The Louvre Invites The Comics

The Louvre invites the comics was an event held to celebrate the collaboration between French publishers The Louvre Collection and Futuropolis.

For the event, a series of original French bande dessinées (BD's), Japanese manga and American comic books were published and showcased at an exhibition in, from January 22 to April 13, 2009 at the.

The event was organized by Fabrice Douar, deputy director of the department of publications at The Louvre Collections and Sébastien Gnaedig, the editorial director of Futuropolis. With scenography by ''M.-A. Mathieu''.

The exhibit was later reopened from January 28 to February 28, 2010.

Summary
The exhibit featured five artists: Hirohiko Araki,, Éric Liberge, Marc-Antoine Mathieu and.

The venue was open daily, except for Tuesdays, from 9am to 6pm, and until 10pm on Wednesdays and Fridays in the Sully Wing on the floor of the Museum.

Exhibits
For 's Glacial Period, nineteen A4-sized pages were presented among three frames. Similarly, fourteen pages of Marc-Antoine Mathieu's Museum Vaults were shown in three frames.

As for Éric Liberge's On the Odd Hours, five A3-sized composition sketches were showcased alongside high-definition prints of the corresponding pages.

and 's unreleased comic, The Sky Over the Louvre was presented as a video projection.

Lastly, Hirohiko Araki's work in progress manga, Rohan at the Louvre, was previewed at the exhibition in the form of two A2-sized pages.

Louvre No. 9
Louvre No. 9: The Ninth Art, Comic Books (ルーヴルNo.9 ～漫画、9 番目の芸術～) was a Japanese exhibit first held from July 22, 2016 to September 25, 2016 at the in.

This exhibit was later held from December 1, 2016 to January 29, 2017 at the Grand Front Osaka North Building in, then from April 15, 2017 to May 28, 2017 at the in  and from July 15, 2017 to September 3, 2017 at the  in.

Announced on May 2016, the exhibit was established by the Louvre Museum to celebrate the ninth prestigious art medium, comic books. Among sixteen other artists, one of the exhibits main highlights was Hirohiko Araki's Rohan at the Louvre, presented at a large display.