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< Bande Dessinée - French comic strip art in Angoulême, Charente

The Ninth Art

The popularity of the bande dessinée (comic strip or graphic novel) in France is staggering – over 30 million books sold each year, and le BD as it commonly abbrviated is considered a Ninth Art, according it a status on a par with architecture, painting, music and poetry. The undisputed comic strip centre of the universe is the town of Angoulême in Charente, which holds an annual comic strip festival pulling crowds of around a quarter of a million, and is home to the Musée de la Bande Dessinée (Comics Museum) and Cité Internationale de la Bande Dessinée et de l'Image (CIBDI).

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Angouleme, France
Angouleme, France
Angouleme, France
Angouleme, France
Angouleme, France
Angouleme, France
Angouleme, France
Angouleme, France
Angouleme, France
Angouleme, France
Angouleme, France
Angouleme, France
Angouleme, France
Angouleme, France
Angouleme, France
Angouleme, France
Angouleme, France
Angoulême, France
Angoulême, France
Angeac dinosaur excavation site, Charente, France
Angeac, Charente, France
Angeac, Charente, France
The recently opened comic strip museum (Cite Internationale de la Bande Dessine et de l'Image, or simply CIBDI), by the river...
Angouleme, France
Angoulême, France
Bande dessinee (comic strip) artist Mazan (Pierre Lavaud) in his studio, at home in Champmillon, near Angouleme, Charente, Fr...
Angouleme International Comic Strip Festival
Angouleme, France
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