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Since 1974, the worldwide comics competition within the French metropolis of Angoulême has welcomed the most effective illustrators on the earth. This 12 months the highest prize was awarded to Britain’s Posy Simmonds, making her solely the fifth girl within the competition’s historical past to obtain this honor. She spoke to Alison Sargent about her work, her connection to Paris and her pleasure at being one of many first ladies to ‘infiltrate’ the predominantly male comics world. We additionally take a look at a brand new graphic novel by Stéphanie Trouillard of FRANCE 24, primarily based on a photograph taken in Auschwitz of a younger member of the French Resistance smiling defiantly at her Nazi captors. We finish with drawings by Japanese illustrator Moto Hagio, a pioneer of Shōjo manga, created for adolescent ladies and younger ladies.
