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Comic book museum opens in France

The Daily Cartoonist (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009

The Musée de la bande dessinée in Angoulème, a museum dedicated entirely to comic books, has opened in south-west France . Within a converted factory visitors can now find in excess of 8,000 original drawings and approximately 110,000 magazines and comics. Of course, the best names in Europe are there: André Franquin (the creator of Gaston Lagaffe and Marsupilami), René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo...

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Places - Erquy, Bretagne - The inspiration for Asterix and Obelix's village

http://www.az10.com/rss.xml (Free subscription) | 06/23/2009

Erquy is a beautiful fishing port in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Bretagne in northwestern France, with a main central beach surrounding a harbour.Erquy was the inspiration for Asterix and Obelix's village in the famous comic strips written by René Goscinny and illustrated by Albert Uderzo.There are 10 beaches in total within a 10 minute drive of Erquy, perfect for building sandcastles...