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“BD” refers to Franco-Belgian comics, but let's open things up to include ALL Euro comics and GN's. Euro-style work from around the world is also welcome!

* BD = "Bandes dessinées"
* BDT = Bedetheque
* GN = graphic novel
* LBK = Lambiek
* LC = "Ligne claire"

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Quebec at Angoulême 2025 - Excellent Article About Québécois Comics at the French Comic Festival (www.tcj.com)

submitted 4 days ago by wolfinthewoods@lemmy.ml to c/eurographicnovels@lemm.ee

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Great article about Quebec comics at Angouleme and a good look at the festival in general. Lots of discussion about the current state of the festival and some of the internal divisions of the fest between the organizers and artists. There's been some controversy regarding 9e, who organize the festival, and the creators that attend over the committee's refocusing on a more commercial outlook for the event, and more disgusting developments such as the rape of Chloe, a former employee that had her employment terminated after the horrific incident. This has caused many publishers to create a counter event in protest, with some publishers looking to avoid the festival for the foreseeable future.

A very interesting and informative article. I'm still quite new to the BD scene, and had only hard about the festival in Angouleme vaguely, so it was an intriguing look into the preeminent BD comic festival. I also discovered some new publishers to check out such as Le Monte-en-l'air, La Pasteque and Les Requins Marteaux. There's a lot of great pictures too peruse as well.

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[–] JohnnyEnzyme@lemm.ee 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Dang, what an extensive, fun article(!) So good to see Quebec represented there, as I tend to think of Canadian comics as being closer to Euro comics than the USA's output. But still there are many outliers, so that's probably too simplistic of an overall assumption.

For me, Guy Delisle is perhaps the Canadian whose many works I appreciate best, but François Vigneault also did the incredible sci-fi political thriller in Titan. Would love to see more from him. Michel Rabagliati of course with his great Paul series.

I’m still quite new to the BD scene

Wow, I'm a bit surprised to hear that. In any case, I appreciate it very much, you're helping out here.

I also discovered some new publishers to check out such as Le Monte-en-l’air, La Pasteque and Les Requins Marteaux.

Interesting. I'm unfamiliar with them.

Hmm, I just wish TCJ would add the tag "Bande dessinée” or "BD" to articles like these, such that I could click once and then binge-read for hours...

[–] wolfinthewoods@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

I had no clue about comics from Quebec honestly. Although if someone had mentioned French-Canadian comics and there being crossover with Bandee Desinee in Europe I wouldn't have been suprised. I know there's a fair amount of French music from Canada. I live fairly close to Canada on the US/Canada border and one of the radio stations I can get out here is exclusively in French, there's some great sounding music on there too.

Yeah, relatively new. It's been around a year and a half, maybe two, that I've started looking into BD with any focus. I suppose I had more of an exposure than most by being into the alternative comix scene in the US which has some association with BD at times, especially Fantagraphics Comics. So that definitely helped in getting me into them. I'm sure there were.a.few scattered BD I've read in the past that didn't even register with me as such in the past, but nothing I can recall.

For sure! It's nice the signal/noise ratio is low on the fediverse, but at times it needs a little signal boost. It's also a good way for me to immerse myself and get more familiar with BD stuff in general, a win win on all fronts. I've learned a lot even in the past week or two.

I know there is some tags at the bottom of the article. I didn't pay close attention to them. I did try the Angouleme tag, which was suprisingly scant, only a few articles from a 4 or 5 year span. In the next week or so I am going to find some sites that cover BD exclusively, or at least have a larger focus, as TCJ seems to only have a sprinkly at times.

Those were the publishers mentioned at the counter festival, which were mostly smaller, independent publishers. I made a note of them for that fact alone since it hadn't occured to me to look at the BD output outside of the mainstream publishers.

[–] JohnnyEnzyme@lemm.ee 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

one of the radio stations I can get out here is exclusively in French, there’s some great sounding music on there too.

Feel free to name it if you can, as maybe they have an online presence I can stream. I've kind of run out of French music to listen to at the moment.

especially Fantagraphics Comics.

Aye, they've also helped me get more in to BD. Before I started seeing Euro titles come up through Fanta, I'd pretty much only read Tintin, Asterix and Lucky Luke. I guess that shift first happened ~17yrs ago, and at time all I was reading was indie/alt, like you I guess.

In the next week or so I am going to find some sites that cover BD exclusively

If it helps, I've done roundups of such news/review/discussion sites that can be found on the sidebar. They're mostly in French (turn on translate), but Pipeline Comics happens to be an American who mainly covers Euro comics. Titus is real good, too!

I made a note of them for that fact alone since it hadn’t occured to me to look at the BD output outside of the mainstream publishers.

At some point I should really try to make a master list of all the publishers I can. Unfortunately, apart from current events, I'm slowed way down by having CFS/ME, and on top of that I get pretty discouraged sometimes by the seemingly endless image-posting issues both here and at Imgur, which I try not to use, anymore.

[–] wolfinthewoods@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Yep, I'm sure a few things I've read in the past through FB were Bande Dessinee before I was even aware of the designation. It wasn't until the past two years that I started to pursue Euro stuff specifically.

Sweet! I'll take a look at those sites. It's been something I've been meaning to do, but up until now I've been mostly content with grabbing recommends from Reddit and TCJ.

Honestly, I feel that way about most things internet without having any kind of over-arching ailment (well, aside from Chronic Depression :/ ). The amount of stuff, and the depth of the rabbit holes, get too damn daunting to where I just throw up my hands most of the time.