Back in Scotland, Kathy discovers that the house left to her by an aunt has been burnt down. She tries to understand the cause of the fire and gradually realizes that this event is linked to other strange events happening in the area, some of which may have an extraterrestrial origin. Alerted, MI6 asks her to investigate the presence of Russian spies in this lost territory… At the same time, Kathy is confronted with personal memories of the lost land where she used to live.

In this fourteenth volume, an outstanding panel of artists bring to life a selection of short stories by Jean Van Hamme himself. For this opus, the series’ creator is joined by Philippe Xavier, Iouri Jigounov, Joël Callède, Gontran Toussaint, Mikaël, and Alain Henriet.

Unlike its thirteen predecessors, this volume doesn’t focus on a single character, but sweeps up a much wider horizon of the XIII saga…

Sailing home from the land of Qâ, Thorgal, Aaricia and Jolan find themselves caught in the middle of the conflict between the Water People and the Forest People. Their respective deities are now unleashed, and nothing can stop the chaos of war. Except, perhaps, an arrow carved from the Tree of Life, fired at the fearsome Wendigo. To save the pregnant and wounded Aaricia, Thorgal has no choice but to take sides and once again compromise himself in the madness of mankind.

Daytona, Indianapolis, Ford, Chevrolet, Chaparral, NASCAR, Dragster, Can-Am… Michel and Steve take on the American drivers in the key events of the 70s in the USA, at the wheel of legendary cars!

Welcome to the latest collection of Jean Graton’s short stories, featuring such legendary tales as Corrida pour une marguerite, Photo-finish and Moi j’préfère les drag’s, some of which have been recolored for the occasion. But you’ll also be able to discover Le 13 fou, two pages never before published in French and in album form, drawn for a German magazine in the late 70s, as well as impeccable F1 racing stories and a particularly snowy Rallye Monte-Carlo!

“Nature abhors a void,” his therapist reminds him. “So you create images to replace lost memories.” Reflecting on this observation, Joann realizes that images are indeed very important to him, and he recalls a similar conversation he had as a child with a rabbi. Can an image take the place of a memory of someone who has died, of one’s own mother? And if you rely on an image instead of something real, is that not a kind of idolatry? Does the image prevent you from interacting with or confronting reality? Or are drawing and writing (the essence of the graphic novel) not rather a way of freeing yourself from reality, of opening yourself up to and understanding the world around you? Are they not in fact a kind of therapy?

In 1841, 12-year-old Edmond, a young slave of Mr. Ferreol Sellier-Beaumont, a landowner on Reunion Island, discovered the process of artificial fertilization of vanilla. The technical procedure he invented, simple, fast, and efficient, was a worldwide revolution in the cultivation of vanilla, and was adopted almost everywhere in the world. Even though it made the island extremely wealthy, Edmond did not make any profit from it. Though he suffers a fall from grace and spends time in prison, in the end he triumphs against all odds, becoming a popular figure, a man of roguish charm, joyful, and eternal.

But history was in turmoil in 1848, with rumours of a revolution in France and the liberation of all black people on the neighbouring island of Mauritius. And what if the abolition of slavery was about to happen on Reunion Island?

This well-documented novel is both a chronicle of the period (told from the point of view of the slaves and freedmen) and a love story, set at a time when history was turning upside down.

In the heart of the ancestral forest, young Taru is searching for her place among her people. She is marginalized by the hunter-warrior tribe because of her naiveté, and her ingenious innovations are considered strange. When she meets Hana, a young human captive placed in her charge, she finds refuge, perhaps a friend, and soon a gateway to finding her own way. As the village is once again targeted by monstrous animals, Hana and Taru join forces to try and understand the natural world that has become uncontrollable and deadly…

Chicago, 1938. Jules Tivoli, a 17-year-old Italian immigrant, finds his life turned upside down when he crosses paths with Adam Czar, an older, charismatic, and infuriating member of the local Mafia. Jules is attracted to him, and Adam, seduced by the young man’s nerve, decides to take him under his wing. At first self-effacing, Jules climbs the ranks to become an important member of the Mafia. Little by little, he begins to realize that Adam takes a very dim view of his young lover’s ascendancy over him…

Since her death in 2009, Vivian Maier has been recognized as one of the world’s greatest photographers. But who was this enigmatic and unconventional nurse? The authors explore Maier’s life with humility and sensitivity, discovering a woman for whom there were no taboos, and who never ceased to observe the world around her with a uniquely personal gaze.

