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New things & top picks!
Dear partners,
With the Angoulême Festival behind us and the Bologna Children’s Book Fair ahead of us, we don’t want to take up too much of your time.
Among the many great titles released since the start of the year, we’d like to remind you of a few we’ve already mentioned, and draw your attention to some new books.
With Foudroyants, Inlandsis Inlandsis and Moi Je, Quarantaine the launch of Charivari, Dargaud’s newest imprint, is already causing a stir! These are just the first titles in this edition, so keep an eye out for new ones in the near future!
What’s been simmering in Dargaud Benelux’s kitchen are two delicious historical graphic novels: the super-cool Soviet fantasy, Le rêve du Tchernobog, and Moi, Cléopâtre, dernière reine d’Égypte, the intriguing story of one of the world’s most famous queens.
Also in a historical mood, the Lombard team had decided to take you behind the scenes this February! Le Secret de Miss Greene will guide you through New York society at the turn of the last century. And believe us, although it looks small, La Crevette is hiding a big secret as well.
If you are up for a short trip, how about a holiday on Cuba? Havana Split will provide you with that, and it’s gonna be worth it, even with the bullets flying around. But in case that’s not your thing, then a nice stroll through a magical Oreka forest would be perfect for you.
And what can we say about Fan Man, Gaet’s & Julien Monier’s adaptation of William Kotzwinkle’s novel? Well, one thing is for sure, he is a fun man (pun intended, yikes).
Enjoy your readings.
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BEST-SELLERS
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Traque en haute altitude (61)
By Frédéric Zumbiehl & Sébastien Philippe
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Traque en haute altitude (61)
By Frédéric Zumbiehl & Sébastien Philippe
Publisher: Dupuis
Genres:
Action & Adventure
In the middle of an intermarine exercise off the coast of Australia, Buck, Sonny and Tumbler are summoned by the U.S. General Staff. A satellite has disappeared over the Pacific. Our trio of pilots, known for their experience in “extreme” missions, are given carte blanche to find out what happened. Whether by plane or chopper, Buck and his friends will have to criss-cross the Australian coast. But if there’s no satellite, they’ll find enemies even more formidable than they feared!
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Mortel rodéo (1)
By Claudio Stassi & Philippe Pelaez
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Mortel rodéo (1)
By Claudio Stassi & Philippe Pelaez
Publisher: Dupuis
Genres:
Action & Adventure
Join Julie Wood, Jean Graton’s legendary biker, for a new lap around the track, in a faithful modern reboot!
Young Julie Wood lives with her two brothers, Indy and Phil, in the home of their uncle Chris, the garage owner who took them in after the death of their parents. Julie is addicted to Flat Track – the motocross discipline through which she hopes to break onto the pro circuit – and hangs out with her biker buddies, as well as on social networks, where she posts videos for her community. But this daily routine full of dreams and runs is suddenly disrupted by a visit from two policemen. A certain Mason Green, a biker murdered during an urban rodeo in Los Angeles, had a strange message on his cell phone about the Wood family. This may shed new light on the disappearance of Julie’s parents…
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Un ami de Spirou a du cran il sait dire oui ou non… (2)
By JD Morvan, BenBK & David Evrard
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Un ami de Spirou a du cran il sait dire oui ou non… (2)
By JD Morvan, BenBK & David Evrard
Publisher: Dupuis
Genres:
Historical fiction, Action & Adventure
Marcinelle, 1943. While the Nazis have banned the publication of Spirou, young Flup and his gang of “ADS” – Les Amis De Spirou – fight the occupiers in increasingly dangerous ways, such as transporting explosives for the Resistance… They think they’re following the precepts laid down in their favorite newspaper by Jean Doisy, its first editor-in-chief, who perhaps didn’t ask for so much… For Doisy, himself a member of the Resistance with his comrades from the Théâtre du Farfadet, is well aware of the dangers of armed struggle… What’s more, in their fight against Nazism, the ADS may have lost Spirouette, stabbed to death by a young Rexist militant. Will the ADSs find their friend? Will they escape the Nazis? Perhaps they can count on the unexpected help of a mysterious Palombian creature kidnapped by the Nazis, who has just arrived in Marcinelle…
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Merguez orbitale (27)
By Christophe Bertschy
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Merguez orbitale (27)
By Christophe Bertschy
Publisher: Dupuis
Genres:
Humor
Nelson, the orange imp, is a walking calamity brimming with evil imagination, always ready to poison the lives of those around him.
