Swiss artist and writer Martin Panchaud won the Fauve d'Or for the best album of the year at France's prestigious Angouleme International Comics Festival on Saturday. His book, "The Color of Things", tells its story using the codes of video games, with characters represented by colored circles. It was originally published in German.

Argentinean comic book author Sole Otero receives The Fauve Prix du public France Televisions for 'Naphtaline'. 

Belgian scenarist author Thierry Smolderen receives the Goscinny Award for 'Cauchemars ex Machina'.

Japan comic book author Junji Ito receives the Fauve of Honor during the 50th Angouleme International Comics Festival.

Earlier this week, Franco-Syrian cartoonist Riad Sattouf picked up the festival's highest accolade, the Grand Prix, for his autobiographical series "The Arab of the Future". With the festival this year celebrating its 50th edition, a special prize went to Japan's Hajime Isayama, author of the global bestselling manga series "Attack on Titan".

Swedish comic book author Linnea Sterte receives The Fauve Prix du public France Telé Televisions for 'Une Rainette en automne'.

Japan comic book author Ryoichi Ikegami poses after being awarded with the Fauve of Honor. 

French comic book author Anouk Richard poses after being awarded with the Fauve special du jury prize for "Animan".

The 34-volume series has sold more than 100 million copies worldwide since the first album appeared in 2009. Fellow Japanese manga creators Ryoichi Ikegami and Junji Ito received honorary awards at the festival, which featured exhibitions of their work. Comic books are booming in France. Market research firm GfK said sales in 2022 for the first time accounted for more than 25 percent of the total book sales market. - AFP