Words From the Jury | Bédélys Independent Anglophone

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Words From the Jury | Bédélys Independent Anglophone

Created in 2020, the Bédélys Independent Anglophone award honors the best self-published Anglophone comic book in Quebec.

The jury that awards this prize is made of comic arts industry professionals. Read here what they had to say about the 4 selected finalists.

Frog and Toad Are Queer

By Nina Drew

A loving homage to beloved illustrator Arnold Lobel, Frog and Toad are Queer uses Lobel’s queerness as a springboard to imagine a world in which his characters, lushly painted, embrace the iconography of queer culture with beautiful, unabashed joy.

Hi, Stranger

By Anouk

In a few spare pages and without the need for dialogue, Hi, Stranger tells the story of an erotic interlude between two new acquaintances. After a chance encounter on the metro, this richly detailed and expertly paced comic follows the couple from first glance to surprisingly charming completion. For adult readers only.

Kalipso Part 01

By Marie Blanchet

A first chapter that sets the scene for a world that promises to be vast and enthralling, Kalipso Part 01 sees two enemies get swept up in a high-fantasy space adventure story full of compelling characters and big potential.

OKOK Comics Volume 1

By Colin L. Racicot

Riffing on an enjoyably old-school comic strip mode, OKOK Comics Volume 1 delights in its absurdist humour. Unselfconsciously bold from within its four-panel borders, there is a rawness to these jokes that are totally unafraid to be silly.


Find the texts of the other 22th Bédélys Awards (in French):


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  • 22:00Lancement – Les inconvénients de la félicité de François Donatien
    Quai des Brumes
    4481 Rue St Denis, Montreal, QC H2J 2L2
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  • 13:00[FR] Les chercheuses en BD
    Université du Québec à Montréal
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  • 23:00[FR] 262 / Lancement + vernissage d’expo : Suicide Total, de Julie Doucet
    Librairie Le port de tête
    262 Ave Mont-Royal E, Montreal, QC H2T 1P5
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  • 21:00[FR] Lancement collectif à La Pastèque !
    La Pastèque éditeur-boutique
    102 Ave Laurier O, Montréal, QC H2T 2N7
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  • 22:00[FR]  Lancement: Freud, Le moment venu de Suzanne Leclair
    Librairie Le port de tête
    262 Ave Mont-Royal E, Montreal, QC H2T 1P5
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  • 23:00[FR] Club de lecture FBDM // Voyage initiatique
    Code & Café
    4304 Saint Denis St, Montreal, Quebec H2J 2K8
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  • 21:00[FR] Lancement de L’Agent Double
    Librairie Planète BD
    4077 Rue St Denis, Montreal, QC H2W 2M7
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