This Prize Awarded by the Audience - Cultura is awarded to comics authors at the Angoulême International Comics Festival since 1989.
The prize was known as Alph-Art du public from 1989 to 2003, the Prix du public from 2004 to 2006, in 2008 and 2009 the Essentiel FNAC-SNCF, since it was sponsored by the retailer Fnac and railway authority SNCF, in 2010 and 2010 the Fauve Fnac SNCF - Prix du Public and in 2012 Prix de la BD Fnac. At the end of 2018, the prize is "interrupted" because of the lack of sponsor.
The winner is in bold, the (long) list of nominees follows. No prize was awarded in 1999 or 2007
1980s
- 1989: Le Grand Pouvoir du Chninkel by Grzegorz Rosiński and Jean Van Hamme, Casterman
1990s
- 1990: : by Frank Pé and , Dupuis
- 1991: : tome 3, by François Bourgeon, Casterman
- 1992: Peter Pan: Londres by Régis Loisel, Vents d'Ouest
- 1993: Théodore Poussin: Un passager porté disparu by Frank Le Gall, Dupuis
- 1994: Jeux pour mourir by Jacques Tardi, Casterman
- 1995: Peter Pan: Tempête by Régis Loisel, Vents d'Ouest
- 1996: Thorgal: La Couronne d'Ogotaï by Grzegorz Rosiński and Jean Van Hamme, Le Lombard
- 1997: Blake and Mortimer: L’affaire Francis Blake by Ted Benoit and Jean Van Hamme, after Edgar Pierre Jacobs, Dargaud
- 1998: : by François Bourgeon and Claude Lacroix, Casterman
- (1999: no award in this category)
2000s
- 2000: part 3 by , Delcourt
- 2001: part 17 by , Fluide Glacial
- 2002: : Les canons du 18 mars by Jacques Tardi, after Jean Vautrin, Casterman
- 2003: Titeuf: La loi du préau by Zep, Glénat
- : La pitié des bourreaux by François Boucq and Alexandro Jodorowsky, Les Humanoïdes Associés
- : La guerre fantôme by , Casterman
- : L'espoir assassiné by Jacques Tardi, after Jean Vautrin, Casterman
- Édika: Peurs bleues by Édika, Fluide Glacial
- John Doe: London Pepperoni by and , Delcourt
- Kookaburra Universe: Le secret du sniper by G. E. Ranne (Ange), Crisse, and Christian Patrick, Soleil
- Largo Winch: Shadow by Philippe Francq and Jean Van Hamme, Dupuis
- Manhattan Beach 1957 part 1 by Hermann and (Yves H.), Le Lombard
- Le Nouveau Jean-Claude: Pizza mon amour by and Tronchet, Albin Michel
- : Crochet by Régis Loisel, Vents d'Ouest
- Phenomenum: Opus 0 by and , Glénat
- : Ni dieu ni diable by André Juillard and Patrick Cothias, Dargaud
- : La vraie vie by Jean-Yves Ferri and Emmanuel Larcenet, Dargaud
- Le Scorpion: La croix de pierre by Enrico Marini and Stephen Desberg, Dargaud
- The Technopriests: Halkattrazz, l'étoile des bourreaux by Alejandro Jodorowsky and Zoran Janjetov, Les Humanoïdes Associés
- Thorgal: Le barbare by Rosinski and Van Hamme, Le Lombard
- Torso by Marc Andreyko and Brian Michael Bendis, Semic
- Trolls de Troy: Trolls dans la brume by Scotch Arleston and Jean-Louis Mourier, Soleil
- XIII: Lâchez les chiens by Jean Van Hamme and William Vance, Dargaud
- 2004: Blacksad: Arctic nation by Juanjo Guarnido and Juan Diaz Canales, Dargaud
- 100 Bullets part 1 by Eduardo Risso and Brian Azzarello, Semic
