The comic strip can be reborn "provided to seek the prior approval of Isabelle Franquin", specifies the arbitration rendered in this. decision.
Dupuis has undertaken not to publish a new album before 2023 at the earliest, until the dispute is settled on the merits by private arbitration. It is "an inalienable moral right" that she can exercise, had insisted in May 2022 her lawyer Martine Berwette. "His agreement is essential for any new creation, including on the choice of the author," insists the arbitrator.