Flora Del Sol is a young architect. Recently graduated, she has joined a major studio, where her boss is the famous El Rodrigo—brilliant, capricious, and flamboyant. As she learns the ropes, Flora experiences all the humiliations and disappointments, but also all the thrills and joys, of being an architect today. Soon she takes on a project of her own, working independently and growing in confidence. In the beginning she was awkward and diffident, but she has now taken wing, reaching the heights of eco-design and sustainable construction with her bold originality.

Cave paintings have always fascinated us. Who created them, long before the invention of writing? How did those people live? Why did they create these images? And how did they acquire their skills, their ability to evoke powerful emotions through their paintings, which have lost none of their freshness and intensity over the millennia?

“Painting with Lions” tells the story of Elle, from her birth to her death, and the tribe of hunter-gatherers in which she became one of those who depicted the souls of animals on the walls of caves.

Although Fabien Grolleau has clearly referred to the latest scientific research, he has also created a prehistoric adventure story, delicately and poetically illustrated by Anna Conzati in her first graphic novel for Dargaud, and with an introduction by renowned historian Marylène Patou-Mathis, author of “L’homme préhistorique est aussi une femme” (Prehistoric Men Were Women Too).

Nature opens a door into an invisible world—sometimes magical, often symbolic, combining the foundations of science with primitive beliefs that inspire both hope and fear. An understanding of Nature is the essence of human thought, and our complex relationship with Nature is at the root of all sacred rites, myths, and religious doctrines.

Tired of living alone with her teenage daughter, Nana Miller suddenly takes off on a mini-break to Copenhagen, the fairytale city. Her arrival there coincides with an almost surreal incident: the discovery, right in the city center, of the body of a mermaid. The country is in turmoil, and a national day of mourning is declared. The airport is closed, the streets are deserted, and people shut themselves indoors. Nana is cut off, far from her daughter, without knowing how long for. Confined to an almost deserted hotel, she meets Thyge Thygesen and, like amateur detectives, they investigate the cause of the crisis. Spotting a rather shady character hanging around the site where the mermaid was discovered, they follow him… only to find themselves caught up in a story too big for either of them to handle.

Did you know that less than half of women bleed the first time they have sexual intercourse? And that it is medically impossible to tell whether a woman is a virgin or not? In fact, have you ever asked yourself why women used to have to be virgins when they married?

Drawing on her own experience, journalist and novelist Élise Thiébaut gives an account of the concept of virginity that combines sociological, historical, and cultural considerations.

Leto, a nymph seduced by Zeus, is about to give birth to Artemis and Apollon. But Zeus’ regular, Hera, has Python, a cruel snake, chase her to stop her! This is just the beginning of a crazy life for Apollon, future god of music too BG, who will live a thousand adventures, until he becomes “the wisest of all the gods”.

All the episodes of this legendary sitcom, in which Apollon plays the lead role, are recounted with all Nadja’s humor and talent!

A boy fishing with his grandfather in Alsace—a simple scene… in times of peace. But for Bernard, the old man, this scenery is haunted by memories of the war, decades earlier, when he was a member of the Resistance group known as the “Ivy Leaves.” Could they defeat the Nazis, who had just annexed the region? Or would the “Spider,” as the enemy was known, arrest Bernard and send him to a concentration camp… or worse?

Grégoire Carlé recounts his own grandfather’s experiences—a story his family have never before dared to tell.

When Marsu and Tom meet at an architectural convention in some far-flung country, sparks fly… on a professional level, that is. Tom, who buys the rights to virtual access to amazing homes, shares the most exotic of them with Marsu, thanks to a VR headset, and they start a “platonic” love affair in these virtual spaces.

In real life, Marsu has a partner, Harry, whom she loves deeply and has absolutely no intention of leaving. But she doesn’t want to give up her new relationship either…

May 1863, the Battle of Chancellorsville. At the height of the Civil War, a young soldier discovers the reality of war. Instead of demonstrating bravery and heroism, as he imagined he would, he discovers that he is a mere coward. Gradually, he overcomes his fear and gains the courage he dreamed of.

