The recipients of the 2007 Bedeis Causa prizes were announced yesterday at the Festival de la bande dessinee francophone de Quebec in Quebec City. Along with the juried Prix Bedelys, the popular Bedeis are the most important awards for Quebec comics.
The winners are:
Prix Real-Fillion: Best First Album
Pascal Girard published two albums through art comix powerhouse Mecanique Generale in 2006 and he won for both: Nicolas and Dans un cruchon.
Prix Maurice-Petitdidier: Jury Prize for Best Foreign Album
Pascal Rabate, Les petits ruisseaux (Futuropolis)
Prix Alberic-Bourgeois: Best Quebecois Album published abroad
Delaf & Dubuc, Les Nombrils, Pour qui tu te prends? (Dupuis)
-a special mention went to Jean-Louis Tripp and Regis Loisel for the first volume of their series Magasin general.
Prix Albert-Chartier: for contribution to comics in Quebec
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