(W) Jean-Marrie Omont, Charlotte Girard (A/CA) Golo Zhao
1937. In the chaos of the invasion of Shanghai by Japanese troops, a well bred little girl is separated from her parents and is left alone but for the help of a boy from the streets. Together, these unlikely and opposite children set off to find her parents and survive adventures across war torn China.
Lost and alone, with little memory of how she wound up in the winter wilderness, young Yaya must survive the cold on her own while Tuduo sets out to find her before the wicked gangster Zhu does.
(W/A/CA) Sergio Toppi
Presenting the third volume in a new library of works by master illustrator Sergio Toppi. This third volume collects historical tales set in Central and South America previously collected as Chapungo, The Legend of Potosi, and The Treasure of Cibola. Featuring an original foreword by legendary artist, Dave McKean.
(W/A/CA) Sergio Toppi
The fifth volume in this popular library of works by celebrated master storyteller Sergio Toppi contains six tales of folklore set in Eastern Europe and Siberia during various points in the late 19th and early 20th century.
(W/A/CA) Sergio Toppi
This sixth volume contains five tales set in feudal Japan, presented in English for the first time: Tanka, Kimura, Sato, Ogari 1650, and Momotaro. Featuring a new foreword by celebrated artist Kent Williams.
(W/A/CA) Sergio Toppi
A set of tales inspired by the Arabian Nights by European comics master Sergio Toppi, exploring a barbaric society where the supernatural is the only remedy to injustice, as Sharaz-de, captive to a cruel and despotic king, must each night spin tales to entertain her master and save her head from the executioner. Featuring tales filled with evil spirits, treasures, risk, and danger, but ever at their center the passions of gods and men.
(W/A/CA) Sergio Toppi
Far from the auction halls of the elite, The Collector seeks out rare and mysterious artifacts across the world. He is as at home in the salons of Paris as he is in the jungles of Borneo. Set against the backdrop of late 19th-century colonialism, this collection of short stories and swashbuckling adventures is full of surprises and twists, as Toppi is well known for!
(W/A/CA) Sergio Toppi
A collection of tales by master illustrator and storyteller Sergio Toppi featuring a series of fables set in Old World Italy, plus a feature-length what-if tale about the New World, speculating on a history where Christopher Columbus never made it to America.
(W/A/CA) Sergio Toppi
Master illustrator and storyteller SERGIO TOPPI takes on the topic of War in this collection of short stories set in various global conflicts, from the battlefields of Prussia in 1742 to Colonial Papua in the 19th Century and Southeast Asia and Yugoslavia in the 20th-Century. These classic works have never been published in English until now. Toppi's influence on the modern comic industry is supported by popular legends including Frank Miller, Bill Sienkiewicz, Dave McKean, Walter Simonson, and Sean Gordon Murphy.
(W) Kevan Stevens (A/CA) Jef
It's 2074, and the Earth is an abused ruin, a landscape of desolation thanks to mankind's inability to live in moderation. Pockets of makeshift civilization are spread out like islands in a sea of wasted misery, a distance that only the craziest and most desperate madmen dare to traverse. Alex and Fonzie are two such individuals, and they are about to take the contract of their lives leading a convoy of misfits and mercenaries on a mission to deliver a cargo of precious medicine across the desolate plain. They'll face lawless hordes and competing agents, and their fleet will winnow before they reach their destination, but none of those opponents will be prepared for Alex and her wily ways?
When a young mother disappears without a trace from an upscale resort on the remote Reunion Island, all suspicions lead to her husband. But when he himself disappears with their daughter in tow, the chase begins to save the girl and solve the mystery. Based on the bestselling novel by Michel Bussi.
(W) Jerome Hamon (A/CA) Suheb Zako
London, 1892. Like most children in the working-class town where she lives, Indira works the coal mines every day without protest. But when her little brother Eliott disappears, nothing matters anymore... She embarks on a desperate quest to find him and discovers that he is not the only child to have mysteriously disappeared. All clues seem to point to the same person: Cathleen Sachs, the wealthy owner of the coal mines. But why would she kidnap these children?
