Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême

Every year, the Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême is awarded during the Angoulême International Comics Festival to an author for his body of work and/or for his achievement in the evolution of comics.

This author must be alive and can be French speaking or not. This prize is juried exclusively by past winners. Usually, when someone is awarded this Grand Prix, he or she becomes the president of the jury for the festival the next year. Some years, special prizes are awarded too, often on symbolic anniversaries of the festival.

1970s

*1974 André Franquin
*1975 Will Eisner
*1976 Pellos (René Pellarin)
*1977 Jijé (Joseph Gillain)
*1978 Jean-Marc Reiser
*1979 Marijac (Jacques Dumas)

1980s

*1980 Fred (Othon Aristides)
*1981 Moebius / Jean Giraud
*1982 Paul Gillon
*1983 Jean-Claude Forest
**10th anniversary Claire Bretécher
*1984 Jean-Claude Mézières
*1985 Jacques Tardi
*1986 Jacques Lob
*1987 Enki Bilal
*1988 Philippe Druillet
**15th anniversary Hugo Pratt
*1989 René Pétillon

1990s

*1990 Max Cabanes
*1991 Gotlib (Marcel Gotlieb)
*1992 Frank Margerin
**20th anniversary Morris (Maurice de Bevere)
*1993 Gérard Lauzier
*1994 Nikita Mandryka
*1995 Philippe Vuillemin
*1996 André Juillard
*1997 Daniel Goossens
*1998 François Boucq
*1999 Robert Crumb
**Special prize of the millennium Albert Uderzo

2000s

*2000 Florence Cestac
*2001 Martin Veyron
*2002 François Schuiten
*2003 Régis Loisel
*2004 Zep (Philippe Chappuis)
**30th anniversary Joann Sfar
*2005 Georges Wolinski
*2006 Lewis Trondheim
*2007 José Antonio Muñoz
*2008 Dupuy and Berberian