- 20th Century Boys part 10 by Naoki Urasawa, Marvel
- ' by Enki Bilal, Les Humanoïdes Associés
- : La justice des serpents by François Boucq and Alejandro Jodorowsky, Les Humanoïdes Associés
- Golden City: Le Dossier Harrison by and , Delcourt
- Ordinary Victories part 1 Emmanuel Larcenet, Dargaud
- Là-bas by and Tronchet, Dupuis
- Mister George part 1 by , and Serge Le Tendre, Le Lombard
- Pyongyang by Guy Delisle, L'Association
- Quartier lointain part 2 by Jirô Taniguchi, Casterman
- : Maudit soit le fruit de ses entrailles by Yslaire, Glénat
- : La Chute de Babylone by and , Dargaud
- 2005: Le sang des Valentines by Christian De Metter and Catel Muller, Casterman
- Une aventure extraordinaire de Vincent van Gogh: La ligne de front by Emmanuel Larcenet, Dargaud
- Shamo (Coq de combat) by Izo Hashimoto and , Delcourt
- ' by , Delcourt
- Jeremiah: Et si un jour la Terre... by Hermann, Dupuis
- Je veux le prince charmant by , Albin Michel
- Lou! by , Glénat
- Louis Riel by Chester Brown, Casterman
- Lucky Luke: La belle province by and Achdé, Dargaud
- Playback by Ted Benoît and , Denoël Graphic
- Poulet aux prunes by Marjane Satrapi, L'Association
- Say Hello to Black Jack by Shūhō Satō, Glénat
- Thorgal: by Grzegorz Rosinski and Jean Van Hamme, Le Lombard
- Le Tour de valse by and , Dupuis
- 2006: ' by Étienne Davodeau, Delcourt
- ' by , Dupuis
- Blacksad: Âme rouge by Juanjo Guarnido and Juan Diaz Canales, Dargaud
- : La vengeance du manchot by François Boucq and Alexandro Jodorowsky, Les Humanoïdes Associés
- Le chat du rabbin: Le Paradis terrestre by Joann Sfar, Dargaud
- Cour royale by Martin Veyron and Jean-Marc Rochette, Albin Michel
- Sam and Twitch: Squelettes by Marc Andreyko, Steve Niles and Paul Lee, Delcourt
- Kinky & Cosy: C’est encore loin? by , Le Lombard
- Largo Winch: Le prix de l’argent by Philippe Francq and Jean Van Hamme, Dupuis
- Nana part 11 by Ai Yazawa, Ataka-Delcourt
- Naruto part 20 by Masashi Kishimoto, Kana
- Période glaciaire by Nicolas de Crécy, Futuropolis
- ' by Jacques Tardi, Les Humanoïdes Associés
- Roy et al. by Ralf König, Glénat
- ' by Jiro Taniguchi, Casterman
- (2007: no award in this category)
- 2008: Kiki de Montparnasse by Catel Muller and , Casterman
- 2009: Mon gras et moi by Miss Gally, Delcourt
2010s
- 2010: , tome 6: Paul à Québec by Michel Rabagliati, La Pastèque
- 2011: Blue Is the Warmest Color (Le bleu est une couleur chaude) by Jul Maroh, Glénat
- 2012: Portugal by Cyril Pedrosa, Dupuis
- 2013: Tu mourras moins bête..., tome 2: Quoi de neuf, docteur Moustache ? by Marion Montaigne, Ankama
- 2014: ' by Chloé Cruchaudet, Delcourt
- 2015: The Old Geezers, t. 1 : Ceux qui restent by and , Dargaud
- 2016: : Enquête sur les années de plomb de la Ve république by Étienne Davodeau and , Futuropolis
- 2017: ' by , Dargaud
- 2018: ' by Marion Montaigne, Dargaud
(No prize awarded in 2019)
2020's
- 2020: Saison des roses by Chloé Wary,
- 2021: Anaïs Nin, sur la mer des mensonges by , Casterman