Angoulême Official Selection 2024 Announced

The Angoulême Official Selection 2024 is right here ultimately – probably the most revered crucial barometer of the Franco-Belgian comics trade. As common we’ve got taken the time to parse by all 84 books to examine what has an English language version or translation presently out there. To browse the lists themselves simply carry on scrolling.

Translations from the English language market as soon as once more make a stable look on the lists – we noticed 13 books total.

• Graphic novels included: Julia Wertz‘ Impossible People [Les Imbuvables Ou Comment J’ai Arrêté De Boire], Nick Drnaso‘s Acting Class, Sammy Harkham‘s Blood of the Virgin, Daniel Clowes‘ Monica are large names – additionally the ultimate instalment in Charles Burns‘ newest opus Daedalus [Dédales] that the fortunate French had been getting first (hopefully the entire version will seem in English very quickly). We additionally see the French version of 2022 Grand Prix awardee Julie Doucet‘s Time Zone J [Suicide Total] made the minimize.
• Mainstream and huge indie titles: James Tynion IV, Alvaro Martinez Bueno and Jordie Bellaire‘s The Nice House on the Lake (initially revealed DC Black Label); Brian Okay. Vaughan & Fiona Staples‘ Saga (initially revealed by Image); and Ed Brubaker, Marcos Martin, and Muntsa Vicente‘s Friday (unique publication Panel Syndicate and Image Comics) present up within the lists. 
• From the small press and indie circuit – Josh Pettinger‘s small press anthology series Goiter got a collection in French – and the critics dig it – likewise John Vasquez Mejias‘ woodcut comic The Puerto Rican War [Et L’Île S’Embrasa]. Reimena Yee‘s webcomic – and crowdfunded publication – The Carpet Merchant of Konstantiniyya [Le Marchand de Tapis de Constantinople] made an look within the Kids Selection listing.
• In the Heritage Selection listing is a translated Katzenjammer Kids assortment that includes Harold Knerr‘s run on Rudolph Dirks‘ historic American caricature [Pim Pam Poum (The Katzenjammer Kids) (vol 1): 1936-1942 from Urban Comics]. Surprisingly this presently just isn’t out there as a collected version in English.

Manga continues to have a powerful presence throughout the Angoulême Official Selection lists. We counted fifteen titles with solely seven having an English version out there at time of writing. Those seven included: Tatsuki Fujimoto‘s Chainsaw Man (Viz), Katsuhisa Minami‘s The Fable (Kodansha, digital only), Moto Hagio‘s The Poe Clan (Fantagraphics), Henry Yoshitaka Kiyama‘s The Four Immigrants Manga: A Japanese Experience in San Francisco, 1904-1924 (Stone Bridge Press),  Hayao Miyazaki‘s Shuna’s Journey (First Second), NAOE‘s Tokyo Aliens and Hiromu Arakawa‘s Tsugai – Daemons of the Shadow Realm (each from Square Enix Manga).

Manhwa additionally had a displaying however solely Yeong-shin Ma‘s Moms [Les Daronnes] is offered in English, from Drawn & Quarterly. 

The Angoulême Official Selection contains French-language revealed works (together with translations from different languages) out there in bookshops and on-line platforms in France between December 1, 2022 and November 30, 2023. 

Books are chosen by three committees of comics specialists – a General Selection Committee, a Youth Selection Committee, and a Series Selection Committee – and divided into six classes – the Official Selection, the Heritage Selection (Sélection Patrimoine), the Kids Selection (Sélection Jeunesse), the Crime-Thriller Selection (Sélection Fauve Polar SNCF), the Ecological Selection (Sélection Eco-Fauve RAJA), and the Student Selection (Sélection Fauve des Lycéens). Eleven prizes shall be awarded from these lists, with 5 awarded to books within the Official Selection, two within the Kids Selection, and one apiece to the opposite choice lists at a ceremony happening through the Angoulême 2024 weekend, January 25 to twenty-eight, 2024. 