Christophe Bertschy’s hedonistic little imp makes us laugh, while denouncing the shortcomings of modern society.
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La glace (1)
By Benjamin Adam
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La glace (1)
By Benjamin Adam
Publisher: Dargaud
Genres:
Sci-Fi
What will happen when the Antarctic ice sheet, which is as old as the Earth, melts? And what will happen if two graphic novel writers living on it run out of food? Romuald and Marie are living the story they are writing, but, like the Antarctic, Marie is gradually losing her memory.
Following “Capital” and “Ideology,” Benjamin Adam returns to the theme of the future of our planet, which he explored in “Soon,” in order to tackle the questions he is most concerned with: How should we live together (and love each other) while the Earth is being ravaged by climate change? And how and why should we create anything when everything is about to disintegrate?
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Moi Je Quarantaine (One-shot)
By Aude Picault
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Moi Je Quarantaine (One-shot)
By Aude Picault
Publisher: New things & top picks!
Genres:
Non-Fiction
Following “Ideal Standard” and “Amalia,” Aude Picault continues her celebrated autobiographical series with an unashamed exposé of the life of a forty-something on the edge of a nervous breakdown. Picault’s piercing, tragi-comic style has lost none of its edge, its simple yet uniqely unique supple lines revealing all our worries and sufferings, our compromises, and our secret joys.
For Picault, our forties are an age of rebellion—against the ravages of day-to-day life, the dulling of relationships, and the unavoidable demands of parenting and work—as we all battle with increasing anxiety over the global political and environmental situation. But they are also the age at which we learn to aceept who we are and finally find our way.
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Journal inquiet d’Istanbul – 2007-2017 (2)
By Ersin Karabulut
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Journal inquiet d’Istanbul – 2007-2017 (2)
By Ersin Karabulut
Publisher: Dargaud
Genres:
Biography & Memoirs
Far from being a militant or an intellectual, Ersin Karabulut is above all a cartoonist driven by his passion to create. With all his complexes and doubts, he just wants to do what he loves: draw. He and his friends then launched ‘Uykusuz’, a satirical magazine that met with immediate success, particularly among young people. But in a changing Turkey, political realities upset his daily life.
Through funny, touching and sometimes painful moments, this book plunges us into the daily life of a creator swept up despite himself by the turmoil of his times, in a country where society is becoming increasingly conservative and freedoms are on the wane.
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Le point de bascule (1)
By Cati Baur
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Le point de bascule (1)
By Cati Baur
Publisher: Dargaud
Genres:
Crime & Mystery, Suspense & Thrillers
Sara is approaching fifty, and she’s not excited about it. Hot flashes, insomnia, and weight gain are now a part of her reality as a perimenopausal mother. When she is unceremoniously fired from her mediocre job, she decides to put her unobtrusiveness to use and become a private investigator. This new pursuit gives her the opportunity to travel to New York, but also to meet her true self and recognize who she really is: Marcie!
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Le Démon de mamie ou la sénescence enchantée (One-shot)
By Florence Cestac
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Le Démon de mamie ou la sénescence enchantée (One-shot)
By Florence Cestac
Publisher: Dargaud
Genres:
Humor
With incurable optimism, Florence Cestac’s alter ego, Grandma Naomi, draws up an inventory of the life of a grandmother: looking after the grandkids; watching the body fall apart; signing up for online dating and trying to stay sexy (without admitting it); going to funerals; deciding how to die with dignity… Yes, Naomi confronts old age with determination and humor!
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Mon adolescence en Algérie (1992-2000) (2)
By Salim Zerrouki
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Mon adolescence en Algérie (1992-2000) (2)
By Salim Zerrouki
Publisher: Dargaud
Genres:
Biography & Memoirs
At the age of 14, Salim is about to enter high school. This “Roumi”, who lives in the emblematic building of his Algerian housing estate, dreams of joining the “Tchitchi”, the privileged youth of the country, with their walkmans and Nike Air Jordan sneakers, who never miss an episode of Beverly Hills! But his parents don’t see it that way, and his country’s history isn’t going to make things any easier for him…
As Algeria plunges into civil war, Salim Zerrouki recounts his thirst for emancipation, his first loves, friends and studies, in the midst of curfew, between paternal and military dictatorship, always with the same sincerity and caustic humor.
