In Angoulême, an anti-marginal order in court

Does a municipality have the right to prohibit certain people from occupying public space? This is the question to which the administrative court will have to answer, which examines Tuesday August 1 the legality of a decree taken by the town hall of Angoulême and attacked by several associations, including the League of Human Rights […]

Angoulême Festival 2023: our favorites

► “Intractable”, at the heart of the social struggle Intractable de Choi Kyu-sok Translated from Korean by Kette Amuroso Rue de l’échiquier, 6 volumes of 224 p., €20 per volume. Plate taken from Intractable. / Chessboard Street How to fight against a large retailer, a multinational established in South Korea, whose management will stop at […]

discover the map of the route of the flame in the Great West

On May 8, 2024, the Olympic flame will set off from Marseille to reach Paris on July 26, the date of the start of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Among the 400 French cities crossed, there are several in the Great West. Some departments have decided to pass their turnmainly for financial reasons. This is […]

Man arrested for abusing protected hedgehog released into wild by police

Credit: Illustration Envato Thanks to the intervention of the police, the animal was released into the wild. Around 8 p.m. on Tuesday April 11, the Angoulême police noticed the strange behavior of a man thanks to the surveillance cameras of the Champ-de-Mars shopping center. The individual abused a hedgehog. This animal is a protected species. […]

five figures on the place of comics in France

The Angoulême International Comics Festival is celebrating its 50th edition from Thursday January 26. 2022 was the second-best year in comics industry history, following a record-breaking 2021 fiscal year. ► 921 million euros in turnover Comic book sales in 2022 stabilized at 921 million euros, compared to nearly 925 million in 2021, a record year. […]

Closure of the Serge Blanco store in Angoulême – Angers Info

Shop for clothing,Clothes shop on hanger at the modern shop boutique After moving to the Champ-de-Mars gallery in Angoulême, Charente, the Serge Blanco store closed on Thursday March 2. The least we can say is that it’s a surprise for everyone. Indeed, this Thursday, March 2, the men’s ready-to-wear store Serge Blanco has lowered the […]

Dufaux and Jamar, the “popes” of Christian comics

Matteo Ricci – In the Forbidden City by Jean Dufaux and Martin Jamar Dargaud, 56 p., 16 € Three albums, three awards. Screenwriter Jean Dufaux and cartoonist Martin Jamar once again won the 2023 Christian comics prize (with an album published in The Cross the Weekly last year). After Vincent, a saint in the time […]