Association des Critiques et des journalistes de Bande Dessinée

The Association des Critiques et des journalistes de Bande Dessinée (ACBD) (English: Association of Critics and Journalists of Comics) is a French association of comics, critics and journalists, who gave the Prix Bloody Mary from 1984 to 2003 and the Prix de la critique from 2004 until the present day. Since 2007 it gives the Prix Asie-ACBD during the Japan Expo. Every year the association publishes a report about the state of the comics industry in France.