Tag: angouleme 2016
French publishers threaten to start their own festival as Minister of Culture agrees to...
L'Affaire de Angoulême continues and will not stop. As we reported yesterday, 40 French publishers — basically all the important players in France— have said they will boycott the 2017 festival if changes are...
French publishers announce boycott of Angoulême after disastrous 2016 festival
The Angoulême Comics Festival is supposed to be the crowning event of the comics world, a festival that celebrates the art of the medium in an informed and respectful way, a reputation it has...
Angoulême controversy just won’t stop, as the jury issues an apology and Franck Bondoux...
The controversy over the "faux Fauves" at Saturday's awards ceremony at the Angoulême comics festival just won't die down, and festival director Frank Bondous has been revealed as even more of a Sepp Blatter-like...
Meanwhile in Angoulême: diary comics, signings and exhibits
Lest we forget, all the hubbub about the Grand Prix aside, the Angoulême comics festival is now underway and a glorious festival it is. Here's an insanely long list of the authors attending and...
Grand Prix nominees: Alan Moore, Hermann and Claire Wendling
The final nominees for this year's Angouleme Grand Prix have been announced and they are Hermann, Alan Moore & Claire Wendling
Call for boycott of Angoulême’s Grand Prix nominees after list includes only men
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 a cartoonist can receive. It's also been the center of much...
Katsuhiro Otomo’s poster for 2016 Angoulême festival revealed
When Japanese cartoonist/animator Katsuhiro Otomo won the Grand Prix at this year's Angoulême comics fest, he became the first manga artist to win the prize—the win followed several years of controversy regarding the festival's...
