Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême is a lifetime achievement award given annually during the Angoulême International Comics Festival to a comics author . Although not a monetary award , it is considered the most prestigious award in Franco-Belgian comics . It has been awarded mainly to French and Belgian authors , but also to ten people of other nationalities . Recipients are , on average , 50 years old . Only two women , Florence Cestac and Rumiko Takahashi , have ever won the prize
Angoulême International Comics Festival
Angoulême International Comics Festival
Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême