Now that's a comics convention: At Ninth Art, Jim Wheelock offers a glimpse at Festival International de la Bande Desinée, held each January in Angoulême, France:

"For four days every year, these folks literally fill the town up to its 12th century parapets. I imagine it must be hell for the one guy in Angoulême who hates comics. His neighbours probably keep him under guard, tied to a chair in his kitchen, while they read TINTIN stories to him in a futile attempt to convert him. Or maybe they eat him. A lot of time at Angoulême makes you think like that."