Comic books are a big hit in the Centre region all year round with numerous festivals. These events are an opportunity to meet authors, designers and publishers, to discover the latest releases, to participate in debates, to attend beautiful exhibitions... Each year, a new theme is invited for the event. An overview of the comic book festivals from September 2014 to June 2015 to bubble up all year round.
Towers: Bubble Towers, September 10 to 15
Five days of animations, exhibitions, screenings, conferences around the comic strip in different places in the city: Cinema Studios, Ockeghem room, Châteauneuf square, Tours train station... And of course, during the weekend, authors and cartoonists will be on hand to sign autographs
Bourges: BulleBerry, October 4 and 5
Every year, this entirely free comic strip festival invests different heritage sites in the city of Bourges (the Palais Jacques Cœur, the Salle du Duc Jean...). On the programme: exhibitions, workshops, meetings and autographs with authors... this year on the theme of audacity.
Blois : BD Boum, November 21, 22 and 23
Great comic festival organized by the association BD BOUM, this festival has become, over the years, one of the most important events in France in honor of the 9th art. Every year, it welcomes about a hundred authors, about sixty exhibitors and some 20,000 visitors
Montlouis-sur-Loire: Manga sur Loire, February 14
For the seventh consecutive year, the city of Montlouis proposes an appointment around the manga: Manga sur Loire. This event, organized on the theme of Japanese comics, is an opportunity to highlight Japanese culture with exhibitions, manga workshops, illustrators' stands, presentations of martial arts, video games ... all with music and rhythm by dances.
Saint-Denis-en-Val : Bulles en Val, February 14th and 15th
14th edition of this festival, which each year features a wide variety of graphic styles to satisfy all age groups in a friendly atmosphere. Workshops, shows, tales, exhibitions, interventions of authors, bookstores, booksellers and publishers are organized throughout the 2 days
Chinon: Comics in Chinese, March 14 and 15
For more than 20 years, the CLAAC association has been working for access to reading for as many people as possible. Every year, it organizes a free festival dedicated to comics and which, since 2013, offers an opening towards manga culture. For this 22nd edition, the festival honours the graphic designer and designer of the ...
Saint-Ouen-les-Vignes: Comic strip "Les Courants", 27 and 28 June
Since 2002, the association Les Courants et Cie organizes a festival whose originality is to cross the arts. Les Courants festival is both a music festival and a free comic strip festival that offers exhibitions, workshops and meetings with authors
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