Hacker la peau

Lyon, France, in a future that is not so out of reach that it blends with our current times. The far right is more and more prominent and the city is overflowing with tensions. Three queer people in a polyamorous relationship with its highs and lows, feelings and hopes, live in a world on the verge of fascism. We follow them for a night, as a group and within their community, as they are fighting for their rights from a hacker space, until far rights militia comes to after them. They will have to rebuild a safe space. Absorbed into this storyline, we discover their relationship, the uncovering of their identities, their search for building the foundations of an unconventional love. Between violence and tenderness, it is the portait of a generation fighting for who they are and the world they want to live in.

Orphaned in the Watts ghetto, Betty Jones and her brother Marcus were adopted by General Carrington, and Betty is now a sub-lieutenant in training at the Patuxent River Test Pilot School.

Hundreds of miles away, at the Marion Penitentiary in Illinois, three inmates take advantage of the fact that their guards are glued to their TV screens, watching the outcome of the doomed Apollo 13 mission, to say goodbye to prison life. One of the fugitives is none other than Marcus, who was imprisoned for supporting the Native American activist group the Red Power Warriors.

When FBI agents interrupt Betty’s training to “ask her some questions,” she is astonished to discover that the members of the Red Power have just occupied the abandoned Alcatraz Island and that her brother is among them. Soon joined by militant pacifists and other Red Power sympathizers, they begin to make the headlines. But the intentions of their leader, Crow Dog, are anything but pacifist. With the help of her mentor Carrington, Betty must move fast to rescue her brother from grave danger…

Eva, a brilliant young psychiatrist, is reluctant to be analyzed by Dr. Llull, but she has no choice if she plans to get her license back. So she tells him everything— well, almost everything—but the way she sees it, in a game of cat and mouse with the doctor and his unorthodox methods. Little by little, we piece together Eva’s story, of the week she spent trying to solve a mysterious murder case, and appreciate her ability to deal with lies and dangerous situations… as well as the suspicions of the police.

A fisherman’s son, young Sivar has his world torn apart when the inhabitants of his home island are inexplicably massacred. With his dying breath, the man he thought was his father tells Sivar that Merlin entrusted the boy to him soon after he was born. Deciding to go to King Arthur’s court to find out the truth, Sivar discovers that Merlin has disappeared, and that the enchantress Morgana is using her mysterious powers to usurp her half-brother’s throne and imprison the Knights of the Round Table.

After winning a tournament Arthur has organized, Sivar is enchanted by Morgana and must pursue a dragon visible only to him. His companions Didan and Golian join him in the search for the Holy Grail, which can set him free from Morgana’s spell. But Morgana is actually using Sivar to find the Grail, which will make her immortal and bring the Celtic God Elcmar back to life.

Is evil best embodied in the horrific eyes of the Niddhog, in the valiant heart of Sioban, Queen of the Sudenne, or in the angelic features of the sublime Aylissa?

Often, monstrosity chooses unexpected paths and nestles in what may appear to be the most innocent of spirits. Sioban, as a far-sighted warrior, understands this. Every day, her cousin Aylissa becomes a little more bogged down in perfidious, power-hungry cruelty.

The emperor Augustus has died.

Now it’s Tiberius’ turn to rule Rome. By his side, Seianus is supposed to help him establish his dominion over the Eternal City.

But Rome’s greatness is fragile. Behind the scenes, a plot is being hatched. The seven conspirators call themselves the Liberatores. Seianus is one of them, and he’s counting on the beautiful Morphea to help him achieve his goals.

Philip Mortimer and Francis Blake fly to New York, where Blake is to speak on behalf of the United Kingdom on the last day of the International Peace Conference at the UN’s brand new headquarters beside the East River. The conference’s purpose is to lessen tensions between the East and the West that are threatening world peace. But this laudable aim is derailed the very evening the men arrive, when police arrest a man for vandalizing the famous Cippus of Horus, the star exhibit in the Egyptian Art Department of the Metropolitan Museum. The motto “Par horus dem,” carved into the 2,000-year-old stone stela, brings back painful memories for Blake and Mortimer; and when they discover that the vandal is none other than Colonel Olrik, who has lost his memory, their amazement turns to apprehension.

What’s a cocker spaniel?… An endearing, greedy, boisterous, teasing companion! And if we follow this definition, Bill is THE cocker spaniel par excellence! Always the last one in the bath, but the first one in the soup or on the playground, he and Boule form a duo as funny as they are friendly. A new variation on the “naughty cocker spaniel” for family laughter in the run-up to the festive season!

This second compilations includes volumes 4 to 7 of the “Altor” series. While Jean Giraud/Moebius continues to write the screenplays for “Immortals of Shinkara”, “Ways of Time” and “Adventurers of the White Hole”, Marc Bati will produce episode 5, “Lords Force”, on his own. This new-age SF series blends time travel with inner quest, adventure and metaphysics.

After their victory over Fortuna at the Celestial Mechanics, Aster and Pan’s team flee the city and take refuge in an old factory. There they meet a strange reclusive community, La Source, which advocates neutrality towards Fortuna and Ceres. But the peace is short-lived, and Fortuna’s emissaries arrive at the factory determined to track down those responsible for an attack on their technological devices. What follows is a veritable chase between fake terrorists, real spies and, in the middle of it all, Aster and his crack team!

A story of energy, generosity and infectious good humor, with all the elements that made “Mécanique Céleste” such a success!