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Set for 2023, the 3D-animated series will be produced in France and be based on Asterix and the Big Fight, where the Romans (after a steady stream of embarrassments courtesy of Asterix and his village crew) organize a brawl between rival Gaulish chiefs and try to fix the result by kidnapping a druid along with[...]

His father was framed for the theft of a diamond necklace owned by one of France's most powerful families, the Pellegrinis When the necklace shows up for auction at the Louvre in Paris, he assembles a crew to steal the necklace that holds the key to the mystery of who framed his father. Diop takes inspiration[...]

It was the best selling comic in the world and the best selling book of any description in France. Ferri was giving very little away but stated that "I can say that it is about a "travel" album since the last adventure took place in the village Asterix and Obelix will set off for an unprecedented[...]

They want to know who, and how many, are coming. For those who have a dated ticket initially valid for a visit between April 4 and June 14, 2020 or previously purchased undated ticket, you must exchange your ticket on the Parc Astérix website and choose your date of visit. Parc Astérix is a theme amusement park[...]

Age 16+ Belsize Community Library, Antrim Grove, Belsize Park, London. Making Our Way Home graphic novel signing, Vault of Midnight Grand Rapids, Michigan, 5-7pm. Jared Reinmuth + Dan Meyers: Big Black: Stand at Attica, Strand Book Store, New York 7-8pm. Happy birthday to… Frédéric Moliérac of Panini Comics France Joe Phillips of Mister Miracle, Timber Wolf, Star Trek, Doctor Who and Aliens. Dan Forcey, former[...]

Hulu has the streaming rights to the Adult Swim series here in the U.S., while Channel 4 has the rights lock in across the pond, in the U.K. So that means Netflix gets to introduce the following chunks of the world to the down side to peaceful pooping and the smooth flow of snake jazz: India,[...]

Last night during the 2019 Capcom Cup, the company revealed its plans for 2020, including showing the Cacpcom Cup 2020 would head to Paris.

This week, Team Vitality decided to show off the outside of their new esports complex in Paris, France which they have dubbed the V.Hive While they were more than happy to boast about it, as you'll read below, and show off the outside, we've seen nothing from the indoors As of right now, it sounds[...]

We're live in Paris, France as Com2uS presents the Summoners War Championship 2019 This is it! The Grand Finals match between Thompsin and L'est. Credit: Com2uS/Webedia Summoners War Championship 2019 Match: Thompsin vs L'est Both men came out swinging for the first game, both of them getting the usual bands in to keep the heavy-powered characters out of[...]

We're live in Paris, France as Com2uS presents the Summoners War Championship 2019 Here are the results of the semifinals featuring the final four. Credit: Com2uS/Webedia Match One: Baus~ vs Thompsin The first match was quickly contested as both men pushed each other to the limit, but Thompsin popped in for the quick takedown ok the healer and[...]

We're live in Paris, France as Com2uS presents the Summoners War Championship 2019 Here are the results of the quarterfinals featuring the top eight players. Credit: Com2uS/Webedia Match One: Judas vs Thompsin The first match showed both men bringing in some of their best builds Both managed to knock out a character a piece early on bringing it[...]

Captain Marvel will be headed to Disneyland Paris next year for the park's Summer of Superheroes event, like a comic book crossover come to life (except

We're in the home stretch of the Six Major Paris as we see the best of the best in Rainbow Six Siege competition duke it out.

We're live in Paris, France at the Six Major Paris, the second-biggest tournament from Ubisoft for Rainbow Six Siege Eight teams have made it this far, and today during the first day of games, we're going to whittle that down to four Here are the results for the first half of the quarterfinals from August[...]

Brazil's Felipe Camargo was crowned "Ultimate Beastmaster." Season 2 premiered on December 15, 2017; with competitors from the United States, Spain, France, Italy, China and India China's Haibin Qu was crowned the season's "Ultimate Beastmaster." ●  The nine countries taking part are the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Germany, Brazil, Italy, France, South Korea and Mexico India[...]

Directed by Thierry Poiraud and Julien Despaux and created by Mathieu Missoffe, the series premiered at the Berlin Film Festival and would go on to open the European Film Markets's Berlinale Special Series before premiering on France 2 in April. Here's the original synopsis for Black Spot, starring Suliane Brahim, Laurent Capellutto, Hubert Delattre, Camille Aguilar[...]

From the 'French Comics Kiss Better' panel at NYCC: five French artists took the stage to discuss their work and alert fans to upcoming titles.

France's critically acclaimed sci-fi series Missions now has a new stateside home, as AMC Networks' Shudder streaming service has acquired the rights to the series from AB International Distribution The terms of the deal give Shudder exclusive "first rights" for broadcast in the U.S., Canada and UK/Ireland for the first season of the series, which[...]

It looks like fans won't need to wait until Wonder Woman hits theaters this summer to find out which big bad she'll be facing off with in the highly

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

And Claire Wendling, the subject of a campaign by comics writer Jean-David Morvan. Website BDGest decided to put the boot in with this infographic. Wendling, a famous name in France, moved to the USA to work in animation and games, but her work is incredibly influential worldwide Nevertheless, compared to the other two, her comic book body of work[...]

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

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 was added to the Official List for Angoulême next year, considered the best of the comics published by French publishers of the year. And, in a timely fashion, Soule and Alburquerque[...]

We previously reported on a new initiative by Glenat Books to create brand new Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck titles from some less-than-traditional

And members of the Academy and those who have had their work published in France over the last year, have been invited to vote for whoever they want. They're calling it "a final step in the democratization of the Grand Prix nominations" and that they will "submit to the absolute free will of creators for the election of the[...]

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 thirty-strong list French creators Christophe Blain, of Quai d'Orsay and Pierre Christin of Valerian have now joined Milo Manara, Etienne Davodeau, Charles Burns, Daniel Clowes, Riad Sattouf and Joann Sfar making a total of eight out of the thirty, over a[...]

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

Next week, Charlie Hebdo is to release nearly a million copies of a special issue to mark a year since twelve of their cartoonists and staff were murdered

The ACBD have issued their full report, embedded below, by Gilles Ratier, secretary general of CALL. Calling the last year a "year of rationalisation",