The United States, 1898. Racial segregation and the persecution of Blacks are at their height, and a law has just been passed requiring all those of mixed heritage to be considered Black. In response, Mrs. Greene decides that she and her five children will become Whites. The most determined of the children is Belle, who, claiming Portuguese ancestry to account for her dark skin, calls herself Belle da Costa Greene.
As such, she secures a job as a librarian at prestigious Princeton University before obtaining the highly sought-after position of Manager at the Morgan Library. Now very much in the public eye, Belle mingles with leading art dealers and collectors. But her secret is becoming increasingly difficult to keep when her father—a well-known Black activist who left home when she was young—reappears and threatens to reveal to the world her true origins….
The son of Ares, God of War, Daemon stirs only rancor, wrath, and contempt in those around him. Cursed by Zeus, he is doomed to turn slowly into a marble statue… unless he can learn to stir gratitude in others as well.
Ever since coming out of the closet, Khalil has been the laughingstock of his fellow middle schoolers. But he can count on unstinting support from his family and two besties, Aïssata and Sacha. What other people think of him won’t get him down!
Things are different for Isaël. Born into a staunchly traditionalist and homophobic family, he dates a girl to keep up appearances and seeks validation from other boys by joining in mocking Khalil.
But whom are you really trying to convince when you feel like an impostor in your own life? Between these two teens, an atmosphere of ambiguous hostility sets in, a love hate relationship alternating between chase and escape, attraction and rejection, that will lead them to making painful choices
While every story rests on its heroes and heroines, there is always an adversary in front of them, someone to be vanquished. The “Big Bad”. And sometimes, it’s not the one you’re thinking of… So it is that, after fleeing the assaults of the White Fire Dragon, Pabo and his companions must now face Mr. Doudou, the tyrant who reigns with an iron fist over the small Bresse farm. In the poetic and metaphorical continuity of the first part, Petits Dieux continues to offer us an unexpected journey behind the scenes of creation and imagination.
I sit gazing out over the Bay of Alexandria, where once my palace stood. I am Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator, the last Queen of Egypt. They say I am a femme fatale, licentious and venomous, who made amuse-bouches of Julius Caesar and Mark Antony; a heartless, merciless murderer. The Roman propaganda machine certainly did a good job. When I was a little girl, I had a gift for languages. I was fascinated by the catacombs that sprawled beneath the ancient city of Alexandria. Then I grew into a pretty, though not stunning, young woman. I had four children. I ruled a man’s world. I was the head of its most powerful empire. And my story became inextricably linked with famous historical events…
In this superb graphic novel, Isabelle Dethan challenges the myths that surround Cleopatra. Was she really a femme fatale and a matchless beauty? Did her nose really change the course of history? Did she really bathe in ass’s milk? Did she really soak her pearls in vinegar? With a combination of humor and academic rigor, Dethan tells the true story of Egypt’s last queen.
In the flat, lifeless landscape of a stony desert stands a correctional boarding school. For seven years, Margot has perfected her solitude there. Transparent and stoic, she watches as Dan and his gang make the rules in yard and corridor, Solweig fistfights out behind the buildings, and the director’s daughter naps wherever there’s a sunny spot. All these young women are in their last year of high school, and just as freedom rears its head on the bright horizon of seventeen, the “PHENOMENON” happens.
Everyone knows it’s rare to survive one. So when the evacuation signal sounds and clouds gather, the girls must run. For just a few minutes later, the tiny murderous creatures will start falling. Everyone still on the premises when the alarm ends will be trapped with these mysterious creatures and left to their fate.
As the clouds roil over the school, students and teachers alike rush through the gates for the safety of the desert. But lost in the labyrinthine halls of an abandoned wing, Margot stops running and faces the inevitable: it’s too late for her to escape.
Yuri is a Soviet soldier. His mission? To assassinate the last heiress of the Romanov family. His personal rule: never get involved. Nadya Romanov is a prideful, tyrannical little pest. But under that shell, she is only a little girl crushed by enormouss responsibilities far beyond her. Naturally, Yuri decides to abandon his mission and save Nadya. Pursued by a giant golem controled by Nikita, a sadistic and unscrupulous Bolshevik leader, Yuri and Nadya must do all they can to move forward and build the home they’ve never known.
For Kathy Austin, things are happening fast in the Highlands. Between Russian spies, flying saucers and crop circles, the discovery of a man’s body embedded in the wall of a church only adds confusion to an already complex situation… At the same time, a strange, technologically advanced group of people is moving into the area. All these incidents seem to be interconnected, and the answer to these mysteries may well lie in the ghosts of Kathy’s past…
It is said that the spirit of Beirut is embodied in a genie that cannot be destroyed unless the city itself is destroyed… but this has yet to be proved.
In the 1970s, Beirut is a kaleidoscope of contrasting communities, their members living in relative harmony. But the advent of war threatens to disrupt this fragile balance.
“The Genie of Beirut” is a fictionalized three-volume account of the gradual destruction of the city, its sensitive portrayal of the catastrophe owing to the gentle and understated gravity of journalist Sélim Nassib’s text and the delicate luminosity of Léna Merhej’s illustrations.
When Uriaki Posta dies and finds himself in Hell, he thinks there must be some mistake. How could he, a personal development guru with millions of followers, have been sent there? But even with all his rhetorical skills, he can’t make the infernal authorities see reason. To be fair, they are having problems of their own: the damned are arriving in droves and the Big Boss upstairs is refusing to take their calls.
A wicked satire devised by Diego Agrimbau and brought to life by Gabriele Ippoliti in his debut album for Dargaud.
