Around the World: France
China Daily | Updated: 2009-01-23 07:38
Louvre embraces comics
Comics, long a staple of the French literary diet, are moving to center stage.
From Asterix and Obelix to Tin Tin to the brooding comic book hero Largo Winch, the French public has long adored their cartoon heroes. Now the visual world of comics is being embraced for the first time by Paris' Louvre museum.
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