The French-Armenian poet and communist activist Missak Manouchian was a hero of the French Resistance during WW2. Tortured and shot by the Nazis on February 21, 1944, along with 22 other members of the Francs-tireurs et partisans français (FTPF)— an armed organization created by leaders of the French Communist Party—Manouchian became a martyr who is honored by the French to this day.

At the same time, his death was exploited by the Germans for propaganda purposes via the infamous “Affiche Rouge,” a poster distributed by the Vichy government in a bid to discredit the Resistance movement in the eyes of the French people.

An extraordinary story that will surely hit the headlines again in February 2024, when Missak and his wife, Mélinée, will be interred in the Panthéon in Paris.

In a fit of depression, golden boy Laurel dives into the sea to rejoin the lost love of his life, Eleanora. But when he reopens his eyes, he finds himself in a Victorian town on a man-made island that looks like a set from a Jules Verne movie adaptation.

Permanently shrouded in fog, Bunkerville was built in the mid-19th century by a wealthy industrialist whose son was mentally ill. His idea was to create a closed, self-sufficient world in which the boy could live a “normal” life with people like himself—all of them with mental problems.

Discovering signs that Eleanora, whom he thought he would never see again, is on the island, Laurel sets out to find her. But his troubles have only just begun.

Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, and John Bonham topped the charts with songs such as “Stairway to Heaven,” “Whole Lotta Love,” and “Kashmir” during Led Zeppelin’s 12-year career. The quality of their studio albums, their unforgettable solos, and their stunning concert performances made them rock legends.

This docu-comic, combining graphic novel and biography, charts the key moments in the group’s remarkable history.

Final volume of the first cycle!

Jailed! Four of our five ladies find themselves locked up in the penitentiary. Life in the big-house is already hard enough, but when you’re four women in a men’s prison, it gets so unbearably hard that there’s no time to fool around—barely have they moved into their shared cell, and they’re already planning their escape. Even in the highly-regimented world of incarceration, the ladies always make it unclear exactly who’s in charge, who wields the power, and who is tilting one side or other of the scales of justice.

The world is now divided by invisible walls that disrupt the time continuum… The conclusion of this fascinating diptych!

Third and final volume in the adventures of our teenage heroes, lost on the edge of the universe. Created by talented scriptwriter Richard Marazano ( Le Monde de Milo, S.A.M., Le complexe du chimpanzé…) and drawn by Ingo Römling, the illustrator of the Star Wars Rebels series.

Elijah came to New York to settle old scores, and left with a family unearthed from the sands of time and memory. But neither he nor his sister, Miss Lyle, a Pinkerton agent, were able to confront the man responsible for all their misfortunes: their father, Senator Dawson. And the Dawson has taken refuge in the middle of the woods on the land of Cromley, a feared cultist. To finally have their family reunion, they’ll have to defy the devil himself!

Still on the trail of the “killer-scalper”, Wild Bill, Calamity Jane and Charlie Utter discover that the mysterious murderer, as a child, was probably himself scalped by Indians who also murdered his parents…. Meanwhile, Graham, the trio’s employer and head of the Union Pacific, welcomes the Buffalo Soldiers, black soldiers he has hired to protect the railroad yard from Indian raids. An oppressed minority to subdue despoiled Natives? America, the land of all freedoms, doesn’t treat all its children the same way… But the situation becomes even more complex when railroad workers dynamite a sacred Indian burial ground…

Part fiction, part history, part uncompromising exploration of the American myth, this is the conclusion of the incredible new Wild West diptych, featuring a trio of legendary characters.

During a high-altitude flight to test new equipment aboard a Boeing Super Hornet, the NASA crew find themselves in a kind of time warp and put down on the Western Front in 1917—the middle of the First World War. Once they have got over the shock, project leader Lucie and pilot Dunk must try to work out why they are there and, more importantly, how to get back to 2022…

In a world where animals have taken over from humans, a girl called Mowgli has been adopted by a family of wolves, with whom she will grow up without knowing who she really is. When their home is destroyed by Shere Khan, she runs away to protect them and tries to find out where she came from and why all other humans have disappeared. Taken in by Baloo and then guided by Bagheera, she learns from her successes and failures as she grows up, until, as an adult, she is ready for the final confrontation with Shere Khan.

