BD Market Watch

• Third homage shines brightest: Matthieu Bonhomme's La longue marche called his most successful Lucky Luke album yet, beautiful and silky.
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Quebec BD Awards

• 🔥 Alex A. Honored at Festival Québec BD: Alex A., creator of L’Agent Jean, received the prix Albert-Chartier at the Bédéis...

Dupuis' Spirou presence dominates the 9th BD festival in Saint-Tropez gulf (April 10-12):

• Dan Verlinden (Spirou) headlines Cogolin's 5th edition...

Quebec BD talent shines at Festival Québec BD with Alex A. receiving the Prix Albert-Chartier for L’Agent Jean's 15-year impact.

• Massive sales...

The salon de la BD makes its grand retour this weekend in Calais, signaling a resurgence of BD events in Northern France and heightened local market engagement.

• Diversification push: Bayard takes majority stake in Kingoland family park to extend editorial universes beyond print, part of CAP 2029 strategy.
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• Overall decline: -6% in value, -8% in volume for Q1 2026, with January at -6.6%, February -6%, March -8%.
• BD impact: Comics, a market pillar...

Le Pellerin's Les Journées de la BD marks its 36th edition April 25-26 at espace René-Cassin, pulsing with bande dessinée energy and highlighting grassroots regional engagement.

Astrolabe debuts as a new BD publisher with an international catalogue spotlighting upcoming works by Sean Murphy, Matteo Scalera, and other global names. A bold entry betting on star talent.

Tournai, Belgium, hosts the second edition of its international bande dessinée festival, highlighting growing regional BD activity amid market trends.

Indie pushback: Online media Courts Bouillon, launched Sept 2025, debuts quarterly print revue La lutte des cases to reclaim imaginaries from...

France's book market contracted -6% in value and -7% in volume in February 2026, with the vast majority of segments declining just like in January.

Rencontres du 9e Art, the bande dessinée and arts associés festival, runs April 11 to May 23 in Aix-en-Provence with a two-month parcours. Provence's key BD cultural spotlight ahead.

Upcoming Festivals

• Le P'tit Festi de la BD: Second edition on April 25, 2026, in Ensisheim features author encounters with Dawid, Anne Teuf,...

Normandy's premier BD event has grown from 22 years ago into a national draw.

Key highlights:

• 35 authors including president Alexis Horellou (Veau...

Dual strategy shines: Spirou's April Fool's issue fakes an AI-generated series 'Prismes' on its cover, trained on Dupuis' catalog, to spotlight...

Emerging small-scale festival builds engagement via author meets and animations in family setting.

• Free event April 25, 2026 (10h-12h, 14h-17h) at...

Regional prize highlights 5 diverse youth BD albums from emerging creators, judged by Picardie parent-teen duos.

• Blanche (Maëlle Réat, Glénat):...

• Overall contraction: -0.5% in value to 250.2 M$, driven by institutional sales drop of -7.9% (from 40.6% to 37.5% market share).
• Retail...

48H BD 2026 Title Selection

• 🔥 The selection of 10 BD and manga titles for 48H BD 2026 has been announced.

Upcoming Regional BD Festivals

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