Mancini’s story gets harder and harder to digest, as it spirals towards it’s violent and sordid climax. We see cracks beginning to appear in that seemingly impenetrable calm he maintains in the interrogation room, as he relates his difficult winter, his internment in a psychiatric hospital, his discovery of a collection of paintings that are the perfect representation of human suffering, and a cataclysmic encounter in the forest.
”Polza’s story has many unusual twists, absurdities and horrors to go through before we get any closer to understanding the nature of the Blast, and Larcenet’s pacing and visual depictions of the journey make that a compellingly dark and intriguing story.”The Digital Fix
Three women in their fifties are on a ‘girls-only’ weekend in a holiday house by the sea. It’s raining, the teenage kids are still ensconced in their beds, and it’s just coming up to midday. So the three women crack open a bottle of white, and the conversation begins to flow, as only it can between old friends.
Valerian and Laureline are spending their holidays in the tourist paradise of the cosmos. The place is jam-packed with billionaires, like that four-eyed stuck-up madam who doesn’t stop complaining, or the mega-rich caliph of Iksaladam with his harem and his obnoxious heir. Valerian and Laureline are a little bored, but that won’t last. One night, the Quatuor Mortis (trafficking, contraband, assassinations etc) rocks up with an explosive schniarf and kidnaps the caliph… and Laureline with him!
Having learned of the Black Moon’s diabolical schemes to take over the world with a demon invasion, Wismerhill turns his back on his former master, thwarting his plans by closing the gates of Hell. Now, Wismerhill and his loyal companions know that it is only a matter of time before Haazheel Thorn comes after them. This day could be their last…
While escorting a prisoner, Trent stops in a small town full of commotion: the famous Wild Bill Turkey is passing through on his way to his bride. Bill is a legend among the gunfighters of the Old West. An aging one, yes, but that doesn’t prevent him from coming to the Mountie’s help when a group of men try to free his prisoner. A powerful man is behind that attempt, though, and both Trent and Bill suddenly become targets.
Following an apocalyptic attack at the hands of space vampires in volume two, Gildas and Martina are back for more intergalactic adventures. This time, their spaceship carries them to an outer space museum, built entirely in their honor, which also happens to be the symbol of the all-powerful Celta movement. Just the kind of symbol that the resistance would love to blow to smithereens, as our space heroes are about to find out…
”Cosmonauts of the Future is a fun and surprising book that deserves a look if you want something in the sci-fi arena that’s a little more humorous.”Pipeline Comics
After an adventurous first chapter, Gildas and Martina now know they’re not just normal kids living in a normal neighborhood. No: they’re in fact clones! Years ago, a spaceship from Earth crashed on the planet Mawis. And the locals kindly put the victims back together using their DNA, and built around them a city exactly like theirs on Earth! But as it turns out, knowing the truth about their past isn’t much help to Gildas and Martina as they go about their daily life, between school problems and family crises. Not to mention the imminent arrival of a vessel full of space vampires…
”Cosmonauts of the Future is a fun and surprising book that deserves a look if you want something in the sci-fi arena that’s a little more humorous.”Pipeline Comics
Some wait hours, some wait months before they’re summoned by the oracle to hear their destiny. But not Wismerhill. He’s barely set foot on the sacred site when he hears the call. It seems the oracle had been waiting for him. But Wismerhill doesn’t want to know his destiny; he just wants to know where his father is. With new information in hand, the motley crew sets off once again on their travels through strange lands. Little do they suspect the demons that are on their trail…
In ancient Iran, a man with a mysterious past and an even more mysterious future arrives in the city of Gonur-Depe to start a new life as a merchant. There he meets a wealthy woman who vows to make his life miserable, but her plans are interrupted when the city is attacked by the army of an evil prince that has been possessed by an even more evil god. The man and woman manage to flee the blood-soaked city and embark on a long, brutal journey of survival through the desert, moving toward their destiny and the world-changing events about to unfold.
