Dabbs
A few sore heads were evident on Thursday, the first official day of Angoulême 2024. British artist Posy Simmonds had been awarded...
International cartoonists stand with Handala in support of Palestine
Several hundred professional artists in Italy and Japan paid homage to Naji al-Ali's Handala, a personification of the struggle.
George Lucas biography THE LUCAS WARS wins 2024 Fnac-France Inter Comics Prize
A George Lucas biography Les Guerres de Lucas ["The Lucas Wars"] by Laurent Hopman and Renaud Roche has won the sixth annual Fnac-France Inter Prix BD.
Angoulême ’24: Clowes, Meurisse and Simmonds in the running for the Grand Prix
The Angoulême International Comics Festival has announced the three creators in line for its esteemed Grand Prix: Daniel Clowes, Catherine Meurisse and Posy Simmonds
TWO comics dominated as France’s best-selling books of 2023
For a third consecutive year, comics have dominated as the bestselling books in France - with two titles holding the top spots
Alexander Taylor’s coming-of-age queer thriller BONE BROTH named winner of the 2023 First Graphic...
Alexander Taylor's coming-of-age queer thriller 'Bone Broth' was named the 2023 winner of the First Graphic Novel Award at a December 11 ceremony in London's Piccadilly Waterstones bookstore. It will see publication sometime around 2025
THE SKY’S THE LIMIT snaps up French Critics Grand Prize 2024
Antonio Altarriba and Sergio García Sánchez’ graphic novel 'Le ciel dans la tête' [tr. ‘The Sky’s The Limit’] was announced the winner of the ACBD Grand Critics Prize 2024 this week
MADEMOISELLE SOPHIE takes home ACBD Critics’ Kids Prize 2023
Vincent Zabus and Hippolyte’s graphic novel 'Mademoiselle Sophie' has been chosen by French-language critics association ACBD for its Critics Kids Prize
