The Lion of Judah

1920s Nairobi. When two Africans are found gruesomely murdered, all signs point to John Wallace, a promising young plantation owner with a bright future ahead of him and a beautiful bride-to-be. What drove him to kill these men? His silence and a corrupt system lead to internment, without a trial, in a vicious Kenyan prison camp. But sadistic guards, conspiring cellmates, and harsh desert labor are no match for the suffering that Wallace feels inside over the life he lost, and how best to get it back. He’s willing to do anything for revenge—even loose the mysterious beast lurking within… Script by Stephen Desberg - Art by Hugues Labiano. 

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The Lion of Judah 01 (Europe Comics 2020)

Script by Stephen Desberg - Art by Hugues Labiano. 1920s Nairobi. When two Africans are found gruesomely murdered, all signs point to John Wallace, a promising young plantation owner with a bright future ahead of him and a beautiful bride-to-be. What drove him to kill these men? His silence and a corrupt system lead to internment, without a trial, in a vicious Kenyan prison camp. But sadistic guards, conspiring cellmates, and harsh desert labor are no match for the suffering that Wallace feels inside over the life he lost, and how best to get it back. He’s willing to do anything for revenge—even loose the mysterious beast lurking within…

Willie Nelson - A Graphic History (NBM 2020)

by T.J. Kirsch  (Author), Havard S. Johansen (Illustrator), Coskun Kuzgun (Illustrator), Jesse Lonergan (Illustrator). Since he was a child in Hill County, Texas, he has been writing and performing for adoring crowds. Though his mainstream success did not come until later in his life, he has been determined to take his unique sound and voice to the people even before he was a household name. There have been tragedies, missteps, IRS troubles, good times and bad along the way, but Willie continues to shine his positive outlook and project his humble voice out into the world. In this graphic novel biography, all the chapters represent a different era of his life and struggles - each illustrated by a unique indie comics talent.

Incredible! (2020)

Script by Zabus - Art by Hippolyte. Jean-Loup is 11 years old and lives with his dad—and he’s afraid of everything. So he stays in his bedroom, hiding behind his OCD as he collects facts and figures on every conceivable subject and classifies them on thousands of numbered cards. If only he had someone to share them with. He’ll soon have his chance at school, but getting up in front of the class is the scariest thing of all. Then, on the morning of the presentation, at 7:29 and 57 seconds, something incredible happens that will change his life forever… A humorous, moving story brought to life by Hippolyte’s timeless illustrations, reminiscent of Sempé.

Mayam

Lenny June is your average happy-go-lucky expat, out for a good time and a quick buck. And on Tyr Mayam, a technologically backward planet riven by religious rivalries, he has it easy. It helps that he’s quick-witted, handsome, and an exclusive member of the Galactic Confederation’s Terran delegation to a world that’s been declared an ethnologically protected zone for the next 500 years. But Lenny’s life is about to change. For one, his fiancée is due from Earth any day now. And Tyr Mayam, with its doomsday cults and competing sects, has surprises in store, buried deep in ancient history…Script by Stephen Desberg - Art by Daniel Koller.

Miss October

Hollywood, 1961. After a blow to the head, the beautiful Viktor Scott wakes with no memory of her attempted rape that left her permanently deaf. But her rich father has stifled the police investigation for fear of bad publicity. When Viktor begins a new life as a cat burglar, it seems only a matter of time before she crosses paths with the straight-shooting Lt. Clegg. But better to run afoul of a hard-bitten detective than his quarry: a serial killer with a twisted appetite for posing his victims' corpses as Playboy centerfolds. A mid-century noir redolent of Ross MacDonald and James Ellroy. Script by Stephen Desberg - Art by Alain Queireix.

Jack Wolfgang

With the invention of Super Mega Tofu, civilization has seen the advent of a fragile peace—between animals and humans, between carnivores and herbivores. This miracle food has the peculiar quality of being universally loved. Jack Wolfgang, the world-renowned restaurant critic, travels the world sampling Super Mega Tofu in all of its varieties. It’s the perfect cover for his second identity: Jack Wolfgang, CIA special agent. When his friend and mentor is killed, Jack picks up the scent of a conspiracy and tracks it half way around the globe. Can society survive this collision of fine dining and espionage? Script by Stephen Desberg - Art by Henri Reculé.

