*Clair Obscur: Expedition 33* has been a massivelysuccessful debut for developer Sandfall Interactive. It also hasn't been without controversy. In December, the Indie Game Awards revoked two of its awards for its inclusion of AI-generated assets at launch. (They were quickly patched out.) Now, a French author is claiming the developer is forcing him to stop selling his newly released graphic novel, titled *L' Académie Clair-Obscur*.