A re-imagining of Kipling’s “The Jungle Book” stories set in a post-apocalyptic world from which humans have all but vanished.

Paris, 1889. The newly completed Eiffel Tower is the star of the Universal Exhibition, but a mysterious serial killer is decimating its visitors. Young police inspector Eleanor Kowalski has only Jules Castignac, a somewhat eccentric new recruit, to help her find the culprit before the gutter press labels the great iron structure the “Tower of Terror.” Ignoring the advice of her irascible superior officer, Eleanor follows her instincts and drags her new partner into a highspeed chase across the City of Lights.

Hoping to find work creating manga, Nahel has gone to Japan. But his hopes are dashed by the challenges he faces on arrival in Tokyo. Finding somewhere to live isn’t too hard, but setting up a studio and finding a publisher soon appear to be insurmountable obstacles. And when his neighbor is abducted and he himself pursued, he discovers a whole new aspect to life in the city. Fortunately, he runs into Soba, an unconventional young college student, and meets a strange restaurant owner who offers his customers the very best in Japanese cuisine… and his services as a P.I.

In the highlands of Ergwad, King Arthmel has just died, leaving the throne to the brutal Prince Oghor. Afraid of being deposed by his sister, Princess Helia, Oghor imprisons her on the pretext that her love of Pyrize, a mysterious stone, has awakened a dragon that will ravage the kingdom. Accompanied by a Khtoll called Yoyo, Helia escapes and makes her way to Kohrmor, the land of the dragon, to defeat the monster that is threatening her people—for she is no longer a princess, but a warrior!

Make love and die in Neopolis!
The people of Neopolis have contracted a virus that makes all physical contact with the opposite sex fatal—and therefore illegal. Boys and girls are taught to hate each other and live on opposite sides of a wall. But all this is set to change, thanks to the creation of N-Dorphin, a revolutionary new drug. Kenzell and Lesya, dissidents from either side of the wall, will unwittingly find themselves embroiled in a merciless clan war and will have to face a reality that is beyond their comprehension…

What if Charles Perrault had been inspired to write his famous tales by young people with incredible stories? What if the man of letters had been their teacher, before putting his stories down on paper? The very stories that have lived on through the centuries, and are still read to this day.

In a delicate interweaving of wonder, humour and anachronisms, this children’s comic book sees fairytale characters forge bonds of friendships and foster community, while embracing their differences.

Paloma, Céleste, Sierra, Apolline… Without Chélonia’s impetus, without her desire to bring them together, it’s certain that these young girls would still be holed up in their corners, prey to their demons. The club “des Mal-Barrées”, with its rather pessimistic name, is in fact the best thing that ever happened to them: the end of Paloma’s loneliness, Céleste’s restored confidence, Sierra’s soothed temper, Apolline’s new-found self-assurance…

But what does the seemingly calm and cool Chélonia really gain from these salutary friendships?

Pellinor is a rather listless young man, but, since he stands to inherit the family fortune, his grandfather has charged him with their ancestral quest: to find and kill the Wandering Beast. Taking up the challenge, Pellinor meets Nimue, a young lady of the lake, and together they embark on adventures that will lead (unbeknown to them!) to the banishment of banality, the re-enchantment of the world, and, most importantly, the discovery of their own place in it—which far outweighs the expectations that have been placed upon them.

Disaster! Because Elina, who has only just succeeded her grandmother Adélaïde as sentinel of the Little People, has already lost the fairy guide, which is now in the hands of the Goblin king…. And so, accompanied by her friends the fairy Nelvyna and the elf Llyam, she must travel to enemy lands, despite the incomprehensible advice of Grand-Chêne. This may well lead her into the trap set for her by the Goblin King, aided by a strange character he has deprived of his freedom…

Ben, a new student, arrives at St Joseph’s and befriends Aria, the rebel at the back of the class. Aria quickly reveals the principal’s strange methods of “straightening out” the dunces. They are sent off to detention… But before Ben can understand what this all means exactly, his friend gets punished because of him. Trying to go after Aria at all costs, the young boy also gets himself into a bit of trouble. He then discovers the famous world of detention, a strange place deep underground the school, where the punishments are very severe, and the students are undergoing a program of re-education. Ben and his band of creative dunces decide to revolt. They join forces and talents to understand and overturn this authoritarian underground world and transform it into a new system of learning.

