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My Two Talks at the 40th Angoulême Comics Festival
Posted: January 29, 2013
Life begins at forty, so this year’s 40th Angoulême International Comics Festival in France promises to be a lively four days, this Thursday to Sunday, packed with so much going on, you’d need to make multiple clones of yourself to get to everything!
As in previous years, I’m giving two 90-minute illustrated talks in French which you’re very welcome to. They are part of a programme at the Conservatoire Fauré, the music conservatory, in the Salle Gershwin.
On Friday February 1st, from 5 to 6.30pm, I’m talking about Les Trente Glorieuses de la BD anglaise, celebrating the Fifties, Sixties and Seventies of British comics, from Eagle to Misty, three glorious decades of innovation and excellence when Britain was an international powerhouse of comics publishing.
And on Saturday February 2nd, again from 5 to 6.30pm, I’ll be exploring the extraordinary life and work of Jack Kirby: le Roi des Comics, or to give it my title, Kirby - King with a Kingdom. This ties in to the 30th anniversary of Marvel’s The Avengers and will span from his Golden Age beginnings to his vibrant late works and private art, as well as coverage of the recent lawsuit by Kirby’s family and heirs.
Hope some of you can come along, if only for part of these talks of mine - merci beaucoup!
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