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The Comics Business Centre

At the Comics Business Centre in Hall 6.1 A62, the focus was on comics professionals and growing the community. In 2025, the Comics Business Centre was expanded to include a webtoon area. The 2025 Guest of Honour, the Philippines, also presented themselves here, as well as the 2026 Guest of Honour, the Czech Republic.

In addition, Hall 5.0 featured France, the “grande nation de bande dessinée” as well as comic book publishers from Belgium, Spain and Italy. In Hall 3.0, comic and manga publishers from German-speaking countries showcased their new releases.

Numerous specialist stage events and the happy hour in the Comics Business Centre were also part of the impressive programme.

Masterclass: Virtual Comic Sessions

Comics are booming. So what accounts for their enduring fascination? And where is the trend heading? Find out more in our virtual session with voices from the scene – for the first time at Frankfurter Buchmesse.

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Impressions from the world of comics at #fbm25

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“The uniqueness of comics: only in comics are image and text directly interwoven.”

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“Comics almost have a ridiculous universality”

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