The 16th edition of SoBD, a comics festival set in the heart of the Marais, takes place from Friday 4 to Sunday 6 December 2026 at the Halle des Blancs Manteaux.
The 16th edition of SoBD, a comics festival in the heart of Paris, will be held from Friday 4 to Sunday 6 December 2026 at the Halle des Blancs Manteaux (48 rue Vieille du Temple, Paris 4e). Entry is free of charge; free registration, which entitles you to a badge, is required for round tables and workshops. Opening hours: Friday 16:00 to 20:00, Saturday and Sunday 11:00 to 19:00. Nearly 70 exhibitors and nearly 150 authors are expected.
The guests of honour are Fabcaro, author of Zaï zaï zaï zaï, whose absurd humour will be celebrated with a retrospective of nearly eighty originals at the Musée éphémère, and Nelly Feuerhahn, honorary researcher at the CNRS and specialist in humour. Three round tables devoted to them will be held on Saturday 5 December.
Denmark is the guest country. A delegation of 27 artists, specialists and publishers will make the trip: Sussi Bech, Emil Friis Ernst, Lars Horneman, Anne Mette Kaerulf Lorentzen, Jacob Rask Nielsen and Merete Nikoline Werdelin will exhibit original pages, a Danish bookshop will set up at the entrance to the festival, and a cycle of meetings will take place on Sunday 6 December from 14:30 to 18:30.
Eight free exhibitions are on the programme, including the winners of the Crous competition (4 to 11 December) and a sale exhibition devoted to Joe G. Pinelli at the Galerie Cécilia F. from 12 to 20 December. Nine talks, divided into three cycles, punctuate 5 and 6 December, notably with Derf Backderf and Gilbert Shelton, Saturday at 17:00. Three prizes will be awarded on Saturday 5 December.