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Culture: comic book sales increased by 60% in 2021
Comic book sales exploded in 2021 in France, with a 60% increase in the number of albums sold in one year, according to a study published by the GFK group…
“Maus”, the cult comic on the Holocaust, banned from a school in Tennessee for a dozen swear words and “nude images”
Art Spiegelman, author of “Maus”, March 20, 2012, in Paris. BERTRAND LANGLOIS / AFP “Eight swear words and the image of a woman” naked. This is what motivated the choice…
Comic book sales exploded in 2021, driven by manga
At the Paris Book Fair, in March 2019. JOEL SAGET / AFP That should comfort comic book writers. While the Angoulême festival, initially scheduled for January 27 to 30, has…
Xavier Coste, comic book Fnac France Inter prize for his adaptation of Orwell’s 1984
The jury honored the 32-year-old author for his superb adaptation. A project he had nurtured since he was fifteen. An adaptation of the famous anticipation novel 1984 by George Orwell,…
Spider-Man, Morbius, Star Wars: comic book releases in January 2022
That’s it, here we are: 2022 is reaching out to us and with that, a ton of cultural works in anticipation. The world of comics is obviously no exception to…
Comic strip: “La Bibliomule de Cordoue”, between humanist fable and cry of alarm
A eunuch librarian, a scholar slave and a thief of four cents united to save the most important manuscripts of the Cordoba library, piled hastily on the back of a…
Scheduled for the end of January, the Angoulême comic book festival postponed to a later date because of the Covid
LCI editorial staff – 2021-12-28T17: 57: 52.670 + 01: 00 Lovers of the 9th art had blocked their agenda. But as has often been the case for the past two…
Daily Deal Oculus Quest: the good deal of the day is a comic adventure inspired by escape-rooms to break up the elevators (December 30, 2021)
Every day there is a promotion on theOculus Store Quest and if that does not equal the discounts offered during previous big sales, it is still a substantial saving that…
The Angoulême Comic Strip Festival will not take place in January
DObviously, this damn virus has a grudge against the Angoulême International Comics Festival. Last year already, the world crossroads of the 9th art, which takes place every year at the…
Covid-19: the Angoulême 2022 Comic Strip Festival is postponed
By Olivier SarazinPosted on 12/28/2021 at 3:16 p.m.Updated on 12/28/2021 at 3:33 p.m. The 49th edition was to take place from Thursday 27 January to Sunday 30 January 2022. It…
Awards for best comic albums go to women
Delémont’BD comic festival An illustrated book by Geneva artist Léonie Bischoff about the life of the American writer Anaïs Nin was named the best Swiss comic album in 2021. The…
Emilia Clarke: The superhero in her comic is a single mom
Emilia Clarke The superhero in her comic is a single mom Emilia Clarke wants to stir up the male comic world © Andrea Raffin / Shutterstock.com The mother of dragons…