Big in France

There are lots of familiar titles and creators among the award nominees at this year’s Angoulême International Comics Festival. Here are the nominees of the manga variety:

Sélection Officielle:

  • Amer Beton – Integrale (Tekkonkinkreet), by Taiyo Matsumoto, published by Tonkam
  • Death Note, by Takeshi Obata and Tsugumi Ohba, published by Kana
  • Helter Skelter, by Kyôko Okazaki, published by Sakka/Casterman
  • Prix du Patrimoine:

  • Un Gentil Garҫon, by Shinichi Abe, published by Cornélius
  • Sélection Jeunesse:

  • Chocola & Vanilla (Sugar Sugar Rune), by Moyocco Anno, published by Kurokawa
  • Doraemon, by Fujiko F. Fujio, published by Dargaud, Kana
  • Ippo: La Rage de Vaincre, by George Morikawa, published by Kurokawa
  • Kitaro le Repoussant, by Shigeru Mizuki, published by Cornélius
  • Yakitate Ja-Pan – Un Pain C’est Tout!, by Takashi Hashiguchi, DelcourtAkata
  • Here’s what’s scheduled for the festival’s manga building.

    (Edited to add a title I’d missed. Thanks, Huff!)