Moebius (né Jean Henri Gaston Giraud), an influential French comic-book artist best known for his visual designs on the first "Alien" film and the sci-fi adventure "Tron", died after a long illness at age 73, his publisher said Saturday.
During a TV appearance on Sunday night, President Sarkozy showed off a perhaps new-found love - for France's economically stronger neighbour Germany. Next, we meet the lingerie factory workers fighting to keep their jobs. Their plight is becoming a rallying point against industrial decline for politicians on both left and right. Finally, we take a look at the bitingly satirical comic books that are proving hugely popular in France.
As French comic book festival Angoulême draws to a close, get your hands on a new book about guest of honour Art Spiegelman's iconic work, "Metamaus." Then a new exhibtion in Angoulême sees famous cartoonists try their luck at painting - find out which pieces caught our eye. Plus, discover Christophe Blanc's animated cartoons.
In today’s programme, we uncover the secrets behind what's known as the ninth art here in France. We meet some of the stars of this year’s Angoulême comic festival including the "American Barbarian" creator, Tom Scioli, who joins us in the studio. Also on the show, hundreds learn to play the drums at a new African-meets-classical music event in Paris.
The guest of honour at this year’s Angoulême Comics Festival is renowned US comic book writer Art Spiegelman, whose new book looks back at the process of creating “Maus”, the work that brought him worldwide fame – and a bit of discomfort.
In today’s show Eve Jackson meets the polite rock stars and British brothers Brewis who’re talking about Field Music’s new album. Also on the show, Babar celebrates his 80th birthday and we visit the exhibition that shows how the Stein family saved modern art.
Ozzy Osbourne, X-Men and now Jesus: the author and comic book creator Mike Carey is here to talk about his eclectic works. He's just released a new book "The Dead Sea Deception" under the alias Adam Blake. Also on the programme, we head to the place to be in Lisbon and we take of tour of the house where the poet and director Jean Cocteau went to escape his fans.
In today’s show, we introduce you to one of France's most beloved characters, cartoonist Philippe Geluck's 'The Cat.' Also, the completely dotty artist who’s created around 50 thousand works over half a century, and speculation that the founder of the FBI was gay, a cross-dresser or had no sex life is put to bed in Clint Eastwood's biopic "J.Edgar."
In today’s show Eve Jackson talks with American author Jamie Cat Callan about the key to happiness and the lessons French women can teach us. Also in the programme we look at how Japan's manga comics continue to take the world by storm and David Hockney's revolutionary iPad art.
We look at how Washington can hope to win back its all-important triple-A status after the Standard & Poor's downgrade. Also, Vancouver is famed for its 'outdoorsy' lifestyle, which is proving attractive far beyond the nation's borders. Finally, a new Spider-man crawls his way into Marvel comic history.
