Feb 19, 2026
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At Feria Valencia, the Valencia Comics Fair offers a cultural program for all viewers.
From February 27 to March 1, Feria Valencia hosts a new edition of the Valencia Comic Fair, the city's cultural event of the year dedicated to nineties art and the entire world of pop.
The fair surpasses every edition by offering the best to the public and transforms the 7th Pavilion of Feria Valencia for three days into a meeting place of generations, where comics, manga, anime, cosplay, board and role-playing games, photography, digital content creators and great national authors and authors from five continents live together.
New board at AU-K!Where to create, read and enjoy comics for a new generation
One of the great innovations of this edition is the creation of AU-K!, a website dedicated to children and young people developed in collaboration with the Chair of Illustrated Studies Fundación SM - Universitat de València.
AU-K art among the youngest fans.It was born with the clear goal of encouraging reading and creativity by combining learning with games.ValenciaComic workshops at kamishibai;fanzines and self-publishing;cosplay activities;suits,ceramics or models;meeting with writers;competitions,Signings and talks make this place a gateway to comics for a new generation.
The area's big international star is Raina Telgemeier, one of the most influential children's and young adult comic book authors in the world, who comes to the hall to present her new graphic novel The Cartoonists' Club (Maeva), co-written with Scott McCloud, in which the characters' stories are interwoven with an explanation of imagination and cooperation, emphasizing imagination and cooperation.from the stories.
K. O'Neill, author of the trilogy The Tea Dragon Society (La Cúpula), will also be participating.Vicente Caut, author of the AVNI series (Komikids).Among other notable figures are Pau Clua, author of Xorigat (Penguin Libros) and Arkaitz González, author of Astrid y su familia (Fandogamia).
The new mission gives content creators and influencers a voice.
The Valencia Comic Fair continues its desire to reach all audiences and has created a new stage dedicated to the world of content creators and influencers with the aim of debating, growing and providing visions on digital communication.
The billboard is truly luxurious with the participation of profiles such as Paco Hernández, Vivaermanga, Es la hora de las cakes (with the presence of Gema Over), El Diario de Kovacs (with David Monturiol), All4freak, José Miguel Navarro, Irina Sánchez, the Hanani Dango cultural association and Alfredo Matarranz, of Tomos y grapas.Furthermore, Bocadillos de ink will brighten the stage and the people of Cacao y Canela will offer interviews, throughout the weekend, with important representatives of the dubbing world and a round table will be organized which will act as a field of experimentation and debate, all obviously open to the public present at the Show.
More than 80 great national and international authors
The list of certified Cartoonists is growing.I kēia manawa, ua loaʻa iā ia kahi koho maikaʻi loa o nā mea hana kūloko a me nā haole e hōʻike ana i ka ʻokoʻa a me ka waiwai o ke ʻano komikika o kēia manawa.
Among the international ones, important names in the history of modern European comics will be represented, such as the Frenchman David B, who will present his new novel Mr. Owl and the Land of the Dead (Salamandra Graphic).Marguerite Abouet (Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, 1971), author of the main series Aya (Norma Redakcija), among other titles, will also participate.a comic that won the prestigious German Literature Prize 2025. Other international names that will participate in the event are Rosemary Valero-O'Connell (USA), the author of the adaptation of Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu's novel "Carmilla" (Astiber), the Italian author of Don Correa's children Yudori and the author of Pierre of the Children (Nuuvoe of Children).Lelio Bonaccorso, author of Other Football Stories (Garbuix Books), Teresa Radice and Stefano Turconi, authors of The Narrator (Nuevo Nueve).It is also worth mentioning that, thanks to the Valencian publishing house Andana Gràfica, we will have Czechs Tereza Drahonovská and Štěpánka Jislova, authors of Calva (Andana Gràfica).
Thanks to the agreement signed with AECID, the Spanish agency for cooperation in international development, the room will receive, in addition to Marguerite Abouet, the visit of Mai Koraiem, an Egyptian multidisciplinary artist whose comics are attracting international attention for their new artistic approach.From the West Bank we will visit Mohammad Saba'aneh, who has devoted his time as a writer and academic to the promotion of comics created by his compatriots in the diaspora and in Palestine.It is a direct testimony of the situation in this region which is still suffering.For him, Ejob Nathaniel Ejob, the general director of comics, will present the application Zebra Comics, a proposal that adapts the webtoon to African culture, empowering creators and readers and strengthening their own culture.
This hall features famous faces of Spanish graphic novels, such as Paco Roca, Cristina Durán, Miguel Ángel Giner Bou, Keko, Kim, Miguel Brieva, Ana Miralles, Candela Sierra, Jaime Martín or the Gallego brothers.Even in the so-called American comics world, works by renowned writers such as David Aja and Guillem March, who had never attended the event before translation, and Jorge Fornés, Daniel Acuña, and Fernando Blanco, who are famous writers in the North American market and the author of the w0rldtr33 series, are on display, and the original works of these works can be viewed in the hall.
In the show there will also be the winner of the National Comics Award 2024 Bea Lema, who vividly explores painting and embroidery as a narrative language in her work The Body of Christ, which the author will present on Friday 27 at 5:15 p.m. Watch an adaptation of the animated short film of the same name in the lobby. The author Tyto Alba andthe screenwriter María Castro will present the documentary Where I Am, part of the comic project with the same name (Astiberri, 2025). The meeting will take place on Sunday, March 1 at 12:00 noon.
With this advancement of its authors, the Valencian Comics Fair 2026 promotes diversity, editorial quality and the promotion of comics as an art form for all generations.The cultural agenda continues to grow with new endorsements and cultural content to be held at Feria Valencia at the end of February.
Asia Zone, cosplay, exhibitions and much more
Manga, anime, manhwa, webtoon and many others will once again lead the way in Asia with their own programs;cosplay competition, Kpop, board games and performances, Artis Alley main area and other activities.
The gallery presents eleven exhibitions that showcase the multifaceted graphic novel.Among them, you will find the Valencia Comík.KM0, an exhibition by the Valencian Regional Council's cultural sector, which traces the origins of comics and different types of visual writing.Fernando Blanco's Algorithm Algorithm of Horror takes the author's world through his international literary origins.
An international voice arrives with Mai Korai.Between visual art, reportage and Zebra comics: African comics conquers mobile. Both were made in collaboration with AECID under contract with Halla, which focuses on documentary comics and new platforms.In the same way Marguerite Abouet.Everyday Power is sponsored by AECID and presents the work of African writers from a social and critical perspective.
Completan la programación Voces desde el cómic italiano. Entre la novela gráfica y la autobiografía, realizada con el apoyo del Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Barcelona; Los webcómics son el presente: 25 años de webcómic español, que recorre la evolución del formato en español; y Represalias contra el humor gráfico. Manchados por la censura, realizadas con la colaboración de Feria València, la AEPV y el Ministerio de Cultura.
As well as the well-known Antifaz awards that this edition has the participation of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Universities, the awards will be distributed on Saturday, February 28 at 5:00 pm. on the main stage of the Valencia Comic Fair.
Friday, February 27 - March 1, continuously from 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.on Sunday.