Big adventures can start in the countryside, at school, or at the turn of any seemingly banal and safe situation! That’s what Les Cavaliers de l’apocadispe will prove in their new adventures, including a 30-page story – a first for the series! – in which Ludo, Jé and Olive must travel without adults to reach the Pony class whose bus they’ve missed… Their only weapons: a clever Pony Manual, but above all, total unconsciousness and a lot of innocence! But you’ll also find your three heroes in shorter, just as lively stories, including Les Cavaliers de l’apocadispe explorent le manoir, published as a mini-story in Spirou in 2008. This seminal story, redesigned for the occasion, was so funny that it immediately made the editorial team want to continue the adventure!

Safe and sound after the shipwreck of Brigantine, his mother’s missing boat that he stole, young Trésor and his friends rest as best they can on an island full of dangers… But their spirits are dampened when “Trez” confesses that he himself drew the treasure map they’ve all embarked on… and even the island they’re on! It’s a strange situation, and they have to find a solution. Especially as the evil antique dealer Pivoleux is still hunting them down, in search of the mysterious “Vow Stone”…

Minet, a young kitten abandoned by his owners, meets a community in the forest where animals talk, dress and stand on their hind legs. Animals that can often be just as ruthless as humans, he soon finds out.

Minet doesn’t want to stay among these so-called free animals and decides to set off in search of Romane, his mistress. Accompanied by Féroce Renarde and Hardi Lapin, Minet sets off on an adventure. But Minet and Lapin are captured by hunters who, seeing that they are dressed as humans, decide to deliver them to Horus Biotech, a laboratory fond of such specimens.

Nelson is the angelic-looking orange devil who ruins the lives of Julie, a pretty young spinster, and Floyd, a numb Labrador retriever, to the delight of hundreds of thousands of readers. Remember: after a roll of toilet paper is stolen from the office, Julie finds herself condemned to take in a relatively harmless little devil… with no way of returning it to sender!

In order to obtain life-saving medical treatment for her brother Billy, Isabella impersonates him to join the Epsilon student fraternity, mistress of New Hope University. As a young girl disguised among the boys, she is at ease in the arcane world of this society where power struggles reign. But in the end, she is unmasked by the mysterious Sullyvan, with whom she must sabotage the meeting of Pi, the humanist brotherhood of her friends Magg and Sam. To her surprise, Sullyvan keeps the secret. Perhaps because he too has things to hide. Like his ties to a dangerous Yakuza family…

The explosive conclusion to New Hope, a great young adult thriller, led by Cee Cee Mia and Jalo!

Young Fidel lives happily on his island. And nothing seems likely to dampen that happiness. For the humans, once enslaved by the Old Gods, are now protected by the Armed Arms, who possess in one of their arms a formidable power stolen from their former masters… But now old Mako, the archipelago’s Armed Arm, arrives in town to choose five teenagers, including Fidel, among whom she must find her successor. Time is of the essence. In the distance, the threat of degenerate gods drunk with vengeance is already looming…

With Les Bras armés, renowned children’s author Pog and lively Italian cartoonist Enrico Orlandi present a graphic novel for young people in which five teenagers must go beyond their limits to save their own.

At M.A., Mothers Anonymous, we talk frankly about motherhood. Not about “how extraordinary it is to become a mother”! Far from the talk of girlfriends, the clichés of magazines and the stories of grandmothers in the subway, we recount personal experiences, anxieties, failures…

And this integral edition collects both Mères Anonymes and A la recherche du nouveau père, where Philippe, a new and slightly disregarded arrival at M.A., reflects on his status as a ‘new dad’.

Goupil is a brilliant researcher who hates other people’s company. But that was before! In spite of himself, the solitary fox is about to discover the joys of friendship, love and travel, with the ultimate family experience at the end of the road. Between laughter, emotion and adventure, the journey into the unknown will be made… as a team.