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Taiwan was the only Asian country to send an official delegation to this year’s Angouleme International Comics Festival, which ran for four days and ended yesterday in Angouleme, France, event organizers said. Taiwan’s booth opened on Thursday and was visited by festival deputy artistic director Fausto Fasulo, Laos-born French comic book writer Loo Hui Phang, and representatives from the French, Italian and Spanish publishing industries. Nicholas Galiano, head of French publisher ChattoChatt...

Paris, March 19 (CNA) Taiwan is the only Asian country to send an official delegation to participate in this year's Angoulême International Comics Festival being held from March 17-20 in Angoulême, France, according to event organizers.

/ Staff writer, with CNA, ParisTaiwan was the only Asian country to send an official delegation to this year’s Angouleme International Comics Festival, which ran for four days and ended yesterday in Angouleme, France, event organizers said.

Wu Shih-hung (吳識鴻) isn’t an avid reader of comics or Taiwanese literature. An animator by trade, Wu first became involved with Fisfisa Media (目宿媒體) through its acclaimed documentary series on Taiwanese writers, contributing his distinct ink brush-style artwork to the 2011 feature on Wang Wen-hsing (王文興), The Man behind the Book (尋找背海的人). “When I first joined the company, people were talking about how good the animations in The Man behind the Book were,” ed...

Posted on Each year, the town of Angoulême in southwestern France plays host to the Festival International de la Bande Dessinée d’Angoulême (FIBD), which is frequently known as the Angoulême International Comics Festival. Started in 1974, the four-day event is devoted to the ninth art (as comics are often called in France) and celebrates achievements in the medium. The Angoulême International Comics Festival also administers several prestigious prizes, referred to as Fauves (“Wild ...