The Fauve d’or for the best album of the FIBD 2023 devotes this year “The Color of Things” by the Swiss author, Martin Panchaud. His publisher, Ça et Là, sees one of the works he publishes awarded a Fauve d’or for the second consecutive year.
The jury of the 50th edition of the FIBD this year awarded its most prestigious prize, the Fauve d’or for best album, to The color of things by Martin Panchaud (original title : The color of things). The book is published by the publishing house That and There who received a second consecutive Fauve d’or on this occasion, after Listen, pretty Marcia by the Brazilian Marcello Quintanilha, last year, but also this year, the France Télévisions Audience Award with Naphtaline by Sole Otero and the René Goscinny Prize for young screenwriter at Skin de Mieke Versyp.
Since its release in September, Martin Panchaud’s book has received considerable critical acclaim. The website specializing in comics, Comixtripparle “of one great visual and narrative experience”. The Geneva Grandstand evoked “a breathtaking adventure” and one “resolutely out of the box book” when France Culture describe “a surprising comic, a strange object, not easy to describe” more “unique and endearing”.
Fauve d’or – Best Album Award
The color of things by Martin Pauchaud (Here and There)
Jury Special Fauve
Animan by Anouk Richard (Exemplary Editions)
Fawn Series
Blood Ties T.11 de Shuzo Oshimi (Ki-oon)
Fawn Revelation
A tree frog in autumn (and more…) by Linnea Sterte (Cherry Editions)
Fawn of the High School Students
Khat by Ximo Abbey (Editions La Joie de lire)
Fauve Audience Award France Televisions
Naphtaline by Sole Otero (Here and There)
Fauve Heritage
stone flowers by Hisashi Sakaguchi (Revival)
Eco-Fauve Raja
Under the sun by Ana Penyas (Actes Sud L’An 2)
Fauve d’Angoulême – Alternative comics award
Lime oven awarded to the collective Extincío Edicions (Spain)
Fauve Polar SNCF
Hound Dog by Nicolas Pegon (Denoel Graphic)
Special Fauve of the Youth Grand Jury
All princesses die after midnight by Quentin Zuttion (The Lombard)
Fawn Youth
La Longe turkey market by Léonie Bischoff and Kathleen Karr (Rue de Sèvres)
René Goscinny Prize – Young Screenwriter Prize
Skin by Mieke Versyp (Here and There)
René Goscinny Prize – Best Screenwriter Prize
Nightmares ex Machina by Thierry Smolderen (Drawing by Jorge González) (Dargaud)
Prix Konishi
Come on Dark – Tome 1 by Q Hayashida (Sun Editions)
Philippe Druillet Prize
The cliff by Manon Debaye (Sarbacane)
Fauve Special of the 50th Edition
Hajime Isayama
Fauves d’Honneur
Junji Itō
Ryoichi Ikegami
