I haven't been able to find out exactly who'll be there but I know that Paul Gravett is going for sure. I haven't met Paul in a while and I'm looking forward to seeing him again and showing him Contraband. I've known Paul since I was a young teenager and we used to visit the monthly Comic Marts in London together - over 30 years ago! - and it was Paul who published some of my early comic strips in Escape magazine, that he edited with Peter Stanbury. Escape was an influential magazine in the 80's and published early work by, and interviews with, many influential artists, including Dave McKean and Eddie Campbell...and José Muñoz, who is the President of this year's Angouleme committee.
This is the front cover of Escape 1 (c.1982), drawn by yours truly and hand-separated by Peter Stanbury (no computers to do that task back then!)...
And here's a link to an article by Paul on the history of Escape
We hope to be able to regularly post observations and pics from Angouleme so drop by again soon. Phil
