French Comic Coverage on BBC

Nice piece on the French/European approach to comic from the BBC.

If you look further you will see that the BD section – pronounced Bay-Day – is in fact sub-divided into several categories. There will be classics – Asterix, Tintin, Lucky Luke, the cowboy who shoots faster than his shadow – plus many that never made it out of Franco-Belgium, like Rahan – l’enfant des ages farouches or child of the age of savagery – about a Tarzan-like figure from prehistoric times. There will be the latest best-sellers. Top of the book lists this month – beating Harry Potter and the latest on President Nicolas Sarkozy’s love life – has been the last in a long-running adventure series called Thirteen about a man trying to rediscover his identity after losing his memory.

France takes its comics very seriously

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