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| Founded | 1972 |
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| Founder | Jacques Glénat |
| Country of origin | France |
| Headquarters location | Grenoble, France |
| Distribution | France,Benelux |
| Publication types | Comics andgraphic novels |
| Official website | www |
Glénat Éditions SA (French:[ɡlenaedisjɔ̃]) is a French publisher with its head office inGrenoble. Their products includecomic albums andmanga in France,Benelux, and in the pastSpain; it was founded by Jacques Glénat. TheBenelux subsidiary, Glénat Benelux N.V., is located inBrussels,Belgium.[1] TheSwitzerland subsidiary, Glénat Éditions (Suisse) SA, has its headquarters inNyon.[2] The Spanish subsidiary had its head office inBarcelona.[3]
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Jacques Glénat started his comics fanzineSchtroumpf (the French, original, title ofThe Smurfs) in 1969, when he was still a student. In 1972, only twenty years old, he established his own publishing house, Glénat. The first two books were byClaude Serre and byClaire Bretécher. Two years later, he already received the award for best publisher at theAngoulême International Comics Festival.[4] To support the rapid growth, the company opened warehouses inOrly near Paris, and a flagship store inParis.
A new comics magazine,Circus, first appeared in 1975 and existed until 1989. But the next few years saw Glénat move more away from the traditional juvenileFranco-Belgian comics and more towards thegraphic novel, with an emphasis on their successful historical series byFrançois Bourgeon andAndré Juillard. A second magazine,Vécu, dedicated to historical comics, was created in 1985 and survived until 2004.
From 1980 on, Glénat also published non-fiction books related to mountain climbing and to the sea. They also bought the publisherVents d'Ouest and from 1991 on started publishingmanga. But the biggest success of all came withTiteuf byZep, which soon was one of the bestselling French comic series, with its own magazineTchô and animated series.
On 5 October 2011, yielded 100% of the capital of Glénat España to Joan Navarro and Félix Sabaté, the two heads of the former subsidiary.[5][clarification needed]
As of 2009, the company gets 50% of its turnover from comics, 20% from manga, and 15% from books, with the last 15% divided over smaller products.
The book division has a catalogue of over 4,000 titles, publishing some 400 new books and 12 million volumes a year. Bestselling series includeTiteuf, with 16 million copies, andDragon Ball, with 17 million copies. It is the second largest comics publishing group in France, behindMédia-Participations, with some 20% of the market.
The company has two international subsidiaries, Glénat Benelux and Glénat Suisse (Switzerland). The company is also very active in Canada and collaborates with other publishers in other countries. Apart from translating and distributing the original Glénat productions, these regional companies also produce their own content and specializations. Glénat Benelux has 13% of the market of Belgian comic shops.
The company head office is in centralGrenoble,[6][7] in the former Convent of St. Cecilia, a 17th-century building which previously hosted a theater. Jacques Glénat had the building restored so it could become the headquarters of the company.[8] The building's restoration took five years to complete. 100 employees work in the building.[7] The building's archives, library, and private collection are open to the public.[8]
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