Bouncer (repost)

Bouncer is a series of comics written by Alejandro Jodorowsky and designed by François Boucq. The first seven volumes were published by Associates Humanoïdes between 2001 and 2009, Glénat taking over from 2012.

The bouncer is a one-armed man that deals with safety saloon at the Infernio. Despite his disability, he is a formidable marksman. When his nephew, an orphaned, asks his help, this leads him to reconnect with a painful past. His two brothers and him are the bastard children of an itinerant prostitute, with whom they committed many misdeeds. The latter led to the breakup of the family in fighting over a diamond, one was left blind, one-armed and mother committed suicide. Since the elder became pastor, the bouncer found protection from El Diablo, his mysterious employer, and the third remained outside-the-law. The tribulations of the bouncer will lead him to elucidate the series of murders of notables of the city, all killed by a snake bite.

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Go West, Young Man (2021)

Sixteen authors of western comics, among the greatest, gathered around a common story."Go West Young Man"... This phrase, which appeared at the end of the American Civil War, will accompany millions of migrants dreaming of a better life. In 1763, a British officer's watch will experience an extraordinary fate, and, passing from hand to hand, will go through a century and a half of the tumultuous birth of a nation. Trappers and pioneers, Indian tribes, desperadoes and prostitutes will fight and survive in the great plains, boomtowns and endless wars. In fourteen stories, Go West Young Man retraces the conquest of the American West, from 1763 to 1916. A tribute to the western, but a lucid tribute. A bittersweet American dream.

Goblin Girl (2020)

Things seem to be looking up when Moa Romanova ― broke, depressed, and living in a squat above an old store ― matches with a very famous celebrity on a popular hook-up site. Not only does the 53-year-old man like Moa ― he also immediately validates and motivates her in a way that not even her therapist does, even offering to help financially support her artistic ambitions. However, Moa soon discovers that there are strings attached. Drawn in a style that's de Chirico by way of the '80s, Romanova's relatable graphic memoir is a thought-provoking debut. Full-color illustrations throughout.

Nitro (2022)

While travelling to Mars, the cargo ship Kobe Tai is attacked by space pirates, who just happen to be former employees of Midas, the company that owns Kobe Tai. These pilots were fired several years ago after an unsuccessful worker strike. Turns out the ship’s cargo is something the parent company will do anything to get back. And 'anything' comes in the form of one Richard Hackenbruder, a former vicious murderer, who also happens to be enemies with the spice pirates’ leader, Delgado. During the strike, Delgado was a strike leader, and Hackenbruder was a strike breaker. A scab! Now they have a chance to settle old scores. En route to their sure-to-be-violent encounter, one of Hackenbruder's crew is brutally murdered, which causes the already unstable Hackenbruder to unravel. It all culminates in a brutal, bloody finale. by Jiri Grus (Author), Stepan Kopriva (Author).

Texas Jack

Texas Jack is a local celebrity with his show and his eminent shooter skills. But the reality goes beyond the show the day he has to restore justice to the terrible Gunsmoke? Scenario: Dubois, Pierre. Drawing: Armand, Dimitri. 

Wild West

The westward drive of Americans after the Civil War was unstoppable. For some, the vast territory meant new wealth and new opportunities. The ever-progressing railroads made many rich. Whereas others found their fortune selling the flesh of the less fortunate. In a brothel in Omaha, all manner of destinies intersect in a violent collision that many won’t survive. This is the incredible story of Martha Cannary, a young woman who shrugged off what destiny had in store for her and made herself into a legend.

Lonesome

Kansas, 1861. As tensions rise between the Northern and Southern states, a fanatical, violent preacher leaves a trail of corpses behind him, all the while calling people to take up arms against pro-slavery states. Close on his tail is a lone rider with a strange gift: he can read the past and future of those he touches. In the small town of Holton, a showdown is brewing, but things aren't quite as they seem...

Rain Wolf

A Western in two volumes that comes out of the beaten path. Bruce, son of the Vincent Mc Dell railroad magnate, protects Rain wolf who just killed, in self-defense, a white man and fled with Little moon, the woman whose brother Jack is in love with ... Little Moon does not yet know who will be her husband, but she has received from her grandfather a monocle with the strange powers that would probably tell him. The Cody clan, who dreams of revenge for the Mc Dell, starts chasing the runaways, after abducting the young and pretty white, sister of the two brothers. Meanwhile, an old man appeared on the road of rain-wolf and small moon, haunted by the desire to find the white buffalo. He steals the monocle... This intimate Western is narrated by a woman: Blanche. Atypical, it addresses the right to difference, the understanding between peoples and the place of women in a society largely dominated by men. The plot, which relies on Indian legends, is full of mysteries. Script by Jean Dufaux - Art by Rubén Pellejero.

The Reverend

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"?...

