2021 served as a revelation for the last holdouts: thanks to confinement and the “Culture Pass”, manga sales and streaming anime viewing hours have exploded. These are today the dominant cultural works among young people. In truth, the trend has already been present for at least ten years. However, not so long ago, criticisms were rife and politicians accused manga of all evils. For the first time, precursors and current generations, cartoonists and publishers, absolute fans and rappers speak about their passion for these comics from Japan.
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Yves Bigerel, often known professionally as Balak, is a French comics artist and animator. He is mostly known in France for the comic book series Lastman. In 2009, Balak invented a new digital comics narrative technique which he called "turbomedia"; his work was noticed by Marvel editor Joe Quesada, who recruited him to help establish the Marvel digital imprint "Infinite Comics". (From Wikipedia)