Une semaine ordinaire

An ordinary week for Emperor Wismerhill the First isn’t, oddly enough, all that ordinary…
Especially when it begins with a visit from a god
who shouldn’t actually exist…

Emissaries from planet Näkän are heavily invested in an altruistic mission: saving a dying Earth and its inhabitants from a tragic end. Humans around the world, mesmerized by the extraterrestrial technology and the hope it brings to their planet, have so far shown little resistance to the mostly pacific invasion of their homelands. But other aliens involved in the undertaking appear to have less noble intentions for the blue planet…

Charlie and Cantor have the diamonds, and the beginnings of a wary friendship. Forthys has the money and Alicia. And Armand Orsini’s got one hell of a grudge, plus a lumbering ex-Nazi goon named Gunther. The UN Mission to Katanga has declared a state of siege pending a manhunt for missing independence leader Patrice Lumumba, believed a victim of shady government manipulations. It won’t be easy for our three pairs of schemers to converge on Albertville, and what awaits them there? The planned handoff? Or a sudden, bloody showdown? Love, tragedy, and amorality: the thrilling series conclusion has it all.

Full-figured girls in a skinny world: a challenging situation joyfully taken up by Krassinsky, in these stories in which his well-rounded heroines — Fanny, Martha, Rosy, and the others — are fully as charming as they are smart

Elma is a joyful, free-spirited child who is being raised by a bear she thinks of as her father. But Papa Bear is hiding a secret, and the close-knit duo must make a long and perilous journey to begin a mysterious new life beyond the forest. Adventure and danger are in store as they discover the linked secrets of Elma’s past and future.

A police captain and his two detectives arrive on Biotope, a distant planet on which a scientific base has been erected, to investigate a murder-suicide. They soon realize that all is not right on this self-sustaining base and that the scientists, some of whom are downright hostile towards them, aren’t telling them everything. A sci-fi thriller dripping with mood and atmosphere, in which the mounting tension is palpable and the jungle that lies beyond the glass walls of their claustrophobic interior is dense, oppressive and full of deadly secrets…

What was the Roswell incident? Why did people in the Stone Age paint pictures on cave walls? What is the Larsen effect? What was the “Wow!” signal? How do carnivorous plants catch their prey? What is absolute zero? Author Fabcaro, smitten by science, tackles countless scientific subjects alongside artist Julien/CDM in this illustrated “encyclopedia.” Through humor and irony, they manage to make even the trickiest topics accessible to all—in just one page!

Fifty years have passed since Christin and Mézières published the first Valerian adventure in Pilote magazine. For the special occasion, this issue of the magazine is devoted to the series and is published in a hardcover version for bookshelves. Contents include essays by comics figureheads, first-hand accounts from the set of the upcoming Valerian film, and previews of upcoming albums and books dedicated to the series.

Yoshi, a troubled teenager, is sent by his grandfather to Seijun, a highly renowned tattoo artist. Against all expectations, the boy masters the art of tattooing, including the complicated Tebori technique. Ten years later, Seijun reveals a great secret to his apprentice: his clients are from the yakuza, the formidable Japanese mafia. Each tattoo they bear has a specific meaning, often to do with the murders they’ve committed. When Yoshi discover that his friend is tattooed with the same strange design as one of the yakuza bosses, his whole world turns upside down…

Rose is not a happy young woman; she is closed off and angry and she hates her job. But her life changes drastically when she inherits her father’s bakery in a small town in Brittany. Returning to a place that brought her both joy and grief forces her to confront painful memories of her past and find the courage to open her heart to a new, happier life that awaits her if she will just let it. A story about new beginnings, filled with small town charm, delicious pastries and the warmth of home and friends.