ABSTRACT
Festivals are one of the most diffused examples of living production in cultural and creative industries. In recent years, festivals have attracted increased attention and have increased in number. While several studies focus on music and film festivals, which are the most traditional festivals, few examine festivals related to other sectors, including publishing. The aim of this chapter is to investigate these smaller less known events through a comparison of comics’ festivals in different countries. Comics constitute a specific publishing industry domain. We consider the location structural organization and impact of selected festivals organized in small cities in France and in Spain. We provide a detailed analysis of their characteristics along their various editions in order to substantiate in which extent they clear up the structuration of a multi-faced economic model, specifically linked to the characteristics of the sectors and the Festivals promoting them.