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Hors scène (One-shot)
By Jon McNaught
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Hors scène (One-shot)
By Jon McNaught
Publisher: Dargaud
Genres:
Drama
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La Recette véritable : la quête d’un céramiste prodige et de sa fille intrépide (One-shot)
By Léandre Thouin & Bérenger Thouin
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La Recette véritable : la quête d’un céramiste prodige et de sa fille intrépide (One-shot)
By Léandre Thouin & Bérenger Thouin
Publisher: Dargaud
Genres:
Historical fiction
In 16th-century France, potter Bernard Palissy is in search of the secret of the perfect porcelain. But the recipe proves to be as dangerous as it is elusive. With the help of his daughter Blanche, Bernard experiments with different clays, enamels, and methods of firing in a desperate attempt to rival the Italian masters.
When he finally discovers the recipe that will bring his creations to life, his troubles really begin. Catherine de Medici seizes his work and uses it to further her political and religious ambitions. Fortunately, Blanche and her extraordinary allies have plans of their own. Based on a true story, “The Perfect Recipe” is a dramatic exploration of the intrigues and power struggles of 16th-century Europe.
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Betty Boob (One-shot)
By Vero Cazot & Julie Rocheleau
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Betty Boob (One-shot)
By Vero Cazot & Julie Rocheleau
Publisher: Dargaud
Genres:
Drama
Betty has breast cancer and faces the inevitable ablation. But, as bad things always happen in threes, she also loses her job and her boyfriend. What she doesn’t know is that things are about to get better! When she runs into a group of comedians, they invite her to join them and rebuild her life by presenting a sketch aimed at changing people’s attitudes to cancer.
First published in 2018 by Casterman, “Betty Boob” is an ode to life—at once spirited and dreamlike, inspiring and surprisingly funny. Mostly told without words, it is a story of loss and reconciliation.
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Rue de la fortune de Dieu (1)
By Sélim Nassib& Lena Merhej
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Rue de la fortune de Dieu (1)
By Sélim Nassib& Lena Merhej
Publisher: Dargaud
Genres:
Historical fiction
It is said that the spirit of Beirut is embodied in a genie that cannot be destroyed unless the city itself is destroyed… but this has yet to be proved.
In the 1970s, Beirut is a kaleidoscope of contrasting communities, their members living in relative harmony. But the advent of war threatens to disrupt this fragile balance.
“The Genie of Beirut” is a fictionalized three-volume account of the gradual destruction of the city, its sensitive portrayal of the catastrophe owing to the gentle and understated gravity of journalist Sélim Nassib’s text and the delicate luminosity of Léna Merhej’s illustrations.
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Le rêve du Tchernobog (One-shot)
By Melody
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Le rêve du Tchernobog (One-shot)
By Melody
Publisher: Dargaud Benelux
Genres:
Historical fiction, Action & Adventure
Yuri is a Soviet soldier. His mission? To assassinate the last heiress of the Romanov family. His personal rule: never get involved. Nadya Romanov is a prideful, tyrannical little pest. But under that shell, she is only a little girl crushed by enormouss responsibilities far beyond her. Naturally, Yuri decides to abandon his mission and save Nadya. Pursued by a giant golem controled by Nikita, a sadistic and unscrupulous Bolshevik leader, Yuri and Nadya must do all they can to move forward and build the home they’ve never known.
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Moi Cléopâtre dernière reine d’Égypte (One-shot)
By Isabelle Dethan
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Moi Cléopâtre dernière reine d’Égypte (One-shot)
By Isabelle Dethan
Publisher: Dargaud Benelux
Genres:
Historical fiction
Twenty centuries after her reign, the last Queen of Egypt, Kleopatra VII Thea Philopator, has emerged from her mausoleum as a ghost. In this feminist biography combining witty humor and academic rigor, Cleopatra looks back on her life and the myths that arose from it. Was she really a femme fatale and a matchless beauty? Did her nose really change the course of history? Did she really bathe in ass’s milk? Did she really soak her pearls in vinegar?
A muse to ancient politicians, among them Caesar and Mark Antony, and modern film directors, Kleopatra Philopator, always admired and desired, is unveiled in all her complexity in this fully watercoloured one shot by Isabelle Dethan (Le Roi de Paille; Sur les terres d’Horus, Mémoire de sable, Delcourt).
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Boutonné en jalousie (One-shot)
By Jul Maroh
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Boutonné en jalousie (One-shot)
By Jul Maroh
Publisher: Le Lombard
Genres:
Drama, Romance
Ever since coming out of the closet, Khalil has been the laughingstock of his fellow middle schoolers. But he can count on unstinting support from his family and two besties, Aïssata and Sacha. What other people think of him won’t get him down!
