PRICE. The Gribouillis festival! de Bordeaux took place from September 12 to 15. On this occasion, two prizes and 1 selection were awarded: Gribouillis Comic Strip Prize, Gribouillis Youth Prize and Gribouillis Classic Prize. The first two are awarded a sum of 1000 euros. What are the results?
As a reminder, the contenders for the Gribouillis Comic Strip Prize were:
– Bianca and the Forest of Lost Parentsof Marie Boisson (Misma editions)
– The Oracle Bookof Xavier Bouyssou (2024 editions)
– I am an Americanof Guillaume Chauchat (2024 editions)
– King Medusaof Brecht Evens (Actes Sud editions)
– Dog Biscuitd’Alex Graham (Presto Lune editions)
– Leadof Matthias Lehmann (Casterman editions)
– The Last Sergeantof Fabrice Neaud (Delcourt editions)
– Slocumof Jan Soeken (editions L’Employé du moi)
– The Magnificent Illusiond’Alessandro Tota (Gallimard editions)
– The True Story of Saint Nicholasof Thierry Van Hasselt (Frémok editions)
The winner is Brecht Evens for his work King Medusa boards of which are currently on display at the Pompidou Museum. An exhibition which brings painters into dialogue with comic book authors where we find both Calvo what Catherine Meurisse et Joan Sfar.
The editor of Actes Sud BD, Thomas Gabison, and Brecht Evens at the launch of the album
© Hippolyte Arzillier
Published by Actes Sud, this comic strip, translated by Wladimir Anselm tells us “the story of a little boy, Arthur, who experiences a close relationship with his conspiratorial father. Living on an island, the two characters believe they are constantly observed by the “Leaders” and seek to participate in the resistance organized by the “Allies”. […] the album surprises with an extremely confusing style and aesthetic. Each page is constructed in a disruptive way, and the father-son relationship, both luminous and undermined in the background by depression, touches the reader as much as it questions him. » (Hippolyte Arzilliercolumnist at ActuaBD)
As a reminder, the Gribouillis Classique Prize is in reality a non-endowed and non-competitive selection which is a list of essential works for the general public wishing to be interested in classic works:
– Pepito 3of Luciano Bottaro (Cornelius editions)
– Theof Richard Corben(Delirium editions)
– History of artof Paul Cox (MeMo editions)
– The Little Miseriesof Suzanne Heller (editions The Joy of Reading)
– Anthologyd’Imagex (The Hoochie Coochie editions)
– Moomin at the seaof Tove Jansson (Cambourakis editions)
– The Garo Revolutionof Claude Leblanc (IMHO editions)
– A Cool Life, by Hideyasu Moto (Misma editions)
– The Elephantd’Isabelle Pralong (Atrabile editions)
– This morning I was thinking…of Stoddard Sandol Warburg & Ivan Chermayeff (BNF editions)
Finally, the Gribouillis Jeunesse Prize is won by Damien Poulain pour Birdspublished by Livre.
Each year, a reading committee brings together six specialized bookstores in France and Belgium. These select 10 comics, 10 children’s albums and 10 classics. the most creative and original of the year » published between June 1, 2023 and May 30, 2024. From this selection, a network of independent bookstores in Bordeaux chooses the winners for the two competitive prizes.
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