Another article from the "Uni Assignment Hell" archive. This one is a companion piece to my other article on Australian comics and Government Policy. Until the ill-fated maybe-death of Angouleme FIBD I was (actually, still am) taken by its history and how it became instrumental to turning comics into a 9th form and an accepted part of culture in France. I see a lot of similarities and parallels to early days of France comics legitimisation and the current era of Australian comics, and I want to be a part of helping to push Australia's scene by learning how it worked in the past.