The Blue Scourge epidemic now affecting human beings leaves Apidae an orphan. Moved by the little boy, Darwin promises to accompany him to Willow in order to be cared for by the Great Healer. But Okima’s messengers are on the prowl, ready to do anything to seize the Skywood…
Chassé-croisé au Val doré – sous étui
In Val doré, we meet a child who wants a dog, who wants to save his mistresses, one of whom has a ghost in her life, a supernatural creature that a president, who is about to meet the child, is fighting against!
Lewis Trondheim and Sergio Garcia Sanchez weave a narrative as original as it is charming, in little albums with twin narratives, each focusing on a different character.
On the program: humor, drama, tenderness, action, emotion, a touch of the absurd and, above all, pure talent!
Space Punch tome 4
Joe has atomized the colossal Salomon, provoking the fury of the Gospels. Helped by Zack, he is finally rescued by the Darumas, who offer him a deal: in exchange for his mother’s protection, Joe must join their mafia and prove his loyalty. Torn between his thirst for vengeance and his principles, Joe accepts the deal, but vows to put an end to the gangs once and for all…
Du feu sur la glace
Winter of 1861. Sergeant Chesterfield, tasked with replacing Captain Stark, ends up back in hospital with his superior with the same diagnosis: post-traumatic stress disorder! The cure: keep him away from the war… General Alexander asks him to accompany a certain Jeremiah Clure, a geographer in charge of mapping Native American territories. Little problem for Blutch and Chesterfield: Clure is an anarchist. But worse: they have to escort him into territories where the Southerners, allied with the Cherokees, are persecuting the Creeks, tribes loyal to the Northerners…
La Callas et Pasolini un amour impossible
In 1969, Pier Paolo Pasolini directs a movie called “Medea” with Maria Callas in the title role. It will be her only non-musical performance and a key moment in Italian movie history. Callas finds the movie shoot exhausting. She gets ill after a day of neverending retakes in the heavy conditions of mud and heat. The movie was not a huge commercial success, but it remains the only record of Callas in a non-singing role.
Meanwhile, another drama is unfolding—the complex love lives of the rich and famous worn out by their emotions on and off the screen: Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, Jackie Onassis and the Kennedys.
Renard rusé
A young woman performs a shamanic ceremony, hoping to discover her animal-totem through an automatic drawing made in meditation. Perhaps the animal’s qualities will solve the problems she encounters in her life… Her totem turns out to be the fox. Jean-Claude Servais will bring to light the truth and intelligence of this animal, which has been attributed with many tricks, through legends as astonishing as they are unexpected.
Tu racontes n’importe quoi !
Because I can’t love you tome 2
The complex destinies of the heroes and heroines of Because I Can’t Love You continue to unfold under Lief’s pen, revealing ever more profound human interactions.
Distress
Lenny and Anoki continue to investigate, chasing a mysterious creature through the streets of Montreal. But a weekend with friends at a cottage turns their relationship and knowledge of each other upside down. The story of Lenny’s accident affects Anoki to the core. Anoki seems to blame himself and distances himself from his friend, without Lenny understanding why. Is the truth always worth telling?
La Bête
Belgium, 1950s. A strange yellow monkey with black spots and an oversized tail escapes from a cargo ship in Antwerp and heads for Brussels. There, the wild beast is taken in by François, a kid who loves wildlife, before being caught. But the young boy is determined to free his new friend and take him with him to his father’s home in Germany. Little does he know that the fabulous bug is also coveted by Professor Sneutvelmans, a cryptozoology expert convinced he’s got his hands on the legendary Cola-Cola!
With this second graphic novel, Frank Pé and Zidrou complete the series and pay a magnificent tribute to the fabulous animal created by Franquin.
