Comic books: After Angoulême, a new French festival shows promise

After the International Comic Book Festival's 53rd edition was canceled, in Angoulême, southwestern France, the Grand Off and ...
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French comics anthology Métal Hurlant comes screaming back to life in new English edition

This year marks the 50th anniversary since Métal Hurlant was first published in France. Co-founded by Philippe Druillet, Jean-Pierre Dionnet, and the late Jean “Mœbius” Giraud, Métal Hurlant ...
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The Lucca Comics & Games 25 Theme This Year Will Be "French Kiss"

Italian comic book and gaming convention, Lucca, has announced its theme for next month's show, running from the 29th of October to the 2nd of November, as French Kiss, in homage to France, as the ...
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Angoulême Comics Festival cancels 2026 edition after authors call for boycott

France’s Angoulême International Comics Festival (FIBD - Festival international de la bande dessinée d'Angoulême) is among the world’s foremost comic book events, but its survival is now hanging by a ...
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Comics Publisher Humanoids Files For Chapter 7 Bankruptcy

Comic book publisher Humanoids Corporation, the American arm of the renowned French comic book publisher Les Humanoïdes Associés, has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in the US, renaming itself the HC ...
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Metal Hurlant Unveils New English-Language Edition on 50th Anniversary as Denis Villeneuve Calls French Sci-Fi Comic Anthology the Source of His ‘Earliest Visual Inspirations ...

Metal Hurlant, the French comic book anthology from the 1970s and 80s credited with reshaping the contemporary sci-fi aesthetic and inspiring films such as “Alien,” “Tron,” “Blade Runner,” “Akira” and ...