The Festival international de la bande dessinée d’Angoulême has just unveiled their official selection for its 2025 awards, with nominations that include translations of graphic novels such as Grandville Force Majeure by Bryan Talbot, translated into French by Philippe Touboul, published by Delirium.
The selection highlights the diversity and richness of contemporary creation, confirming once again the central role of the Festival in the world of comics.
Both Bryan, who toured France in September to promote the series, and publisher Delerium are delighted by the selection of the final volume of its Grandville, translations, made after changes to the way books were chosen by the Festival. Nominations also include Delerium’s French language Eerie & Creepy Présentent Alex Toth, a complete edition curated by Jean-Pierre Dionnet of the fantastic and horrifying works of Toth, published in the cult magazines from Warren.
The company has published the entire Grandville series in French – and hinted that more works by Bryan are to follow.
Other nominees first published in English include Moonshine by Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso, published by Urban Comics, In, by Will McPhail (404 Comics), The Good Asian by Pornsak Pichetshote and Alexandre Tefenkgi, Boys by Trina Robbins, Alison by Lizzy Stewart and Souffler sur le feu (“Stoke the Fire”) by Joe Sacco. The latter book shines a light on a series of violent incidents between Muslims and Hindus that occurred in three districts of the Uttar Pradesh region, India, in 2013.
There’s success, too, for a wide range of manga creators, with nominations in most categories.
Here are all the nominations, in French with the French titles of some titles first published in English. (Links below are AmazonUK affiliates). The publisher’s name features in brackets.
SÉLECTION OFFICIELLE
• Adieu mon royaume by Marcel Shorjian (6 pieds sous terre)
• Alison, à coups de pinceau by Lizzy Stewart (Helvetiq) – available in English here
• Antipodes by David B. et Éric Lambé (Casterman)
• Au-dedans by Will McPhail (404 comics) – available in English here
• Ballades by Camille Plotte (Atrabile)
• Berserk Volume Four by Kentaro Miura and Studio Gaga (Glénat)
• Le Camarade Coucou by Anne Feuchtenberger (Futuropolis)
• Comme une pierre by Luckas Iohanathan (iLatina)
• Connexions Volume Two by Pierre Jeanneau (Tanibis)
• Contes de la mansarde by Elizabeth Holleville et Iris Pouy (L’Employé du moi)
• Les Contes de la pieuvre Volume Five by Gess (Delcourt)
• Croissant amoureux by Yasutoshi Kurokami (The Hoochie Coochie)
• Dementia Volume Two by Shintaro Kago (Huber)
• Deux filles nues by Luz (Albin Michel)
• L’Écran blanc by Enrico Pinto (Presque Lune)
• En territoire ennemi by Carole Lobel (L’Association)
• L’Expert by Jennifer Daniel (Casterman)
• La Forteresse volante by Lorenzo Palloni et Miguel Vila (Sarbacane)
• Grandville Volume Five by Bryan Talbot (Delirium) – available in English (Intergral edition) here
• La Harde by Marijpol (Atrabile)
• Hirayasumi Volume Four by Keigo Shinzo (Le Lézard noir)
• Impénétrable by Alix Garin (Le Lombard)
• Les Indomptés by Blutch (Lucky Comics)
• L’Intranquille Monsieur by Pessoa Nicolas Barral (Dargaud)
• Land Volume 7 by Kazumi Yamashita (Mangetsu)
• Madeleine, résistante Volume Three by Madeleine Riffaut, JD Morvan et Dominique Bertail (Dupuis)
• Mean Girls Club, la vague rose by Ryan Heshka (Les Requins Marteaux)
• Les Météores by JC Deveney et Tommy Redolfi (Delcourt)
• Moonshine Volume Five by Brian Azzarello et Eduardo Risso (Urban Comics) – available in English here
• Mourir pour la cause by Chris Oliveros (Pow Pow)
• Pour une fraction de seconde by Guy Delisle (Delcourt)
• La Pythie vous parle by Liv Strömquist (Rackham)
• Le Roi Méduse Volume One by Brecht Evens (Actes Sud)
• La Route Manu Larcenet, d’après by Cormac McCarthy (Dargaud) – available in English here
• Saint-Elme Volume Five by Serge Lehman et Frederik Peeters (Delcourt)
• Saturn Return Volume One by Akane Torikai (Akata)
• Souffler sur le feu by Joe Sacco (Futuropolis) – read an interview in Spanish with Joe about this project here