Cassio

Rome, 145 CE: Cassio, a prominent lawyer who once saved the Emperor’s life, wakes in the night to noises. Four assassins have entered his villa and overpowered his formidable slave, the warrior Alva. He seems to know them, and knows why they have come… Ephesus, present day: archeologist Ornella Grazzi finds a ruin with a fresco of Cassio’s face. The papyrus scrolls inside tell the beginning of a story she has long suspected and been searching for clues to all her life: how Cassio survived his own assassination and came back from the dead for vengeance…Script by Stephen Desberg - Art by Henri Reculé.

Billy the Cat

Billy the Cat is the title of a Franco-Belgian comic by the Belgian Stéphane Colman and Stephen Desberg, as well as an animated cartoon adaptation, amongst others. Both comic and cartoon deal with the everyday and secret lives of urban animals, although they take very different approaches to it, and while the characters are largely the same in both versions, the stories and situations are very different. The comic debuted in 1981.

Empire USA

In a few hours, the United States will be pushed into a hellish spiral of events by a chemical attack. The presidential elections are canceled, civil liberties are restricted, and the constitution is revised. Unfortunately, the only man able to avert this disaster is about to end his own life. Empire USA.

Sherman

United States, early 1950s. Jay Sherman, a mythical figure of the self-made-man, is a gifted man: he has devoted his life and fortune to the success of his children, Robert and Jeannie. As a candidate for the presidency of the United States, his son is murdered before his eyes. This assassination is only the first act of the many reprisals that target Jay Sherman. What is he reproached for? Who wants to attack his life? It seems that his past hides certain shadows on which FBI agent Eva Cruz will have to shed light. A Comic by Stephen Desberg and Griffo.

Golden Dogs

1820, London. On the quays of the Thames the wealth from the eastern counters is crowded within reach, but the unfortunate who succumb to temptation are pitilessly punished. The misery that reigns under the fog of London is the occasion for many exactions, for to offer a place to the sun, when there are, there are only few solutions and the easiest is not the More honest! In January 2013, Griffo signed the first part of the mise en abyme by Valérie Mangin and, in November, the third opus of L'oracle della luna. 2014 will be equally prolific since already Fanny appears, first part of the tetralogy Golden dogs with Stephen Desberg to the script. Leaving the seventeenth century to go to dazzle in the early 19th century, the Belgian draftsman demonstrates his ability to account for the atmosphere of the eras he frequents.

They were four, two girls and two boys. Thieves, crooks, forgers, they united their talents to become together the most famous thieves in London.

The Last Jungle Book

Rudyard Kipling died in 1936. In one of his last poetic pleas, the brilliant creator of “The Jungle Book” invited readers to take another look at his fantastic tales in order to find all the answers regarding the destiny of man. The Last Jungle Book.

Black Op

1945, Floyd was 4 years old when he decides that he will one day be part of the CIA. The Russians just killed his father and he wants to contain the red ogre. 1967 as America knows the summer of love, he joined the company and soon had his first assignment in India, where it will introduce the Great Game of the Cold War. 2004, why Floyd resurfaced today in a sleepy American who triumphed Marxism? © Dargaud. Black Op. A comic by Stephen Desberg and Hugues Labiano.

Floyd Whitman is a former field agent operating for the lead within the CIA. Intrigued by electoral fraud during the last US presidential elections, he decided to conduct his own investigation. On his way, he finds old acquaintances: Russian he had the opportunity to help in the sixties during covert operations to help the Russian mafia to fight from within the Communist power. Today, all these men are threatened. By whom and for what purpose? Black Op, a title that slap, awfully good to the image of his covers, referring to the masters of geopolitical thrillers such as Tom Clancy and Robert Ludlum. The reference is very flattering and far from being usurped because stephen desberg (IR $, Scorpio, Dixie Road ...) takes us on a breathless narrative and perfectly controlled. The good impressions felt on reading the first volume are confirmed with this second album. The secret stories always will fascinate, and those of the CIA subversive even more than ever. Imagine that agents helped the mafia.

