Angoulême comic book festival postponed due to Covid-19

Detail of the Angoulême 2015 comic book festival poster © Bill Watterson / 9eArt + 2015

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As a result of the health uncertainty, the 49th Angoulême international comic book festival, in central-western France, scheduled for the end of January, will be postponed.

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Faced with the surge in contaminations and after the new restriction measures announced Monday, December 27, including gauges for major events, " 

 ", declared this Tuesday, December 28 to AFP the general delegate of the Angoulême festival Franck Bondoux, confirming information from the daily

The festival has informed the public authorities and comic book publishers of its intention to postpone the edition which was to be held from January 27 to 30, and hopes that the latter will engage with it " 

 " .

The 2022 edition could take place towards " 

 " depending on the evolution of the situation.

The government's announcements, establishing again and for three weeks gauges for major events - 2,000 people indoors and 5,000 outdoors - have dealt the coup de grace, while the assembly of the structures of the festival was to begin on Monday. January 3.

"Far beyond the gauges"

The festival would be "well 

 " and the organizers could not take the risk faced with the uncertainty over the duration of the restriction measures, said Franck Bondoux.

The flagship event in the world of the ninth art had already seen its 2021 edition strongly disrupted by the Covid-19 epidemic, giving up meeting the general public in June.

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