US EditionEviction Compensation Requested by Bondoux, Complaint by Groux Against Bonnefont: the Festival De La Bd Settles Its Accounts Before the Courts
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According to the ousted organizers, the association "ADBDA" seeks to "recover for its profit" the comic book festival.
As the city of Angoulême prepares to turn a page of its history, a judicial battle opposes old and new actors of the comics festival, on the background of accusations of unfair competition.
Franck Bondoux claims 300,000 euros on a provisional basis from the Association for the Development of Comics in Angoulême. The FIBD association files a complaint against Xavier Bonnefont. The organiser, who was deposed in 2026 on the background of boycott of the comics festival in Angoulême, Franck Bondoux, boss of the 9th art+ company, claims "the payment of 300,000 euros of damages in compensation for the damage suffered, of which 250,000 eur…
The action was launched by the FIBD association, which has held the rights of the festival since its creation in 1974, and the 9th Art + company, which has organized it since 2007.
The 9th Art + company and the FIBD association had announced their intention to take legal action for "parasitism" and "unfair competition" against the Association for the Development of the comic book in Angoulême. It aims to block the steps in order to create a new festival in the city.
The 9th Art+ company, which has been organizing the International Festival of Comics since 2007, and the FIBD Association, which has held its rights since its creation in 1974, had announced at the end of January that the Association for the Development of Comics in Angoulême would be assigned as a reference for unfair competition and parasitism. They denounce a " brutal appropriation" of the event.
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