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 +====== 2020 AD ======
  
 +**2020 AD** was the year that changed everything we were used to. Covid-19 influenced all plans for 2020 and changed the way we could live our lives. Despite everything there was still enough to enjoy.
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 +The exhibition [[en:events:mondes-im-parfaits|Mondes (im)parfaits]] in [[en:dictionary:maison-d-ailleurs|Maison d'Ailleurs]] continued until **October 2020**. François Schuiten and Benoît Peeters visited the museum once more for the [[en:events:finish-of-mondes-im-parfaits|]].
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 +In **March** François Schuiten visited New York for the exhibition [[en:events:line-and-frame|Line and Frame]]. And the first phase of [[en:dictionary:gare-d-amiens|the Octopus Garden]] in [[en:dictionary:amiens|Amiens]] was revealed in **March**.
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 +[[en:dictionary:rebuilding-storyworlds|Rebuilding Story worlds, the Obscure Cities by Schuiten and Peeters]] a book by Jan Baetens was  published by Rutgers University Press in **June**. Rebuilding Story Worlds offers the first full-length study of Obscure Cities series, exploring both the artistic traditions from which it emerges and the innovative ways it plays with genre, gender, and urban space. 
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 +From **July until November** the exhibition [[en:events:urbatect-in-the-obscure-world|Urbatekt varjatud maailmas. François Schuiteni ja Benoît Peetersi arhitektuurikoomiksid]] was held in Tallinn, Estonia. A beautiful exhibition about Les Cités Obscures. Many people showed up at the [[en:events:urbatect-in-the-obscure-world-opening|opening]].The exhibition gave also a preview of the new [[en:dossiers:la-fievre-d-urbicande-in-color|coloured edition]] of [[en:albums:la-fievre-d-urbicande|La Fièvre d'Urbicande]]. 
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 +[[nl:dictionary:peeters-benoit|Benoît Peeters]] published [[en:albums:sandor-ferenczi.-l-enfant-terrible-de-la-psychanalyse|Sándor Ferenczi. L'enfant terrible de la psychanalyse]]. The biography was received very well.
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 +[[en:albums:compelled-the|The Compelled]], a sci-fi novella written by [[en:dictionary:roberts-adam|Adam Roberts]] and the first book-length science fiction publication that [[en:dictionary:schuiten-francois|François Schuiten]] has illustrated was published in **August**.
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 +In **September** [[en:dictionary:durieux-laurent|Laurent Durieux]] and [[en:dictionary:schuiten-francois|François Schuiten]] visited [[en:events:exposition-la-science-a-meudon|Meudon]] to reveal the [[en:gallery:images:hangar-y-screenprint|print]] they had made together. 
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 +[[en:dictionary:chocoloco|Chocoloco]] started in **October**. The exhibition presents twenty original chocolate sculptures made especially for this occasion. [[en:dictionary:schuiten-francois|François Schuiten]], comic strip author and scenographer at [[en:dictionary:train-world|Train World]], designed the sculptures. Chocolate artists Peter Teerlinck and Bart Steegmans of Sculpture Events took care of the execution of the sculptures.
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 +The main event around [[en:dictionary:chronicles|Les Cités Obscures]] was the publication in **November** of [[en:dossiers:la-fievre-d-urbicande-in-color|the coloured edition of La Fièvre d'Urbicande]]. [[en:dictionary:durieux-jack|Jack Durieux]] was trusted to change the album into a coloured edition. 
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 +With the release there was an exhibition about [[en:albums:la-fievre-d-urbicande|La Fièvre d'Urbicande]] at [[en:events:la-fievre-d-urbicande-huberty-and-breyne|Huberty & Breyne]] and a signing session at [[en:events:la-fievre-d-urbicande-brusel|Brüsel]]. [[en:dictionary:atlantic12|Atlantic 12]] published a beautiful [[en:gallery:images:la-fievre-d-urbicande-album-colorise|screen print]] together with several limited prints for the exhibition. 
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 +In **November** [[en:dictionary:schuiten-francois|François Schuiten]] and [[en:dictionary:durieux-laurent|Laurent Durieux]] joined again "Timeless" and made the [[en:gallery:images:seacliff-regular|VC Morris Sea Cliff]] print.
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 +[[en:dictionary:red-team|Red Team]], an initiative of the French Departement of Defence started in 2020. [[en:dictionary:schuiten-francois|François Schuiten]] will take part of the team as illustrator together with the Jeanne Bergeron.
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 +{{:albums:fievredurbicande:106101838_559727774712209_4176020424344089211_o.jpg?nolink&|Cover of the standard edition}}
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 +**All pages related to the year 2020 AD:**
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