(W) Arthur Conan Doyle (A/CA) Vincent Mallie
London, 1878. Poor Dr Watson returns from India completely penniless and on the verge of despair when he meets Sherlock Holmes, a whimsical guy who also happens to be looking for a roommate. The pair move into 221 Baker Street when one of Scotland Yard's top sleuths enlists the talented Detective Holmes to help solve a dark murder case. Together, Watson and Holmes will lead the investigation and cement a partnership that will last for years to come. This brand new edition of the first Sherlock Holmes novel is beautifully illustrated by artist Vincent Mallie, capturing the joyful style of an animated feature as if created by renowned director Hayao Miyazaki
(W) Mary Shelley, Georges Bess (A/CA) Georges Bess
Mary Shelley's classic tale about a scientist's hubris and the pitiable creature who did not ask to be brought to life is adapted into a breathtaking graphic novel illustrated by the renowned artist Georges Bess.
(W) Lewis Trondheim, Emmanual Guibert (A/CA) Franck Biancarelli
Officer Leila Sharad and historian Bert Numal are sent out to discover the source of the mysterious massive graveyard floating in space, only to discover a device that allows them to communicate with the dead! And considering the wealth of knowledge stored in the millions of corpses surrounding them, the value of the device could prove beyond measure! Part six in the eight-part pulp-sci-fi space opera!
(W) Lewis Trondheim (A/CA) Killoffer
The mystery finally unfolds as the true conspirator is revealed to be... the Captain of the Infinity 8! Ageless grudges boil to the surface and only one man can save every lifeform in the universe: Lieutenant Reffo!
(W) Jean-David Morvan, Severine Trefouel (A) David Evrard
Irena Book One: Wartime Ghetto is a 136-page full color biography that chronicles the life of Irena Sendlerowa. Carefully researched by the creators, this book is truly a work of love. Irena was a member of the Citizen Center for Social Aid during World War II, joined the resistance, and saved over 2500 children from the hell of Nazi-Occupied Warsaw Ghetto. The artwork by David Evrard invokes an innocence and charm that serves as a stark juxtaposition to the tense and perilous moments the story provides. This book is a must have for admirers of Irena Sendlerowa's extraordinary life and those looking to learn more about the Jewish experience during World War II. Irena Sendlerowa was born in 1910 in Otwock, a small town in central Poland. Irena was 29 years old when the Germans invaded Poland. The Germans soon gathered all the Jews in Warsaw into a small portion of the city that became known as the Warsaw Ghetto. The ghetto's prison-like conditions led to thousands of deaths every month from starvation and disease. As a non-Jew
(W) Jean-David Morvan, Severine Trefouel (A/CA) David Evrard
The second volume in the trilogy telling the true story of Irena Sendlerowa, a member of the Citizen Center for Social Aid during the Second World War who saved 2,500 children from the Nazi-occupied Warsaw Ghetto. This volume focuses on her mission to reunite the rescued children with their families who had been sent to concentration camps across the country.
(W) Ozanam (A/CA) Joel Jurion, Yoan Guille
In the wake of the Were-War, all of the powerful animal totems have disappeared. Now, the human former-hosts must unravel the mysteries and deal with the ongoing rivalries without their previous abilities, facing new threats and supernatural dangers. Can they re-awaken the sleeping Were-spirits and save the world?
(W) Frederic Brremaud (A/CA) Federico Bertolucci
Chipper and Squizzo are a precocious puppy and squirrel who love to explore new and exciting environments, flying their cardboard box airplane to wondrous worlds full of fascinating animals and creatures. In each volume of this fun, educational series, they tour a different location, encountering the real-world animals found there in beautiful illustration and fun cartoon strip antics. This first volume takes them into the Forest, where they discover bugs, birds, bears, and more! A fun, lusciously illustrated series of wildlife discovery books for children of all ages.
(W) Frederic Brremaud (A/CA) Federico Bertolucci
Dive into an underwater world of strange and fascinating creatures with the adorable adventure?seeking duo, Chipper and Squizzo!
(W) Frédéric Brrémaud (A/CA) Federico Bertolucci
It's not easy being one of the smaller predators in the woods, competing with an entire woodland population for scraps along the food chain. But when nature throws cataclysmic weather into the mix, it becomes a race for survival - and love. Follow an agile, intrepid fox through a day's journey through the woods in this beautiful all-ages title that explores genuine natural behavior through the dramatic lens of Disney-esque storytelling, like a nature documentary in lavish, wordless illustration.
