A promising emerging talent.
Winner of the Philippe-Druillet prize, a new distinction focused on young creation created in 2022, Manon Debaye can be proud of having enchanted big names in the ninth art.
Philippe Druillet, Riad Sattouf, new Grand Prix d'Angoulême, accompanied by bookseller Maud Airiau, gallery owner Jean-Baptiste Barbier and Olivier Delcroix, journalist at
Le Figaro
, dedicated
La Falaise
.
A moving first graphic novel powerfully evoking the vertigo of adolescence.
It depicts two friends who are opposites, bound by a blood pact: not to survive their thirteenth year by jumping from the top of a cliff.
They have five days to prepare for the inevitable.
For Philippe Druillet, 78, patriarch of comics trained at
Pilote
and co-founder of
Métal Hurlant
,
giving his name has a resolutely forward-looking prize by rewarding the next generation is priceless:
"Young, I was supported by many mentors, including
René Goscinny
.
Creating this prize that bears my name to liaise with the younger generation is a way for me to return the favor,”
said the author of the craziest reinterpretation
of Gustave Flaubert ’s
Salammbô .
The Bronze specially created for the Philippe Druillet Prize.
Barber Gallery
The Philippe-Druillet - Galerie Barbier prize was on Saturday January 28 at the Théâtre d'Angoulême, during the Fauves award ceremony.
A bronze trophy, designed by Philippe Druillet and produced by Alban Ficat, was created especially for the occasion.
The prize is endowed with 3000 euros and offers an exhibition of the original plates in the Barbier gallery.
La Falaise,
Manon Debaye, Sarbacane editions, 25 euros.
