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Back in 2022, the world-class Angoulême International Comics Festival cancelled the participation of leading French cartoonist Bastien Vivès over accusations that some of his drawings justified pedophilia and incest. Still facing investigation, the author is slated for book signings at this year’s edition.
A royal divorce, the beginning of global diplomacy, and the debut of a legendary comic.
Humorous covers of the iconic comicTintin taking aim at Narendra Modi’s government have caused a backlash on social media. But the Belgian “bande dessinée” has a long history of satirizing authoritarian government.
After Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the government allocated some grant funding to various projects aimed at bolstering support for the war. One such initiative was a comic book contest, where some graphic artwork showed dead Ukrainian soldiers.