Comic book author and illustrator, Yoon-Sun Park explores the world around us and her own memories through personal works that blend intimacy and madness. In L'Incroyable Mademoiselle Bang!, she pursues her interest in Korean traditions with a breathtaking adaptation of a 19th century novel. This...

Recipient of the Grande Ourse Prize at the 34th Salon du livre et de la presse jeunesse en Seine-Saint-Denis (SLPJ), Beatrice Alemagna has illustrated around thirty books published and translated in several languages. Through each book in turn, she has created a poetic universe of her own using...

Comics author Stéphane Melchior adapts sagas and novels to translate the written word into drawings. He has just completed a 12-week residency in Cambodia and Vietnam as part of the "Route des Résidences" programme launched in 2022 by the Instituts français of Vietnam and Cambodia. It is one of the...

A prolific illustrator of comics and children's books, Marc Boutavant was the winner of the 2022 Grande Ourse prize at the Salon du Livre et de la Presse Jeunesse in Seine-Saint-Denis. The SLPJ and the Institut français will be promoting the winning work and French children's literature worldwide...

N'Goné Fall, the General Commissioner of the Africa2020 Season, wished to place this ambitious project under the banner of pan-Africanism and collective intelligence.

Julia Grosse and Yvette Mutumba breathe new life into the world of contemporary art: based in Berlin, they design exhibitions and founded the magazine Contemporary And, a demanding print and digital publication whose aim is to “connect cultures”.

She was the only woman on the team of full-time artists at Charlie Hebdo. Catherine Meurisse narrowly escaped the 7th January 2015 terrorist attack on the satirical newspaper’s headquarters. She continues to draw despite her fallen comrades.

Author, illustrator and graphic designer, Chloé Wary has created a committed universe where she takes inspiration from her own experience but also her observation of the world to describe reality better. Her volumes make for a promising start to her career where female emancipation and dismissal of...

Born in 1964 in Paris, Emmanuel Guibert produces illustrated works, which at their most emblematic find a place for intimate memories to nestle in the hollows of contemporary history. In early 2020, he was awarded the Grand Prix of the City of Angoulême, a crowning moment in his exceptional career. ...

At 42, Nicolas Wild travels the world in his well-researched and quirky comic books. Combining realism and humour, he delivers his own experience to better account for the state of the world.

The author of both a novel and a comic book for young people, Antoine Dole has created dark works in which he explores themes such as alienation and solitude. Award-winning violence writing

An illustrator and self-taught author, Nine Antico creates comic books that are often inhabited by liberated girls and rock’n’roll, and are full of spirit. A graphic and colourful style that can also be found in the youth section with funny and poetic albums.