Things are different for Isaël. Born into a staunchly traditionalist and homophobic family, he dates a girl to keep up appearances and seeks validation from other boys by joining in mocking Khalil.
But whom are you really trying to convince when you feel like an impostor in your own life? Between these two teens, an atmosphere of ambiguous hostility sets in, a love hate relationship alternating between chase and escape, attraction and rejection, that will lead them to making painful choices.
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Le Secret de Miss Greene (One-shot)
By Nicolas Antona & Nina Jacqmin
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Le Secret de Miss Greene (One-shot)
By Nicolas Antona & Nina Jacqmin
Publisher: Le Lombard
Genres:
Biography & Memoirs
New York, 1898. Belle Greener is a talented young woman with a passion for literature and rare books. Full of wit and ambition, she could be destined for great things. But until 1967, in the United States, anyone with even the remotest African ancestry was considered black, with all the consequences that could entail. Belle Greener thus became Belle Greene da Costa. Passing as a white woman of Portuguese ancestry, she rose through the ranks of New York high society, becoming financier J.P. Morgan’s personal librarian and, in 1924, the director of the Morgan Library.
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Aux soirs de grande ardeur (One-shot)
By Nicolas Puzenat
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Aux soirs de grande ardeur (One-shot)
By Nicolas Puzenat
Publisher: Le Lombard
Genres:
Action & Adventure, Historical Fiction
One summer, a few thousand years ago. Humans had always been nomads, but the vast forests are gradually being dotted with the first cities. Manakor is a servant in one of these new worlds, the city of Miril. She burns for her master, the cook Kaal, a hotheaded man who has not the slightest regard for her. How can she seduce him, how can she win his heart?
Outside, the city faces the thundering threat of fires spreading in the countryside…
Should Miril’s inhabitants evacuate, even if it means losing everything they’ve built and collected over so many years? What will Manakor and Kaal decide to do?
Whether or not they listen to the voices inside their head – that of their simpleminded “whispering” ancestors – they will have to fight for survival.
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La Crevette (One-shot)
By Zidrou & Paul Salomone
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La Crevette (One-shot)
By Zidrou & Paul Salomone
Publisher: Le Lombard
Genres:
Romance
Oh dear! if this lingerie store’s mannequins could talk…
Their plastic eyes have seen so many employees come and go. And they know all their little secrets… All except one! A minuscule secret that lies nestled close to Séraphin, the shop’s cantankerous manager. A so very teeny secret Aline, the new typist, discovers inadvertently. A secret which could turn the Divine shop into a sorry comedy if it is ever revealed… But doesn’t misery love company?
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Le jour du caillou (One-shot)
By Vero Cazot & Anaïs Flogny
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Le jour du caillou (One-shot)
By Vero Cazot & Anaïs Flogny
Publisher: Dupuis
Genres:
Drama
A pebble and a riverbank are witnesses to the endless meetings of Mona, who came to forget Eko, and Eko, who after eighteen months away comes to make up with her. When she hurls a pebble into the water—a pebble suffused with her sorrow—Mona sends her friend into a time loop he alone knows about: a day without end that sees Mona tossing the pebble in and Eko doing everything he can to prevent her.
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Carcoma (One-shot)
By Andrés Garrido
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Carcoma (One-shot)
By Andrés Garrido
Publisher: Dupuis
Genres:
Fantasy & Esoteric
Pirates they be, the damned and the outcast, sworn never to set foot on dry land again, endlessly sailing the seas toward the unknown, certain death their only release. But man proposes, fate disposes. These jaded souls stumble across an amazing find: a mysterious marine creature who, against all expectations and much to the captain’s displeasure, sets crewmembers against one another. For the Carcoma, a dread wind is about to blow…
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FAN MAN, L’homme au ventilo (One-shot)
By Gaet’ & Julien Monier, based on a novel by William Kotzwinkle
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FAN MAN, L’homme au ventilo (One-shot)
By Gaet’ & Julien Monier, based on a novel by William Kotzwinkle
Publisher: Petit à Petit BD
Genres:
Literary adaptation
Horse Badorties spends his nights in his pad on the Lower East Side and his days on the streets of the Bronx, Chinatown, or up in Brooklyn Heights. With his huge umbrella over one shoulder and his amazing fan in his hand—to keep him cool at all times—Horse scours the famous streets of ’60s New York in search of recruits for his great obsession: a Love Choir. Despite his oddball hobo look, Horse is a young man with heart. His frail health and lofty ambitions have something of the heroic grandeur of John Kennedy Toole’s Ignatius J. Reilly, while his “soft” drug-soaked language and zany coolness recall the Dude from the Coen Brothers’ Big Lebowski.
