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Angouleme is right around the corner, and we now know the three names who are the finalists for this year's Grand Prix award. In this week's podcast, I'll be discussing them.

Lambiek biographies of the nominees:

• Chris Ware
• Emmanuel Guibert
• Catherine Meurisse

Since recording this episode a few days ago, I've learned more about the two French nominees, and now I'm definitely rooting for Catherine Meurisse. The Comics Journal write-up on her is amazing, and I want to read a couple of her books right away now.

What I forgot about is that Guibert and Ware were the two runners-up last year. There's every possible chance they may repeat that this year. Ouch.

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I've written a lot of reviews in my time. For PipelineComics.com, alone, that number is up over 350.

So when Google recently outlined their opinions of what makes a good product review, I listened.

These are mostly meant for affiliate marketers who are just plain awful reviewers. Yet, it's fun to see how that applies to reviews of creative works such as comic. So here I am.

You can check out Google's guidelines here:

https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2021/04/product-reviews-update

Learning French: I'm trying out DuoLingo for learning French. Let's be friends! My daily streak is now over 500! Je comprends beaucoup de francais parce que j'utilise DuoLingo.

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Raoul Cauvin:

Over the weekend, Raoul Cauvin, veteran Belgian comics writer, announced that his cancer is bad enough that the doctor says he doesn't have much longer to live.

I said in the podcast that Cinebook only translated a couple of his "Cedric" books. I looked it up afterwards and realized that they do have seven books in their catalog from that series:

https://www.cinebook.co.uk/cedric-c-142_148_233.html

I've reviewed two of his Bluecoats books:

"The David":

https://www.pipelinecomics.com/the-bluecoats-v12-the-david/

"The Blues in Black and White:

https://www.pipelinecomics.com/the-bluecoats-v10-the-blues-in-black-and-white-starring-mathew-brady/

Jordi Lafebre:

In happier news, EuropeComics announced on Monday morning that Jordi Lafebre's recent album is in the works and "Coming Soon." This is super exciting news.

Here is the announcement:

https://twitter.com/EuropeComics/status/1391712729434558466

I mention in the podcast that Jordi Lafebre is Spanish and then immediately refer to him as a French artist in the next breath. I should have phrased that as "French-published artist," which would make slightly more sense.

Follow him on Instagram at Jordi_Lafebre:

https://Instagram.com/jordi_lafebre

Also, I refer to "Glorious Summers" in this podcast more than once as "Beautiful Summers." My mistake. I'm rusty at this podcasting thing again, aren't I?

Learning French: I'm trying out DuoLingo for learning French. Let's be friends! My daily streak is now at 481! J'ai mangé des croissants.

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It's that time of year again -- Black Friday sales! And there are a bunch of European comics on sale now at Comixology and Izneo:

http://comixology.com/sales

https://www.izneo.com/en/

Or, if you prefer print editions, check out Magnetic Press:

https://store.magnetic-press.com

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Learning French: I'm trying out DuoLingo for learning French. Let's be friends! My daily streak is now past 315!

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I reviewed more than 50 albums this year, but read many more. And now it's time to boil that down to the list of the 10 albums I liked the most. It's an insane list

I'll throw in the 11th that just missed, too, because it's the one book I had to talk myself out of putting in to make a Top 11 list. Decisions must be made, after all.

Oh, and #12 gets thrown in Just Because.

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