The France Info Prize for news and reporting comics (French: ''prix France Info de la Bande dessinée d’actualité et de reportage'') is a comic book prize awarded annually by the French public radio station

France Info France Info (stylised as franceinfo:) is a French public broadcasting service produced in collaboration with France Télévisions, Radio France, France Médias Monde and the Institut national de l'audiovisuel. The service includes a radio ...

. The jury of the station's journalists chooses from a selection of about ten albums.

Origins

Jean-Christophe Ogier, host of a radio program about comics at France Info, is the founder and organizer of the award since 1994. The award is given each year in the run-up to the

Angoulême International Comics Festival The Angoulême International Comics Festival (french: Festival international de la bande dessinée d'Angoulême) is the second largest comics festival in Europe after the Lucca Comics & Games in Italy, and the third biggest in the world after Lu ...

in January. The jury is formed by nine radio journalists presided by the director of France Info.

Award winners

Honors, : * 1994 : ''La Fille aux Ibis'', by Christian Lax and

Frank Giroud Frank Giroud (3 May 1956 – 13 July 2018) was a French comics writer. Early life Giroud was born on May 3, 1956 in Toulouse, France. He graduated from the École Nationale des Chartes, and he passed the agrégation in History. Career Giroud ta ...

Dupuis Éditions Dupuis S.A. () is a Belgium, Belgian publisher of comic albums and magazines. Based in Marcinelle near Charleroi, Dupuis was founded in 1922 by Jean Dupuis, and is mostly famous for its comic comics album, albums and magazines. It is ...

. * 1995 : ''L'Homme qui fait le tour du monde'' by

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, Max Cabanes and Philippe Aymond,

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. * 1997 : ''Chiens de fusil'', by Christian Lax, Vents d'Ouest. * 1998 : '' Fax de Sarajevo'', by

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, Vertige Graphic. * 1999 : ''

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'', t. 1 : ''Une nation occupée'', by

Joe Sacco Joe Sacco (; born October 2, 1960) is a Maltese-American cartoonist and journalist. He is best known for his comics journalism, in particular in the books ''Palestine'' (1996) and '' Footnotes in Gaza'' (2009), on Israeli–Palestinian relati ...

, Vertige Graphic. * 2000 : ''Passage en douce. Carnet d'errance'', by Helena Klakočar, Fréon. * 2001 : ''

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'', by

Jean-Philippe Stassen Jean-Philippe Stassen (born 14 March 1966 in Liège, Belgium) is a Belgian comics creator best known for '' Deogratias: A Tale of Rwanda''. Biography Born in Liège to a Flemish father and a Jewish mother, Jean-Philippe Stassen started travelli ...

, Dupuis. * 2002 : ''

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'', t. 2, by

Marjane Satrapi Marjane Satrapi (; fa, مرجان ساتراپی ; born 22 November 1969) is a French-Iranian graphic novelist, cartoonist, illustrator, film director, and children's book author. Her best-known works include the graphic novel ''Persepolis'' a ...

L'Association L'Association is a French publishing house located in Paris which publishes comic books. It was founded in May 1990 by Jean-Christophe Menu, Lewis Trondheim, David B., Mattt Konture, Patrice Killoffer, Stanislas, and Mokeït. L'Association i ...

. * 2003 : ''Carnets d'Orient'', t. 6, ''La Guerre fantôme'', Jacques Ferrandez,

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. * 2004 : ''Soupe froide'', Charles Masson, Casterman. * 2005 : '' Le Photographe'', t. 2, by Emmanuel Guibert, Didier Lefèvre and Frédéric Lemercier, Dupuis, coll. « Aire Libre ». * 2006 : ''Les Mauvaises Gens'', by

Étienne Davodeau Étienne Davodeau (born October 19, 1965), is a French comic book artist and writer. Life and career Davodeau was born in Botz-en-Mauges into a working-class family, as he explains in ''Les Mauvaises Gens'', a book that retraces his parents' you ...

, Delcourt, coll. « Encrages ». * 2007 : ''Un homme est mort'', by Étienne Davodeau and Kris, Futuropolis. * 2008 : ''

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'', by

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BD. * 2009 : ''Le Procès Colonna'', by

Tignous Bernard Jean-Charles Verlhac (21 August 1957 – 7 January 2015), known by the pseudonym Tignous (, from oc, Tinhós), was a French cartoonist. He was a long-time staff cartoonist for the French satirical magazine '' Charlie Hebdo''. On 7 Jan ...

and Dominique Paganelli,

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. * 2010 : ''L’Affaire des affaires'', t. 1 ''L'argent invisible'', by

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, Yan Lindingre and Laurent Astier, Dargaud. * 2011 : '' Gaza 1956.En marge de l'Histoire'', by Joe Sacco, Futuropolis. * 2012 : ''En cuisine avec Alain Passard'', by

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, Gallimard. * 2013 : ''La voiture d'Intisar: portrait d'une femme moderne au Yémen'' by Pedro Riera and Nacho Casanova, Delcourt. *

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: ''Ainsi se tut Zarathoustra'', by Nicolas Wild, La Boîte à bulles / ARTE Éditions. *

2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri ...

: ''La Lune est blanche'', by Emmanuel Lepage and François Lepage, Futuropolis,. *

2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ...

: ''Catharsis'',

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, Futuropolis. *

2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a ser ...

: ''Love story à l'iranienne'', by Jane Deuxard and Zac Deloupy, Delcourt. *

2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...

: ''Brigade des mineurs: immersion au cœur de la brigade de protection des mineurs'', de Raynal Pellicer and Titwane, Éditions de la Martinière. *

2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...

: ''Indélébiles'' by

, Futuropolis. *

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: ''Les Racines de la colère'' by Vincent Jarousseau and Eddy Vaccaro, Les Arènes * 2021 : ''L'Odyssée d'Hakim'', t. 3 : ''De la Macédoine à la France'', by Fabien Toulmé, éd. Delcourt * 2022 : ''La Cellule, enquête sur les attentats du 13 novembre 2015'' by Soren Seelow, Kévin Jackson and Nicolas Otéro, éd. Les Arènes.

References

{{Reflist Comics awards 1994 establishments in France