Crowd of authors, meetings, exhibitions, performances, shows... The Lyon BD Festival started on June 1 for a month of festivities dedicated to the ninth art.
With a key moment, this weekend of June 11 and 12 where Mathieu Sapin, Guy Delisle, Chloé Cruchaudet, to name a few, will be there among the two hundred invited authors.
For four weeks, sixty cultural sites, between museums, theaters or galleries are transformed into places of expression of the 9th art.
Le Figaro
presents a sample.
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The Lyon comic strip party
The In festival will open again this year with a free evening, under the sign of Portugal.
Among the celebrations, the Portuguese designers Joana Mosi and Patrícia Guimarães will follow one another on stage to produce their drawings live to the music of the group Kompa Doudou Chéri.
Friday 10 June from 5 p.m., Jardin des Chartreux
Met
Mathieu Sapin, Kokopello, Louison, Dorothée de Monfreid, Lara and Morgan Navarro took to the stage to follow several candidates in the presidential campaign as closely as possible.
An experience told with brio and humor that the six comic book authors will share with the public.
Saturday 11 June at 12.15 p.m., Auditorium of the Hôtel de Ville
In the studio of
Screenwriter Wilfrid Lupano, creator of the
Les Vieux Fourneaux
saga , behind the scenes of power seen by Mathieu Sapin, the superb comic book adaptation of the
1984
novel told by its author Xavier Coste, the caustic humor of the German Ralf König who cheerfully revisited the myth of Lucky Luke with
Choco-Boys
, the beautiful biographical stories of Chloé Cruchaudet... The festival offers many privileged encounters with prestigious authors.
Double Exposure Zerocalcare: from Rebibbia to Kobané
The most popular contemporary comic book author in Italy, author of the hit
Kobané Calling
, will be present for the first time in Lyon to exhibit his work nourished by his social commitment and his ability to illustrate the depths of the human soul. .
Until June 30.
Opening and dedication of Zerocalcare on Thursday June 9 from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Italian Cultural Institute.
Opening on Thursday June 9 at 7 p.m. at Fnac in the presence of Zerocalcare and Ralph Doumit, curator.
Screening: BY JOVE! Blake and Mortimer are
75 years old
To celebrate the 75th anniversary of British heroes, festival-goers will be able to watch a documentary on the
legendary series by Edgar P. Jacobs.
No less than thirty personalities
from the world of culture wonder about the exceptional longevity of these two iconic heroes.
Sunday 12 June at 1.30 p.m., Théâtre Comédie-Odéon
Cine-encounter: Métal Hurlant
For the big comeback of the mythical review of the 70s and 80s
Métal Hurlant
, the festival offers a screening of the Canadian animated film by Gerald Potterton, released in 1981, directly inspired by the magazine.
It will be followed by a meeting in the presence of one of its founders Jean-Pierre Dionnet as well as authors Elie Huault and Elene Usdin, led by our colleague from
Figaro
Olivier Delcroix.
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Saturday June 11 at 11 a.m., Cinema Le Comoedia
Fresco
The Rainy Season
Keum Suk Gendry-Kim, the author of the remarkable graphic novel
The Weeds
(Delcourt) and more recently The
Rainy
Season
(Futuropolis), will embellish the Chapel
of the Trinity with her expressive line with the elaboration of a large fresco in live, all weekend.
Drawn concert,
A spatial thing
with Boulet and JOUBe
The considerable success of his blog, published as a book under the name of
Notes
, in 2008, permanently anchored Boulet in the sphere of French comics.
A talent confirmed with the titles
La Page blanche or Bolshoi Arena.
The author will illustrate live the musical and dreamlike universe of JOUBe, an electro artist who composes on… a bicycle!
Sunday 12 June at 6 p.m., Cour de l'Hôtel de Ville
Animation: Madame Irma's drawing room, what the authors read in you
Zac Deloupy, Gregdizer, Aurélien Fernandez, Caroline Nasica, Elléa Bird, Daphné Collignon, Maëlle Bompas and Marc Dubuisson invite festival-goers to "Madame Irma's drawing room" to lend themselves to a face-to-face portrait session.
While drawing, the authors discuss with the lucky winner to capture his personality and integrate bits and pieces of it into their creation.
A joyful meeting that will end with an original work under the arm.
Saturday June 11 with Zac Deloupy, Gregdizer, Aurélien Fernandez and Caroline Nasica, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., Chapelle de la Trinité
Sunday June 12 with Elléa Bird, Daphné Collignon, Maëlle Bompas and Marc Dubuisson,
from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., Chapelle de la Trinité
The full program of festivities can be found on the festival website.