(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.
From the co-creator and artist of the internationally celebrated Last Man series!The first rule of the Sioule: There are no rules. Of all the international disciplines, the Sioule is the most violent and most dangerous?but also the most media-friendly. This brutal cocktail of rugby and dodgeball attracts millions of viewers to each match, and social networks go wild for the players who become international celebrities. From the far reaches of her countryside, H?l?na is far from interested in any of this madness. When she is not helping her father on the family farm, she goes camping by the sea with her friends. Life is peaceful. But her father dreams of another destiny for her, a better life than cleaning up dung! One day, when a stray leather ball catches her eye and triggers something new in her . . . what if her future was at the Superior School of Sioule? Nothing is certain. To make a place for yourself in this ultra-testosterone-fueled environment, you?ll have to use your elbows and your knuckles!
(W/A/CA) Michael Sanlavaille
From the co-creator and artist of the internationally celebrated Last Man series! The start of the school year is going to be sporty! Naturally gifted, H?l?na left the family farm and her childhood friends to join the prestigious Superior School of Sioule, the most violent of sports: a brutal cocktail of rugby and dodgeball that keeps millions of viewers loyal to each match! And the first training sessions are not going to be easy. Even if H?l?na has impressive strength, the level is high and the pace will be exhausting! In addition, one of her classmates, Soni, will prove to be a formidable opponent, both tactically and physically. While H?l?na gains notoriety, she distances herself from Marco, spending less and less time with her old gang. Passion sometimes demands sacrifices. Will she find her balance to move on to her second year? The path to becoming a professional Sioule player seems long and perilous.
(W/A/CA) Michael Sanlavaille
IN THIS GAME, ANYTHING GOES! Helena Silver has come a long way from the countryside to stadiums packed with screaming fans. Gifted in the ultra-brutal sport of Sioule, she joined the equally talented Soni Daktari?s team, and the competition for respect within the league has taken on a whole new dimension. The competitions are punishing but the victories are intoxicating, and the sponsors begin to take an interest in Helena. Shunning the publicity and remaining true to herself, she risks making enemies who won?t hesitate to use their power to undermine her success. She?ll need all her strength to stand up to her opponents who are waiting to see her fall . . . Michael Sanlaville (Lastman) declares his love for shonen manga through this explosive sports series that follows the journey of a radiant heroine. A third volume full of action and adrenaline that concludes Helena?s arc by addressing the issue of sexism in sports, celebrity, and friendship.
(W/A/CA) Dav
Winter has thawed and Spring has sprung! The forest is turning green again and no one is more excited to experience it than Mr Warthog and his brand new baby boy who gets to experience the great big outdoors for the very first time!
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/A/CA) Merwan
Young Man? is full of envy and strength, two essential qualities for someone who wishes to engage in Pankat, a brutal martial art and philosophy for those who practice it. Wandering the greatest Pankat schools in Irap, Man? will quickly prove himself with the advice of E?am, one of the greatest masters of all time. But will he be able to resist the lure of F?ssat, a former student who will try to lead the young man into a life of crime? The rules of life are not always as straightforward as those of a Pankat fight...
(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) 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) 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) 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.
A precocious puppy and an adventure-seeking squirrel set out to explore new and interesting environments full of fascinating animals and curious creatures! Follow them to the plains of Africa on a safari full of wild beasts of all shapes and sizes!
(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.
A loyal Australian hunting dog finds himself alone in the outback when his master is bitten by a poisonous snake. He must venture across the dangerous outback to find his way home alone.
The fifth volume in the lavishly illustrated, award-winning series of wordless wildlife graphic novels, each depicting a day in the life of different wild animals, told through the dramatic lens of Disney-esque storytelling, like a nature documentary in illustration.
(W/A/CA) Guillaume Run Renard
Based on the Netflix film of the same name! This award-winning comic book series has taken the US by storm! Angelino is a young loser like thousands of others in DMC. His monotonous days drag between TV, Mexican wrestling matches, crappy odd jobs, and metaphysical discussions under the stars with his buddy Vinz. A stupid scooter accident plunges him into a hurricane of unimaginable troubles, with the fate of humanity on the hook. Heavily armed men in black, gangs of all kinds, and a troop of Mexican wrestlers all collide to face off against vicious cosmic entities determined to invade the planet!
(W) Guillaume Run Renard (A/CA) Guillaume Run Renard
Based on the Netflix film of the same name! This award-winning comic book series has taken the US by storm! Angelino and Vinz have left the simmering neighborhood of Palm Hill and are being pursued by men in black willing to risk it all to catch them. This time they can?t take things lightly: there?s a price on their heads. And then there are those monsters. . . . The world is going crazy, or are they the ones losing their grip on reality? It?s often rather confusing when you have to face the rampant absurdity of an improbable invasion . . .