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Les Boucles de Celadön (1)
By EMEM, Fred Blanchard & Fred Duval
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Les Boucles de Celadön (1)
By EMEM, Fred Blanchard & Fred Duval
Publisher: Dargaud
Genres:
Sci-Fi
The start of a new cycle in the Renaissance series!
Earth has just joined “The Complex,” becoming the 24th member of the federation of planets founded thousands of years ago by the rulers of planets Thorgons, Köbalt, and Skuälls. Over the centuries, The Complex has experienced a number of conflicts, including the interstellar war that is the focus of the new cycle. In this first album, The Complex must defend itself against the growing Ouröbörös civilization, which will do anything to get its hands on The Complex’s valuable resources.
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Bienvenue à Pandemonia (One-shot)
By Diego Agrimbau & Gabriele Ippoliti
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Bienvenue à Pandemonia (One-shot)
By Diego Agrimbau & Gabriele Ippoliti
Publisher: Dargaud
Genres:
Fantasy & Esoteric
When Uriaki Posta dies and finds himself in Hell, he thinks there must be some mistake. How could he, a personal development guru with millions of followers, have been sent there? But even with all his rhetorical skills, he can’t make the infernal authorities see reason. To be fair, they are having problems of their own: the damned are arriving in droves and the Big Boss upstairs is refusing to take their calls.
A wicked satire devised by Diego Agrimbau and brought to life by Gabriele Ippoliti in his debut album for Dargaud.
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Épisode 4
By Bertrand Marchal, Rodolphe & Leo
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Épisode 4
By Bertrand Marchal, Rodolphe & Leo
Publisher: Dargaud
Genres:
Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Esoteric
For Kathy Austin, things are happening fast in the Highlands. Between Russian spies, flying saucers and crop circles, the discovery of a man’s body embedded in the wall of a church only adds confusion to an already complex situation… At the same time, a strange, technologically advanced group of people is moving into the area. All these incidents seem to be interconnected, and the answer to these mysteries may well lie in the ghosts of Kathy’s past…
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YON (1)
By Camille Broutin
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YON (1)
By Camille Broutin
Publisher: Dargaud Benelux
Genres:
Manga
In the flat, lifeless landscape of a stony desert stands a correctional boarding school. For seven years, Margot has perfected her solitude there. Transparent and stoic, she watches as Dan and his gang make the rules in yard and corridor, Solweig fistfights out behind the buildings, and the director’s daughter naps wherever there’s a sunny spot. All these young women are in their last year of high school, and just as freedom rears its head on the bright horizon of seventeen, the “PHENOMENON” happens.
Everyone knows it’s rare to survive one. So when the evacuation signal sounds and clouds gather, the girls must run. For just a few minutes later, the tiny murderous creatures will start falling. Everyone still on the premises when the alarm ends will be trapped with these mysterious creatures and left to their fate.
As the clouds roil over the school, students and teachers alike rush through the gates for the safety of the desert. But lost in the labyrinthine halls of an abandoned wing, Margot stops running and faces the inevitable: it’s too late for her to escape.
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Les vierges de Thessalie (1)
By Vincent Brugeas, Ronan Toulhoat & Yoann Guillo
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Les vierges de Thessalie (1)
By Vincent Brugeas, Ronan Toulhoat & Yoann Guillo
Publisher: Le Lombard
Genres:
Fantasy & Esoteric, Action & Adventure
The son of Ares, God of War, Daemon stirs only rancor, wrath, and contempt in those around him. Cursed by Zeus, he is doomed to turn slowly into a marble statue… unless he can learn to stir gratitude in others as well.
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Osez Joséphine (3)
By Nicolas Juncker & Simon Spruyt
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Osez Joséphine (3)
By Nicolas Juncker & Simon Spruyt
Publisher: Le Lombard
Genres:
Historical fiction
It’s a classic story for Dragon Dragon: you become a hero by running away from a battle! But when the general leading the battle is Bonaparte, and his wife Josephine, the role of hero isn’t always easy to live up to, either in the salon or on the campaign trail. Will Dragon Dragon be able to keep his distance from the future emperor and enjoy the company of his charming wife? It’s doubtful that the Republic will recover, but he who wills the end…?
