June 1943. Julien Sarlat jumps from the train transporting him to Germany and manages to get back to his small village in the Aveyron, Cambeyrac, where he hides, without the villagers’ knowledge, to await the end of the hostilities. In a strange turn of fate, the train that he was on is bombed, and one of the corpses is identified as his. In the eyes of society, he is now dead. Taking advantage of this unexpected situation, he hides away in the attic of his old school teacher, who was arrested by the French Gestapo for suspected communist leanings. From that moment on Julien, from his observatory overlooking the village square, is the spectator of this everyday theater of ordinary people going about their business. Love, hatred, envy, cowardice, passion and heroism: the onlooker sees the most.
Beatrice is stuck in a depressing office job: her hard work is overlooked, her paycheck’s so small she’s about to lose her apartment, and her boss won’t give her a promotion unless she sleeps with him. But Beatrice just took a vacation to Africa, where she learned a very particular set of skills, both in and out of the bedroom. She’s about to transform her boss’s life in a way that he never saw coming. She’ll get a maid to clean her dirty apartment. And maybe, in the process, Beatrice will finally find love . . .
Normandy, 1913. Célestin manages an immense zoo which he maintains to the best of his abilities with the aid of the sculptor Buggy and the young Manon, spontaneous and carefree. One day the small group witnesses the arrival of a strange person: Anna, a Russian refugee, whose bandage hides a terrible scar. The young woman, who fell victim to a brute, had her nose torn off. In Russian tradition it is believed that he who loses his nose, loses his soul as well… Can Anna, the real living dead regain her lust for life through her contacts with Manon and the incredible zoo?
“Ivory Pearl” is the final work by the French master of noir fiction, Jean-Patrick Manchette. But this wide-reaching geopolitical thriller, blending action and adventure, was only known to readers in its unfinished form, as written by Manchette before his passing in 1995. Now, using his father’s notes, Doug Headline has finally put together the full tale, alongside artist Max Cabanes. Together, they have brought Ivory Pearl to vivid life in a graphic novel not to be missed.
Romane and Brahim have reached Algapower’s artificial island, with the help of some quite extraordinary cetaceans. All they need to do now is sneak into the laboratories, locate Romane’s kidnapped niece, and find a way to escape with her before the corporation’s mad scientists transplant a dolphin’s tail onto her. Not an easy task, especially as Algapower has found some ruthless allies. But the two agents, too, have some rather unexpected allies—and a revolution is coming…
The mission to break the siege of Tel Aviv ended in disaster, with two dead, and the rest of the team captured. But as the prisoners await their fate, they’re suddenly confronted with the terrible reality of their world—most notably the fact that they don’t seem to be fighting for the forces of good. Will they be able to adapt to this new truth and make the right choices, assuming they still have any?
The village on the other side of the lake is under attack by the Black Queen, a.k.a. Milo’s transformed best friend Valia, and her army of disgusting, ferocious, and hungry giant spiders. After she captures the village children, Milo leads the counter-attack against the Queen’s fortress to free the kids. But Valia’s power grows stronger by the minute, and Milo must quickly figure out how to tame his own new magical gift in order to defeat her before it’s too late. Unfortunately, all he seems to be able to do is create harmless pretty things like flowers and cuddly animals…
