Having withstood the crisis linked to the COVID-2019 pandemic, the comics market enjoyed two record years in 2020 and 2021, buoyed by the explosion of the manga segment, which now accounts for more than one in two comics sold in France. Drawing on the latest studies and an analysis of sales figures, this talk will detail the various trends and dynamics driving the market, and address both the challenges and the opportunities they represent for creation and its players.
Xavier Guilbert has a degree in engineering and spent five years in Japan. Since 1996, he has been a member of the du9 collective - l'autre bande dessinée, a critical space on the Internet, where he is currently editor-in-chief. He has also published in Le Monde Diplomatique and Neuvième Art, contributes regularly to ATOM magazine and curates major retrospectives of mangaka for the Angoulême Festival. A specialist in the comics market, he is the author of the study " Panorama de la bande dessinée en France - 2010-2020 " for the Centre National du Livre.
