This is a collection of portraits of 7 women, of all different ages, backgrounds, circumstances and eras. Each one of them is facing a defining moment in her life. They are bound together by the symbol of their femininity: their breasts. We see an awkward college girl getting to grips with her womanhood; a 1960s house-wife freeing herself from the restraints of propriety; the manager of a small underwear shop fighting against corporate giants; a woman nude modeling for an unexpected reason… Love, illness, sex, liberation, sensuality: Olivier Pont draws us into the lives of these women with astounding force.
“Pont’s artwork is beautiful. It has a very light touch, animating its range of characters (young and old, skinny and, er, not so skinny, well-endowed and not-so-much) with confidence and poise. “Pipeline Comics
Africa, 1830. Atar Gull, a strapping young slave, finds himself on a certain Captain Benoît’s ship, on his way to the West Indies to be sold. This is no ordinary slave. He is the son of one of the great tribal kings, an athlete, a warrior. He will come at a high price, and not just in terms of money. After a long, unimaginably tough trip, Atar Gull winds up in Jamaica in the service of a plantation owner. It is with this plantation owner that his tragic destiny is entwined. This is a staggering adventure narrated through a superb 88-page volume that will be sure to haunt you long after you’ve turned the last page.
The conclusion of this two-part series from Fabien Nury and Thierry Robin mixes historical fact with gripping thriller at the heart of Tsarist Russia, plunging us into the epicentre of the 1905 Russian revolution.
Georgi is a terrorist. He wants to kill Governor Sergei Alexandrovich. He’s even prepared to give his own life. This is a political thriller about a terrorist who’ll do just about anything for the cause…
This is the second round of this hard-hitting series centered on three friends, all with something to hide. This time, we’re zooming in on Mr. TJ Paper, who passes himself off as a banker, while he’s actually raking it in on the gambling scene. And now he’s got himself into a televised poker tournament, but will his lucky streak see him through a competition of this level? In the meantime, TJ’s girlfriend, Anne and his best friend, Rock, run into each other again in even more surprising circumstances, and the bond they established previously strengthens even further, perhaps too far… to the extent that Rock even starts making big sacrifices in his own life. And all the while, there’s Louviers, the love of Anne’s life, lurking in the background, a constant reminder of the danger and violence she wants to leave behind.
“Man oh man does our story get complicated! The drama is thick in this volume of Ken Games, but most it comes towards the end setting up the final volume which I can only imagine is going to be spectacular.” Comic Bastards
As Baron Wismerhill, now lord and master of Moork and Horkher, becomes increasingly tied up in running his fiefdoms, he is invited by the emperor to join the priesthood of the Black Moon. But it’s not that simple. First, he must pass the test of earth, fire, and water… a test that many don’t survive.
Gone to look for his missing father, Paul reaches the algae fields, which hold within them one of the greatest treasures of the planet Altair-3: magnificent pearls. Paul manages to get hired on to work the fields, in hopes of finding some trace of his father. But the Stepanerk, a powerful and intelligent alien creature, is no longer there to watch over him… The second volume of a very promising science-fiction series by Leo and Icar.
America has entered the war, throwing its weight against the Axis powers. And the gods have joined ranks with them. The Snow Queen and the Dancer are sent on a recon mission in Bavaria, at the site of the last castle built by Louis II. The area is strangely devoid of military activity, and its their job to figure out why. Little do they know that the secret they uncover could change the face of the war—whether it’s at the hands of the Nazis on the decline, or the Soviets on the horizon.
In the aftermath of the murderous attack on the Charlie Hebdo offices on January 7, 2015, cartoonist Catherine Meurisse struggles with the trauma of losing her friends and looks for a way to move forward with her life and her art. She soon enters a dissociative state where she loses her memories, especially those associated with esthetic experiences. This leads her on a quest to seek beauty and lightness in the world around her with the help of guiding lights including Proust, Stendhal, Baudelaire, and two provocative graffiti artists. Throughout the book, Meurisse uses her limber cartooning and dynamic writing to weave a tapestry of raw emotion and philosophical reflection laced with a strain of wry humor.
“It’s really amazing to me that Meurisse can share not only a story that is very personal, very revealing, very raw, but does so in a way that puts her right out there, vulnerable. I admire her for being able to do that so honestly.” Comics Beat
The Gateway has been closed on the wreckage of a dead past, and the millions of survivors have a new world to explore. Civilization must be completely rebuilt under the authority of Methraton, marking the dawn of a new order. Will Wismerhill at last be free to choose his destiny? Or will he succumb to the perils of the future and the shadows of yesteryear who wish his downfall?
