9e Art et Toy Design

On the occasion of the 52nd Angoulême comic book festival, we wanted to lean, for a short article on the links that the 9th art and the Toy Design. It will also be an opportunity to present our latest News whether Bearbrick, of the Mini figurines or of course books.

9th art and Toy Design

Comics? Manga? graphic novel? BD?

At the end of times and geographic locations, several names were used to define these works with illustrated boxes. If we talk about comics in Europe, manga in Asia and comics in America, these three words define the same thing. As for the graphic novel, it is a more recent name which aims to legitimize comics. To put it simply, it is a dense comic book, reserved rather for an adult audience and with serious themes.

Alfred the penguin: a precursor

If the animated series Felix The Cat has already experienced derived products in the 1920s, it will be necessary to wait (to my knowledge) 1927 to see the first figurine adapting a comic strip. Coming from the comic book "Zig et Puce" and produced by the author himself (Alain Saint-Ogan), she adapts the character of Alfred who is a pet

A rapid proliferation.

If the figurine from comics is long considered a toy, the collection and adult aspect of the thing will come between the 1970s and the 2000s with, pell-mell, the creations of Jean-Marie Pigeon for Tintin, the creation of McFarlane Toys In 1994 for American comics, or the creation of the Marvel Legends label in 2002 by Toy Biz (label recovered by Hasbro in 2006, but it is another story that we will approach another day.)

Recent diversification.

Recently, we have seen several actors in the world of figurine (in the broad sense of the term) trying to adapt our favorite heroes differently. From Toubédé Éditions with his paper dioramas inspired by Franquin or Boyhood and his superb wooden snoopy, attempts at renewal multiply and that is roughly pleasure.

Bravo Anouk Ricard

And before presenting our various universes in connection with comics, let's take a few minutes to point out that this year, the Grand Prix of the BD festival was won by Anouk Ricard. Mistress of the absurd, queen of falsely naive drawing and hilarious author, I can only invite you to discover or dig her work.

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