The Prix Révélation (Prize of Revelation or Debut Prize) is one of the prizes awarded by the Angoulême International Comics Festival. This prize honors cartoonists who are early in their career.
Some version of the prize has been awarded almost every year since the first festival in 1974. At first it was called the Prize of Best Hope (prix du meilleur espoir), then in 1985 it was reborn as the Prize for Best First Album (prix du meilleur premier album). In 1989, as the whole award ceremony was renamed after Hergé's unfinished book Alph-Art, this prize became the Alph-Art coup de cœur and was awarded to authors with up to three published works. From 2003-2006 the award was again called Best First Album (meilleur premier album), then in 2007 was renamed the "Prix Révélation", which is still its name as of 2018.
- 2000: Le Réducteur de vitesse [fr] by Christophe Blain (Dupuis)
- 2001: Persépolis by Marjane Satrapi (L’Association)
- 2002: Le val des ânes by Matthieu Blanchin [fr]
- Bouffe et châtiment by Mathias Gnehm and Francis Rivolta
- Hariti: Un ventre aride by Nicolas Ryser [fr] and Igor Szalewa
- Norbert l'Imaginaire : Imaginaire: 1 / Raison: 0 by Olivier Guéret and Nicolas Vadot
- La région: L'héritage des trente velus by Jérôme Jouvray [fr] and Denis Roland
- Samedi et Dimanche: Le paradis des cailloux by Gwen and Fabien Vehlmann
- 2003: L'âge de raison by Mathieu Bonhomme [fr]
- Banquise by Christophe Gaultier [fr] and Sylvain Ricard [fr]
- Chhht ! [fr] by Jason
- Phenomenum: Opus 0 by Jérémie Kaminka [fr] and Marc Védrines [fr]
- Sainte famille by Xavier Mussat [fr]
- Supermurgeman: Joue et gagne! by Mathsap
- 2004: Betty Blues by Renaud Dillies [fr] and Anne-Claire Jouvray
- Hector Umbra: Folie semi-automatique by Uli Oesterle [fr]
- Kuklos by Sylvain Ricard [fr] and Christophe Gaultier [fr]
- Ludologie by Ludovic Debeurme
- Palaces by Simon Hureau
- Soupe froide [fr] by Charles Masson
- La tendresse des crocodiles by Fred Bernard [fr]
- 2005: De Mal En Pis by Alex Robinson (Rackham)
- 2006: Aya de Yopougon part 1 by Clément Oubrerie [fr] and Marguerite Abouet (Gallimard)
- 2007: Panier de singe by Florent Ruppert & Jérôme Mulot (Ruppert et Mulot [fr]) (L'Association)
- 2008: L'Éléphant by Isabelle Pralong [fr] (Vertige Graphic)
- 2009: Le Goût du chlore (A Taste of Chlorine) by Bastien Vivès (Casterman)
- 2010: Rosalie Blum-fr [], t.3: Au hasard Balthazar! Camille Jourdy [fr] (Actes Sud BD)
- 2011 (tie): La Parenthèse [fr] by Élodie Durand [fr] (Delcourt)
- 2011 (tie): Trop n'est pas assez [fr] by Ulli Lust (Çà et là)
- 2012: TMLP. Ta mère la pute [fr] by Gilles Rochier [fr] (6 pieds sous terre)
- 2013: Automne by Jon McNaught (Nobrow)
- 2014 (tie): Le Livre de Léviathan by Peter Blegvad (L'Apocalypse)
- 2014 (tie): Mon ami Dahmer by Derf Backderf (Ça et là)
- 2015: Yékini, le roi des arènes by Lisa Lugrin [fr] & Clément Xavier [fr] (FLBLB)
- 2016: Une étoile tranquille : Portrait sentimental de Primo Levi by Pietro Scarnera [fr] (Rackham)
- 2017: Mauvaises filles by Ancco [fr] (Cornélius)
- 2018: Beverly by Nick Drnaso (Presque lune)
- 2019: Ted drôle de coco by Émilie Gleason
- 2020: Lucarne by Joe Kessler (L'Association)[1]
- 2021: Tanz! by Maurane Mazars [fr], Le Lombard[2]
- 2022: La vie souterraine by Camille Lavaud Benito (Les Requins Marteaux)
- ToutenBD List of winners of all awards per year