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Here’s a selection of photographs, taken at the RAW subsection of Art Spiegelman’s Musée Privée, which was shown in the Musée de la Bande Desinée at the 2012 Angoulême Festival.

Cover from RAW volume 1 number 1

Detail of RAW volume 1 number 1 cover

Mockup of RAW volume 1 number 3 cover

Mockup of RAW volume 1 number 7 cover

Françoise Mouly (detail from number 7 mockup)

Cover to RAW volume 1 number 7 (with famous ripped corner)

RAW volume 2 number 1 mockup

RAW volume 2 number 1 mockup

Letter from Charles Burns & Joost Swarte art

Zippy-scope!

Flier for RAW party

Dog Boy by Charles Burns

Fish For Dinner by Marc Beyer

Curse of Cham by Ben Katchor

Picture This by Linda Barry

Industry News and Review No. 6 by Françoise Mouly

Joost Swarte piece

Jimbo by Gary Panter

The Passion of Saint Sluggo by Charles Burns, Ever Meulen & Art Spiegelman

Details from The Passion of Saint Sluggo

Fires by Lorenzon Mattotti

Details from Fires

Good Ol’ Gregor Brown by Bob Sikoryak

The Hell of War by David Sandlin

Los Garriris by Mariscal

Page by Jacques Tardi

Complete originals from Here by Richard McGuire

Details from Here. Note where images have been covered over.

More details from Here. Note where images have been covered over.

writes Stephen Betts (thisisstephenbetts) on 3rd February 2012

Art Spiegelman’s presidency of the Angoulême Festival was hotly anticipated, and he did not disappoint. For a man with such a serious and formidable reputation, his festival was wonderfully light and fun, while continually reminding you of just what heights the artform is capable of achieving.

The exhibitions…

writes Stephen Betts (thisisstephenbetts) on 1st February 2012

Only a couple of days to go until Angoulême 2012 kicks off, and it’s all set up to be a brilliant year.

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Firstly, of course, the President is Art Spiegelman. Not just one of the foremost comics creators in the history of the artform, but also one of its foremost thinkers. Anticipation is high to see what he is bringing to Angoulême 2012.

Three exhibitions in particular hint at Spiegelman’s affiliation with the comics Avante Garde.

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writes Stephen Betts (thisisstephenbetts) on 24th January 2012

Jean-Christophe Menu’s announcement of L’Apocalypse in French (his English translation here ):

RESUME

Le 10 janvier 2011, la “masse salariale” de L’Association (qui n’aurait pas pu s’appeler ainsi si je ne m’étais pas moi-même fait licencier de L’Asso par le Bureau en mars 2010) se mettait en grève pour protester contre le projet de décroissance, et donc de réduction de deux à trois postes sur sept, que la direction et moi-même avions jugé indispensable pour la survie de la structure. Le stand vide à Angoulême avec la banderole “en grève” et…

writes Stephen Betts (thisisstephenbetts) on 31st August 2011