The 48th Angoulême International Comics Festival has announced its nominees for Best Comic, which includes six manga:

• Daruchan by Lemon Haruna
• Ship of Theseus Volume 10 by Toshiya Higashimoto
• Nora to Zassō Volume 4 by Keigo Shinzô
• Natsuko no Sake Volume 5 by Akira Oze
• Sensor by Junji Ito
• Robo Sapiens: Tales of Tomorrow Volumes 1-2 by Toranosuke Shimada

Lemon Haruna’s Daruchan is also nominated for the “Sélection Fauve Des Lycéens” category.

Kuniko Tsurita’s L’Envol manga is nominated for the Heritage category. Drawn & Quarterly published the manga collection in English under the title The Sky is Blue with a Single Cloud.

Tsubasa Yamaguchi’s Blue Period manga Volume 6 and Okura’s I Think Our Son Is Gay manga Volume 2 are nominated for the Kids category for ages 12-16. Muneyuki Kaneshiro and Yūsuke Nomura’s Blue Lock manga Volume 5 and Shin’ya Komatsu’s Tsurumaki Machi Natsu Jikan manga are nominated for the Kids category ages 8-12.

The 48th Angoulême International Comics Festival will run from January 27-30, 2022 in the Angoulême area of France.

Source: ANN