gutter |ˈgʌtə| noun 1 the blank space between panels in a comic book Episode 1 Angoulême: the most amazing, star studded art-stravaganza you’ve probably never heard of... Last weekend, hundreds of thousands of fans of bandes dessinées – French for comics – descended on the southwestern French city of Angoulême. Nye Wright, creator of our weekly exclusive comic strip, Sprout’s Book Club, was there. He tells us why, if you like comics, you should be there next year too. Read more →