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Retour en grâce (5)
By Frédéric Genet & Jean-Philippe Jaworski
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Retour en grâce (5)
By Frédéric Genet & Jean-Philippe Jaworski
Publisher: Le Lombard
Genres:
Fantasy & Esoteric, Action & Adventure
Benvenuto’s exile is coming to an end. He knows it’s time to return to Ciudalia. What he doesn’t know, however, is how he’ll be received. He has good reason to be wary, given the number of corpses he has sown. With his ghosts haunting him and the mercenaries hired by their survivors eager for revenge, he has a long and difficult road ahead of him…
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Bienvenue à Cuba (1)
By Frédéric Brrémaud & Vic Macioci
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Bienvenue à Cuba (1)
By Frédéric Brrémaud & Vic Macioci
Publisher: Dupuis
Genres:
Crime & Mystery, Action & Adventure
On the sun-drenched Caribbean island of Cuba, a former CIA agent, a young Cuban-American woman and a dodgy private eye kidnap a starlet for the mob in order to pay back an old man’s gambling debt, incurred when the Havana Leones baseball team suffered a crushing defeat in the inaugural match at the brand new latinoamericano stadium. Meanwhile, all sorts of national and international political intrigue plays out as a group of revolutionaries led by a young man named Fidel Castro prepare to march on the Cuban capital, fueling the rumor mill, striking fear in hearts, and inspiring notions of murderous deceit in the minds of those in power. An engaging noir thriller in tropical hues.
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Les tombeaux d’Atlantis (1)
By Denis Bajram, Valerie Mangin & Stephane Perger
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Les tombeaux d’Atlantis (1)
By Denis Bajram, Valerie Mangin & Stephane Perger
Publisher: Dupuis
Genres:
Sci-Fi
Tanis has always been different, blessed by the gods, or so she’s been told. The problem is she just wants to have fun like other kids her age, though she is inclined to braving forbidden tombs and awakening sleeping gods… She will soon learn, however, that in ancient Egypt, one doesn’t defy the gods with impunity.
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Sedna (2)
By Carine Barth & Cyrille Pomès
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Sedna (2)
By Carine Barth & Cyrille Pomès
Publisher: Dupuis
Genres:
Crime & Mystery
Transferred for a year to a remote outpost in the middle of the pack ice, Lieutenant Bertillon pays a heavy price for the maverick methods he used during his previous investigation… The deceptively shy and incompetent inspector is not satisfied until the wreck of a fishing boat, the Sedna, suddenly bursts through the ice before his very eyes. The vessel, which disappeared with its crew thirty years ago in obscure circumstances, is about to stir up terrible resentments in the peaceful polar community…
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Yashirojima la forêt des rêves perdus (One-shot)
By Kaeru Utagawa
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Yashirojima la forêt des rêves perdus (One-shot)
By Kaeru Utagawa
Publisher: Dupuis
Genres:
Manga
In the present day, a young boy plays in the forest and falls asleep under a tree. Protected by the fox god, his dreams take him far back in time, to discover his past lives. Once a samurai, the dream gods confront him with the massacres he has committed. Later, as a tattoo artist, he will experience the post-World War II omerta and the banning of this subtle art.
Little by little, the reader is introduced to the history and culture of Japan, through a number of references that will delight the more experienced without puzzling the average reader, such as the game with the shogi coins.
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Fauve l’exorciste du Louvre (1)
By Paula Andrade
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Fauve l’exorciste du Louvre (1)
By Paula Andrade
Publisher: Dupuis
Genres:
Manga
Fauve is an exorcist, but not just any exorcist. She is an exorcist of fine art and works for the largest museum in the world, the Louvre. Paintings, sculptures and even the smallest pieces of decorative art require her attention. Whether it’s a masterpiece in distress, or a painting that just wants to hang out in the garden, Fauve and her colleagues in the mimetic security department ensure the museum’s safety, both for the artworks and for the people, while gradually getting to know each other.
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Dupuis
Bandar (2)
By Anne Quenton
Fantasy & Esoteric, Literary adaptation
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Zéphyr Editions
Le temps de l’affrontement (2)
By Frédéric Zumbiehl, Olivier Jolivet & Patrice Buendia
Action & Adventure
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L’armée de Neptune (1)
By Mathieu Burniat & Kerascoët
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L’armée de Neptune (1)
By Mathieu Burniat & Kerascoët
Publisher: Dargaud
Genres:
Action & Adventure
It may not be easy for children to control their emotions, but it is essential. And it is the more so when you know those emotions generate devastatingly huge streams of electricity! Icarus, a young shepherd from Atlantis, makes this spectacular – but no less terrifying – discovery when Alec roughs him up for the umpteenth time. Lightning, sparks, you name it: Icarus can create electricity!
