On their way to a well-deserved furlough, Blutch and Chesterfield witness the murder of two Southern soldiers by a band of brigands. Chesterfield receives the dying man’s last wishes and promises to take his medallion back to his fiancée… So it is that our two friends – disguised as Mexicans – head for Southern territory. They have no idea that they are going to be mistaken for the dead Confederates. And discover that they were part of a secret plan to win gold. A lot of gold. Enough for the South to win the war… An added worry: one of the soldiers accompanying them to recover the loot is none other than the son of a certain General Lee… Will Blutch and Chesterfield manage to get their hands on the mythical Southern treasure?
Fred Neidhardt, at ease in a wide range of genres, slips happily into the boots of the Bluecoats, with plenty of humour and culture. The inexhaustible Lambil is, as always, impeccable.
Memories are often our most precious possession… But that doesn’t mean we can’t share them! The proof is in the pudding, with Dad and his four daughters, who in volume 11 of their adventures offer you irresistible snapshots of their early years. Meet Dad as a young father, accompanied by Panda, Ondine, Roxane and Bébérénice, who were all babies at first, before the years took them to the age you discovered them at in volume 1!
Hired to deliver a strange case, Kurdy and Jeremiah find themselves stranded in a strange hotel with no guests, where the hotelier reveals that the area is under the tight control of two psychopathic brothers who are at odds with each other. The two friends soon realise that they are in the wrong place at the wrong time. And that they may not have many moments left! Unless they manage to avoid the various gangs infesting the region. Or eliminate them…
A tireless creator, Hermann turns this new Jeremiah into a summit of graphic virtuosity and narrative tension, working particularly hard on atmosphere. It’s frighteningly effective!
Ange’s future looks bright: engaged to Makda, he has also found a way to put an end to the Dhizi war. All he has to do now is make a pact with his future father-in-law Lupka, and all should be well. But can things ever go well between a father-in-law and his son-in-law? Especially when the father-in-law is a psychopath of the worst kind? Ange should be used to being betrayed by his own kind. It’s a family tradition that goes back…
In Cairo, a mysterious ‘Mr Washington’ is paying street kids to do ‘minor recycling jobs’ using radium and other radioactive debris to make very nice bombs. It’s time for Alpha and the CIA Roadies to get back in the saddle! But Irene has serious doubts about her best agent’s ability to carry out his duties… from the wheelchair he was confined to on his last mission. Is it time for Dwight Tyler to retire? ?
For Tango, the plan was very simple: hide himself away somewhere in South America, be discreet, and start a new and happy life. But you can’t always outrun your past, especially when it’s the cartels looking for you…
A second integral collection of the acclaimed thriller series.
Whether we’re ‘frenemies’ or love each other ‘like cats and dogs’, friendship is a long (and beautiful) journey! And, even after so many albums, Boule and Bill have no shortage of ideas to keep it going together through the joyous lands of imagination and play! Our duo’s programme includes festive picnics, all kinds of fancy dress and dreams of far-off places…
On a plane to Moscow, Boris, the Russian FSB agent whom XIII knew in his youth when he was undercover in Cuba, reminds our hero of an old mission that his memory had erased. By stimulating Jason Mac Lane’s lost memory, the Russian hopes to discover the hiding place of an old piece of conspiracy evidence that could be useful in reviving his career.
Drowning in sorrow, regret, and longing—and bottle after bottle of whisky—Jonas Crow can see no future for himself without Rose Prairie, the woman he never even had a chance to love. When word arrives that she may be in Texas, he heads straight there. In the topsy-turvy world of post-Civil War Texas, abortion is legal but firearms are not. When Jonas arrives, he finds a destitute town full of hopelessness and a young crusader on a mission to do God’s work and rid the Lone Star State of vice. His reunion with Rose doesn’t go as planned, and as is his wont, he finds himself caught up in battle that isn’t his, yet one he must nevertheless join if he—and his love—are to have any chance of surviving.
Pico Bogue is about to write a haiku, a very short Japanese poem whose lines capture a moment in time. It’s the kind of project that suits the contemplative Pico perfectly, with a thousand situations inspiring new compositions. An ode to wonder!
