US EditionFrance: 53rd Edition of Angoulême Comics Festival Threatened After Calls for Boycott
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Will the Angoulême festival be held in 2026? The holding of this international comic book event, which takes place every year on the last weekend of January, is strongly compromised. Initiated by authors, an unprecedented boycott, relayed by 21 Grand Prix and now supported by the major publishers, shakes the sector. The cause: the renewal of the organizing association of the event, accused of numerous malfunctions.
Twenty Grand Prix winners, including Florence Cestac, Jacques Tardi, Riad Sattouf and Anouk Ricard, have just signed a forum to alert about a festival of comics "in danger of death". The 53rd edition, scheduled from January 29 to February 1, 2026, is strongly...
A threat of boycott of the demonstration was formulated, if the 9th Art + company is not excluded from the call for tenders for the organisation of the event.
While the present organizing company of the festival was renewed on 8 November to take over from 2028, the world of comics remains mobilized and serious threats of boycott hover on the 2026 edition.
Storm advisory on the famous Angoulême comic strip festival (F): the calls for boycott of its 53rd edition, scheduled for January, and the critics of the big names of the comic book are multiplying against the organizer of the event. Several major publishers have already announced their withdrawal.
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