In about two weeks, it is the long weekend of the famous Festival International de BD in Angoulême (31 january till 3 february). This year, the selection procedure of the ‘Grand Prix’ has been changed. Before, the old winners of the Grand Prix elected the new winner. This year, a committee has nominated 16 artists, and all artists with an accreditation for the festival may vote for one of the candidates. Among the nominees: Cosey.
Manu Larcenet, himself a nominee, has asked his colleagues to vote for Cosey. . I will translate a few of the very kind words he writes about Cosey: ‘As a kid, I learnt from reading his works, that you were not obliged to insert car pursuits, guns, space ships, dragons or naked women to make great books. That you could try to tell about nature, about humans, about emotions… thing that are very rare in comics, et that suited my tastes perfectly.’