SELECTION COMMITTEE MEMBERS

The General Selection Committee is comprised the Festival Artistic Director Margeurite Demoëte; comics journalist Xavier Guilbert (du9.org); creator Frédéric Lassagne/Terreur Graphique; journalist Anne-Claire Norot; bookseller Mathilde Llobet (Ombres Blanches, Toulouse), Head of Culture and News Development on the Paris Pompidou Centre Emmanuèle Payen; and Angoulême Festival scientific advisor Jean-Pierre Mercier. 

The Youth Selection Committee contains the top of the competition’s youth part Camille Goyens; Officer for Artistic and Cultural Education Romain Gallissot; bookseller Vo Song Nguyen (Librarie Millepages Jeanesse BD, Vincennes); bookseller Mimoun Larrssi (Librairie M’Enfin?!, Rennes), journalists Laurence Fredet and Lucie Kosmala; creator Émilie Clarke.

The Series Selection Committee consists of FIBD creative director Fausto Fasulo; comics skilled and journalist Fredereico Anzalone; comics creator and journalist Hélène Beney (Canal BD journal, Zoo, Disney Girl); journalists Rémi Inghilterra (BoDoï, Bubble, ATOM journal), Laëtitia De Germon (France Info), bookseller Morgane Kerlero Du Crano (Librairie généraliste Les Parages, Paris); and net columnist Christophe Stupnicki.

Note on the lists – we’ve got endeavoured to examine each title for a solicited or current English-language version. Those that do can have their official English title in brackets [ ], if not we offer an approximate translated title by way of DeepL. If no English version however a earlier work by identical creator is discovered we’ll reference in notes. 

ANGOULÊME 2024 OFFICIAL SELECTION — 45 books

‘Dédales’ [tr. ‘Daedalus’] vol 3, Charles Burns (Cornélius)

‘Le Dernier Sergent (vol 1): Les Guerres Immobiles’ [tr. ‘The Last Sergeant vol 1: Still Wars’], Fabrice Neaud (Delcourt)

‘Des Maux À Dire’ [tr. ‘Words to Say’], Beatriz Lema (Sarbacane)

‘Dum Dum’, Lukasz Wojciechowski (çà et là)

‘L’Homme Gêné’ [tr, ‘Awkward Man’], Matthieu Chiara (L’Agrume)

‘L’Illusion Magnifique (vol 1): New-York 1938’ [tr. The Magnificent Illusion vol 1 – New York, 1938], Alessandro Tota (Gallimard BD)

‘Mary-Pain’, Lola Lorente (Actes Sud BD)

‘Monica’, Daniel Clowes (Delcourt)

‘Une Éducation Orientale’ [tr. ‘An Eastern Education’], Charles Berberian (Casterman)

‘Une Enfance De Paille’ (tr. ‘A Straw Childhood’), Lika Nüssli (Atrabile)

‘La Véritable Histoire de Saint-Nicolas’ [tr. ‘The True Story of Saint Nicholas’], Thierry Van Hasselt (Frémok) 

‘Le Visage de Pavil’ [tr. ‘The Face of Pavil’], Jeremy Perrodeau (2024)

