France’s Angoulême International Comics Festival (FIBD - Festival international de la bande dessinée d'Angoulême) is among the world’s foremost comic book events, but its survival is now hanging by a thread after a monthslong dispute over its governance.
Organisers have now decided to cancel the festival’s 2026 edition. The event “will realistically not be able to take place under suitable conditions,” lawyers for organising company 9e Art + said in a statement, which was first reported by local newspaper La Charente Libre.
