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Early this week, we gave a look at the new cover to Terry Dodson's Red Widow, now renamed due to legal concerns as Red Skin, for the launch of the first volume, Welcome To America, in France next month. The English translation will come from Image Comics, but again will need another translation, so as not[...]

This was Terry Dodson's original cover to the French graphic novel series he's drawing, Red Widow. At the tie we thought that was just a leeeetle close to

The French have one of the most successful comic book industries and art forms in the world. So why do they have to rub it in and make the imported

In 2010, French cartoonist Plantu drew a cartoon picturing the Pope having sex with a baby. Which means the Pope portrayed wasn't this Pope, it was the

France does comic conventions a little differently One tradition occurs around how comic creators create are at said shows And how the Paris Comics Expo is going to change things and make them a little more… American. I remember in the UK when it was traditional for comic book artists to appear at shows and sketch[...]

France does Free Comic Book Day differently Firstly, they do it two weeks later, because they are lazy. Then they take two whole days to do it in. And they only give away eight free comics. See, it's that lack of commitment that ensures France only has a massive comics industry. Hmmm. More here, when they get round to adding[...]

Here is the comic.   Translated, this German blog-turned comic by Mazas Sylvain reads "This book will allow me to solve the Middle-East conflict, get

It's not just DC Comics in America that is celebrating the 75th anniversary of Batman. In France, DC licensor Urban Comics (Dargaud) is going to publish five classic Batman comics in black and white And in French, obviously. Dark Knight Returns, Year One, Dark Victory, Hush and Court of the Owls will all be published in full[...]

Xavier Lancel writes for Bleeding Cool, SCARCE held its usual booth in the Alternative/Small editors section of the FIBD (International Bandes Dessinées Festival) in Angoulême, France, during the four days of this event While feeling the wholeness of the event and how it litterally invades this medieval city is something to experience, if your goal is[...]

2, Ted Stearn (Cornelius) Heritage award: Cowboy Henk by Herr Seele and Kamagurka (Fremok) It is quite possible that Ted Stearn is better known in France now than in his native USA But the big awards went mostly to French and Belgian talent And here's the closing of the festival in its totality… [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4PIKvBNTuQ[/youtube]   [...]

So Alan Moore is one of the three main nominees for the Grand Prix of Angoulême, alongside Bill Watterson and Katsuhiro Otomo. Such an honour, the

One of the amazing regular events at Angouleme is the twenty-four hour comic event, in which comic creators, professionals, amateurs and students all

ComiXology are at Angouleme, and are surveying people passing by the booth... and these are the results so far. And they have Jeremy Nguyen writing and

Bob And Bobette is a classic Belgian comic strip. It looks like this. Or rather it did. Because it's getting a revamp and now looks... like this.   Quite

until now. Guy Delcourt is the head of France's second largest comics publisher Group Delcourt, including Delcourt, Sun, Quadrants, and Tonkam. And ahead of this week's Angoulême Comic Art Festival, he announced on French media this morning that he will be investing in a new comics school in Paris. The aim is to invest in new and upcoming[...]

The Cité du Livre of Aix-en-Provence in France is planning its major exhibition of comic book artwork for the year, their eleventh to date And they have chosen Englishman Alan Moore, the first time they have celebrated a comics writer over an artist or writer/artist. Concentrating on prints and original artwork of his comics, including Eddie[...]

Bleeding Cool is a little freaked by our seeming-clairvoyance here... But Bill Watterson, Katsuhiro Otomo and Alan Moore have won the first round of

The Grand Prix at Angoulême is the highest acclaim any comic book creator can receive in comics. Voted on by the Grand Prix Academy made up of acclaimed

2013 saw the release of Asterix And The Picts, a 35th volume in the long running Asterix series , and became the best selling comic book of the year.

Here are just a few. 5159 comic books were published in France in 2013,  3882 of them brand new, down 7.3% on 2012, the first drop in seventeen years. Of these, the French/Belgian titles 39.3% of new comics against 42.1% in 2012 Manga overtook these for the first time, 40.7% of products against 39.4% last year. But the[...]

The highly regarded prizes given out by the Angoulême Comic Book Festival have, in the past, been criticised for being too insular. Recognising comic book

Angoulême, the best and biggest comic book festival in the Western world, has unveiled it's official selection for its 41st year, a list of what it

The French press get a rather bloody PR pack for the launch of the Crossed Deluxe collection... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRzntxACmR0

This is the French press kit for their new deluxe volume of Crossed, combining the first two series in one hardcover. And delivered to journalists and

One bookstore chain in France reported sales of two hundred thousand on its first day, smashing the previous record set by the French edition of Fifty Shades Of Grey The next day it sold another fifteen thousand in that chain. There were worries that Asterix And The Picts, the first by a creative team featuring neither[...]

Courtesy of Comics Place. The front cover art for Asterix and the Picts, out in three weeks, the first Asterix book not to be drawn by Albert Uderzo, with

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSZUCBSbgUA[/youtube] We looked this project from LeLombard in France last week Well, now we have a trailer and preview of Dan Panosian's new series of graphic novels, John Tiffany. John Tiffany is one of the best bounty hunters in the world: after ten years and fifteen million dollars in the bank[...]

Eric Powell was in France for a film festival and during an interview with MDCU Comics, he revealed that he is currently working on a sequel for his comic series from 2009, Chimichanga. When Wrinkle's Travelling Circus' most adorable little bearded girl trades a lock of her magic beard hair for a witch's strange egg, she[...]

Glénat, one of France's more prominent comics publishers, bought two smaller publishers last week. First Mad Fabrik, a small operation based around the very successful author Midam. The other being the bankrupt small publisher 12 Bis, whose unfortunate circumstances we covered previously, whose best asset is an author named François Bourgeon, a huge star in France[...]

Earlier this year, French comic book publisher 12 BIS is filed for bankruptcy protection. With a wide publishing line, 12 Bis publish among many books,