Tag: bande dessinee
Comics dominated France’s bestselling books of 2024
Although a new Asterix album is still a year off, comics remained firmly among France’s top selling books in 2024
Deb’s Travel Diary Day 1: Manga, BD, & Comics Exhibit at the Pompidou
This epic comics, bande dessinée and manga exhibit – part of Paris's cultural display for the Olympics – showcased original art by Robert Crumb, Hideshi Hino, Chris Ware and much, much more.
Deb’s France-Japan Travel Diary Day 0 – Day 1: How to Survive a Trip...
DEb Aoki reports on a trip to France for a Webtoon conference and Japan for art exhibits, and more inside info from the manga industry!
Report: French publisher Delcourt enters “exclusive talks” to join the Editis Group
Delcourt has a buyer. France's second largest book publisher Editis has entered talks for a complete acquisition of its third largest comics publisher
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
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
Europe Comics to shut down consumer-facing operations
Europe Comics has announced that it will be downscaling its operations and moving away from consumer-facing operations
Comics dominated France’s Top 50 bestselling books of 2022 list
A report of 2022's top 50 books sold in France had a major comics presence
Alison Bechdel and Jennifer Hayden make ELLE Grand Prix de la BD 2022 shortlist
Both Bechdel's The Secret to Superhuman Strength and Hayden's The Story of My Tits made their French debuts this past year.
Con Report: Angoulême returned with style in 2022
With the dust settled, and wifi access restored, Dean Simons takes a pictorial look back at Angoulême 2022