The forty eighth Angoulême Worldwide Comics Pageant introduced its nominees for Finest Comedian on Friday, which incorporates six manga:

• Lemon Haruna’s Daruchan
• Toshiya Higashimoto’s Le Bateau de Thésee (Theseus no Fune or Ship of Theseus) quantity 10
• Keigo Shinzô’s Mauvaise Herbe (Nora to Zassō) quantity 4
• Akira Oze‘s Natsuko no Sake quantity 5
• Junji Ito‘s Sensor
• Toranosuke Shimada’s Une brève histoire du Robo-Sapiens (Robo Sapiens: Tales of Tomorrow) volumes 1-2

Lemon Haruna’s Daruchan can be nominated for the “Sélection Fauve Des Lycéens” class.

Kuniko Tsurita‘s L’Envol manga is nominated for the Heritage class. Drawn & Quarterly revealed the manga assortment in English beneath the title The Sky is Blue with a Single Cloud.

Tsubasa Yamaguchi‘s Blue Interval manga quantity 6 and Okura’s Je crois que mon fils est homosexual (I Suppose Our Son Is Homosexual) manga quantity 2 are nominated for the Youngsters class for ages 12-16. Muneyuki Kaneshiro and Yūsuke Nomura‘s Blue Lock manga quantity 5 and Shin’ya Komatsu’s Un été à Tsurumaki (Tsurumaki Machi Natsu Jikan) manga are nominated for the Youngsters class ages 8-12.

Toshiya Higashimoto’s Le Bateau de Thésee manga was nominated for Finest Comedian in 2020.

The forty eighth Angoulême Pageant will run from January 27-30 within the Angoulême space of France.

The pageant launched in 1974 as an occasion celebrating comics from international locations all through the world.

Sources: Angoulême, Comics Beat (Dean Simons)