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Akira's Katsuhiro Otomo Nominated for Angoulême's Top Prize
posted on by Crystalyn Hodgkins
The 41st annual Angoulême International Comics Festival, which will take place on January 30 to February 2 in , Short Peace) is one of three nominees for the event's top prize, the Grand Prix. Otomo is nominated alongside Calvin and Hobbes creator Bill Watterson and Watchmen creator Alan Moore.
The festival also revealed its 62 nominees for four categories: Best Comic, Best Youth Comic, Best Heritage Comic, and Best Crime Comic. Angoulême nominated the following manga in those categories:
Best Comic
Hajime Isayama 
Goggles
Tetsuya Toyoda
Best Youth Comic
Chūya Koyama Best Heritage Comic
Poissons En Eaux Troubles (Shinkaigyo)Susumu Katsumata
The festival launched in 1974 as an event celebrating comics from countries throughout the world. Manga creator won the Prix Intergénérations (Intergenerational Award) and Prix Regards sur le monde (World Outlook Award), respectively, in 2012.
Thanks to Daniel Zelter for the news tip.
[Via Bleeding Cool]