• Acting Class, Nick Drnaso (Presque Lune) — initially revealed in English by Drawn & Quarterly, 2022
• Astra Nova, Lisa Blumen (L’Employé du Moi)
• Blood of the Virgin, Sammy Harkham (Cornélius) — revealed in English with Pantheon Graphic Library, May 2023
• Blue Giant Explorer (vol 1), Shinichi Ishizuka (Glénat) – the third sequence of Ishizuka’s jazz opus just isn’t in English however Seven Seas has translated the entire first sequence in 5 omnibus editions between 2020 and 2022
• La Boucle [tr. ‘The Loop’], Vincent Vanoli (Ouie Dire) 
• Chainsaw Man (vol 13), Tatsuki Fujimoto (Crunchyroll) — English version from Viz
• Chair À Canon [tr. ‘Cannon Fodder’], Aroha Travé (Editions FLBLB)
• Chumbo, Matthias Lehmann (Casterman) — not but in English however Lehmann’s earlier e book, Parallel, is offered in English from Oni Press
• Le Ciel dans la Tête [tr. ‘The Sky’s The Limit‘], Antonio Altarriba (author), Sergio Garcia Sanchez (artist), Lola Moral (colorist) (Denoël Graphic)
• Creuser Voguer [tr. ‘Digging Sailing‘], Delphine Panique (Cornélius)
• Les Daronnes [Moms], Yeong-shin Ma (Atrabile) — Moms was revealed in English by Drawn & Quarterly, in 2021 (and received a Harvey Award)
• Dédales [tr. ‘Daedalus’] vol 3, Charles Burns (Cornélius) – launched in French as a 3 e book sequence since 2019, this ultimate quantity may imply a whole English version isn’t far behind
• Le Dernier Sergent (vol 1): Les Guerres Immobiles [tr. ‘The Last Sergeant vol 1: Still Wars’], Fabrice Neaud (Delcourt)
• Des Maux À Dire [tr. ‘Words to Say‘], Beatriz Lema (Sarbacane)
• Dum Dum, Lukasz Wojciechowski (çà et là)
• Emkla, Peggy Adam (Atrabile)
• Et L’Île S’Embrasa [The Puerto Rican War], John Vasquez Mejias (Ici Bas) — beforehand self-published in English, John Vasquez Mejias’ woodcut novelette will get a rerelease in May 2024 from Union Square & Co
• Evol (vol 3), Atsushi Kaneko (Delcourt) — Kaneko’s earlier work Search and Destroy is presently being serialised on Mangasplaining Extra, with a print version from Fantagraphics May 2024.
• The Fable (vol 13), Katsuhisa Minami (Pika) — digitally out there in English by Kodansha
• Fleur De Lait [Milky Way], Miguel Vila (Preque Lune) — English version coming from Fantagraphics December 5, 2023 
• Goiter, Josh Pettinger (Ici Même) — French assortment of Josh Pettinger’s self-produced ongoing anthology sequence revealed by Kilgore Books
• Hanbok, Sophie Darcq (L’Apocalypse)
• L’Homme Gêné [tr, ‘Awkward Man‘], Matthieu Chiara (L’Agrume)
• L’Illusion Magnifique (vol 1): New-York 1938 [tr. The Magnificent Illusion vol 1 – New York, 1938], Alessandro Tota (Gallimard BD) — no English version however SelfMadeHero revealed a earlier e book by Tota, Memoirs of a Book Thief, in 2019
• Les Imbuvables Ou Comment J’ai Arrêté De Boire [Impossible People – A Completely Average Recovery Story], Julia Wertz (L’Agrume) — revealed in English with Black Dog & Leventhal, May 2023
• Jumelle [Twin] (volumes 1 & 2), Florence Dupré La Tour (Dargaud) — digital solely version produced by Europe Comics 
• Kujo L’Implacable [tr. ‘Relentless Kujô’] (vol 3), Shôhei Manabe (Kana) 
• Madones et Putains [tr. ‘Madonnas and Whores‘], Nine Antico (Dupuis) — not in English however a earlier e book by Antico, A Tale of Two Arthurs, was translated as a digital unique by way of Europe Comics in 2020
• Mary-Pain, Lola Lorente (Actes Sud BD)
• Monica, Daniel Clowes (Delcourt) — English version revealed by Fantagraphics October 2023 (one month earlier than the French launch)
• Le Nécromanchien, Matthias Arégui (2024)
• The Nice House on the Lake (vol 2), James Tynion IV (author), Alvaro Martinez Bueno (artist), Jordie Bellaire (colorist) (Urban Comics) — smash-hit DC Black Label sequence, received a number of Eisners this 12 months; full deluxe version launched October 2023
• Océan Express, François Ayroles (L’Association)
• Les Oiseaux De Papier [tr. ‘Paper Birds‘], Mana Neyestani (çà et là) — this primary fiction graphic novel by Neyestani just isn’t out there in English however Uncivisized Books revealed his autobio An Iranian Metamorphosis in 2014
• Quelques Minutes Après Que Le Temps S’Arrête [tr. ‘A Few Minutes After Time Stood Still‘], Doublebob (Frémok)
• Saga (vol 11), Brian Okay. Vaughan (author) & Fiona Staples (artist) (Urban Comics) — the Image Comics juggernaut that’s Saga
• Saint Elme (vol 4), Serge Lehman (author) & Frederik Peeters (artist) (Delcourt) — not in English however Serge Lehman has had some work translated with Titan;  Frederik Peeters has seen translation with SelfMadeHero, and most lately Lupus, with Top Shelf in 2020
• Sibylla, Max Baitinger (L’Employé Du Moi) — not in English however a earlier work, Röhner, noticed translation with 2dcloud
• Slava (vol 2): Les Nouveaux Russes [tr. ‘Slava vol 2: The New Russians’], Pierre Henri Gomont (Dargaud) — Europe Comics translated the primary quantity which noticed digital-only launch January 2023
• Suicide Total [Time Zone J], Julie Doucet (L’Association) — revealed in English with Drawn & Quarterly
• Une Chouette Vie [tr. ‘A Good Life‘], Hideyasu Moto (Misma)
• Une Éducation Orientale [tr. ‘An Eastern Education‘], Charles Berberian (Casterman) — autobio book about Berberian’s childhood. He is healthier identified in English for his partnership with Philippe Dupuy on the Monsieur Jean sequence revealed by Humanoids and Drawn & Quarterly
• Une Enfance De Paille (tr. ‘A Straw Childhood‘), Lika Nüssli (Atrabile)
• La Véritable Histoire de Saint-Nicolas [tr. ‘The True Story of Saint Nicholas‘], Thierry Van Hasselt (Frémok) 
• Le Visage de Pavil [tr. ‘The Face of Pavil‘], Jeremy Perrodeau (2024)