The Desert Star

It all started in 1870 in Washington. Matt Montgomery occupies an important position in the Ministry of Interior: a small routine life official, dull. But this reassuring balance burst one evening when he returned home, his wife lying on the steps of their home, killed in terrible ways. Horror of horrors, their daughter suffered the same fate. Who committed such a crime and most importantly, why? Matt Montgomery launches into the deep West in search of the killer. Created by Stephen Desberg and Drawings by Enrico Marini. The Desert Star.

The Scorpion

The Scorpion is a Franco-Belgian comics series written by Stephen Desberg, illustrated by Enrico Marini and published by Dargaud in French and Cinebook in English.

The story takes place in Rome during the second half of the eighteenth century. Cardinal Trebaldi decides to reinstate the power of the nine families, based on papacy. Armando Catalano, also known as The Scorpion, is a holy relics dealer. He is the son of a heretic who was burnt alive for misdirecting a priest from the church and Christian beliefs. Armando, the bearer the “mark of the devil”, a birthmark in the shape of a scorpion, will challenge the cardinal’s authority. The cardinal, who seems to be filled with hatred for The Scorpion, sends the young gypsy Mejai specialized in poisons to kill him. The adventures of the Scorpion lead him to the treasure of the Templars and to discover an interpretation of what might have happened to it. Between fiction and history, this comic distills Machiavellian theory on religious authority.

Tif and Tondu

Tif et Tondu (Tif and Tondu) is a Belgian comic strip about a duo of private investigators, originally created, written and drawn by Fernand Dineur. Several artists and writers have worked on the series but the most popular version is that drawn by Will, with writers Maurice Rosy, Maurice Tillieux and Stephen Desberg. The strip first started in 1938 and lasted until 1997, just one year short of its 60th birthday. Tif and Tondu are adventurers and detectives who solve cases around the world, from the United States to the Congo. The central irony of the series' title was that the two friends had names which actually better suited the other: Tif is French slang for "hair" yet the character is bald-headed and clean-shaven. He also tends to be more reckless and has an eye for the ladies.

Tondu is the French for "sheared" but he wears thick hair and beard. He is also more level-headed and is the brains of the partnership. He often takes up journalism when short of money. 

The series made its debut on 21 April 1938 in the first issue of Spirou magazine as Aventures de Tif, written and drawn by Fernand Dineur. Within a few issues Tif had made the acquaintance of Tondu, ashipwrecked sea captain, and the two joined forces, traveling the world in search of adventure.
In 1949, Dineur passed the drawing over to Will, but continued to provide the scenarios for the next three years before retiring from the strip. At this time, their adventures were also published in Héroic Albums, drawn by Dineur. Another artist, Marcel Denis, also contributed a handful of stories in the early 1960s. Will himself worked on the strip for almost 40 years in collaboration with various writers. This period, kept together by his distinctive drawing and handling of the characters, is seen as the strip's golden age.

IR$

IR$ is a Franco-Belgian comics series written by Stephen Desberg, illustrated by Bernard Vrancken and published by Le Lombard in French and Cinebook in English. 

Larry B. Max is one of the few specialists in a special department of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), an American tax collection agency. Reading the circuits of escape and laundering of money like no other person, Larry has all the computer resources necessary to demonstrate the links between the very rich and organized crime. One of the most difficult cases he’s come up to deals with a wealthy American Jew known for his involvement in the recovery of property confiscated by Nazis. Examining accounts of this billionaire, Larry begins a dangerous ascent to the mysterious origins of his own large fortune.

Gil Jourdan

Gil Jourdan is a Belgian detective comic strip created by Maurice Tillieux. It is considered a great combination of mystery, adventure and humour, and a masterpiece of European comics. The series ended in 1978 following Tillieux's death. Ten years later Soleils Editions published the comic book L'Hommage à Gil Jourdan - Les enquêtes de leurs amis ("Homage to Gil Jourdan - Their Friends' Cases") with the approval of Tillieux's family. 

It featured Jourdan and his colleagues in adventures written and drawn by other writers and artists, including several leading ones such as Pierre Seron, Turk, Éric Maltaite and Tillieux's former assistant Stephen Desberg. The stories also featured some of the crooks from the Tillieux period returning and seeking revenge. Tillieux had been notable for not using the same enemy twice. The cover was drawn by François Walthéry.