Madones et putains

Named after three saints, Agata, Lucia, and Rosalia also share their tragic destiny. A damning portrait of women’s place in 20th-century Italian society.

Paris is in ruins. After a terrible explosion, what used to be the world capital of Arts and Witchcraft is now reduced to ashes. An unnexpected Duo, a young cop and a sorcerer who have nothing in common, will try to solve the mystery and find the cause of this horrible accident.

Fidel is part of the “Chosen ones,” a special group of children selected by Miss Mako, the current head of the village who seeks a successor. She puts the children through a series of tests to separate the weak from the strong. One by one, they are eliminated. When the time finally comes to know who will replace Miss Mako, the village is attacked by the Degenerates, a group led by an old God who has kept his powers. Will Fidel and his friends be up to the task?

The elf Llyam, who has gone to the Shadow Swamp to find a leaf for his new hat, discovers that the goblins have captured a unicorn! Elina, the new sentinel of the Little People, first takes advice from her grandmother Adelaide: as guarantor of the survival of the incredible legendary creatures, she and her friends must go and rescue the fabulous animal. But the mission will prove to be more complicated than expected.

Slightly stressed, young Elliot has recently finished elementary school and he is now going to enter middle school. This little apprehension he has will eventually turn into full-blown anxiety that will stay with him throughout the twists and turns of his school life. But his new imaginary friend is much more anxious than Elliot and, while trying to warn him of all the dangers that lie ahead, he is going to turn his life into a living hell!

Melie acquires the power to assimilate drawings of imaginary creatures and to summon them afterwards. The young girl uses this incredible power to save worlds in trouble. In order to always have plenty of drawings at her disposal, she and her little brother create the Monster Maker Club: a group of children that draw imaginary creatures to help her in her quest! And the readers who wish to do so can also be part of this club! They can send their creature drawings to Mélie and help her in her adventures!

At once profound and light, philosophical and aesthetic: a magnificent “Aire Libre”, the second volume of Légendes, after a first volume in which Guibert, this time drawing in prestigious museums, offered a playful and splendid vision.

Present-day northern Iraq. Zere is a young girl who lives in a small Yezidi village. Her daily life revolves around her parents, her cousin, boys, and the knowledge that the Islamic State is not far away. That is until she is abducted by jihadists and sold into slavery… Meanwhile, a strange grocer seems to be engaging in very mysterious business behind closed doors. Mini Ludvin’s gentle artwork couples with a hard-hitting storyline by Aurélien Ducoudray. A trilogy following a girl’s journey into the war against the Islamic State.

Between great adventure, introspective journey, assessment of a life full of twists and turns and an incredible twist at the end of this new album, Frank Le Gall delivers here one of the most beautiful and exotic stories of his endearing hero.

Ice melting has caused the oceans to swallow up vast swaths of the Earth. The ocean itself has radically changed and is now called the Nocean. The
European continent’s borders and coastlines have transformed; new cities have appeared where others have changed radically, and some of them have been abandoned for many years. A new form of government, called Systema, runs society along with the large corporations that support it. A neo-liberal dictatorship rejects those it no longer considers citizens.

Amidst it all, two young orphan girls will become modern-day Robin Hoods, helping the most needy—those whose voices have been repressed by the system.