On January 18, 2023, the NGO Artemisia, who has been dedicated for 15 years to defend comics made by women, gave its awards.
The winners are:
Grand Prix Artémisia 2023 :
- Perpendicular to the sun by Valentine Cuny-Le Callet Ed. Delcourt
- The meeting of the author with Renaldo McGirth, a young man incarcerated for 10 years in Florida and sentenced to death.
Artemisia Resilience Award:
- La Réparation by Nina Bunjevac ed. Martin de Halleux
- "I poured my heart and soul into this project, which is the most personal story I've ever told." N.B.
Prix Artémisia Humor :
- Roxane sells her panties by Maybelline Skvortzoff, published by Tanibis
- A caustic portrait of a young woman as lost as she is determined.
Artemisia Fantastic Award :
- Le Bestiaire du crépuscule by Daria Schmitt ed. Dupuis
- A beautiful book, quite simply.
Artemisia Heritage Award :
- Last Girl standing by Trina Robbins Bliss editions
- Trina Robbins' autobiography, a must!
Out of competition, a special mention for the reissue of :
- Sorcières, mes sœurs by Chantal Montellier, Éditions La Boîte à Bulles
- "The witch personifies the notion of deviance from the norms. In order to succeed in making the witch an object of distrust, it was necessary to arouse violent feelings, of hatred, contempt, disgust, scandal." C.M.
