“From this big bang comes creation”: after the cancellation of the comic book festival, a new free event in Angoulême

“Come!” Yes, a lot of things will happen in Angoulême,” enthuses Pascal Dulondel, the director of Cosmopolite, an independent bookstore. A month after the resounding cancellation of the International Comics Festival (FIBD), the world capital of the ninth art – and prefecture of Charente – has just announced the creation of the “Grand Off*”, an alternative event which will take place on the same dates, from January 29 to February 1.

It’s been a month since collectives of authors, elected officials, publishers and local traders have been mobilizing to save the furniture, the spirit and the economy of a city and an entire industry. With drawn faces and happy faces, everyone detailed this Friday the result of hard work.

By Editor