Did you think Natacha’s grandmother and Walter’s grandfather’s adventures in New Caledonia were over? Fortunately not! Here they are in the middle of the Pacific, still accompanied by little Chacha, coming across a luxury liner that has stopped in mid-ocean, while a mysterious light shines in the night sky… On board: the crew and passengers asleep, and a broken safe. Strange burglars have pulled off a coup that may not be their last… Unless Natacha’s grandmother, as brave and seductive as her granddaughter, decides otherwise… For the adventuress has arguments to put forward, like Chanson d’avril, her favorite revolver!
With the sequel to Natacha’s grandmother’s diary, Walthéry celebrates the 55th anniversary of his flagship series, with adventures worthy of Spirou’s golden age!
The King of Énégaur earned his right to the throne by bringing back the legendary sword Zgangver. Unfortunately, he damaged it while swinging it at a piñata. So he brings it to Devane’s father, the blacksmith Eriol, for repairs. When Devane, showing off to her friends Korwin and Nikki, draws the blade, it gets snatched away by a passing pterodactyl. Devane and her friends must set out to recover the sword at once.
Forced to return to England, botanist Diane Fosset waits in Chiquito for her flight to London, in the company of George and Hector, but the latter, astonishingly turned back into a marsu, has decided to return to the jungle where he plans to settle permanently with his marsupilami friends. Alas, the welcome he receives is far from what he had imagined, as the marsu family, especially Bobo and the marsu himself, do not take kindly to the arrival of a rival male on their territory.
In this hectic, spectacular adventure, Colman and Batem paint a superb portrait of a teenager while composing a lovely parable about living together!
Shortly after Christmas, Amy leaves London for Indochina. Her father is called to the archaeological excavation site of Angkor Wat. After a long boat trip, which she is lucky enough to share with her childhood friend Eliott, Amy makes her way to Cambodia alone.
She is greeted by Sophal, a young dancer, and Maenong, an adorable elephant. While the first few days are spent excavating and cataloguing the site’s treasures, Amy soon discovers that antiquities dealers are rampant here too, and must be stopped at all costs.
Amy’s curiosity and thirst for justice will get her into a lot of trouble…
Still searching for his little sister Mary in the Kingdom Beyond, Christopher must cross the Bois des Maudits, a mysterious and very dangerous forest. Fortunately, he’s not alone on his journey! Murphy, the little specter of misfortune who knows how to trap his enemies, Cassie, who has more than one trick up her sleeve, and above all the strange and whimsical Morrigan, who seems to know the secrets of forbidden magic, accompany him on an adventure fraught with pitfalls.
Will they be able to avoid the dangers of this cursed forest?
A Western style adaptation of Heart of Darkness, the infamous novel by Joseph Conrad, by the duo of Jean-François and Maryse Charles (Les pionniers du Nouveau Monde, Glénat; China Li,
Casterman).
Gérard Poaillat, a photographer known for his work on the Algerian War, has just passed away. The mayor of Maquerol, his hometown, leaps at the chance to begin construction on a memorial dedicated to his work. To pull this off, he calls on historian Stéphanie Delbeille-Violette and internationally renowned visual artist Jean- Claude Wollaert. Together, the three of them will create more than an exhibit. They’ll attempt the impossible: reconciling France and Algeria.
In the 1980s, Paulin can be seen pushing his home-made trolleybuses through the streets of Lausanne. Fascinated by them as a boy, he began making them as an adult—out of anything he could find. He is a familiar figure in the city, eccentric but harmless, never causing any trouble.
Then, one day, he is anonymously accused of disturbing the peace and threatened with hospitalization. It is the start of a frightening legal battle in which calls for Paulin’s acquittal are met with denials of his right to freedom.
Based on the life of “The Bus Man,” Martial Richoz, who was incarcerated in a psychiatric hospital at the age of 25, this story exploresthe shadowy and ever-changing boundary between “normality” and pathology.
Ana Ana and the doudous play ball on the beach. Baleineau keeps to himself, which worries his friends… What’s happening to him? Why is he alone? Is he sad? No matter how much Baleineau explains that he’s not sad, but just happy to be gazing at the ocean, no one believes him, and the merry band gathers around him to cheer him up. But that’s without counting on that rascal Fluffy, who devours the picnic all by himself. How are Ana Ana and the doudous going to manage their picnic now?
Barely back from his near-death experience on the Desolation Islands, Calec sets sail again. In order to pay off the debts owed by his shipowner, Perreira, to Mr. Paulo, head of the local underworld, Calec must bring back “Le Kid”, a small cargo ship from Puerto Rico, with its cargo. Cornered by Perreira and Paulo, who have incriminating evidence against him, Calec can’t refuse the mission.
Once there, he’ll have his work cut out between the corrupt French authorities and the local underworld, who are all after the cargo’s mysterious cargo…
