Festival Comic Books

• AUP Library

Festival BD:
Quand les femmes s’emparent des bulles!
March 15 – April 3

During the festival an exhibition located in the Atrium of the Quai d’Orsay, will display a selection of comics. The exhibition is divided into three different sections:
Table 1: Les classiques de la BD franco-belge
Table 2: La BD est-elle sexiste?
Table 3: Quand les femmes s’emparent des bulles


Program:

  • Wednesday, March 15, from 5:00 pm to 7:30 pm: “Drawing Invisible Women: The Complicated History of the Bande Dessinée’s Female Figures”.
    Keynote speaker: Catriona Macleod
    Location: Combes C-102

Catriona MacLeod, author of Invisible Presence: the Representation of Women in French-language Comics will discuss the history of female representation in the bande dessinée medium, the difficulties even celebrated artists have expressed with drawing women, and the ways in which the drawn landscape is finally changing.

The Bookstore “Tome 7” will have a stand and will be selling a selection of books during this event.

  • Wednesday, March 22: “Coin lecture” – Reading corner
    Location: Atrium – Quai d’Orsay
    Come and enjoy a cozy space created for this specific occasion, to discover and read French bande dessinées/comics alone or in a group.
    Tea and cookies offered!
  • Wednesday, March 22 at 6:30 pm: “Sippin’ Sisters: Women in Literature” 
    Location: C-102
    Join Morgan Rose, Morgan Smith (ReSisters club leaders) and Melody Gray for a night of conversation and snacks in collaboration with the Festival BD! 
  • Thursday, March 23: “Coin lecture” – Reading corner
    Location: Atrium – Quai d’Orsay
    Come and enjoy a cozy space created for this specific occasion, to discover and read French bande dessinées/comics alone or in a group.
    Tea and cookies offered!
  • Monday, March 27 from 12:10 pm – 1:30 pm : “Droits des femmes et bandes dessinées: le choix des étudiant.es” – Women’s Rights and Graphic Novels in French: Students’ Favorites.
    ROOM CHANGE Location: Quai d’Orsay Q-604 Combes C103
    Presentation and analysis by Anne-Marie Picard’s students of their favorite comics.
  • Wednesday, March 29, from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm: Workshop: “Créez votre comic strip personnel” – Create your own personal comic strip.
    FULL/COMPLET: M014 Monttessuy
    Sara Lomuscio, former student from the School Jean Trubert (école d’illustration, BD et concept art à Paris) will held this workshop and coach you how to create a comic strip.
  • Wednesday, March 29: “Coin lecture” – Reading corner
    Location: Atrium – Quai d’Orsay
    Come and enjoy a cozy space created for this specific occasion, to discover and read French bande dessinées/Comics alone or in a group.
    Tea and cookies offered!
  • Thursday, March 30, from 12pm to 2:30 pm: Workshop: “Créez votre comic strip personnel” – Create your own personal comic strip.
    Room Change FULL/COMPLET: Q-509 PL 3
    Sara Lomuscio, former student from the School Jean Trubert (école d’illustration, BD et concept art à Paris) will held this workshop and coach you how to create a comic strip.
    @sara.lomuscio

  • DATE CHANGE Monday, April 3, from 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm: “Jeanne Puchol une bédéiste engagée” – Jeanne Puchol, a comic author committed
    Keynotes speaker: Jeanne Puchol Blog
    Jeanne Puchol, the famous French comics author and illustrator, will share her experience in the universeDATE of comics.

    The Bookstore “Tome 7” will have a stand and will be selling a selection of books during this event.

This festival is a collaboration between Anne-Marie Picard, Melody Gray, the student club ReSisters and the AUP Library.

A special thanks to:
– Marie-Pierre Alizay (ENOES) for her extremely helpful contacts and posters
– Festival BD d’Ambierle for helping us
– Gallimard for lending us their high quality posters
– Ecole Jean Trubert for helping us build the workshop
– Marine Blandin, for granting permission to use her drawings
– Catrionna MacLeod and Jeanne Puchol for their time and for sharing their knowledge.

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