His grandmother tells him that people like him were once called “the chosen ones,” those who built the city of Atlantis. This was the energy that enabled them to erect magnificent buildings, pump water, heat their homes, and even travel to meet the other ocean communities. But this power attracted the covetousness of Neptune’s mysterious army. Rising up from the depths of the sea, his soldiers kidnapped them, and, in self-defense, they began to hide their energy, so well concealed that it eventually dried up.
Today, Atlanteans rely only on the strength of their arms. Icarus is stunned! He understands that he must hide his power at all costs, but the very next night, the army of shadows invades Atlantis and kidnaps young Lyssa. Icarus and Kalyo, Lyssa’s older sister, set off in search of her, discovering an underwater world whose mystery they may finally be able to unravel…
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Monsieur Doudou (2)
By Mathieu Salvia & Krystel
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Monsieur Doudou (2)
By Mathieu Salvia & Krystel
Publisher: Dargaud Benelux
Genres:
Fantasy & Esoteric
While every story rests on its heroes and heroines, there is always an adversary in front of them, someone to be vanquished. The “Big Bad”. And sometimes, it’s not the one you’re thinking of… So it is that, after fleeing the assaults of the White Fire Dragon, Pabo and his companions must now face Mr. Doudou, the tyrant who reigns with an iron fist over the small Bresse farm. In the poetic and metaphorical continuity of the first part, Petits Dieux continues to offer us an unexpected journey behind the scenes of creation and imagination.
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La larme de solitude (5)
By Tristan Roulot & Guerrero
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La larme de solitude (5)
By Tristan Roulot & Guerrero
Publisher: Le Lombard
Genres:
Fantasy & Esoteric
In the heart of a deep forest lies a small village protected from the passage of time by a strange crystal: the Stone of Time. Its inhabitants, frozen in eternal youth, are all but children guided by an old man: Nicolas, the Venerable.
One day, a thief finds her way into the village, smashes the Stone into
pieces and runs away with a shard. The Venerable sends four children after the thief, into a world where time has passed, albeit in a rather twisted manner, giving birth to strange creatures mixing myth and history.
In this 5th and final volume, the confrontation between the children of the Stone and the extraordinary deities that rule the world reaches its climax. Faced with the titan Bahamut and the Leviathan, they’ll have to use all their wits and wizardry to prevail.
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La ZAD du roi pêcheur (2)
By Frédéric Maupomé & Wauter Mannaert
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La ZAD du roi pêcheur (2)
By Frédéric Maupomé & Wauter Mannaert
Publisher: Le Lombard
Genres:
Action & Adventure
Nimué, the lady of the lake, has reason to despair: to find the Beast and fulfill an age-old destiny, young Pelli is reduced to sniffing poop in the local forests. Not very chivalrous, is it? So she consoles herself by discovering the wonders of the modern world: croissants, pizza and whipped cream. And yet, even in this disenchanted world, there remains a reason for hope: if they were so far from their goal, why would they be hunted down by the sinister henchmen of the LaFey company…?
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Elsbeth et la malédiction du Beau Silence (1)
By Tristan Roulot & Sarah Conradsen
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Elsbeth et la malédiction du Beau Silence (1)
By Tristan Roulot & Sarah Conradsen
Publisher: Le Lombard
Genres:
Fantasy & Esoteric
Elsbeth is a young witch living in a world where magic is normal… but only for women. Ever since the Great Curse struck all men dumb, they have been unable to cast a single spell. Despairing of ever hearing the man she loves utter the three most beautiful words imaginable, “I love you,” Elsbeth decides to find out why the Curse was inflicted… and soon discovers that her new quest is beset by all kinds of obstacles and taboos—not least the apparently significant part played in it by her own great aunt. But Elsbeth is determined to break the Curse and restore equality between men and women in the kingdom.
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Thor enfant terrible (1)
By Kid Toussaint, Kenny Ruiz & Noiry
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Thor enfant terrible (1)
By Kid Toussaint, Kenny Ruiz & Noiry
Publisher: Le Lombard
Genres:
Humor
Odin, god of gods and ruler of Asgard, patron saint of war and magic and protector of humankind, is also a single father to unruly children. Thor and his brothers Vidar and Hodr are always getting into reckless scrapes and mischief, often led astray by their wily uncle, Loki. Provoking the young Valkyries led by Val’, hounding the divine ravens Huginn and Muninn, riding their serpent cousin Jörmungandr—the three boys could well set off an Asgardian apocalypse! If Ragnarök comes, it’ll be… all in the family!
