La Cité internationale de la bande dessinée et de l’image in Angoulême, France is hosting a three-day conference titled Les modèles économiques (“Economic Models of Comics”), in French soon (15th – 17th November 2023).
It will “bring together comics specialists from different disciplinary fields (literature, arts, economics, law, contemporary history, sociology, etc.) to compare their points of view on the current situation of this cultural sector and spark debate on the changes in courses likely to profoundly transform the ecosystem of the comics sector in the French-speaking world.”
The Cité internationale de la bande dessinée et de l’image was created and financed by the Charente department, the French Ministry of Culture, the city of Angoulême and the Nouvelle Aquitaine region.
• There’s a PDF of full programme here
• La Cité internationale de la bande dessinée
With thanks to Paul Gravett
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John is the founder of downthetubes, launched in 1998. He is a comics and magazine editor, writer, and Press Officer for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He also runs Crucible Comic Press.
Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine and Overkill for Marvel UK, Babylon 5 Magazine, Star Trek Magazine, and its successor, Star Trek Explorer, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics; and has edited several comic collections and graphic novels, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”, and Hancock: The Lad Himself, by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page.
He’s the writer of comics such as 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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