Liza is fortunate to frequent many international festivals as either a speaker or a guest, and many of them are French. The French adore and admire cartoons.  One of the largest cartoon festivals in the world is in Angouleme, France, called Festval D’Angouleme, and it has been in operation for 43 years. This year, controversy arose when it became known that among the 30 nominees for their prestigious prize, Grand Prix, there was not a single woman.   And only one woman has won in the history of the event. Liza was invited to write about this snub for the Washington Post. Here is her piece: “France’s greatest comics festival just snubbed women. Here is what the event doesn’t get.”