The Spanish Comic Sector is holding an assembly this weekend in Barcelona to renew its board of directors, with its current president, Alejandro Casasola, running for reelection.
This has led to the withdrawal of the Spanish Confederation of Booksellers' Guilds and Associations (CEGAL) due to a "lack of guarantees."
On April 10th, CEGAL issued a statement signed with the Association of Comic Critics and Promoters (ACDCómic) and Astiberri, demanding Casasola's resignation following a conviction by the president of the Comic Sector. Casasola was convicted of copying the brand of an event, but he claims that this is "a commercial matter, not a civil one" and that the sentence "does not mention a crime or sanction." In his opinion, it is an issue that "does not harm the functioning" of the Sectoral Association, which he has chaired since its launch in 2020.
