AFAIK, Stuart Ng books near LA is the most prominent US importer of french comic/animation books. They are great. I've even taken a bit of inspiration from them for running my own book business. (I wish I was in their league but I'm too busy to get that specialized.)
In my experience, importing foreign language books is still a pain in the ass in the internet age, because the market for them is specialized enough that places don't bother using available resources to make it easy to order. Well, it depends on the place. Importing from France seems consistent with their reputation as part of Europe where tourists won't have an easy time if they don't know the language. I've found the same with Eastern Europe. Italy's in the middle... Germany, Spain and the UK make it most easy.
AFAIK, Stuart Ng books near LA is the most prominent US importer of french comic/animation books. They are great. I've even taken a bit of inspiration from them for running my own book business. (I wish I was in their league but I'm too busy to get that specialized.)
In my experience, importing foreign language books is still a pain in the ass in the internet age, because the market for them is specialized enough that places don't bother using available resources to make it easy to order. Well, it depends on the place. Importing from France seems consistent with their reputation as part of Europe where tourists won't have an easy time if they don't know the language. I've found the same with Eastern Europe. Italy's in the middle... Germany, Spain and the UK make it most easy.