Valérie Mangin is coming to the Tokyo BD Festival 2026!

2026-10-11 2026-10-11

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As part of the 2nd Tokyo BD Festival, which will take place on Saturday, October 31 and Sunday, November 1, 2026, we are delighted to welcome comics writer Valérie Mangin, with the support of Kana Editions and the CEIPI (Centre for International Intellectual Property Studies).

Valérie Mangin is a French comic book writer who draws on her background as a historian to create ambitious, thoroughly researched stories. She is best known for The Scourge of the Gods (Le Fléau des Dieux), a science-fiction reinterpretation of Ancient Rome, and for the historical adventure series Alix Senator. Her works are distinguished by their rich documentation, compelling world-building, and original narrative approach. Still highly active today, she continues to explore a wide range of themes and remains a major figure in the contemporary comics scene.

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Valérie Mangin
(ヴァレリー・マンジャン)

Valérie Mangin is a French comic book writer born in 1973, also widely recognized for her strong academic background as a historian. A graduate of the École Nationale des Chartes, where she studied history and palaeography, she draws on this expertise to create ambitious stories that blend history, politics, and science fiction.

Among her most acclaimed works are The Scourge of the Gods (Le Fléau des Dieux), an epic science-fiction saga inspired by Ancient Rome, and Alix Senator, which revisits the universe of the famous Roman-era hero in a more mature and sophisticated form. Renowned for the rigor of her research and the richness of her storytelling, she is now regarded as one of the leading comic book writers in France.

Still highly active today, she collaborates with numerous authors and publishing houses and contributes to the vitality of the contemporary comics scene through the diversity of her projects.