books.google.be - Whereas in English-speaking countries comics are for children or adults "who should know better," in France and Belgium the form is recognized as the "ninth art" and follows in the path of poetry, architecture, painting, and cinema. The bande dessinée [comic strip] has its own national institutions,...http://books.google.be/books/about/Comics_in_French.html?id=sTGFpIDb91EC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareComics in French
