It was great to see so many readers from this message board show up in
France! Claire traveled to Paris from England, Virginie from Scotland, and
Arie Bras from Holland! It was good to see all of you! Thanks for the
gifts!!!
Also there was French titi bolt, Mosieur Jean, Matthieu-David, and a
LOT of other French lurkers from this board, who don't post, or post less
often!
: 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.