Translated from the French, and in the context of the former director of the show from 2003 to 2013 leaving, Trondheim cites "the opacity of the accounts, the story of the rape of this dismissed ...

Police shot and gravely wounded a man Wednesday after he set fire to the town hall in western French city of Angoulême, local authorities and police sources said. Wearing military battledress, the ...

The dust hasn't settled on the cancelled 2026 Angoulême International Comics Festival (FIBD), over allegations of incompetence, malpractice and sexual assaults, but over the weekend and into this week ...

The 2026 edition of the Angoulême International Comics Festival, France’s largest event dedicated to the art form, has been officially cancelled, one of the organisers’ lawyers confirmed on Monday.

Following up on an interview with the newspaper, Le Figaro confirming the city’s determination to remain “the world capital ...

The cancellation of the upcoming festival was expected after a monthslong crisis over its governance. Authors and publishers pulled out of the event last month. France’s Angoulême International Comics ...

During the Angoulême International Comics Festival in January 2025. ROMAIN PERROCHEAU/AFP Storm clouds have been gathering over the Angoulême International Comics Festival (FIBD), whose 53 rd edition, ...

Meanwhile, the prospect of a "comics-free" last weekend of January continues to worry the town of Angoulême, in central France. To ease the frustration of shopkeepers and local service providers, who ...