• The Summer Hikaru Died Volume Four by Mokumokuren (Pika)
• Terrible Gaël by Henry (Dupuis)
• Les Travailleurs de la mer by Michel Durand d’après Victor Hugo (Glénat)
• La Vie pleine de joie du triste chien Cornélius Marc Torices (Actes Sud)
• Void Rivals Volume One by Robert Kirkman et Lorenzo de Felici (Urban Comics) – available in English here
• Walicho Sole by Otero (Çà et là)
SÉLECTION ÉCO FAUVE RAJA
• Alyte Jérémie by Moreau (2024)
• Au loup by Troubs (Rackham)
• Le Bruit de l’eau by Alain Bujak et Laurent Bonnneau (Futuropolis)
• Tepe, la colline Firatt Yasa (Çà et là)
• Terra Animalia by Patrick Mallet et Tom Tiraboso (La Joie de lire)
• Vert de rage, les enfants du plomb by Martin Boudot et Sébastien Piquet (Michel Lafon)
• Zone critique by Philippe Squarzoni, d’après Bruno Latour (La Découverte-Delcourt)
SÉLECTION FAUVE POLAR SNCF (SELECTION FAUVE POLAR SNCF)
• Les Âmes noires by Aurélien Ducoudray et Fred Druart (Dupuis)
• À mourir dans les bras de ma nourrice by Mark Eacersal, Henri Scala and Raphaël by Pavard (Glénat)
• Autreville by David de Thuin (Sarbacane)
• The Good Asian by Pornsak Pichetshote and Alexandre Tefenkgi (Komics Initiative) – available in English here
• Phantom Road by Jeff Lemire et Gabriel H. Walta (Panini) – available in English here
• Revoir Comanche by Romain Renard (Le Lombard)
• Vénus Privée by Paolo Bacilieri and Giorgio Scerbanenco (Ici même)
SÉLECTION PATRIMOINE (HERITAGE SELCTION)
• Come over, come over by Lynda Barry (Çà et là) – available in English here
• Eerie & Creepy présentent Alex Toth by Alex Toth (Delirium) – available direct from the publisher here
• Garçonnes by Trina Robbins (Bliss) – available as “The Flapper Queens” in English here
• Le Monde qui n’est pas by Frank Tashlin (Éditions du Sonneur)
• Pepito Volume Three by Luciano Botaro (Cornélius)
• Quand souffle le vent by Raymond Briggs (Tanibis) – available in English as “When the Wind Blows” here
• Scorchy Smith et le génie Tome 1 by Noel Sickles (Barbier)
SÉLECTION JEUNESSE (YOUTH SELECTION)
• Boris, Babette et tous les squelettes by Tanja Esch (Nathan)
• Le Caillou by Joachim Hérissé et Marion Bulot (Dargaud)
• Chaton mignon, en action by Mason Dickerson (Gallimard)
• La Cuisine des ogres by Fabien Vehlmann et Jean-Baptiste Andreae (Rue de Sèvres)
• The Deep Dark by Molly Ostertag (Kinaye) – available in English here
• Elliot au collège Volume Three by Théo Grosjean (Dupuis)
• Émilie Kado et le secret des araignées by Antoine Dodé (Éditions de la Gouttière)
• La Grande Aventure de Pépik by Pavel Cech (Éditions de l’œuf)
• Gosse et les berges Volume Two by Lucas Méthé (Dupuis)
• Jusqu’ici tout va bien Nicolas Pitz d’après by Gary D. Schmidt (Rue de Sèvres)
• Lili met les voiles by Clara Hervé (Biscoto)
• Luca, vétérinaire draconique Volume One by Yuna Hirasawa (Glénat)
• Magda, cuisinière intergalactique Volume Three by Nicolas Wouters et Mathilde Van Gheluwe (Sarbacane)
• Les Merveilles by Marta Cunill (Bang)
• Rebis by Irene Marchesini et Carlotta Dicataldo (Le Lombard)
• Retour à Tomioka by Laurent Galandon et Michaël Crouzat (Jungle)
• Rwama Volume One by Salim Zerouki (Dargaud)
• Silence Volume Two by Yoann Vornière (Kana)
• Full details of the 2025 Official Selection can be found here on the Festival international de la bande dessinée d’Angoulême web site | Download the catalogue (PDF, in French)
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The founder of downthetubes, which he established in 1998. John works as a comics and magazine editor, writer, and on promotional work for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He is currently editor of Star Trek Explorer, published by Titan – his third tour of duty on the title originally titled Star Trek Magazine.
Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Babylon 5 Magazine, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”.
He’s the writer of “Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies” for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs” with Dave Hailwood.
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