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 ChattoChatto, said that Japan has dominated the Asian sector of the French comic book market for more than 10 years, but he has for a long time paid attention to talented
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.
<i>Crouching Lion in a Bookstore</i> (獅子藏匿的書屋) by artist Xiao Dao (小島) won the grand prize at Taiwan’s 12th Golden Comic Awards at a ceremony in Taipei on Thursday.
The comic, based on the strategy board game go, was selected from among six Comic of the Year award winners.
Xiao Dao’s work showed diverse and multiple styles, said the Ministry of Culture, which organizes the awards.
<i>Crouching Lion in a Bookstore</i> is about a former go champion and manager of a book rental shop who meets a mysterious 16-year-old with a “wish coupon.”
The teenager is a talented go player. The pair get to know