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The White Indian (1985)

In the Orient Express magazine, Serpieri continues to tell even unpublished western adventures with the stories of Shaman (in color, June 83) and White Indian (black and white, published in four parts between August and November 1983, numbers from 13 to 16 of the magazine). The white Indian will be reprinted in the magazine Skorpio in 1987.

The Sands of Sarasvati (2008)

The Sands of Sarasvati. Sands, from Finnish publishers Tammi, is a graphic adaptation of an award-winning science fiction novel Sarasvatin Hiekkaa by author, science journalist and environmental activist Risto Isomäki.

The Abducted Planet

A sci fi Romanian comic.

The Killer

The Killer (Le Tueur) is a French comic book by writer Matz and artist Luc Jacamon which follows the life of an unnamed assassin. The series was published in twelve albums by Casterman. It was translated into English and published by Archaia Studios Press, who turned each album into two comic books.

This is the autobiography of a professional killer. A solitary and cold man, methodical and conscientious, who does not bother with scruples or regrets. We share his thoughts, we get to know him and we discover his life through many flashbacks, we listen to his monologue, we get accustomed to his implacable lonely logic and we would almost take sympathy for him.

Virginia

Louisiana, February 1863, during the American Civil War. Doyle, a deserter at the end of the southern army, arrives in the small town of Lake Providence, held by Union troops. Alcoholic and morphine-like, the man seeks not only to escape the Confederates, but also to escape from his own memories: former sniper, he had to murder a child in cold blood during a mission, and since then feels haunted By the phantom of the little girl, whose visions assail her more and more often. During a particularly violent, hallucinatory crisis, he defeated four soldiers. A comic by Séverine Gauthier and Benoît Blary.

Virginia's volume 1, Morpheus, inaugurates a particularly fascinating story of escape and quest, which will see Doyle join in spite of himself a maroon community of slaves in flight Borrowed from the Arawaks, this term designates from 1540 the fugitive slaves then became synonymous with savage, returned to the state of nature) having found refuge in the bayous of Louisiana. The first volume of a seductive trilogy, and the discovery of two talented authors.

Dead Hunter

Hooded Southerners, a spectral serial killer, a great white worm, and a handful of zombies and cannibals... This is the cast of horrors that decided to ruin life for Dead Hunter ! In short, that’s the job in prospect for our resurrected avenger ! Ergo, blood will gush, teeth will krack, and brains will serve as tags on saloon facades. Since Dead Hunter lost his speech, carnage has become his favourite means of expression. And when he dots the "i"s and crosses the "t"s, things get very rough, indeed ! A comic by Franck Tacito.

Western Valley

United States of America, second part of the 19th century. While Lee Cutter, a cowboy reconverted as a bodyguard, paces an old, still uncivilized West with Elisa Fergusson, a young girl of good family, a mysterious band of killers sows terror in Silvertown. The bandits amuse themselves by terrorizing the farmers and cowherds, extorting a large ransom from them, under pain of making this city a cemetery. 

But it is only a diversion. Scarcely the bandits receive the money that they burn it! And for good reason ! It's not after a few tickets that these jackals run, but after a much more important goal. But which one? Only one person seems capable of stopping them, before they plunge the country into chaos. This woman with a mysterious past has a special profile: a hired killer. And a name: Chicanas. Western Valley.

Promise

Idaho, 1864. The end of the American Civil War. The end of a troubled period, fraught with massacres, pillaging, chaos. Isolated at the foot of the Rocky Mountains, the small town of Promise is far from the fratricidal theatre of war, far from the terror, far from it all. Promise seems forgotten by men, by God even... But not by hell... Unsettling ambiance in the vast countryside of the American West. The arrival of Amos Laughton, a wandering preacher proclaming the imminent apocalypse and the coming of a new Messiah, disturbs the life of this small community which quickly falls under the spell of this prophet of the end times.

Bo Plushy Gangsta

Are the legends of Bo, the "teddy bear" gangsta, true? And, did we just say teddy bear gangsta?!? You're about to find out-- when Bo's girls get nabbed by a rival gang boss, the fearsome plushy gangsta is forced into action! Bo Plushy is Scarface meets Ted, with over-the-top video game style gang boss battles. Previously released digitally as Bo Plushy Gangsta #1-3. Created by Pavel Balabanov.

Down Under

Australian colonies, end of 19th century. Since the landing of Captain James Cook in April 1770, the course of time has accelerated on the island continent. The colonizing power never ceases to appropriate and subject endless territories to its laws, denying the right of existence to its original inhabitants who have lived in the rhythm of the Dream for tens of thousands of years. The waves of migrants arrive in perpetual motion. Down Under. A comic by Nathalie Sergeef and Fabio Pezzi.

