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Angouleme Grand Prix Regroups for 2017 in Wake of 2016 Controversies
This year's festival will be under new management, with a new artistic director and a nominating committee comprised of three men and three women.
Comics A.M. | 'Tokyo Ghoul' bites into bookstore sales chart
Four volumes of Sui Ishida's dark fantasy manga appear on BookScan's February list of the Top 20 bestselling graphic novels in bookstores.
Comics A.M. | Amazon may open more than 300 physical stores
Three months after Amazon opened a brick-and-mortar store in Seattle, the online retail giant is said to be looking to expand nationwide.
Angouleme grand jury condemns fake festival awards
All seven members of the Angouleme grand jury have signed a letter criticizing the "cruelty and vulgarity" of the fake prizes presented at the festival's awards ceremony.
Angouleme organizers criticized for presenting fake awards [Updated]
Already under fire for the all-male list of Grand Prix nominees, Angouleme organizers drew even more criticism after announcing fake festival awards on Saturday.
'Ms. Marvel' wins best series at Angouleme
"Here" by Richard McGuire, and "Ms. Marvel" by G. Willow Wilson and Adrian Alphona were among the winners of the major awards at the Angouleme International Comics Festival.
Comics A.M. | Angouleme Grand Prix goes to Hermann
Belgian artist Hermann, perhaps best known to U.S. audiences for "Jeremiah," was selected as the winner of the Angouleme International Comics Festival's Grand Prix.
Comics A.M. | Complete set of Marvel comics sells for $200,000
A collection of about 36,000 comics, representing every title Marvel published from "Fantastic Four" #1 in 1961 through last year, was purchased for the $200,000 asking price.
Finalist Claire Wendling doesn't want Angouleme Grand Prix
In the latest twist in the story, French illustrator Claire Wendling has asked people not to vote for her to receive the Grand Prix d'Angouleme.
Comics A.M. | 'Attack on Titan: No Regrets' DVDs to be bundled with manga
Kondansha Comics will release DVDs of the first two episodes of the spinoff anime "Attack on Titan: No Regrets" with special editions of the 18th and 19th volumes of "Attack on Titan."
Comics A.M. | 'Charlie Hebdo' cartoon sparks outrage
The cartoon in the French satirical magazine depicts 3-year-old Alan Kurdi, who drowned fleeing from Syria, as a sex attacker.
"Spirou and Fantasio" & Angoulême News
Pipeline goes to France, with a review of "Spirou and Fantasio In New York' and news out of the comics festival in Angoulême. How much longer do we have to wait for digital Franco-Belgian comics?
