Sébastien Gnaedig will join the Delcourt Group on September 1, 2026 as editorial director. An arrival which also resembles a return: from 1992 to 1996, he had worked for Delcourt editions as head of manufacturing, at a time when the house still had half a dozen employees.
Thirty years later – to the day, says the group – it will therefore return to a structure that has become very different, with an expanded editorial scope. Its mission will cover the comics, comics and manga sectors. He will have to develop and lead the group’s editorial policy alongside its president, Guy Delcourt.
A journey marked by Futuropolis
Born in 1968, Sébastien Gnaedig began his career as an editor in 1996 at Humanoïds Associés, where he notably supported Enki Bilal. He then joined Dupuis, where he developed the adult sector through several collections: Repérages, Aire Libre, Empreintes and Expresso.
In 2004, he relaunched Futuropolis, a house acquired by the Gallimard Group. In two decades, the structure published 800 titles and established an editorial line largely focused on adult stories and reality. There we find authors like Tardi, Pascal Rabaté, Étienne Davodeau, Emmanuel Lepage, Baru, Zelba, David Prudhomme and Nicolas de Crécy.
Under his leadership, Futuropolis is also developing a collection with the Louvre Museum, distributed beyond the French market alone. Sébastien Gnaedig then held joint positions as editorial director and general manager.
His career is not limited to publishing. Sébastien Gnaedig has also signed albums as a designer, based on scenarios by Philippe Thirault, Pascal Rabaté and Gérard Mordillat. He also adapted two novels by Sorj Chalandon, Profession du père (2018) and Enfant de basaud (2025), into comics, at Futuropolis.
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This dual experience – on the manufacturing, publishing, management and creation sides – nourishes a profile that is quite rare in the sector. At Delcourt, it should influence the definition of the editorial line for the coming years, with a field of action that covers several major segments of the group: comics, comics and manga.
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Originally published at Almouwatin.com