HERITAGE SELECTION (SÉLECTION PARTRIMOINE) — 7 books

• Anthologie Imagex, Imagex (The Hoochie Coochie)
• Le Clan des Poe [The Poe Clan] (vol 1), Moto Hagio (Akata) — launched in English with Fantagraphics in 2019
• Confidences d’Une Prostitutée [tr. ‘Confessions of a prostitute’], Takao Saitô (Akata)
• Dans Les Villages [tr. ‘In The Villages‘], Max Cabanes (Les Humanoïdes Associés)
• Désir Sous La Pluie [tr. ‘Desire in the Rain‘] (Oeuvres 1981-1985), Yoshiharu Tsuge (Cornélius) — Not in English but however Drawn & Quarterly have been publishing the entire works of Yoshiharu Tsuge and may catch up quickly
• Pim Pam Poum (The Katzenjammer Kids) (vol 1): 1936-1942, Harold Knerr (Urban Comics) — certainly one of America’s landmark comedian strips, surprisingly not one of the sequence is presently in collected reprint in English
• Quatre Japonais À San Francisco 1904-1924 [tr. ‘Four Japanese in San Francisco, 1904-1924‘], Henry Yoshitaka Kiyama (Onapratut/Le Portillon) — revealed in English earlier this month with Stone Bridge Press as The Four Immigrants Manga: A Japanese Experience in San Francisco, 1904-1924

