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Angoulême est Charlie; Chinese Partnership; Otomo Grand Prix
A report from the first day of the Angoulême festival. Continue reading
Post-Mortem
Our European correspondent on Charlie Hebdo and the attacks upon it, with attention paid to freedom of speech, iconoclasm, offensive cartoons, Islamophobia, and anti-Semitism. Continue reading
The Tears of the Prophet
A critical look at the heavily anticipated, seven-million-print-run issue of Charlie Hebdo published in the wake of the Paris attacks Continue reading
The Cage Stands As Before: The Comics of Yvan Alagbé
The elusive French-Beninese comics artist Yvan Alagbé returns to expand upon his 1994 masterwork Les Nègres jaunes. The result is one of the most intricate, challenging, and moving grand family narratives in comics. Continue reading
Trondheim on the Angoulême Grand Prix
The outspoken cartoonist (and former Grand Prix winner) addresses controversies surrounding the festival’s most prestigious award. Continue reading
Institution and Individual
The winners in the main categories at this year’s Angoulême festival raise interesting questions about French cartooning and satire. Continue reading
Stop Making Sense!
That grubby minicomic you grabbed off the bar, or found plugging the vent in the convention hall bathroom, which made no sense to you at the time, and probably makes even less now, was likely signed Dongery. Continue reading
