“Puritanism is Concealing its Advancement,” says Me Malka, Bastien Vivès’ Lawyer.

Ln December 14, Bastien Vivès, author of comic strips hitherto celebrated by the public and the media, multi-award winning and adapted to the cinema (notably Polinawith Juliette Binoche), saw his exhibition, scheduled a month later at the Angoulême Festival, canceled by the festival without anyone having seen it yet. The reason ? An online petition launched by a child protection association accusing the author of “trivialization and glorification of incest and paedocriminality”. In question: three albums for adults, including Little Paul (Glénat), released five years earlier with an av…