Meka is the tale of two pilots in the far future whose vehicle, a giant walking war-machine designed to defend inhabited planets from alien threats, is disabled in combat, leaving them stranded and left to their own talents and judgment to survive the ruined urban warzone they themselves inadvertently created. This sci-fi story is as much about the politics of warfare as it is about the two characters relationship during the trials faced during their escape.
(W) Kevan Stevens (A/CA) Jef
Vananka Darmont's life has sucked since his Indian father stuck him with such a weird name before disappearing. When he comes home from his soul-draining job to find his mother dead from an overdose, he decides to abandon the $31k in debt she left him to find a new life in Mexico. But trouble follows him like a shadow, and he soon finds himself wrapped up in a world of drug smugglers, white supremacists, and federal agents. In the middle of all that, however, is perhaps the one good thing ever introduced to his life: Leila. And when she's kidnapped, rescuing her becomes his single purpose.
(W/A/CA) Gregory Panaccione
Toby is a simple dog living in a seaside country village, indulging in the joys of nature with his freedom-loving artist master. Almost always hungry, nothing matters more to Toby than his master whom he consoles, exasperates, and sometimes inspires. Toby is happy living his life of carelessness, and yet thoughts and memories start to haunt him, tormenting him with questions...
(W) Hubert (A/CA) Bertrand Gatignol
Petit is the littlest giant in a hierarchy of giants, merely the size of a human, whom the rest of the clan consider simple food and labor. Torn between his savage family instincts and his human empathy, he must discover his place in the world and the kingdom's future . . .
(W) Pierre Paquet (A/CA) Jesus Alonso
A young man struggles to build a publishing company, find love, and discover who he really is, with his one true trusted companion being the dog who truly seems to understand him. In the end, he realizes that for far too long he has been a self-absorbed piece of sh*t. A touching autobiographical story by Swiss BD publisher Pierre Paquet, the spiritual sequel to Paquet's Eisner-nominated A Glance Backward, which recounted his experience dealing with the death of his father at age 11.
(W) Daniel Pecqueur, Olivier Vatine (A) Didier Cassegrain, Fred Blanchard (CA) Didier Cassegrain
Ellora's business has been in freefall since the dragon sheikh Ad Arphax opened a competing brothel nearby. So she sets out with ruffian Norden to find the Isle of Mermaids, whose siren song should bring in the customers and put her back on top. But the journey is wrought with fantastic dangers, not the least of which is the Amazon pirate Tao Bang - an old acquaintance of Norden's - now in the employ of Ad Arphax?
(W) Antoine Ozanam (A/CA) Antoine Carrion
A child is born in an ancient distant land, celebrated by the shaman Ozbeg who senses the spirit of greatness inside him. This boy, Temudjin, must be guided to listen to the voices of nature around him, for one day, he will lead the Mongol clans to glory as the reborn Genghis Khan.
(W) Antoine Ozanam (A/CA) Antoine Carrion
A child is born in an ancient distant land, celebrated by the shaman Ozbeg who senses the spirit of greatness inside him. This boy, Temudjin, must be guided to listen to the voices of nature around him, for one day, he will lead the Mongol clans to glory as the reborn Genghis Khan.
(W/A/CA) Sergio Toppi
This collection of artwork from European comics master Sergio Toppi focuses on illustrations of beasts both real and imaginary presented in Toppi's inimitable pen-and-ink style. Sergio Toppi's work has been hailed as an influence by such artistic masters as Sean Gordon Murphy and Walter Simonson.
(W) Yaan (A/CA) Didier Cassegrain
It is the third millennium, and gender definitions are gone, references practically banned. Larry and Marcel are two Earth agents sent to the lush and threatening jungles of the planet Zarkass forced to collaborate for an ultra-secret mission. Their official cover is to study the fauna, flora, and the unique customs of the native Zarkassian people. But really they are there to find and examine the mysterious wreckage of an alien vessel that has the government concerned. But the two young agents start to suspect that each of them might be hiding the real reasons for their presence on Zarkass? reasons that are much more personal?
(W/A/CA) Daniel Lieske
In the second volume of The Wormworld Saga, Jonas discovers there's just as much danger as there is beauty in this fantasy world. When Jonas begins to realize his arrival in the Wormworld might be no accident at all, will he be able to face his own destiny to meet the sinister fire god Unurtha?