US EditionAngoulême Comics Festival Officially Cancelled, Accusation Of Sabotage
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The biggest comic book festival in Europe in Angoulême, France, has been cancelled by numerous authors following boycott calls.
The event was scheduled to take place from January 29 to February 1, 2026.
The 9th Art + company announced, in a press release published on Monday, a decision that seemed inevitable since the series of defections of authors, publishing houses and public financers.
The 2026 edition of the international comics festival in Angoulême, in the south-west of France, scheduled for the end of January, the biggest meeting of the sector and which was marked by the boycott of the authors and the defection of the publishers, is officially "cancelled", said Monday to the AFP one of the lawyers of the organizing society 9e Art+.
The private company 9e Art + recognizes this Monday that the 2026 edition will not be able to "materially" hold itself. "The responsibility lies with the public financiers," she says by the voice of her lawyers Faced with an unprecedented crisis, surrounded by the threats of boycott and the marks of distrust, the organizer of the International Festival of the comic strip d'Angoulême (FIBD) recognized this Monday, December 1st that the 2026 editi…
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