An Ode to Speech Bubbles in Comics

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Two Quebec publishing houses join their voices in a boycott movement at the festival founded in 1974.

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The biggest festival in the world of comics is threatened by a serious crisis of governance. Calls for boycotts of the 2026 edition by authors and publishers are increasing. The owner association, forced to dismiss the current delegate contested, struggles to convince, with its plan of save-who-can.

Marianne

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The grievances have been accumulating against the comics festival for years and against the organizing society, 9th Art+. To the point that some have called for the boycott of the 53rd edition. To calm the game, the association of the International Festival of Comics (FIBD) announced that 9th Art+ would not be renewed beyond its contract.

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The National Publishing Union (SNE) says this Friday morning that "trust is broken" with the FIBD association, which would be "the craftsman of chaos." It fears the 2026 edition "compromising" Nothing goes any further at the International Festival of the comic strip of Angoulême (FIBD). This Friday morning, the National Publishing Union (SNE) urges the public authorities to find a "strong response" to the unprecedented crisis that the demonstrat…

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The future of the 2026 edition seems to have to be played this Friday during an appointment with the local public authorities and Delphine Groux, president of the festival association. Authors, authors and publishers are demanding his resignation.

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Despite the announcement of a "new selection process" for the choice of its delegate future, and the withdrawal of the very controversial Franck Bondoux, nothing seems definitively settled on the side of the biggest...