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Despite Pedophilia And Incest Probe, French Cartoonist Bastien Vivès Returns To Top Festival

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Post date January 27, 2025

French cartoonist Bastien Vivès speaking at the Festival d'Angoulême 2022. Selbymay/Wikimedia Commons

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.

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This Happened — March 29: I.M. Pei’s Louvre Pyramid Inaugurated

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Post date March 29, 2024

Updated March 29, 2024 at 12:30 p.m. The Louvre pyramid was inaugurated on this day in 1989, after nearly four years of construction. Who designed the Louvre pyramid? The Louvre pyramid was designed by the Chinese-American architect I.M. Pei. The pyramid is made of glass and steel, and consists of 603 rhombus-shaped and 70 triangular […]

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