Re: Noirsensei ponders...
Seconding this. The similarities between Franco-Belgian and American comics are artificial at best, and there are many different factions within BD itself. Although I did see BD and American comics (and manga, and fumetti, and some rarer things) being sold in the same shops in France, especially Paris. All in greater quantities than I've seen anywhere else, including Helsinki, London, and New York (I didn't see single issues in France, but the amount of trades in the biggest places was almost the same), and all translated into French. I was and still am immensely jealous of the French comics culture.