US EditionAngoulême Comics Festival Officially Cancelled, Accusation Of Sabotage
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While the cutet of the cancellation of the edition of the Angoulême BD Festival 2026 fell this Monday, the city's booksellers do not solve it. They prepare animations with a hundred authors, from January 29 to February 1, 2026
The organiser rejects the fault on the public authorities; disaster for publishers; the authors rely on more user-friendly festivals. ...
It is the most important in Europe but next year will not be held, due to several scandals that have led publishers and funders to parade
The 2026 edition of the international comics festival in Angoulême (southwest of France) scheduled for the end of January, the biggest event in the sector and which was marked by the boycott of the authors and the defection of the publishers, is officially "cancelled", said one of the lawyers of the organizing company 9e Art+.
2026 edition of the Angoulême Comics Festival officially cancelled
The 2026 edition of the Angoulême International Comics Festival, which was due to take place at the end of January but was hampered by the boycott of authors and the defection of publishers, has been officially "cancelled". FRANCE 24's James Vasina reports.
Several authors and publishers threatened to boycott the festival, struggling with a crisis of trust in the society that organized it, 9th Art+.
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