What future for the Angoulême comics festival? After the revelations of Liberation, the organizers confirm the co-construction of a new project

An information from our libération colleagues revealed this Thursday afternoon that "the general manager, Franck Bondoux, had discreetly presented a project of fusion between his company and the association which delegates the festival to him". Requested by France 3, the management of the festival confirms that "the 9th Art + association is co-building a project" in which "the association remains the owner of the festival", but refuses to speak …

The director general, Franck Bondoux, discreetly presented a project of fusion between his company and the association which delegates him the festival. Faced with this blow which would give him full powers, the threat of boycott weighs.

The contract that binds the Historical Association of the Festival of the comic book and the 9th Art + society will be well denounced, says Delphine Groux, this Thursday. But the president does not envisage a call for tenders.