Alexandre Astier, president of the comic book festival: “Angoulême is really Mecca!”

Who has just won a Grail for any comic book lover? King Arthur ! Or rather his interpreter in the humorous TV series “Kaamelott”, of which he is also the co-creator: Alexandre Astier, 48 years old. The actor, also co-director of two adaptations of Asterix, “The domain of the gods” and “The secret of the magic potion” for the cinema, screenwriter of the wacky adventures of the round table on the big screen and in comics, was chosen to preside, in January, the jury of the 50th edition of the international festival of Angoulême. He succeeds screenwriter and writer Benoît Peeters.