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Table of contents

• 1. Comics:- A Historical preview- Types of comics- Comics in France

• 2. Angouleme’s International Festival:- Presentation of the Festival (Figures)- Organisation and Content- Awards

• 3. SWOT Analysis and the intercultural aspect- SWOT of the festival- Intercultural aspect- Conclusion: The future of the festival

1- COMICS

A HISTORICAL PREVIEW:

*Comics and movies were born at the same time in the late 19th

century

*The hieroglyphics and the comics

* The Japanese “Manga”

were a series of drawings accompanied by text 2000 years before Christ

*Comics as an art form established itself in the late 19th and early 20th century

The three types of comics

Comics in France

• Last year the production of BD increased by 2.4% and revenue is expected to have exceeded

320million Euros.

• The French network of specialized bookstores also contributed to the development of this artistic genre.

• Angouleme festival, which each year in late January, offers exceptional visibility to comics and its actors.

2- Angouleme international comics festival

Every year since1974, in January

AWARDS: Best Album ("Golden Wildcat") The "Revelation" Essential… etc.

The largest comicsfestival in Europe

300.000 visitors

Organisation

• Venue:

Museum, library, artistsresidencies, Art houses, exposition center, multimédia technicalcenter.

ASSOCIATION DU FESTIVAL

A la carte

Indie

ClassicalYouth

Manga

Essential

Content

Awards

• Best Album("Golden Wildcat")

• AngoulêmeInternational Comics Festival Essentials

• The "Revelation" Essential (for "best newcomer")

• The Fnac-SNCF Essential (elected by the public)

• The Youth Essential (youth panel)

• The Heritage Essential (grand jury)

3- SWOT analysis and

Interculturality

• SWOT analysis

Strengths Weaknesses

• Festival international reputation – a Brand• Strong attendance• France N°1 comics publisher in Europe• Financial benefits for the whole region

• Lack of funding• It is losing its heritage, less amateurish • The business aspect is taking over the artistic connotation of the festival

Opportunities Threats

• New applications on Smartphones and Tablets• The flourishingmarket of digitalComics • Taking advantage of its media coverage for fund collecting

• Environmental issue on paper consumption• It is mainly depending on the region’s funds for the culture• By depending on private funds it might loose its artistic originality and become simply business

• Interculturality

• Twining festivals:

Thanks to a highly international attendance, The BoomFest in Saint Petersburg in Russia

• Japanese and American presence:

It is a must for manga's and comics books’ editors to attend and promote their novelties.

• The presence of Hong Kong stars :

A reflection of Chinese ideology

through Asian manga.

Conclusion: The future of the

Festival

• Digital comics:Apple and Android have created the buzz

• Eco-Festival: Angouleme is becoming year by year more responsible concerning the environment and hence is working side by side with the local environment associations.

• Edition 2012:Spirou and its editor won’t attend this year, it becomes to expensive in time and money

Comics in the future

Webography

• http://www.bdangouleme.com/• http://www.toutenbd.com/rubrique.php3?id_rub

rique=19• http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_o

ur_own_correspondent/7246634.stm• http://www.citebd.org/• http://www.24hdelabandedessinee.com/public/i

ndex.php• http://www.sudouest.fr/2011/11/21/la-cci-de-la-

charente-versera-230-000-euros-au-festival-de-la-bd-559222-4953.php