Snapshot of European BD Market

I don't do this as often as I should, but here's a weekly list of top-selling comics I culled from a more comprehensive verson at BDZoom.

+1. Le Triangle Secret: INRI Volume 2, Glenat
2. Mister Blueberry Volume 28, Dargaud
3. Le Vol du Corbeau Volume 2, Dupuis
4. Le Profs Volume 7, Bamboo
5. Angel Heart Volume 7, Panini/Generation Comics
6. Les Aventures de Philip and Francis Volume 1, Dargaud
*7. Get Backers Volume 10, Pika
8. Leonard Volume 25, Lombard
*9. Step Up Love Story Volume 8, Pika
*10. Canardo Volume 15, Casterman

+ I'm guessing that this is Volume 2-2, and not Volume 2-1.
* New Entries

A few things popped out at me about that list: One, it features a lot of familiar faces and sturdy series (the only first volume, at #6, is a parody of a best-selling series). Two, the best-selling book is actually part of the wider "Da Vinci Code" phenomenon -- comics existing in conjunction with wider publishing phenomena isn't exactly the shape of the American comics market, with a possible exception being the concurrent rise in visiblity enjoyed by written and cartoon memoirs since 2000. I guess you could argue that Star Wars and Japanese culture are items of wider cultural interest, too, but that's not exactly what I mean. Third, the link comes with an article noting with dismay that the best selling BD are only hitting the top 20 of all books in the 15-20 range, which is a problem American comics don't have.

In other Euro-comics news, the tenth anniversary of the Festival BD Cote D'Azur saw 9200 visitors over three days and various prizes awarded. Jean-Louis Mourier of the Trolls De Troy series won the Grand Prix de la Ville. Prix Special 10 Ans went to Glenat's Captain Biceps, the Prix Coup De Soleil to the brothers Jouvray on Lincoln (Paquet), the Prix Inter Auteur went to Pierre Alary for Soleil's Belladone, and Le Concours de Boules to Chric.

As always, my apologies to anything I screwed up due to my lousy French. .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
 
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