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Le rituel de protection (5)
By Carbone, Véronique Barrau & Charline Forns
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Le rituel de protection (5)
By Carbone, Véronique Barrau & Charline Forns
Publisher: Dupuis
Genres:
Action & Adventure, Fantasy & Esoteric
A local fisherman is said to have caught a mermaid before she escaped, entangled in a net… Elina, the Little People’s Sentinel, sets off in a canoe to rescue the poor creature! But the young heroine, always accompanied by the fairy Nelvyna and the elf Llyam, unfortunately crosses paths with the Cornandonets, terrible shipwrecking elves! A bad encounter that may not have happened by chance… Élina sets out to investigate, at the risk of being unmasked by her mother, who knows nothing of her activities!
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Reine du jour ! (2)
By Tauro & Chiara Karicola
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Reine du jour ! (2)
By Tauro & Chiara Karicola
Publisher: Dupuis
Genres:
Drama
With just a few days to go before her birthday party, Claire’s excitement is as explosive as ever. To tide her over until the big day, Claire decides to film her daily life and that of Malou, her little dog. The videos of their adventures entertain her family and friends. And finally, the big day: Claire’s birthday party. All the guests are dressed up and having a great time. But when Claire and Malou appear, all eyes are on the little dog. Annoyed at not being the center of attention, Claire isolates herself. Growing up also means understanding jealousy and learning to share.
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Le réveil de l’automate (1)
By Lylian K. & Nicolas Grebil
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Le réveil de l’automate (1)
By Lylian K. & Nicolas Grebil
Publisher: Dupuis
Genres:
Action & Adventure, Fantasy & Esoteric
Four children wake up on a deserted island. After taking refuge in an abandoned boarding school, they find an automaton who, every night at midnight, gives them a mission. If they fail or refuse to take up the challenge, the consequences could be terrible. From mission to mission, the children explore their surroundings, encounter other participants, and discover the reasons behind their presence on this island…
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Une longue nuit (1)
By Paco Sordo
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Une longue nuit (1)
By Paco Sordo
Publisher: Dupuis
Genres:
Fantasy & Esoteric, Humor
For the first time ever, Hannah, a little girl from the big city, is spending the summer with her grandfather. As it just so happens, he’s the Guardian of an astonishing forest, where trees go for a walk when they get bored, animals can speak, pigs magically regenerate, and 120-year-old gnomes are in the throes of teenage angst… Once she gets over her initial surprise, Hannah is delighted to discover this fantastical place.
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La Coloc-au-Lac (One-shot)
By Anne-Sophie Constancien
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La Coloc-au-Lac (One-shot)
By Anne-Sophie Constancien
Publisher: La Ville Brûle
Genres:
Humor
Once upon a time, there was a Princess, a Fairy and a Mermaid… What ??? Again??? No, no, it’s not quite that… Our three heroines take us on an adventure as absurd as it is sororal, a story of friendship and emancipation.
Princess, Fée and Sirène are faced with a few problems when we meet them: Princess can’t stand her big dress any more, Sirèneurgently needs to find some water, and Fée is fed up with having to use her magic at the drop of a hat to do everyone a favour. What they have in common is a desire to be free, a desire to discover the wide world, a keen awareness that unity and support will make them strong… and an immoderate taste for the absurd and the bizarre. That’s all it takes to decide to set up a shared flat that looks like an ideal micro-republic: flat-shore.
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Lina et le secret de la passerelle (1)
By Julien Frey & Mathilde Domecq
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Lina et le secret de la passerelle (1)
By Julien Frey & Mathilde Domecq
Publisher: Editions de la Gouttière
Genres:
Action & Adventure
Lina a dix ans et deux maisons. Chez sa mère et chez son père. L’une de nos jours et l’autre en 1910. Elle va d’un temps à l’autre, d’une vie à l’autre grâce à une passerelle cachée en plein cœur de Paris. Un secret qui n’est pas simple à garder pour la jeune fille… Inquiète pour la librairie de son papa, menacée par la grande crue de la Seine, Lina commet plusieurs imprudences et éveille, dans le présent, les soupçons de Gus, son nouveau camarade de classe, mais aussi, dans le passé, ceux de deux malfrats.
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Dupuis
La base secrète (3)
By Olivier Bocquet & Fabio Lai
Fantasy & Esoteric, Action & Adventure
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Dupuis
Le complot de la Reine T1/2 (9)
By Feroumont
Humor
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