Formula Bula, le festival de bande dessinée

Formula Bula 2026. Between heritage, international contemporary scene, and youth. Formula Bula 2026 affirms an editorial line faithful to its DNA: fostering dialogue between heritage, international contemporary creation, and emerging forms, while defending an open and vibrant vision of comic strips. Through a rich programme of exhibitions, meetings, and experiments, the festival also honours youth with an ambitious journey dedicated to young audiences and transmission.

Highlights of this edition:

F’murrr Exhibition

From 17 September to 09 October 2026 - Mairie du 5ème.

A journey through the absurd, poetic, and deeply humanistic universe of Le Génie des Alpages. The exhibition reveals the richness of F’murrr’s work, a master of nonsense and a critical observer of the world. Around the exhibition, Formula Bula offers a series of meetings and guided tours to explore the multiple facets of F’murrr’s work. From his political and social commitment to the question of the conservation and transmission of comic strip archives, these discussions bring together historians, curators, and authors to shed light on the legacy of a major author of the ninth art.

Gros oeuvre, an exhibition by Marion Fayolle

From 25 to 27 September 2026 - Césure-Paris 5°

An exploration of the figure of the house as an intimate and symbolic space at the heart of Marion Fayolle’s work. The artist will also be the president of the jury for the Prix du Fanzine enfants et ados 2026.

International focus: Finnish comic strips

From 25 to 27 September 2026 - Césure-Paris 5°

With artists Aapo Rapi, Tommi Musturi, Emmi Valve, Roope Eronen, Hanneriina Moissenen, Marko Turunen, Femicomix.

Supported by Club 99, a federation of comic strip & associated arts festivals, the Sarjakuva season highlights contemporary Finnish comic strips through several French festivals. In this context, Formula Bula welcomes six Finnish authors for exhibitions, meetings, and performances dedicated to imaginaries from the North.

Young audience programme

Médiathèques L’Heure Joyeuse (5°), Claire Bretécher (10°), Violette Leduc (11°), Aimé Césaire (14°), Assia Djebar (20°), Marguerite Duras (20°), Micro-folies de Noisy-le-sec (93).

Formula Bula’s youth programme is deployed in six Parisian media libraries, notably around a dedicated journey to Tove Jansson’s Moomins. It is also accompanied by the 8th edition of the Concours internati