In pursuit of the thief who broke the time bubble in which they have always lived, the village children have reached the end of the forest of time. However, the woman they are looking for has passed away… several millennia ago! She has become a legend, just like Cernos, the last of the giants – whom they have just met! The present seems to have fled to the past, and the past is writing their future. And only the mysterious and fearsome Time-Eater seems to understand this infernal spiral.
The latest graphic novel from Zabus and Hippolyte is a gentle and amusing
story that is once again set at the interface between the adult world and the
world of children.
“My head is full of questions—so many that it sometimes feels like my brain is
boiling—but who can give me answers?” asks 12-year-old Romain.
What particularly bothers him is Miss Sophie’s corpulence, his teacher. He
watches her with curiosity and sympathy, sensing that something is not right,
that she is unhappy, but knows that his young mind cannot work out why. Is
she ill? What kind of life does she lead? Is she in love? Using his overactive
imagination, Romain begins to learn about life and, like an adventurous lion
cub, discovers what goes on in the adult world—a world in which it is possible
to conceal suffering and confusion and to make out, in spite of everything, that
all is well…
A profoundly intimate tale that is a worthy successor to “Incroyable !”
(Incredible!), the multi-award winning comic that is being turned into an animated
film.
After having defeated the legendary Tamaro, fought the madmen of the Brotherhood of the Millers, braved the cursed tomb of the King-Lichette and thwarted the Machiavellian plans of the Jacques Centre, Jan, Urtsi and Zone, our Dynamic Trio, continue their quest to find the rocket that will help them escape from this crazy post-apocalyptic world! And it is not the end of their troubles: underground labyrinth, weird meetings, monsters of all kinds, betrayal and reunion await them.
A book about pop culture in Britain from The Beatles’ debut and the “rise” of
the mini-skirt in 1962!
From the world of music, there are The Kinks, The Sex Pistols, The Spice
Girls, Wham, Adele, and Queen, but let’s not forget other notable personalities
such as James Bond, Banksy, Mary Quant, the Queen, Margaret
Thatcher, Vidal Sassoon, and Francis Bacon—not to be confused with fried
bacon, which you’ll also read about, along with beer and fish and chips. Cult
TV shows include Doctor Who, Mr. Bean, Peppa Pig, and The Teletubbies.
And then there’s footie (that’s English for soccer), the roller (Rolls-Royce), and
other quintessentially British icons…
Following “Cruelle” (Cruel) and “Pucelle” (Maiden), the third series in Florence
Dupré la Tour’s exploration of her childhood deals with the great love of her
life: her twin sister. With an emotional mix of joy and suffering, their story
raises big questions such as how not to lose yourself in a relationship, how to
find your place in society, and how to come to terms with being male or female.
Waking up in Hell, she is forced to take part in a lottery, which she wins.
Unfortunately for her, since she has had enough of life, the prize is to return to
the living world and continue her life from where she had left it, with one significant
difference: this time, she will see people as ghosts—herself included.
She begins to roam, as before, but are things the same?
Through this simple story, illuminated by his familiar graphic and narrative
genius, Roman Muradov reveals the monotony, hopelessness, and absurdity
of our existence and the sadness and emptiness of the world.
A parable, at the same time gentle and penetrating, that marks the return of
one of the masters of the modern graphic novel.
Three characters, three paths, three destinies: intrigue and deception at the
palace for Count Corto; a journey of discovery for his daughter Blanche; the
road to redemption for resistance fighter Greem. Their three stories take place
at the same time in the same place: the vast New Forest in the era of Neo-
Feudalism. And while the protagonists lose their way, betray one another, fall
in love, and tear each other apart, a terrible storm is brewing in the forest,
where trees are starting to mutate…
Elizabeth is a little girl, but she is also a vampire. And she really really wants
a pony that’s also a unicorn! After running into a fake Father Christmas (and
treating him accordingly), she falls in with Diego, a lonely, sulky little boy with
a prosthetic right hand who shouts and screams when things don’t go his way.
Even though she finds him rather noisy, Elizabeth makes friends with him. She
tells him about Saint Nicholas, because he’s the real Father Christmas, and
he tells her about Golden Boy, his favorite superhero, because he’s… well,
he’s Golden Boy. Now, as everyone knows, Saint Nicholas puts children back
together when they’ve fallen to pieces, so why not ask him to restore Diego’s
right hand? All they have to do is pretend he’s fallen into a thousand pieces…
well, 52 anyway, since Elizabeth hasn’t learned to count up to a thousand yet.
A new children’s series full of imagination and emotion … and diabolical humor.
(Think “Mortelle Adèle,” “Little Vampire,” and “The Big Bad Wolf.”)
New York, 1926. Marcel Duchamp is organizing a major exhibition of the Romanian sculptor Constantin Brâncuși’s work, but when the exhibits arrive at the harbor, customs officers refuse to treat them as works of art and impose the import duty applicable to “consumer goods”—to the tune of $40,000. With the help of Duchamp and his other American contacts, Brâncuși sues the American government and the court has to decide what constitutes a work of art. The argument, which centers around one of Brâncuși’s Bird in Space sculptures, lasts several months, with various other artists and expert witnesses called by Duchamp to answer the questions posed by Brâncuși, who is still in Paris. Supported by his partner Marthe and encouraging letters from friends such as Fernand Léger, Alexander Calder, Man Ray, and Jean Cocteau, the nervous and quiet artist attempts to define abstract art and the distinction between art and craft. Meanwhile, on the other side of the Atlantic, Duchamp is tearing his hair out over the questions raised by the court, which seem to reduce the act of artistic creation to the level of manufacturing. Ironically, the man who coined the term “readymade” finds himself powerless in a country that seems hostile to new and fresh ideas.
