Comix Influx Blog: Angoulême 2009 Nominees
The official selection for the Angoulême 2009 awards has just been released, and it’s a pleasingly diverse list.
Firstly, it’s great to see a few creators that have received the Comix Influx treatment amongst the nominees: Christophe Blain for Gus; Katherine Farmar favourite, Étienne Davodeau for Lulu femme nue from Futuropolis (his first nomination I believe); and Émile Bravo is back with his take on Spirou, after last year’s success of Ma Maman Est En Amérique….
Five books from L’Association make the list, more than twice as many as last year. JC Menu and Blutch are both nominated for the second year running (although for reprinted material in Blutch’s case). Critics favourite, Emmanuel Guibert gets in for the third volume of La Guerre d’Alan. The other two from L’Asso are Les Amis by François Ayroles and – one of the more striking nominations – Le Tricheur, by Ruppert et Mulot, the eccentric darlings of the European avant-garde. This looks to me like a strong showing for L’Asso
I hadn’t heard of Cambourakis before, but it looks like a really interesting small publisher. They published Mon Frère Nocturne by Joanna Hellgren, which I will certainly look out for.
Éditions de l’an 2 now seem to be called Acte Sud l’An 2, making Actes Sud’s takeover of the publisher more explicit; I think I’ve flicked through their nominee La Jeune Fille et le Nègre by Judith Vanistendael. Unsurprisingly, it depicts the tensions (particularly familial) arising from a mixed-race relationship, and, to be honest, in the brief look that I got it struck me as a somewhat old-fashioned treatment of the subject. But I could well have missed something in my quick skim.
In an outpouring of taste, Le Goût du chlore by Bastien Vivès (from Casterman’s KSTR imprint) looks interesting, as does Le Goût du paradis by Nine Antico (but then it’s always taking a look at anything from Ego comme X). I don’t know anything about Séquelles by Hugues Micol (Cornélius), nor 3 Déclinaisons from L’employé du Moi, but, judging books by their covers, I will check them out.
From the Anglophone world we have Filles Perdues by Moore and Gebbie; Dash Shaw’s Bottomless Belly Button, riding high on the indie-comic zeitgeist; Magic Elf by James Kochalka; Tamara Drew by Posy Simmonds; Tony Millionaire’s Oncle Gabby; and, slightly incongruously, Wanted by Mark Millar et al.
So, a strong list again this year. I was slightly surprised by the number of creators that have been nominated before, and many for the second year running, but there are also some interesting new voices in there too. Now, let’s see what Dupuy and Berberian’s jury makes of them.
Update: Read Bart Beaty’s detailed take on the nominations at comicsreporter.com.
Complete List of Nominations
«3 déclinaisons», Pierre Maurel, L’Employé du Moi
«American Elf», James Kochalka, Ego comme X
«Les Amis», François Ayroles, L’Association
«The Autobiography Of A Mitroll, Mum Is Dead, tome 1», Bouzard, Dargaud
«Les Bidochon, tome 19», Binet, Fluide Glacial
«Bons mauvais grands et petits joueurs», Anne Rouquette, Éditions Lito
«Bottomless Belly Button», Dash Shaw, Éditions çà et là
«Cité 14, saison 1», Gabus et Reutimann, Paquet
«De Gaulle à la plage», Ferri, Poisson Pilote / Dargaud
«Esthétique et filatures», Tanxxx et Lisa Mandel, Casterman
«Ferme 54», Galit et Gilad Seliktar, Éditions çà et là
«Filles perdues», Moore et Gebbie, Delcourt
«La Force des humbles», Hiroshi Hirata, Delcourt
«Le Goût du chlore», Bastien Vivès, Casterman
«Le Goût du paradis», Nine Antico, Ego comme X
«Les Gouttes de Dieu, tome 1», Tadashi Agi et Shu Okimoto, Glénat
«La Guerre d’Alan, tome 3», Emmanuel Guibert, L’Association
«Gus, tome 3», Christophe Blain, Dargaud
«Harding Was Here, tome 1», Midam et Adam, Soleil
«L’Héritage du colonel», Varela et Trillo, Delcourt
«La Jeune Fille et le nègre», Judith Vanistendael, Acte Sud l’An 2
«Jonathan, Elle, tome 14», Cosey, Le Lombard
«Le Livre des destins, La Métamorphose, tome 2», Le Tendre et Biancarelli, Soleil
«Lock Groove Comix n°1», Jean-Christophe Menu, L’Association
«Loin d’être parfait», Adrian Tomine, Delcourt
«Long John Silver, Neptune, tome 2», Dorison & Lauffray, Dargaud
«Lucien, Toujours la banane, tome 9», Frank Margerin, Fluide Glacial
«Lulu femme nue, premier livre», Étienne Davodeau, Futuropolis
«Le Marquis d’Anaon, La chambre de Kheops, tome 5», Bonhomme & Vehlmann, Dargaud
«Martha Jane Cannary, tome 1», Blanchin et Perrissin, Futuropolis
«Marzi (1984-1987) : la Pologne vue par les yeux d’une enfant», Savoia et Sowa, Dupuis
«Mattéo», Jean-Pierre Gibrat, Futuropolis
«Max Fridman, tome 5», Vittorio Giardino, Glénat
«Mon Frère nocturne», Joanna Hellgren, Cambourakis
«Mon gras et moi», Gally, Diantre
«Nage libre», Sébastien Chrisostome, Sarbacane
«No comment», Yvan Brun, Drugstore
«Oncle Gabby», Tony Millionaire, Rackham
«Pauvres zhéros», Baru, Pierre Pelot, Rivages / Casterman / Noir
«Le Petit Christian, tome 2», Blutch, L’Association
«Pinocchio», Winshluss, Les Requins Marteaux
«Pluie du paradis», Yu lu, Casterman
«Le Roi des mouches, L’Origine du monde, tome 2», Mezzo et Pirus, Drugstore
«Salade de fluits, tome 2», Mathieu Sapin, Les Requins Marteaux
«Séquelles», Hugues Micol, Cornélius
«Shutter Island», Christian De Metter, Dennis Lehane, Rivages / Casterman / Noir
«Spirou et Fantasio, Le Journal d’un ingénu», Émile Bravo, Dupuis
«Tamara Drewe», Posy Simmonds, Denoël Graphic
«Tout seul», Christophe Chabouté, Vents d’Ouest
«Trésor», Lucie Durbiano, Gallimard
«Le Tricheur», Ruppert et Mulot, L’Association
«Ushijima, tome 3», Manabe, Kana
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