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Tuesday, January 30, 2018

Non Album Collection 107

Olympus Mons v01 - Anomaly One (2017)

2026: Unexplained and strange phenomena occur simultaneously in different places. In the depths of the Baltic Sea, underwater treasure hunters discover what seems to be the remains of an unknown artifact; in Iowa, a medium is haunted by strange visions in which he visits a mysterious wreck at the bottom of the sea. On a screen, a message addressed to the inhabitants of the Earth; on Mars, cosmonauts find a series of enigmatic objects. Following their track, they arrive on the slopes of the highest eminence of Mars, Mount Olympus, where they discover the carcass of a spaceship. The enigma is total but no doubt: these different phenomena are well linked!

Nathan Never Gigante 001 - A Twofold Future

The story takes place in four different eras. A hundred years after the time of Nathan, the world has been destroyed by a war between humans and Technodroids, half organic and half machine beings. Close to defeat, the technodroids send two agents in the past (at the time of Nathan) to change the course of future events. But, in the complex temporal game, also an enigmatic character who comes from a future far more remote than that of the technodroids, is determined to play his part.

Approved for Adoption v01 (2016)

In 2007, Jung decides to plunge himself into the memories or the fantasies of his life - he wants to reconcile a period tinged with uncertainty that eats away at him. He talks about himself in this terribly intimate tale, his survival in Korea, his new Belgian family. An adoption that was not always very successful, contrary to some other kids. But this story is his. Giggles, dramas, everyday life, kids' stupid things and questions without answers... He grew up with it, built himself with it, day after day, somehow or another.



Friday, January 26, 2018

Non Album Collection 105

Murmur (Lorenzo Mattotti & Jerry Kramsky) (1989)

While on a mission a bomber pilot loses control of his plane and crashes. As doctors fight to save his life, he has a vision that he has run away to the Troubled Zone, and the journal of his travels is the basis of the narrative in Murmur.

Cruising Through the Louvre (David Prudhomme) (2012)

Rather than focusing on one specific artist or masterpiece, as in previous volumes of NBM’s Louvre Collection graphic novel series, this book celebrates the experience of the Louvre itself, in subtle, soft pencils and pastels. Seen through the thoughtful eye of protagonist Prudhomme, the Louvre is a city of its own, filled with celebrities, quirks, familiar and oddball traditions; a microcosm of civilization exists among its myriad visitors. The gentle lines of Prudhomme’s art reproduce the masterworks in delicate detail, but his people are the stars: a man napping on a bench, a class gathered around their teacher, a woman intently sketching a statue. Modern technology is also part of the experience: Prudhomme talks loudly on his cell phone while strolling the galleries, and the Mona Lisa is barely glimpsed from behind cell phone screens taking her photo. With its intimate eye on the human act of appreciating art, this book revels in the Louvre as a shared adventure that complements and illuminates its famous art. - Publisher's Weekly.

Pachyderme (Frederik Peeters) (2009)

Her flight to her injured husband's side interrupted by an injured elephant in the road, Carice Sorrel makes her way to the hospital where her husband Pierre —victim of a drunk driver—waits for her. There, guided by her own future corpse, Madame Sorrel has a series of increasingly surreal encounters; corpses talk, spectral babies wander the halls, and hidden truths crawl towards the light. Caught in a dreamlike path that crisscrosses time itself, a confused and frightened Madame Sorrel struggles to understand her true situation; she faces a terrifying transformation but as the aged, dead Madame Sorrel assures herself, what is frightening and tragic from one perspective can be liberating from another. Each element in the story has purpose and meaning, one that invites close examination. Peeters' is the winner of several European comics awards, and his work rises above mere period piece, offering the reader a story of painful growth and introspection. Masterfully translated by Edward Gauvin, Peeters' tale of self-discovery is enthralling; in the author's hands, Cold War paranoia and thoughtfully subverted realist art provides commentary on other kinds of secrets, other kinds of betrayals and the conflict between duty and need. - Publisher's Weekly.


Monday, January 22, 2018

Non Album Collection 103

Bea Action Cop

is a murder mystery in which Bea must work undercover inside a satanic cult. Created by Chris.

The Art of Azpiri - Sensations (2000)

You've seen him often in Heavy Metal magazine with sultry women in beautifully colored fantasy stories. Well, here's a collection of gorgeous pieces of his, in full color, for your enjoyment!

Felines (2005)

Cats are mysterious creatures, and in some contexts, terms for cats have a sexual connotation, too. As a result, it’s not much of a stretch to put together a few erotic tales with a feline motif running throughout. A beautiful woman welcomes strange men into her home and her bed, while her cats look on. It turns out the woman has a secret that only the cats know about. A beautiful explorer is overcome by arousal at a thousand-year-old palace… does the temple have a feline guardian she doesn’t know about? Another woman has memories of pleasure and pain: these are sexual memories she shares only with her cats (and, of course, the readers). A creator known as Nebular writes and draws this collection in a realistic art style. The stories have an intense, dreamlike quality to them, augmented by their presentation in black and white.
 


