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Kabuki in France (Paris, Angouleme)!!!

Posted By: MACK!
Date: SUN, 2/3/02, 2:32 a.m.

This was a great trip! First of all, the French Language edition of the Metamorphosis Hardcover is amazing! Marvel France really did a superb job of presenting this in an amazing format.

So after flying to Paris, having a coffee and chat with Bruno and Numa from Arkham comics, catching our train to Angouleme, we were greeted at the train station by Sebastion (Editor and Chief of Marvel France) who was holding the New Metamorphosis book so we would recognize him!

This book is produced exceptionally well, in a very interesting format. And we were delighted when all of the copies that Marvel France had sold out on the First day of the show! This is good news, because it means Kabuki is very successful for Marvel France, and they will be able to do all the other Kabuki books in this format. It also looks like they will invite me back to Angouleme for next year and also have an exhibition of the original Kabuki art at the show.

The French collections of my Daredevil books are also very handsomely produced.

But the real fun of this trip was meeting and spending time with some great people. All the people from Marvel France were fantastic. They made this an amazing trip. The readers at the signings were also great. And I was able to spend some time with other artists. At the Marvel France booth I signed with Jae Lee and Jose Villarubia, who were also staying at the same hotel as Anh and I. So we were able to often have breakfast and dinner together and get to know each other better than the usual hello’s at U.S. cons. This hotel was great by the way.

John McCrea also signed at the show and it was good to speak with him again. I met Italian artist Gabriele Dell’otto at the con and he, his girlfriend, and Anh and I spent a lot of time together sightseeing in Paris. This guy’s art is great and it was fantastic to meet such a good friend as well. You will be seeing a lot more of his work in the states if I have my way. I intend to get him as much work as possible here, and I plan to collaborate with him on something.

We had a great time in Paris. We visited the Louvre, and a traveled all over the place by subway. Signing at Album and Arkham in Paris was a lot of Fun. I signed with Stan Sakai and Jeff Smith. All the people from the stores are great people. Olivier from Album is an old friend, and I met Jean-Cristophe from Arkham who posts on this board.

I did a lot of interviews for French magazines like the French Wizard, and Anime magazines. I participated in a panel of other French comic book writers. That was bizarre.
Travis Charest who lives in Paris stopped by to visit with our little group at some bar in the middle of the night.

All in all it was a very magical trip that I really can’t begin to describe the details of. The best part of course were the people. Before it was over, I was actually considering living in Paris for a bit. The appreciation of art by the general public is great. They actually have public posters for release of new comics by new creators in the same way that you see posters for new films and music. The open general appreciation for comics as an artform and an essential part of the culture is refreshing.

The people were great, we had great lunch and dinners with everyone each day and we were pretty much laughing the entire time.

So thanks to all the readers, Marvel France crew, Album, Arkham, and our artist friends for making things so grand. I’m looking forward to next year.

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