Awards[]
- Prix Artémisia (awarded January 9th)
- Grand Prix Artémisia: Verdad by Lorena Canottiere
- Prix Artémisia de la Fiction Historique: La guerre de Catherine by Julia Billet and Claire Fauvel
- Prix Artémisia Avenir: L’écorce des choses by Cécile Bidault
- Prix Artémisia Humour: Idéal standard by Aude Picault
- Special Mentions
- Art: Ornithomaniacs by Daria Schmitt
- Non-fiction: Bleu pétrole by Fanny Montgermont and Gwénola Morizur
- Feminist: Paroles d’honneur by Leila Slimani and Laetitia Coryn
- Angoulême Awards (awarded January 25th-28th)
- Prix du Public Cultura: Dans la combi de Thomas Pesquet by Marion Montaigne
- Prix Spécial du Jury: Les amours suspendues by Marion Fayolle
- Prix Jeunesse: La guerre de Catherine by Julia Billet and Claire Fauvel
- Students' Prize - Graphics: Chloé Bertschy, for "Georgio"
- Young Talent: Louisa Vahdat (1st) and Lisa Heberer (2nd)
- Laydeez Do Comics Prize (awarded March 24th): Emma Burleigh for My Other Mother, My Other Self
Exhibitions & Conventions[]
- February 3-April 14: Une BD Si Je Veux, Quand Je Veux! at La Maison Fumetti in Nantes, France.
- October 13: ComiqueCon at the Arab-American National Museum in Dearborn, Michigan.
- October 20: Drawn to Purpose closes at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC.
Debuts[]
January[]
- January 3: Rogue & Gambit #1 (Marvel), written by Kelly Thompson; Transformers vs. the Visionaries #1 (IDW), written by Magdalene Visaggio
- January 10: Dejah Thoris #0 (Dynamite), written by Amy Chu; Ghost Friends Forever, vol. 1 GN (Charmz), written by Monica Gallagher, art by Kata Kane
- January 17: Call of the Suicide Forest #1 (Amigo), written by Desiree Bressend; Lights of the Amalou GN (English edition of Les Lumières de l'Amalou; IDW), art by Claire Wendling; Taarna #1 (Heavy Metal), written by Alex de Campi
- January 24: The Altered History of Willow Sparks GN (Oni) by Tara O'Connor; Mine! anthology (ComicMix), co-edited by Molly Jackson; Red Winter GN (English edition of Den röda vintern; Drawn & Quarterly) by Anneli Furmark
- January 31: DC Super Hero Girls: Date with Disaster GN (DC) written by Shea Fontana; Hungry Ghosts #1 (Dark Horse/Berger Books), art by Vanesa Del Rey; Motherlands #1 (DC/Vertigo), art by Rachael Stott; Regal Academy vol. 1: A School for Fairy Tales GN (Papercutz), written by Luana Vergari, art by Benedetta Barone; Silencer #1 (DC), inked by Sandra Hope; Speak GN (FSG) adaptation and art by Emily Carroll.
February[]
- February 7: Black Comix Returns GN (Lion Forge), includes stories by Shawna Mills, Afua Richardson, and Ashley A. Woods; Get Naked GN (Image), includes graphic essays by Emei Olivia Burell, Tina Burholt, Patricia Amalie Eckerle, and Andrada-Aurora Hansen; The Prince and the Dressmaker GN (First Second) by Jen Wang; Songs For The Dead #1 (Vault), co-written by Andrea Fort; Twisted Romance #1 (Image), main story written by Alex de Campi, art by Katie Skelly, backup story by Sarah Horrocks.
- February 14: Bingo Love GN (Image), written by Tee Franklin, art by Jenn St-Onge and Joy San; Downward to the Earth GN (Humanoids), art by Laura Zuccheri; Kim Reaper, vol. 1: Grim Beginnings TPB (Oni) by Sarah Graley; No Gods. No Dungeon Masters one-shot (Silver Sprocket), written by Rachel Dukes; NVRLND GN (451 Media), co-written by Stephanie Salyers, art by Leila Leiz; Quantum Teens Are Go vol. 1 TPB (Black Mask), written by Magdalene Visaggio; Star Wars: Thrawn #1 (Marvel), written by Jody Houser; Xena #1 (Dynamite), written by Meredith Finch.
- February 21: Dust Ship Glory GN (Renegade Arts) by Elaine M. Will; Ghost Station Zero GN (Image), art by Shari Chankhamma; Lucas Stand: Inner Demons (Boom), co-written by Caitlin Kittredge; Mata Hari #1 (Dark Horse/Berger Books), written by Emma Beeby, art by Ariela Kristantina; Taarna #1 (Humanoids), written by Alex de Campi; Tangled #1 (IDW), art by Rosa La Barbera, colored by Vita Efremova and Ekaterina Myshalova
Deaths[]
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