Saturday, January 20, 2018

Non Album Collection 102

Legend T01 - The Wolf Child (Soleil 2004)

Once upon a time ... A child whose destiny changed tragically, from the first days of its existence ... I, Aelred de Hilseim, having gathered at best testimonies and memories of the last survivors, I will tell you by the menu the events dramatic, consequences of the insatiable thirst for the absolute of some men, who made Tristan de Halsbourg, the one who was called ... the Wandering Knight.

Geeks - Lingeekstics (2013)

A Geek is a stereotype passionate about, or even obsessed with, computers, science fiction, animation, heroic fantasy, role playing games, video games, or perhaps all of the above. They wear T-shirts with strange logos, speak a language incomprehensible to mere mortals, feed mainly on that which can be ordered online, and would rather spend an evening upgrading their computers than going out with friends... Fred is a Geek and, all things considered, his life is pretty great. This special was compiled using gags from several volumes of Thomas Labourot's 'Les Geeks'.

Wetamo (Hans G. Kresse)(1972)

Based on historical events - King Philip's war, from the author of "Indians" series and "Vidocq". He did this album before starting "Indians" series.

Thursday, January 18, 2018

Non Album Collection 101

Vampire Boy (2010)

Left nameless by his father and sentenced to eternal life by a trick of fate and fortune, the protagonist of Carlos Trillo and Eduardo Risso's Vampire Boy has spent fifty centuries in a body that never ages, locked in an eternal struggle with a rival as immortal as he. Acclaimed writer Carlos Trillo teams with legendary artist Eduardo Risso (100 Bullets) to produce a poignantly engrossing twist on the classic vampire mythos, now collected in English for the first time.

Zora and the Hibernauts (1984) (collected from the pages of Heavy Metal)

A longtime artist for the Barcelona-based Selecciones Ilustradas agency, Fernández illustrated numerous romance and war comics for the British scene in the ’50s and ’60s, as did much of the SI crew, although he’s probably best remembered in North America for his odd contributions to Warren’s Vampirella magazine in the ’70s, “odd” because by that point Fernández was creating entire stories himself, then using SI as a means of licensing his work to assorted international magazines, whether whole or broken up as serials. Needless to say, he also turned in an obligatory Heavy Metal appearance when the time came, via his Zora and the Hibernauts album, pictured above as collected in 1984 by Catalan Communications. 

The Age of Darkness (c2c) (Heavy Metal) (1998)

This beautiful graphic novel tells of the time before the Era of Mass. This was the Shadow Age, a time when the planet Earth still rotated on its axis, but more and more slowly. At that time, the 'Oms, the Inhabitants of the Shadows, still lived in their fortified cities. But the ramparts of the Night were closing in on them, terrifying them and swallowing them up. And yet, among the Shadows, dreams gradually rose up in the form of primitive beings that became known as the "Others." Knowing neither pity nor hatred, these creatures had only goal: to reclaim their birthright, the land they had Lost: the Earth.

Tuesday, January 16, 2018

Non Album Collection 100

Sykes (2015)

From the very first moment he meets “Sentence” Sykes, young Jim Starret instantly recognizes a legend of the Old West, just like in the comic books he learned to read with. But his new hero is nowhere to be seen when the fearsome Clayton gang murders his mother before his very eyes. From that moment on, the now-orphaned Jim becomes obsessed with a sole objective: joining Sykes to track down his mother’s killers. But what he doesn’t yet realize is that legends of the Old West are forged by their demons.

The Black Dahlia (2016)

What’s to Love: This gripping graphic novel adaptation of the highly acclaimed book by James Ellroy, The Black Dahlia, delves deeply into one of the most haunting unsolved crimes in American history. Award-winning filmmaker David Fincher (Gone Girl, Zodiac) and acclaimed storyteller Matz (The Killer) worked at length to preserve much of Ellroy's original dialogue while bringing the stark images of 1940s L.A. to full, living color with illustrator Miles Hyman. What It Is: LAPD investigators Bucky Bleichert and Lee Blanchard find themselves enthralled with the mysterious and brutal murder of a beautiful young woman, Elizabeth Short. Their obsession takes a dark turn as they delve into the underbelly of Hollywood and the heart of the dead woman’s tortured and twisted past. It is a case that will test their mettle and their sanity. “Ellroy creates a kaleidoscope of human passion and dark obsession.”

