First Peek Back at Angouleme Festival Although there will be a collective memory and Bart Beaty may take a more ruminative look back in a future column, it's fun to look around at initial impressions from the just-completed Festival International de la BD in Angouleme. Wire stories from Agence France-PresseAustralia's ABC News have news briefs that reflect their specific geographical interests. China View has posted a small photo array that emphasizes the way the town transforms itself in terms of comics material. I'd suggest that aside from the role played by commerce, the biggest difference between conventions here and festivals there is the size of the towns where they're held and how the shows settle into them. France 24looks at the Chinese presence at this year's festival. French comics press mainstay ActuaBD.com profiles the Grand Prix winners in straightforward fashion. Paul Gravett reprints an interview he did about BD and related subjects that might be a good place to get an overall impression of that market, if it's one with which you're unfamiliar. And if you missed our own Bart Beaty's first, initial, affectionate sigh of an article on the weekend in southwest France, it's nestled below today's postings here.
Although there will be a collective memory and Bart Beaty may take a more ruminative look back in a future column, it's fun to look around at initial impressions from the just-completed 