(W/A/CA) Guillaume Run Renard
Based on the Netflix film of the same name, this award-winning comic book series has taken the US by storm!On the eve of a seemingly inevitable Third World War, DMC is in the grip of unprecedented riots under the repression of Section Z7. Vinz and Angelino find themselves prisoners of the terrible Machos in a secret base in the middle of the desert. While Angelino suffers from increasingly frequent anxiety attacks, Vinz takes the lead and proves that he is not the loser everyone takes him to be. Only the guardians of Lucha Ultima seem to grasp the signs announcing the end of the world. Will their masked souls find the path to salvation and the redemption of humanity?
(W/A/CA) Guillaume Run Renard
Based on the Netflix film of the same name, this award-winning comic book series has taken the US by storm! DMC is in the grip of growing riots, which are starting to look like a full-blown civil war: The repression by section Z-7 is so fierce that the city?s worst gangs and rebellious citizens are coming together under a common and unifying color: green. While the city is the scene of violent pitched battles, Angelino, Vinz, and Willy, finally reunited and still losers, decide to return to the old neighborhood, where Willy claims to have a large sum of money hidden under the floor of his home. But the alien Macho invasion transforms DMC into an infernal blaze from which no one seems able to escape . . .
(W) Richard Marazano (A/CA) Christophe Ferreira
Milo often spends his time alone by a lake, where one day he finds a magnificent golden fish. When a creepy stranger also appears holding a young girl prisoner, he and the girl follow the golden fish to a magical world below the lake, one full of adventure . . .
(W/A/CA) Chaiko
A vibrant retelling of the legendary Chinese saga Journey to the West by artist/animator Chaiko, who brings his unique visual style and humor to this ageless fantasy adventure. A monkey is born from a stone struck by lightning and acquires supernatural abilities which he uses for mischief and glory. But soon he finds himself at the ire of the Heavens and imprisoned by the Buddha himself. To redeem himself, he is tasked with a quest to protect a monk on a great journey filled with danger and adventure.
(W) Jerome Hamon (A/CA) Antoine Carrion
The struggle between man and nature comes to a climax! This ecological future fantasy by writer Jerome Hamon tells the story of a young man and his father searching for clues as to why life has ceased to thrive. Their journey will uncover a supernatural conspiracy between the nearby high-tech kingdom and their ruinous pursuit of eternal life. Mix in the return of long-forgotten (and jealous) gods and you have a surreal fantasy of truly Wagnerian scope. Out of print for two years, this new edition features a brand-new cover and back matter gallery of additional artwork and concept design. This premium softcover is printed on quality 140gsm paper stock, with spot-UV on the cover and Magnetic?s signature curved corners.
(W/A/CA) Mig
Set within the video-game universe of Wakfu, the popular online role-playing game and animated series on Netflix!On a paradise island far from the hustle and bustle of the old continent lives Ogrest, a tiny ogre who lives happily with Otoma?, his creator, and Dathura, a doll of divine beauty. When the Dofus?precious magical dragon eggs?disappear, all budding adventurers are rousted in search of the treasure. But Ogrest?s island is home to a Dofus that quickly draws greed and thirst for power that leads them all into a dark plot . . .
(W/A/CA) Mig
Set within the video-game universe of Wakfu, the popular online role-playing game and animated series on Netflix!Communication between Otomai and Ogrest seems to have broken down. Dathura is the only peacekeeper in the trio. Their island, once a peaceful haven, is attracting far too many visitors. If it isn?t adventurers in search of the Dofus, it?s a visit from the Brotherhood, a dark organization that makes Otomai imagine the worst. And now Lupa and her mercenaries are eyeing the island. Will she become the center of a hellish spiral?
(W/A/CA) Mig
Set within the video-game universe of Wakfu, the popular online role-playing game and animated series on Netflix! While the alchemist wizard Otomai waits alone on his island . . . Ogrest is on his way to Harebourg?s Castle to find Dathura, the divine doll he loves so dearly. Transformed into a fighter, he doesn?t know that he?s heading straight for trouble in the form of the Brotherhood. Dathura and Ogrest find themselves in the center of this secret organization?s plot!
(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) Jean-David Morvan (A/CA) Toru Terada
In a fashion-focused future, rich kids enjoy trips to "Small World", a virtual visit to the slums of the lower city. Piedro is their guide, a lowland local who few ever meet in real life. But young Kumiko and her brothers get the rare surprise when he shows up in their garage fleeing from the evil Captain Gancho and his band of thugs. Suddenly their virtual adventure becomes real!
(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) Antoine Ozanam (A/CA) Antoine Carrion
Deception can be a deadly thing . . . A kidnapped prince may be the key to a kingdom in conflict. But the beast who took the boy may pose more threat than the hushed fairy tales suggest . . . One of Antoine Carrion?s first published works, White Shadows is medieval intrigue in the fine tradition of George R.R. Martin, full of hidden political agendas woven between a wide cast of players who are individually dead set on occupying the throne. With hints of the supernatural underlying everyone?s fears, this tale by writer Antoine Ozanam will have you imagining what else might be at work. And given Antoine Carrion?s beautiful scenery, your imagination will be well fed.
(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?
