Every year, this small and quiet town hosts the "Festival de la Bande-Dessinée". Many well-known authors who have recently published a comic book attend the festival to promote it and to meet their fans.
Ever since I have been with Martin, I have gotten to know the art a lot better. Martin has a pretty good collection of books from different authors such as Matthieu Lauffray, Arleston, Franquin, Schwartz, Kirkman, and, one of my favorites, Manu Larcenet (who, according to Martin, looks like Max).
He has more or less contaminated me with one of his passions but I don't quite appreciate books like "Walking Dead" or "Lanfeust de Troye", for example. Too "zombie-ish" or just plain disgusting for me.
The festival is spread out across the city and you can easily walk from expo to expo or from stand to stand. There are even debates, conferences, and plays that you can attend. It lasts four days (from Thursday to Sunday) and it is a really fun time.
This year, we were lucky enough to live an 1h30-drive away so we took advantage of the opportunity to go meet some of the authors who have provided us with some great reading material.
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