KIDS SELECTION (SÉLECTION JEUNESSE) — 18 books

• Bâillements de l’après-midi [tr. ‘Yawning in the afternoon‘] (vol 1), Shin’ya Komatsu (IMHO)
• Brume (vol 1): Le Réveil du Dragon  [tr. ‘Mist vol 1: The Dragon Awakens‘] , Jérôme Pélissier (author) & Carine Hinder (artist) (Glénat)
• Chassé-croisé au Val Doré [tr. ‘Crossover in Golden Valley‘], Lewis Trondheim (author) & Serigio Garcia Sanchez (artist) (Dupuis)
• Eddie & Noé (vol 2): Les Agitateurs [tr. ‘Eddie & Noe, vol 2: The Agitators‘], Max De Radiguès (author) & Hugo Piette (artist) (Sarbacane) — not in English however author/cartoonist Max De Radiguès has quite a lot of books in English together with the Stig & Tilde sequence from Flying Eye/Nobrow
• L’Été Du Vertige [tr. ‘Dizzy Summer‘], Adlynn Fischer (La Ville Brûle)
• Friday, Ed Brubaker (author), Marcos Martin (artist), Muntsa Vicente (colorist) (Glénat) — first serialised on-line with Panel Syndicate, print launch by Image in two volumes 2021-2022
• L’Incroyable Mademoiselle Bang [tr. ‘The Incredible Miss Bang‘], Yoon-Sun Park (Dupuis)
• Le Marchand de Tapis de Constantinople [The Carpet Merchant of Konstantiniyya] (vol 1), Reimena Yee (Kinaye) — Eisner-nominated on-line comedian, print version crowdfunded and self-published by Unbound in 2019, conclusion of duology revealed in 2022
• Millie & Catsou À L’Ultra Fiesta [tr. ‘Millie & Catsou in Ultra Fiesta‘], Marie Spénale (Nathan) — not in English. A earlier e book by the creator, Wonder Pony, was revealed by BOOM! youngsters imprint kaBOOM in 2020.
• Minigolf, Lisa Laubreaux (Maison Georges)
• Nunuche, Guillaume Bianco (author) & Marie Kerascoët (artist) (Dargaud) — digital-exclusive English version to be revealed by Europe Comics November 29.
• Pépin et Olivia (vol 1): La Grande Fête De Rien Du Tout [tr. ‘Pépin & Olivia vol 1: The great party of nothing at all’], Camille Jourdy (Dupuis) — not in English nonetheless Jourdy has had two books launch prior to now 12 months – Juliette (July 2023, Drawn & Quarterly) and The Wondrous Wonders (November 2022, First Second)
• Les Petites Reines [tr. ‘The Little Queens’], Magali Le Huche (Sarbacane) — primarily based on a 2017 novel by Clémentine Beauvais (out there in English as Piglettes), no English version of this adaptation is offered however a earlier work by the artist, Nowhere Girl, was launched by Europe Comics in 2021
• Red Flower (vol 1): Le Jeune Coq et le Soleil [tr. ‘Red Flower vol 1, Young Rooster and the Sun‘], Loui (Glénat)
• Tokyo Aliens (vol 5), NAOE (Kana) — out there in English with Square Enix Manga
• Tsugai – Daemons of the Shadow Realm (vol 1), Hiromu Arakawa (Kurokawa) — out there in English with Square Enix Manga
• Voyage de Malade [tr. ‘Sick Trip‘], Josephine Mark (Gallimard BD)
• Les Yeux D’Or [tr. ‘Golden Eyes‘], Marie Desplechin (author) & Lucie Quéméner (artist) (Delcourt)

CRIME-THRILLER SELECTION (SÉLECTION FAUVE POLAR SNCF) — 7 books

[Note: winner to be voted by French rail (SNCF) passengers]

