Vitesse moderne

Modern-day Paris. One night, as she’s leaving rehearsal, Lola, a young dancer, is approached by Renée. She introduces herself as a writer, and asks Lola if she could share her life for a while in order to gather material to write a book about her. Despite not feeling entirely comfortable with the idea, Lola accepts. The very next day, Lola and Renée experience the strangest day of their lives, involving an absent father who reappears at random points throughout the book, a bashful but psychopathic admirer, Omar Shariff, and a huge spider… All this is set against a backdrop of a general power cut, a highly demanding dance class and a very rainy day. In the world of today, where everything goes too quickly, twenty-four hours is sometimes enough to change your life.

The fall brings more than changing leaves as massive strikes in Marzi’s little hometown help change the course of Polish history. She’s proud of her dad, but can he come home now? Eight-year-old Marzi tries her best to keep up, but it can be hard when you keep outgrowing your shoes! With one foot in the adult world, where nothing is black and white, and one foot in the fantasies of childhood, where greyscale girls can dream in color, she puts her very own twist on everything she sees and hears. Lucky for us, she likes to tell stories.

When famous comics heroes are around to witness the chaotic adaptation of their adventures into a movie, anything can happen! Believe it or not, Fantasio auditions for his role and doesn’t get it… and Spirou and Seccotine are in for their own surprises when they see their doubles on the set. Will the heroes-turned-spectators be able to limit the damage caused by this cinematic disaster?

Following their escape from the Ushuaia penal colony, the crew of the Levathian sails right into the eye of a huge sea storm and eventually ends up on the banks of a frozen land, populated by hostile natives. Only Esteban’s negotiating skills prevent the desperate runaways from being exterminated. When the governor of Ushuaia turns up on board his heavily armed ship, Esteban and his companions soon realize that they have no choice but to face up to him. Their one saving grace is that they have the governor’s wife as their hostage. Nonetheless, it’s clearly not a fair fight, and the crew of the Levathian is forced to start taking desperate measures…

Darius is a rather paunchy electrician. He could lead the easy life in his little apartment in Los Angeles, but he’s desperately trying to save Bram, the young hooligan drug addict who lives opposite. Why does Darius put himself through it? To fulfill a paternal need created by some personal tragedy? For the sake of Bram’s girlfriend’s nice eyes? Or has he perhaps been entrusted with some secret mission?

The 21st century only really began on the 11th September 2001, now 15 years ago, with the collapse of the twin towers of the World Trade Center. This event plunged the world into a whole new era; a century in which war zones have erupted right at the heart of our comfortable Western world. Nevertheless, we have to keep documenting the world and its inhabitants as they are today, which Steve McCurry has always done with a superb sense of photographic vision. Within the partnership between the two prestigious labels, Aire Libre and Magnum Photos, Jean-David Morvan has written this tale in collaboration with the photographer himself. Morvan tells the tale of McCurry’s life, from Afghanistan in the 1980s, to his numerous trips to India, to the chaos of the century that dawned with the events of 9/11. Exciting Korean artist Kim Jung Gi steps up to the challenge of portraying all the intensity of a life dedicated to image.

Zombillenium, the monster amusement park run by the monsters themselves, is rubbing some people the wrong way. After all, when you only hire the dead (or witches) in a region where unemployment is in the double digits, some friction is to be expected. But things get particularly ugly when the park’s security is breached by activists. Meanwhile, the park director seems to recognize one of the visitors from somewhere… As all of this unfolds, Gretchen and Aurelian will do their best to keep this precarious situation from exploding! De Pins is back with more of his trademark tongue-in-cheek humor and stunning artwork.