The finalists for the Prix Utopiales BD (BD = Bande Dessinée = Comic Strip) were revealed September 24.

The prize, worth 2000 Euros, is awarded to the best comic of the year by the Nantes municipal library sci-fi comics readers club.

• “L’archipel” by Sacha Goerg (Éditions Gallimard)
• “Le fils de Pan” by Fabrizio Dori (Éditions Sarbacane)
• “Le visage de Pavil” by Jeremy Perrodeau (Éditions 2024)
• “Le Dieu-Fauve” by Fabien Vehlmann & Roger (Éditions Dargaud)
• “La cuisine des Ogres, Trois-fois-morte” by Fabien Vehlmann & Jean Baptiste Andreae (Éditions Rue de Sèvres)
• “Le champ des possibles” by Véro Cazot & Anaïs Bernabé (Éditions Dupuis Plus)

The winner will be announced during Utopiales in Nantes, France, being held from October 30-November 3.