Vice Squad v1 (2016)

It is the winter of 1937, and Aimé Louzeau lives with his mother and their servant. One day, he goes to the Quai des Orfèvres, the police prefecture of Paris, to speak with the vice squad. He currently works in the Criminal Investigation department, but crimes of passion and back alley stabbings really aren't his thing, so he requests a transfer from Chief Inspector Séverin. The atmosphere immediately darkens, as Louzeau is thrown straight into the interrogation of a pimp called Guapito and his prostitute.

Sunday, January 14, 2018

Non Album Collection 99

Walk of the Dead (2016)

Eric wakes up in an empty hospital, he does not remember anything. These few minutes of coma must have been terrible for him. Finally another human being appears! (finally, a nurse plump) At the other end of the city, a teacher inoculates a virus to a bimbo with big breasts. The unfortunate man lets her escape, triggering the end of the world. Eric's life is rocking. But first, he's going to get a smoothie.

The Eternaut (2016)

For the first time in English, this seminal Argentinian science fiction graphic novel whose main character is still viewed as a symbol of resistance in Latin America.This originally appeared as weekly installments from 1957-59. Juan Salvo, the inimitable protagonist, along with his friend Professor Favalli and the tenacious metal-worker Franco, face what appears to be a nuclear accident, but quickly turns out to be something much bigger than they had imagined. Cold War tensions, aliens of all sizes, space-and time travel-this one has it all.


The Promised Land (Romania-1982)

Sci-Fi (Terra-Dreamer) Scanlation.

Friday, January 12, 2018

Non Album Collection 98

War of the World War One v1 - The Thing Below the Trenches (2016)

In 1916, during the battle of Verdun, a huge German mine destroys an important French fort and kills general Nivelle. However, the explosion uncovers a strange and massive machine which had been buried in the ground beneath the fort for centuries. Protected by a force field, the machine suddenly sends a message into Space – a message that will awaken what is hidden under the dead cities of the planet Mars...

Sangre 001 - Sangre the Survivor (2016)

Written by: Christophe Arleston Art by: Adrien Floch. As a little girl, Sangre witnessed the kidnapping of her mother and the slaughter of the rest of her family at the hands of the Company of Buccaneers. As the only survivor, she was sent to an institution where she learned to master the power of freezing time for a few seconds, before continuing her education in the school of the streets. Sangre has but one dream: to find her mother and exact vengeance against the seven buccaneers who killed the rest of her family. But first, she must find the accomplice who allowed the pirates to strike. He deserves to be punished, but he is the only one who can give Sangre the identities of whom she is looking for…

Moses Rose 01 - Back to the Alamo (Ordas-Cothias-Galland, 2015)

Accused of being the only deserter from the Battle of the Alamo, Louis "Moses" Rose hopes to prove he fought with his comrades. To avoid prison, he has no choice but to help Sheriff Millsaps recover legal documents and money hidden in the ruins of the fort. But it is a journey of 900 kilometres, through hostile lands where Comanches have taken up arms once again...


Wednesday, January 10, 2018

Non Album Collection 97

Archie Meets Ramones 001 (2016)

Celebrate 75 years of Archie Comics with a new digest and a remastered & recolored deluxe edition hardcover! Plus, writer/artist Dan Parent tells two new stories in the traditional Archie Comics style! Keep reading for a look inside ARCHIE MEETS RAMONES #1

The Reverend 01 - The Fallen Devils of Nevada

1885: The Bounty Hunter Angus Whitecross became a true legend of the Wild West. Why, suddenly, is this relentless and tormented killer back in the small Nevada town where he was born? What revenge drives this pistolero better known as the "Reverend"?...

A Ship's Logbook (Romania - 1987)

Another short Romanian comic.

Monday, January 8, 2018

Non Album Collection 96

Ravage V01 (of 03) (2016)

The future. All trace of technology seems to have disappeared from the face of the Earth. Two armies face each other at the ancient village of La Cadiere d'Azur. In his command tent, an elderly but charismatic man talks with his advisors. Hostile to any form of progress, the man they all call the "Patriarch" is about to launch his attack to destroy the "machine" designed by his opponent. Because he remembers ... 100 years ago, in 2052, François Deschamps is just a simple student at the Graduate School of Agricultural Chemistry in Paris. Betrothed to the young and beautiful Blanche, everything seems to be going well in his life. The world is ruled by a powerful technology. Until everything stops. Until the disaster...

