This change was obviously accompanied by a cultural programme which emphasised the « live » events, offered a wide variety of exhibitions, created a gateway between comic strips and other art forms and offered encounters with the creators of this 9th art.

 

The diffusion of these improvements beyond the ramparts of Angoulême was promoted by new sponsorship with leading companies, providing their skill and their excellent relationship with the general public, first class media support and the development of a web TV enabling millions of internauts to watch the Festival.

The media acknowledged these changes often using the term "refoundation" to describe the 2008 edition.

A specific effort was also made to improve services offered to exhibitors by reinforcing reception infrastructures and optimising the layout (which facilitated the attendance of the different sites).

LE MONDE DES BULLES / PUBLISHERS

(Place Champ de Mars)
Comic book, comics and manga publishers.

LE NOUVEAU MONDE / PUBLISHERS
(Place New York)
Comic strip publishers, independent publishers (illustrated stories, autobiographies, graphic reportages, etc.), alternative publishers, fanzine publishers.

COMIC ART PARAPHERNALIA
(Place des Halles)
Publishers, professionals, second hand comic sellers / Album sales, drawings and toys

THE DIGITAL WORLD

Demonstration and public sales

(Jardin des villes jumelées)
Development studios, manufacturers, publishers, video games retailers.

INTERNATIONAL RIGHTS MARKET
(Place du Champ de Mars)
Publishers / Professionals / authors agents. Copyright transfer / Licenses / Books / Toys / Audio-visual / Multimedia...

ALTERNATIVE COMICS
(Place New York)
Comic books and magazine sale, fanzines, exhibitions, encounters, debates, workshops…

 

WHO ARE THE EXHIBITORS ?

• Comics and comic-art publishers and distributors
• Producers and distributors of comics paraphernalia
• Sellers of second-hand comics and collectors items
• Authors’ agents, Foreign rights managers
• Professionals in the fields of animation and computer generated images
• Fanzines

VISITORS OPENING HOURS

FROM THURSDAY 29th JANUARY TO SUNDAY 1st FEBRUARY, 10AM TO 7PM

 

EXHIBITORS OPENING HOURS
FROM WEDNESDAY 28th JANUARY TO SUNDAY 1st FEBRUARY, 9AM TO 8PM