• Alva dans la nuit [tr. ‘Alva in the Night’], Aksel Studsgarth (author) & Daniel Hansen (artist) (Glénat)
• Contrition, Carlos Portela (author) & Keko (artist) (Denoël Graphic)
• Cyan, Lucia Biagi (çà et là)
• Je Suis Leur Silence [tr. ‘I Am Their Silence’], Jordi Lafebre (Dargaud) — no English model however earlier work Always Never, initially from Europe Comics then revealed by Dark Horse, received crucial and awards consideration this 12 months
• La Méthode Gemini (tr. ‘The Gemini Method’), Magius (Misma)
• Simenon – Le Passager Du Polarlys [tr. ‘Simenon’s The Polarlys Passenger’], José-Louis Bocquet (author) & Christian Cailleaux (artist) (Dargaud) — No English model of this adaptation of the 1932 Simenon novel (there have been chosen, now out of print, translations of the novel itself – The Mystery of the ‘Polarlys’ in 1942, Danger at Sea in 1954).  Bocquet has had quite a lot of earlier works launched in English as the author on graphic biographies for Kiki de Montparnasse, Josephine Baker and Alice Guy at SelfMadeHero. Illustrator Cailleaux has had two works launched in English, each from Cinebook – Blake & Mortimer vol 27: The Call of the Moloch (written by Jean Dufaux) and U Ray sequel The Fiery Arrow (with legendary BD author Jean Van Hamme)
• Utsubora (vol 2), Asumiko Nakamura (Akata) — first e book launched in English by Vertical in 2013 as Utsubora: The Story of a Novelist

ECOLOGICAL SELECTION (SÉLECTION ECO-FAUVE RAJA) — 7 books

• Frontier, Guillaume Singelin (Label 619) — English translation presently working on Kickstarter from Magnetic Press
• Inuit, Edmond Baudoin & Troubs (L’Association) — no English version. Of the 2 authors, Baudoin has seen some translation: SelfMadeHero launched one e book in 2016, Dalí, and NYRC launched Piero in 2018
• Michel et la Bataille des Dombarelles [tr. ‘Michel and the Battle of Dombarelles’], Pierre Maurel (L’Employé du Moi)
• Naturellement [tr. ‘Naturally‘], Yannis La Macchia (Atrabile)
• Neoforest (vol 1): Cocto Citadel, Fred Duval (author) & Philippe Scoffoni (artist) (Dargaud) — English version out there digitally from Europe Comics
• Les Pistes Invisibles [tr. ‘Invisible Paths‘], Xavier Mussat (Albin Michel)
• Le Voyage de Shuna [Shuna’s Journey], Hayao Miyazaki (Sarbacane) – English version revealed by FirstSecond in November 2022, received an Eisner in 2023

HIGH SCHOOLER SELECTION (SÉLECTION FAUVE DES LYCÉENS) — 10 books

[Note: winner to be selected by a jury of 10 French high school students]

L’Illusion Magnifique (vol 1): New-York 1938 [tr. The Magnificent Illusion vol 1 – New York, 1938], Alessandro Tota (Gallimard BD)

Jumelle [Twin] (volumes 1 & 2), Florence Dupré La Tour (Dargaud)

• Creuser Voguer, [tr. ‘Digging Sailing‘], Delphine Panique (Cornélius)
• Des Maux À Dire [tr. ‘Words to Say‘], Beatriz Lema (Sarbacane)
• Emkla, Peggy Adam (Atrabile)
• L’Illusion Magnifique (vol 1): New-York 1938 [tr. The Magnificent Illusion vol 1 – New York, 1938], Alessandro Tota (Gallimard BD) — no English version however SelfMadeHero revealed a earlier e book by Tota, Memoirs of a Book Thief, in 2019
• Jumelle [Twin] (volumes 1 & 2), Florence Dupré La Tour (Dargaud) — digital solely version produced by Europe Comics 
• Mary-Pain, Lola Lorente (Actes Sud BD)
• Océan Express, François Ayroles (L’Association)
• Les Oiseaux De Papier [tr. ‘Paper Birds‘], Mana Neyestani (çà et là) — this primary fiction graphic novel by Neyestani just isn’t out there in English however Uncivisized Books revealed his autobio An Iranian Metamorphosis in 2014
• Le Visage de Pavil [tr. ‘The Face of Pavil‘], Jeremy Perrodeau (2024)

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