Check out the finalists for France Info’s 2026 Graphic Journalism and Current Affairs Prize

Prix France Info has announced its ten finalists. Running since 1994, the award is a fascinating glimpse at documentary, non-fiction, and news-based fiction comics published in France. Decided by a jury of nine France Info newsroom journalists and editor-in-chief Richard Place, the winner will be announced January 18, 2026.

The award is sponsored by 24-hour news station France Info. Before the winner is selected, each book will get a special spot exploring its themes on France Info’s TV and radio channels. 

Previous recipients have included Joe Sacco (Palestine, 1999; Footnotes in Gaza, 2011),  Marjane Satrapi (Persepolis, 2002), Joe Kubert (Fax From Sarajevo, 1998), and Rutu Modan (Exit Wounds, 2008). Last year’s winner was Lou Lubie’s Racine, which will release in English May 2026 as The Roots of My Hair (Helvetiq). Laurent Hopman & Renaud Roche‘s Lucas Wars, which debuted in English this year with Abrams ComicArts, won in 2024. 

Of course, the nominees are just as interesting as the winners – and hopefully a number of them will get the localisation treatment soon. The subjects this year include reporting on incest, the crisis of marine biodiversity, living with HIV, the experiences of a dementia healthcare worker, interviews with members of the Triad, and more.

Check them out below: 

• • On ne parle pas de ces choses-là [tr. ‘We Don’t Talk About Such Things’] by Marine Courtade & Alexandra Petit (Casterman) — Courtade investigates the taboo of incest, by questioning her own family.

• Nous sommes la voix de celles qui n’en ont plus [tr. ‘We speak for those who no longer have a voice‘] by Paola Guzzo & Cécile Rousset (Actes Sud) — an investigation into a 2019 activist movement raising awareness of the murder rate of women in France.

• Là où tu vas, voyage au pays de la mémoire qui flanche [tr. ‘Wherever You Go, Journey to the Land of Fading Memories’], by Étienne Davodeau (Futuropolis) – we shadow Étienne’s partner, a healthcare worker that works with dementia and Alzheimer’s patients.
  *Many of Davodeau’s previous works have been released in English by NBM

• Mon ami Kim Jong-Un [My Friend Kim Jong Un], by Keum Suk Gendry-Kim, French translators Loïc Gendry & Young Joo Lee (Futuropolis) — an exploration of the life and mythology surrounding North Korea’s leader.
  *My Friend Kim Jong Un will be released by Drawn & Quarterly in February 2026, with a translation by Janet Hong

• On a mangé la mer [tr. ‘We Ate The Sea’], by Maxime de Lisle & Olivier Martin (Futuropolis) — about the fishing crisis on France’s coast that has dramatically affected sea life populations

• Blanche, by Maëlle Reat (Glénat) — reportage based on a true story; a mother reveals to her daughter the story of her life with HIV

• Shadi, by Mana & Touka Neyestani & Shaghayegh Mohazzami, French translator Massoumeh Lahidji (çà et là) —- a personal account of the Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 disaster, in which the Iranian Revolutionary Guard accidentally shot down a passenger plane, the state cover-up that ensued, and the Neyestani family’s own personal loss. The co-writier, Mana Neyestani, is the author of An Iranian Metamorphosis (released in English by Uncivilized Books, 2015)

• Triades, quand la mafia chinoise parle [tr. ‘The Triads: When the Chinese Mafia Speaks’] , by Antoine Vitkine & Christophe Girard (Steinkis) — based on journalist Antoine Vitkine’s conversations with various members of the Triads, exploring their impact on the global economy and geopolitics, including in France. The journalist also had a book release on the same subject release in France earlier this year.

• Journal inquiet d’Istanbul – tome 2 by Ersin Karabulut (Dargaud) — About a Turkish cartoonist making his way in the world of satire against a backdrop of growing conservatism.
  *The first book was released digitally by Europe Comics in 2022 as Drawing on the Edge. 

• Brigade Babylone [tr. ‘Babylon Brigade’] (Denoël Graphic) by Pauline Guéna & Mahi Grand, a sensitive account of a troubled neighbourhood in France