The Three Ghosts of Tesla 01 - The Shtokavian Mystery (2016)

"Rumors of German submarines landing on the east coast ... Mysterious apparitions, and disappearances, on the banks of the East River ... Edison's laboratories siezed by the FBI ... Terrible secret weapons tested by Japanese forces in the Pacific ... for anyone who can see beyond the deceptively calm surface, all this demonstrates that New York will soon be plunged into the heart of the events ravaging the world...And we still have no news of Nikola Tesla, probably the only scientist whose originality and brilliant inventions could bring us a decisive advantage in this destructive war! New York, Summer 1942 ... An article by T.S. Billing, our reporter at the Daily Worker. Meanwhile, young Travis and his mother move in to a furnished hotel in Manhattan. Little does he know that his enigmatic next-door neighbour will take him on an adventure with terrifying scientific ramifications...

Live Free or Die ! - 9 Stories of Resistance - One Shot - (Derrien, 2011)

the latest scanlation from Chevalley, a great little collection of stories about resistance fighters. A cabaret proprietor prints Resistance tracts...A young woman delivers secret papers by bike at night...A young insurgent must shoot a soldier in the street...A german resistant is deported by train...A man requests false identity papers from a photographer...A youth wants to join the maquis...Prisoners in Eysses plan their insurrection...A witness decided to film the invaders of his country...An old man recalls the day Paris was liberated...

Saturday, January 6, 2018

Non Album Collection 95

The Horrible Weapon and other stories

Collection of 4 short SCI-FI stories by Don Lawrence, author of Storm, Trigan Empire...Scanlated from Dutch, originally published in 1993.

Face de Lune vol 01

In 1992, Face de Lune began with the invisible cathedral. A series as only Alexandro Jodorowsky has the secret. A complex universe dominated by oppressive and omnipresent politico-religious powers. A dense story, with multiple ramifications. His collaboration with the gifted François Boucq is the icing on the cake. Whatever the scene, his drawing does not seem to know limits and when you know the imagination overflowing Jodorowsky, we can only say that they are well! In short, a first volume promising, quickly more!

The Daring Brigade (Romania)

(Brigada indraznetilor) The band with Beatlesi as welders (with guitar with everything!), Brigadier bosses that bring Iusuf (from the rookies of Michael the Brave) and a beautiful girl, like ... "Meeting in space"? The subject, clearly, dictated by the dark times. After the heavy winter of '84 began the darkest phase of communism in Romania: current breaks, TV program 2 hours a day, naked food and so on.

Thursday, January 4, 2018

Non Album Collection 94

Dolores

A model maker is commisioned by Hollywood starlet to reproduce her villa in model form. Really cool art, great colors, and a compellingly complex main character - unfortunately, the plot plays like a lesser Twilight Zone episode. Anne Baltus.

Rabbi's Cat (Joann Sfar) (Pantheon Books 2005)

In Algeria in the 1930s, a cat belonging to a widowed rabbi and his beautiful daughter, Zlabya, eats the family parrot and gains the ability to speak. To his master’s consternation, the cat immediately begins to tell lies (the first being that he didn’t eat the parrot). The rabbi vows to educate him in the ways of the Torah, while the cat insists on studying the kabbalah and having a Bar Mitzvah. They consult the rabbi’s rabbi, who maintains that a cat can’t be Jewish–but the cat, as always, knows better. Zlabya falls in love with a dashing young rabbi from Paris, and soon master and cat, having overcome their shared self-pity and jealousy, are accompanying the newlyweds to France to meet Zlabya’s cosmopolitan in-laws. Full of drama and adventure, their trip invites countless opportunities for the rabbi and his cat to grapple with all the important–and trivial–details of life.

Tangents (1996)

The eight stories that make this book up are as many variations regarding tangential, imperfect, and limited sentimental relationships that come to their end. Artists, civil servants, professionals, politicians... people belonging to more or less well-off social strata for whom these relationships end up meaning a conflict of own interests; and who, in the end, don´t know how to keep them -or don´t want to. Miguelanxo Prado.



Tuesday, January 2, 2018

Non Album Collection 93

Mohican

The fourth issue of "Romanzi a Fumetti" brings back all the adventure and the thrills of James Fenimore Cooper's masterpiece. At the end of 1700, while the war between English and French for the possession of the North-eastern territories of the United States-to-be is raging, the heroes of one of the greatest sagas of adventure literature are back. The white explorer, Natty Bumppo, and the only surviving member of the Mohicans, the proud Chingachgook, act as guides for three priests with a mission to pursue in West Point, where George Washington’s army is stationed. On the way, though, the violence of men and the traps of a still wild nature will slow their journey…

Why the Knights Disappeared (Erko 2003)

Sexual farce set in medieval times. An amusing story in three parts which explains the reasons why knights are now extinct.

Bernet - Custer

Jordi Bernet Cussó (born 14 June 1944) is a Spanish comics artist, best known for the gangster ... Dum-Dum, the less lewd and more comical series Clara de Noche, and several one-shots, including Custer, Light and Bold and Ivánpiire.