Having freshly landed in New South Wales, Lonan O'Farrell, young orphan torn from his native Ireland, decides to escape the unenviable fate reserved for him. His path crosses that of two adventurers : Ian McFarlane, the son of Scottish migrants, himself facing dark manoeuvers from powerful stockbreeders, and Allambee, native son of the people here. Following a series of tragic events, the trio is forced to flee into the heart of the Outback, whose harshness is matched only by its splendour. Their destiny will be part of the ochre earth.

Spooks

US August 1901. They are four. Four men are total opposites. Separately, they are dangerous. Together they are uncontrollable. And they will have to team. Arcane of the White House to the New York slums, they unravel the son of an occult conspiracy that threatens the balance of the entire West. The elite wavers. The people scold. History is on. And only they can stop it. They have a code name. Weird Enforcement Special Team. Screenplay: Xavier Dorison & Fabien Nury | Design: Christian Rossi. Spooks.

Paris, 1895. Disaster Montparnasse station! A train going at full speed forgets to stop. He finished his mad dash rue de Rennes. Accident ? The train was carrying into effect a Studwater, pudgy little man in charge of conveying a suitcase for Adam Clayton, head of security of the President of the United States. Studwater died. But not in the accident: he was murdered soon after. And his case, though attached to her wrist by a strong chain, has disappeared ... A few years later, across the Atlantic, a notable Long Island blew his brains out. Banal suicide? Again, the truth is perhaps elsewhere. This is certainly the opinion of Adam Clayton, who fears for the safety of the President. For now, it is mostly hers is threatened: the White House, we decided to dispense with his services. His methods have aged, it seems. Clayton turned to one of his friends, a Morton Chapel. An amazing character, this Chapel. strong fighter in mouth mysterious past, it is the only one able to untie the tangled son murders and suicides that are dropping like flies characters with very respectable appearances. To carry out its mission, he puts together a team that has proven during the Indian Wars. His code name: WEST "Weird Special Enforcement Team". With such fellows, those who are behind these disturbing events of worry about.

Wonderball

Nine dead, nine seconds, just one shooter: an investigation with a strong sense of "deja vu" for Inspector Wonderball, San Francisco's most maligned cop. A comic by Fred Blanchard and Colin Wilson. San Francisco, 1983. A spree killer kills 9 people on a busy street from a rooftop. Inspector Spaddaccini, nicknamed Wonderball by his colleagues because he eats candy all day, is responsible for the investigation. The speed of the killer reminds him of an event which marked his career: the Kennedy assassination. 

Being forced leave pending the results of the internal investigation into the death of the "Hunter" Wonderball attends the funeral of his friend Bob Archer. There he is approached by a mysterious individual claiming to know the relationship between the Invisible College and the death of Archer. These revelations lead Wonderball in the footsteps of his past as well as tombs carved into the Nevada desert.

Undertaker

Jonas Crow, undertaker, should convey the coffin of a former miner who became a millionaire to the vein that was once his fortune. A comic by Xavier Dorison and Ralph Meyer.

A funeral should be quiet, except for one detail: before dying, Joe Cusco swallowed his gold take her with him in eternity. No luck, the secret is out and causes the fury of minors Anoki City. How to let bury such a fortune as to survive, they sweat blood in the veins? As Jonas said, "death never comes alone". Jonas Crow, undertaker, Rose, English governess, and Lin, Chinese domestic, must bring the remains filled with gold lode of old Cusco.

Silver Moon Over Providence

Providence, New Hampshire. 1880 such a nice town that we would like to rest in the shade of the sycamore trees if there was not a slight downside, a tendency for people to go to death as quickly as violently ! That's a lot of problems in order for the sheriff James Redwall. For each ruminates the same question: who is responsible? The mayor hopes to make him find a culprit before the elections! And then, in addition to finding the dog heir of the victim, our sheriff has to take care of the beautiful Miss Cathy gattine, freshly arrived from Washington to inspect and evaluate the house of the deceased. But then he thinks he has seen it all, the lawyer can not imagine the cold sweats that are about to invade his nights. Screenplay & Drawing: Éric Hérenguel. Silver Moon Over Providence.

On a sunny autumn day, the beautiful Cathy Gatling arrived in Providence, small forest town, ostensibly for notarial evaluation of the old Spencer deceased estate. She met the Stuart sheriff, an honest, solid and charming, who immediately falls in love with her. By him around the corner, he takes her to the scene of "drama". For Spencer died in strange circumstances: barricaded home, he had time before being gutted, shoot two birds with buckshot on a mysterious assailant who did not leave a drop of blood. This murder is all the more inexplicable that the three cows Spencer were also gutted, and is now shredded in a tree, 3 meters above the ground! Cathy omen that his presence in the city is likely to last longer than expected, to the delight of Stuart who offered him to be his date at the ball fall. But other hallucinatory murder following the death of Spencer. The Stuart efficiency to solve this puzzle is then challenged by the population.