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“Mr. Jabot prepares to succeed in the world, frequents the public walks.”
The narrator, from Histoire de monsieur Jabot
If it is agreed to present Rodolphe Töpffer as “the inventor of the comic strip”, not all historians agree with this. Nevertheless, we can say that he is the first author to have established bridges between texts and illustrations. It was in the 1830s that the Swiss illustrator developed his plots in literary prints. If he has already created Festus, Crytogame or Vieux Bois, it is however Mr. Jabot the first to be published by the printer Caillet in 1833. This work is considered as the “ancestor” of the comic strip.
Close to Mr. Jourdain in Molière’s Bourgeois gentilhomme, Mr. Jabot tries to make a place for himself in the upper echelons of society. But his actions only turn into tragi-comic adventures.
Like many of Rodolphe Töpffer’s works, the Cité internationale de la bande dessinée d’Angoulême has in its collection the original version of L’histoire de monsieur Jabot. Labelled “Musée de France”, this public establishment of cultural cooperation is located in old wine storehouses along the Charente since 2009. In addition to the museum, the Cité houses a library, the Maison des auteurs, a cinema, a bookshop and conference rooms.
The Cité internationale de la bande dessinée d’Angoulême conserves more than 14,000 original drawings and plates, printed and audiovisual collections and related objects.
Musée de la Bande Dessinée
The Angoulême Comics Museum is an integral part of the Cité internationale de la bande dessinée et de l’image.
The Cité internationale de la bande dessinée et de l’image is a public establishment for cultural cooperation.
It was in 1984, under the impetus of the Minister of Culture Jack Lang, that a national centre for comics and images was established. Roland Castro rehabilitated an old industrial building along the river Charente and the CNBDI opened in 1990.
In addition to a museum, the building houses a library, conference and exhibition facilities, a cinema and a bookshop.The Angoulême Comic Strip Museum is an integral part of the Cité internationale de la bande dessinée et de l’image.
The Fantrippers Buying Board
Intégrale Ric Hochet - Tome 16
Publisher’s summary: Has our favorite detective finally found a worthy adversary? Sinister is a super-criminal who knows the Hochet family a little too well. After having made Richard, the father, disappear, he attacks Ric, whom he drags with him into the limbo of the beyond. But the corpses do not resurface one album later to attack the art market… As a bonus, our hero will have to defend the FIBD of Angoulême against a mysterious killer! So many tangled mysteries, which have made the success of “Ric Hochet” for so many years…
This book consists of the following titles:
- «La Main de la Mort»
- «Crime sur Internet»
- «Le Jeu de la Potence»
- «BD Meurtres»
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Passionné par l'Histoire, les animés, les Arts et la bande dessinée en particulier, Damien est le rédacteur en chef du site spécialisé dans le 9e art, Comixtrip.