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BD Angouleme.com The Angoulême International Comics Festival ( French : Festival international de la bande dessinée d'Angoulême ) is the second largest comics festival in Europe after the Lucca Comics & Games in Italy, and the third biggest in the world after Lucca Comics & Games and the Comiket of Japan.
2000: Oecumenic jury award: La terre sans mal by Emmanuel Lepage and Anne Sibran, Dupuis; 2000: Christian comic award: La Bible by Jeff Anderson and Mike Maddox, Pre-au Clerc; 2001: Oecumenic jury award: Le Journal de mon père part 3 by Jiro Taniguchi, Casterman
The Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême is a lifetime achievement award given annually during the Angoulême International Comics Festival to a comics author. Although not a monetary award, it is considered the most prestigious award in Franco-Belgian comics .
The Cité internationale de la Bande Dessinée et de l'Image [115] includes an exhibition space and cinema in a converted brewery down by the river. A new museum dedicated to the motion picture opened in 2007 at the newly restored chais on opposite side of the river at Saint Cybard.
A major project in the making, involving the renovation of several ancient buildings and the designing of a new one spread over the grounds of the town's former brewery by renowned architect Roland Castro, the museum, Cité internationale de la bande dessinée et de l'image , [74] only opened its doors in June 2009 (though two smaller sub ...
The Collective of female comics creators against sexism (Collectif des créatrices de bande dessinée contre le sexisme), also known as BD Egalité, is a movement of female comics authors created to fight gender inequalities in comics publishing. Its creation was announced in September 2015.
Around two-thirds, or 65%, of the 43 UN member countries in the region have had a female leader, and just under a quarter of them are currently being led by a woman.
This period saw an increased interest in Quebec of local comics, and a number of events were first held: the Salon international de la caricature de Montréal added a comic strip section to their annual exhibit in 1971; Festival de la bande dessinée de Montréal ("Festival of Comics of Montreal") was held for four years starting in 1975 at the ...