January 1940. Brussels is hit by a particularly harsh winter. While everyone is waiting for war to break out, Fantasio enlists in the Belgian army. Meanwhile, Spirou, ever the bellboy, is carrying on with his life as normally as he can. When he meets Felix, a German‐Jewish painter whose work the Nazis deemed “degenerate,” and his wife Felka, his eyes are opened to the global situation. This impressive work of 330 pages in 4 books combines action, humor, historical fact, and philosophical reflection.

As a complement to Émile Bravo’s latest Spirou album, Dupuis is publishing a new edition of Bravo’s other masterpiece dedicated to the world’s favorite bellboy. “Le journal d’un ingénu,” which received numerous awards at its publication, takes place in 1939 Brussels just before the Occupation. War may be looming large, but Spirou and Fantasio are ready for anything to try and prevent it. Ask for your reading copy in French or English (English publication imminent through Europe Comics!)

Spirou and Fantasio are caught up in another amazing adventure, set in a real historical context. It’s summer 1989, a few months before the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the evil Zantafio is trying to take over East Germany. When he kidnaps the Count of Rummelsburg, our two heroes find out and try to rescue him. But to do that, they have to cross Europe’s most heavily guarded border… Already out in Germany through Carlsen Verlag, this title is a unique addition to Mediatoon’s catalogue!

Stéphane, fresh out of college, has gone to work for a powerful industrial consortium. He is soon put in charge of negotiating an important contract in the Congo, and sets off for Africa. But once there, he discovers a cynical and corrupt world beyond anything he could have imagined. His destiny is altered forever when he crosses the path of Violette, a Congolese child hunted by a powerful rebel chief.

This fast‐paced tale full of twists and constantly evolving backdrops takes place in an imaginative world of dreams, demons, and strange creatures. The predominant themes are love and lust, with protagonists blinded by dark passions inciting them to violence, bitterness, betrayal, and vengeance. None will be spared from the sinister downward spiral that brings all of humankind’s animosity comes to the fore.

“Silex and the City”: it’s like the Simpsons but without electricity. An average Stone Age family tries desperately to stay ahead of their time, whether that means politics, religion, culture, lifestyle, art, or economics… From the Contemporary Prehistoric Art Bienniale to the ancestors of Don Quixote, from the Doltus Sapiens to Neanderthal “visible minorities,” our entire contemporary world is dressed with unbridled satire in animal skins. The result is a caustic parody of our ever-so-highly-evolved society. See here for more information about the television adaptation of this celebrated series.

Supermurgeman lives with his wife on an exotic island where a multinational corporation is trying to expand its empire by creating a fast food restaurant built between two palm trees. As his name suggests, Supermurgeman is a superhero. Of course he’s invincible, thanks to a special brand of beer and an impressive arsenal: a flashlight, a multi-function Swiss Army knife, a tube of toothpaste, an old tire, and a box that moos like a cow (oddly, everything will come in handy — except the toothpaste). This clash of cultures — superhero meets corporate monopoly meets reality television show — is, needless to say, perfectly delightful.

This is the story of the SAS, a special forces unit of the British Army. Faced with the devastating superiority of Rommel’s Afrika Korps, British officers decided to create a small regiment of specially trained men who would fight exclusively behind enemy lines.

One day, Harmony wakes up in an unfamiliar basement having completely lost her memory. All she now knows of the world is the name of her “host,” the mysterious voices in her head and a newly discovered talent for telekinesis. She’s going to have to get her memory back pretty quickly in order to face the dangers that await her. There are so many unanswered questions, and the fight has only just begun… Series available to read in English through Europe Comics!

The legend says that only the daughter of Frigga, sorceress of the kingdom, may save the world from the coming floods. But for that to happen, Frigga has to entrust Elma to the forest, where she must survive for seven years. If she succeeds, their world will be saved and Elma will be reunited with her family. And so at birth, Elma is left in the forest, in the care of a bear that she soon comes to think of as her father. Despite their bond, the bear must keep the promise he made to Frigga: on her seventh birthday, he will guide Elma across the mountain to return her to her mother…

Emma and Violette are sisters who share the same dream of attending Paris’s most prestigious dance school. Violette passes the first audition with flying colors, but Emma doesn’t, and their world comes crashing down. But there may be more than one way to dance through life… This is the revelation at the heart of the first volume of this lively and graceful narrative. Reading copies of this series available in English!

Nino is busy … with an Easter egg hunt! No sooner does he find one than he wants to eat it … But if he does that, Ariane warns, he pretty soon won’t have any left … and that’s what’s happening with oil. We’re consuming it so fast, supplies could run out by the end of this century. So why is everyone in pursuit of this “black gold”? Ariane explains what it’s used for, how the “oil rush” started, and who the key players were in its history—a relatively short history that rapidly changed the world! Reading copies of this series available in English.

Passionate about etymology, Dominique Roques and Alexis Dormal dive into the subject in this special volume of “Pico Bogue,” using their beloved character to uncover some of the most surprising and astonishing word origins. Each page features one word, its roots detailed and brought to life through the authors’ trademark wit. A can’t-miss volume for all language-lovers, children and adults alike.

Young Rebecca’s life isn’t always easy. Besides having to get used to her parents’ separation, her fragile immune system means that she frequently falls ill. One day, she catches a new virus that will turn her life upside-down. The virus in question calls itself Ernest, and it is able to talk and to transform itself at will. Ernest and Rebecca will become best friends, and together they will face the problems that confront the little girl. Between playing pranks on the doctors and trying to get Rebecca’s parents back together, they have their work cut out for them! Plus: an animated version of the series in 52 episodes is coming in 2019 on TF1!

Aubépine likes her life just fine in the city. So when her parents announce a move to the mountains in the middle of nowhere, it’s safe to say she isn’t thrilled! There’s nothing to do and no one to talk to, except for an odd old shepherdess and her woolly dogs… and a treacherous genie? Perhaps Aubépine won’t be so bored here after all, as she faces mounting magical threats with each passing month! A series that’s set to shake up children’s comics with its mix of pop culture humor and an avalanche of twists and turns.

Belgium, December 1942. André Moons and Jean Doisy, then editor-in-chief of Spirou Magazine, decide to take their puppet theatre on the road. As if to fill the void created by the magazine’s wartime publication hiatus, they traverse the country, serving as a cover for a network of resistance fighters along the way. Here, the author Al pays homage to the theatre and the sketches performed there. Written decades after the events and people it describes, this book is a stirring reminder of the roads Spirou Magazine has travelled throughout its long history.