Angoulême Archives

Recently, we reported that none of the three nominees were likely to accept this year's Grand Prix from the Angoulême festival, after considerable

The controversy over the Angoulême Grand Prix is far from over. After the controversy in which thirty nominees for the prestigious prize were named,

The Angoulême Grand Prix 2016 votes are in after the judges withdrew the original long nomination, after receiving criticism of having an all male list of

So the Angloueme Grand Prix got some much unwanted publicity this year after their decision to nominate thirty men for the most prestigious award in

Archie Comics is foreign to me. It was never made available to a British audience outside a comic book shop, and rarely ordered if that. My first actual

Letter 44, the Oni Press series much enjoyed by Bleeding Cool by Charles Soule and Alberto Jimenez Alburquerque is published by Glénat in France. And it

First they listed thirty nominees for the Angoulême Grand Prix, the most prestigious award in the comics medium. No women were on the list. Then, after

We reported that, after mass exodus of nominated creators in the light of no women being listed on the Angoulême Grand Prix list, the Festival had

They started with thirty. Then there were twenty-seven. Then there were twenty-four. Then there were twenty-two. And it was starting to look like they, as

FranceTVinfo adds two more Angouleme Grand Prix nominees withdrawing their name from the prize in protest against no women being selected for the

One they could have managed. Two, possibly, Maybe even three. But six? Milo Manara, Etienne Davodeau and Charles Burns add their names to the Angoulême

The Angoulême Grand Prix is the most prestigious award in the comic book medium, recognising a creator's contribution to the artform over their life. This

Angoulême have announced their Official Selection for 2015, what they consider the best comic books published in the French language for the last year. It

It is traditional each year for the President of Angoulême, the biggest comic art festival in the world, to draw a poster for the show. And so this years

Last month, the owners of the Angoulême Festival, the largest comic book convention in the Western World, announced that it had canceled its contract with

By Chris Thompson Following on from last Orbital in Conversation with the inspirational duo of Sepideh Jodeyri & Miss Lasko-Gross (which you can still

The Angoulême Awards have now all been presented, as well as the Grand Prix Award to Katsuhiro Otomo and the Grand Prix Special Prize to Charlie Hebdo.

Laurent Queyssi writes for Bleeding Cool, The Angoulême Comics Festival isn't your typical comic-book convention. The publishers' and booksellers' booths,

So a few Americans went to France this week, for the world's largest comic book art festival. Paris! Made it. @WesCraigComics @ScaleraMatteo

After the events of early January, this year's Angoulême was always going to be dominated by expressions of support and memorial to French satirical

Akira creator Katsuhiro Otomo has won the Grand Prix for Angoulême, recognising a comic book creator's contribution to the artform. His acceptance speech

The Bill Watterson - The Quest for Calvin and Hobbes exhibition has opened in Angoulême, at the start of the largest comics art festival in the world.

ComiXology have returned to Angoulême, the world's biggest comic book festival, for their third year with a sale to spotlight comics, bandes dessinées

This is a majestic page from Asterix And The Laurel Wreath by Goscinny and Uderzo, which has been donated to raise money for the families of those killed

Next week sees the beginning of the world's largest comic book art festival, in the French town of Angouleme. With the Grand Prix award going to either

Angoulême is the world's largest comic book art festival, with its 42nd annual event scheduled for the end of the month, in the French town that gives the

Yesterday, it was announced that the three finalists for the Angoulême Grand Prix award, which celebrates a comic book creator's lifetime contributing to

Last year, the Angoulême Festival chose three finalists to win their Grand Prix Award for the show, and become their president at the festival for the

The list for the Angoulême Grand Prix has been published. Voted on by the Academy, the winner of the most prestigious ward in comic books is names the

The Angoulême Official Selection 2015 lists are out, collecting what the body who put on the world's largest comic book art festival consider to be the