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The participating comic artist will have their work translated into French in order to reach more readers. (www.bdangoulemepro.com/-)
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ngouleme International Comics Festival in France is looking for talented Indonesian comic artists to participate in the event next year.
"Indonesian creators are considered interesting, that’s why they want Indonesia to have its own comic pavilion at the festival," said Grace Kusnadi, CEO of Revata who is organizing Popcon Asia, in a press conference on Wednesday.
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The participating comic artist will have their work translated into French in order to reach more readers. This year, Japan and Hong Kong are sending their artists to participate in the festival.
To that end, Nicolas Fiinet representing Angouleme Festival will be at Popcon Asia 2016, which runs from Aug. 12 to 14 at the Jakarta Convention Center. Along with Popcon Asia, he will decide which artist is to attend the festival next year.
Details on the delegation are still being discussed with the government. (tif/kes)
