This diversity can be found on the bookstore stands, where you can find both Franco-Belgian classics (Asterix, Lucky Luke, etc.), as well as more recent comics (Lou, Kid Paddle, etc.), and graphic novels (“Carnets d’Orient”). »…) or mangas (“Naruto”, “Dragon Ball”…). Obviously, we seek to please all audiences.
A dedication is not a due but a gift from the author”
But the festival stands out above all for the forty or so artists signing, including names well identified locally, such as Éric Liberge, Éric Corbeyran, Espé and Katia Even. Several queues form, with very clear instructions given by the organizers: a dedication is not a due, but a gift from the author; children have priority; access to the signings is subject to the purchase of a new book on the stand of a partner bookseller.
Danica Urbani: “At our level we try to make people understand that we are enriched by meeting different cultures”.
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On this side, things seem to be going well. “The weekend is buoyant in a context of inflation. People are always careful with their spending,” estimates Danica Urbani, head of Dadoclem, a Bordeaux publishing house specializing in books for young audiences. And in particular bilingual works. “At our level, we try to make people understand that we are enriched by meeting different cultures. »
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Signing session of a comic book on Pink Floyd for Gilles Pascal.
Further on, the designer Shang completed the stand, where he presents his comics on airsoft, with a small exhibition on this combat simulation game which uses replica firearms. “The range is up to 30 meters but the balls don’t hurt any more than paintball capsules,” he explains, in promotional mode.
While Gilles Pascal, a designer based in Saint-André-de-Cubzac, talks as much about comics as about music with the series of albums on Pink Floyd and Otis Redding in which he participates.
