The private collection of designer F’Murrr enters the national collections
The donation of the heirs of the author, who died in 2018, includes 238 drawings and illustrations. A first for comics. On April 10, 2018, the cartoonist F’Murrr, whose real name is Richard Peyzaret, known in particular for his series The Genius of the Alpine Pastures, died at the age of 72. It leaves an […]
Lyon BD festival, an ambitious edition to brave the pandemic
Despite the uncertainties linked to the health crisis, the ninth art takes over the city of lights for a month. Museums, theaters or galleries become the backdrop for a rich program, the highlight of which is the “In” from June 11 to 13. «This edition was rock’n’roll. Despite many constraints, we managed to present a […]
The first openly gay Captain America soon in comics
For the double occasion of “Pride Month” and the 80e character’s birthday, an upcoming Marvel comic will feature a new take on America’s most patriotic superhero. A new version written by Josh Trujillo, himself transgender. The incarnations of the superhero Captain America follow each other and are not alike. On Netflix, Anthony Mackie is preparing […]
Visit of the Guibert exhibition, live awards … Behind the scenes of the 48th Angoulême Festival
WE WERE THERE – The event dedicated to comics is one of the few that has not been canceled. Report in the heart of the Angoumois city which tries to put some dream bubbles in its daily covid. This year, the 48th edition of the Angoulême Comic Strip Festival took place in resilience mode, and […]
Le Figaro had spotted five award-winning albums
LA CASE BD – Landis Blair, Léonie Bischoff, Maurane Mazars, Michel Rabagliati, Zanzim … The authors and designers rewarded in Angoulême had entrusted us with their manufacturing secrets, via our weekend format, the Case BD. Le Fauve d’or, best album award : The Hunting Accident, in the dantesque hell of an American prison On May […]
Léonie Bischoff, all fired up
BACK TO SCHOOL FIGURES-. Anaïs Nin’s mad designer is in the running for the Best Album Award at the Angoulême Festival. Léonie Bischoff is only 39 years old, and yet we already feel a great maturity in her. This Swiss woman with a laughing but determined look has signed a highly noticed graphic novel this […]
Tanz !, a freedom-loving youth in 1950s New York
LA CASE BD – In her second album, selected in Angoulême, Maurane Mazars, the 29-year-old designer, gracefully illustrates the dance world. Luminous. The Angoulême Festival hailed a true hymn to life and freedom by selecting Dance! for the race for the Golden Fauve. Maurane Mazars’ second album, his school project, celebrates daring youth, the one […]