The Golden Fauve was awarded to The hunting accident, American authors Landis Blair and David Carlson. The awards ceremony was obviously held in small groups …
Chaired by a Thomas VDB rather sober as a master of ceremonies, but who managed to make us laugh despite the not too “fiesta” context in the French capital of comics, the awards ceremony took place in complete privacy. And for good reason, the public was absent for the reasons that we know, if not a few figures scattered in the room, just to create an illusion. We were able to follow the video broadcast of the evening, but just after the intervention of Michel Rabagliati (awarded for Paul at home with a second Fauve), the connection was suddenly blocked just before the delivery of the most anticipated Fauve, probably due to the more intense traffic. It will finally be The hunting accident, published by a quasi-confidential publisher and not really oriented BD, which will win the most coveted prize, an album that is planned to review on these pages. Extremely well received by the critics, this graphic pavement tells the redemption of an offender who learns to survive in prison despite his blindness, then to appreciate the beauty of the world. Man skin, with its subtle treatment of sexual orientation, it won the brand new Fauve des lycéens and thus became the most awarded book of the year! The public, for its part, praised the pleasant biography of Anaïs Nin signed by the talented Swiss author. Léonie Bischoff.
We will appreciate the mention by three of the awarded authors, including Zanzim, the author of Man skin, the increasingly problematic situation of comic book authors, 50% of whom live below the poverty line, the publisher’s remuneration policy being no stranger to it. A collective has also called for a boycott of the second part of the Festival scheduled for June – the part open to the public, still hypothetical in view of the health context …
The Angoulême Festival 2021 winners:
FAUVE D’OR – BEST ALBUM AWARD
The hunting accident, by David L. Carlson and Landis Blair (Sonatine Editions)
FRANCE TELEVISIONS AUDIENCE AWARD
Anaïs Nin – on the sea of lies, by Léonie Bischoff (Casterman)
PRIX SPECIAL DU JURY
Dragman, Steven Appleby (Denoël Graphic)
SERIES PRICE
Paul at home, by Michel Rabagliati (The Watermelon)
CULTURA HIGH SCHOOL FAUVE
Man skin, by Hubert and Zanzim (Glénat)
PRIX REVELATION
Dance ! by Maurane Mazars (Le Lombard)
AUDACE AWARD
The Mechanics of the Sage, by Gabrielle Piquet (Atrabile)
HERITAGE AWARD
The Scout, by Lynd Ward (Monsieur Toussaint Louverture)
FAUVE POLAR SNCF
GoSt 111, by Mark Eacersall, Henri Scala and Marion Mousse (Glénat)
ALTERNATIVE COMIC PRICE
Kutikuti, The Thick Book of Kuti (Finland)
YOUTH PRIZE 12-16 YEARS
Middlewest T.1, by Skottie Young, Jorge Corona (UrbanComics)
YOUTH PRIZE 8-12 YEARS OLD
The Friends Club, by Sophie Guerrive (Editions 2024)
RENE GOSCINNY AWARD FOR BEST SCENARIO
Loo Hui Phang for Black-Out (Futuropolis)
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