A visitor looks at comic books during the 49th Angouleme International Comics Festival in Angouleme, western France (Photo by YOHAN BONNET / AFP) As France's famed comic book festival in Angoulême ...

A man prepares a stall, ahead of the International comic books festival in Angouleme, southwestern France in 2012. (Photo by PIERRE ANDRIEU / AFP) One in four books sold in France is a 'bande-dessinée ...

Graduate-level exploration of a prominent form of literary and artistic expression in the French-speaking world taught by Dr. Catherine Labio, Associate Professor of English at CU Boulder and a native ...

Colleagues are very welcome to register for this one-day symposium that will explore the national and international legacy of traditional Franco-Belgian bande dessinée and examine the dynamics between ...

ANGOULEME, France -- A group of grade-school children settled down on the floor here last week as their teacher started to explain things. The lucky little scamps were on a class trip to the Centre ...

In recent years, the work of Franco-Belgian comic artists – known as Bande Dessinée (BD) – has began earning the status of high art in its region of origin. As the title of this exhibition suggests, ...

French people love comic books, known as bandes dessinées. That means that the "BD" industry is booming. Graphic novels are such an important part of French culture that there are several festivals ...