Festival International de la Bande Dessinée : 1992 Switzerland

1992-May-22 Bern Switzerland

The Festival international de la bande dessinée d’Angoulême, more commonly known as FIBD, is the main French-speaking comic book festival. It takes place every year in January and combines exhibitions, debates, meetings and signing sessions, with the main French-speaking authors present.

Bernhard Cosendal - Cosey is one of the most important Swiss comic artists of all time. He was part of a new generation of European comic artists who emerged in the 1960s and 1970s, making philosophical stories for more mature audiences. His signature series is 'Jonathan' (1975), about a young man on a literal and spiritual journey in foreign countries. Cosey's comics portray picturesque travels through Europe, America or South-East Asia, the majority based on personal voyages to countries in these continents. Yet his stories are first and foremost intelligent character studies. …..

Zep, pen name of Philippe Chappuis, is the creator of 'Titeuf' (1992), one of the bestselling French-language comic series of all time. His gag series about a yellow-quiffed boy has been translated into many languages and inspired both an animated TV series and a feature film, turning it into a true media franchise.

After legendary comic artists Carl Barks and Gotlib passed away in respectively 2000 and 2016, Zep drew a graphic homage to each of them. When in 2015 terrorists attacked the office of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and killed almost all of the cartoonists and writers inside, Zep was one of many cartoonists who responded to the tragedy. But contrary to them, he didn't directly address the murders or made a statement about freedom of speech or against religiously-motivated hatred. Instead, he drew the comic 'What A Wonderful World', about a dream in which he woke up as an animal, living in a world of beasts who have to be cautious of predators. At the end of this strange tale, he wakes up and is glad to live in a world surrounded by humans: "And since we're all the same species, I said to myself that this must be the easiest way to all live together." - Lambiek

Abandoning his real name - Yves Robellaz - signed Aloys a number of comic strips, including the memorable adventures of Quickett and Flupkette, two curvaceous heroines loosely inspired by Quick and Flupke, the street urchins created by Hergé. the author of the rare albums "Zig zag zoug", with Gérald Poussin

Cachet features the George McManus 1913 comic strip Bringing Up Father