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Article: Angoulême Comics Festival Report
Posted: March 4, 2012
Why does a modest city some two hours from Paris in southwest France attract almost a quarter of a million visitors from all over the world for four days at the end of January? It all began in 1974 when their shared passions for comics and cognac brought crowds of France’s creators, publishers and readers of ‘bandes dessinées’ (comics) flocking to Angoulême in the bleak midwinter for the city’s first annual Comics Festival. Thirty-nine festivals later, it has mushroomed into by far the medium’s biggest and most international celebration in the world, not counting Asia. While San Diego’s Comic-Con in July may get more exposure in the English-speaking media, mainly for hyping the next Hollywood fantasy genre blockbusters to diehard fans, Angoulême puts ‘the 9th Art’ (as the French consider comics) firmly centre stage and appeals to every public. Read my Report on the 2012 Festival here…
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