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Showing posts with label thriller. Show all posts
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Friday, December 23, 2022

Dominion (repost)

A gripping supernatural thriller of biblical proportions quite literally. When detective Jason Ash arrives on the scene of a particularly strange murder in the suburbs of New Orleans, little does he know that he is about to take on the case of a lifetime. Written by screenwriter Thomas Fenton and drawn by Jamal Igle (DC's Supergirl, Teen Titans: Titans of Tomorrow ) and Steven Cummings. Dominion.

As dead people begin to come back to life, revealing that they hail from a realm where angels fight for power, it becomes clear that an epic battle between good and evil is at play, one threatening the very future of humanity. 


Tuesday, November 29, 2022

Sara Lone

A young woman with a rough past finds herself caught in a destructive spiral after the brutal murder of her father, the owner of a modest artisanal shrimp fishery. Leaving the hot nights of New Orleans, she returns to the countryside to take over the business on her own, despite the ambient hostility around her. But she gets arrested during her trip back and learns that a murder was committed in the strip club where she worked at and everything seems to point towards her committing the crime. Pursued by Mafia killers, she passes from police handcuffs to the hands of the Secret Service. Just who is Joy Carruthers, stage name, Sara Lone? Find out in part one of this mystery thriller. by Erik Arnoux, David Morancho.


Wednesday, August 17, 2022

The Nightmare Brigade

The Nightmare Brigade is a dream team led by Professor Angus. With his two young sidekicks, 14 year-olds Esteban and Tristan, they have one goal: help people get rid of their worst nightmares. With unique skills, the team members can literally infiltrate their patient’s nightmare to seek its root and destroy the cause. Things are shaken up a bit, however, when they meet the young Sarah. The Brigade has a feeling they have seen her before… Then, an insomniac is invading other’s dreams. How does he do it and how can he be stopped? It’s a paranormal story you won’t want to sleep on! by Franck Thillez (Author), Yomgui Dumont  (Illustrator). 



Sunday, November 15, 2020

Ivory Pearl

"Ivory Pearl" is the final work by the French master of noir fiction, Jean-Patrick Manchette. But this wide-reaching geopolitical thriller, blending action and adventure, was only known to readers in its unfinished form, as written by Manchette before his passing in 1995. Now, using his father's notes, Doug Headline has finally put together the full tale, alongside artist Max Cabanes. Together, they have brought Ivory Pearl to vivid life in a graphic novel not to be missed.


Monday, October 12, 2020

Harden

Ismaël seems like a regular nice-guy fallen on hard times. He’s living with his adoring sister and her son following his return from his posting in Iraq. But he has a dark past with the gangs of L.A. and an even darker one with his combat experiences in the US army. These experiences haunt him, giving rise within him to a monstrous second self that he’s trying desperately to control… but just when things seems like they’re on the up, tragic events send Ismaël plunging into the abyss. Script & Art by Joaquim Diaz.


Saturday, June 20, 2020

Hedge Fund

Frank Carvale is arrogant, ambitious, and willing to do anything it takes to get ahead. He's clever, too, but maybe not as clever as he thinks. A chance meeting with a magnate in Hong Kong could either be the big break he needs - or the biggest mistake of his life. A financial thriller set at the heart of the international economic crisis. Script by Philippe Sabbah, Tristan Roulot - Art by Patrick Hénaff.


Saturday, October 26, 2019

Unnatural

Leslie is a simple pig girl. She loves sushi, she's stuck with a job she hates, and she lives under a brutal totalitarian government - one that punishes transgressors for anything deemed "unnatural." Leslie dreams of something different for herself. But those dreams are becoming dangerous... This Italian hit series by MIRKA ANDOLFO (Wonder Woman, Harley Quinn, DC Comics Bombshells) will transport you into a colorful but terrible world - full of anthropomorphic creatures, but light on personal freedoms - by way of a breathtaking plot that travels between thriller and fantasy, with a hint of sensuality.

Saturday, November 24, 2018

Human Stock Exchange

This opening episode of H.$.E presents us a world in the midst of an unprecedented financial crisis. Still, although the economy of industrialized countries is in tatters, unemployment has rocketed and millions of small business have gone bankrupt, there does seem to be one thing maintaining its financial value: the human being. Members of the social elite can have themselves listed on the stock market. So the stock market is no longer exclusively the privilege of corporate bodies, but of individual human bodies too! They can collect capital by wearing a “rate watch” indicating their popularity ratings. Felix Fox needs money. He wants one thing and one thing only: to get listed. After much persuasion, he finally gets there. With the backing of the creator of the Human Stock Exchange, he sits back and watches as his ratings soar. But of course, there is always a price to pay… Script by Xavier Dorison - Art by Thomas Allart.


Tuesday, September 25, 2018

Sisco

Sisco is a secret agent working for the French government, single-mindedly devoted to his work. Unfortunately for Sisco, a window-washer spots him and films a murder. Now, Sisco and his colleagues have one objective: to silence the witness. This merciless pursuit will shake Sisco’s self-confidence. Confronted with the sadism of his colleagues — who are even less scrupulous than he — the hardened killer will make the uncomfortable discovery that he has a conscience. To fight mad dogs, it takes a wolf. Script by Benec - Art by Thomas Legrain


Tuesday, August 28, 2018

Koralovski

He was one of the most powerful oligarchs in Russia, but his disobedience to political power was 10 years in prison in Koralovski. Pragmatic and patient, he did not expect early release in the form of a missile attack. Contrary despite him, he will quickly understand that he is at the heart of a conspiracy to conceal this highly geostrategic truth: the end of oil is a myth! Script and Art by Philippe Gauckler

Sunday, May 20, 2018

Death Experience

Mrs. Fork, the famous American billionaire, can not bear to see her only son dying of a terrible disease. She decides to try the impossible: to accompany her to the border of death and prevent her from crossing it. For this, she brings together a team of scientists who builds an incredible vessel capable of following a disembodied soul wherever she goes. It is a breathtaking journey out of our realm that awaits them. None of the known near-death experiences would have allowed to imagine what they will discover. We do not force the doors of the Beyond with impunity! Death Experience. Scenario: Bajram, Denis Mangin, Valerie. Drawing: Ponzio, Jean-Michel.

Saturday, May 12, 2018

Bitter Russia

A rough and touching epic through Chechnya devastated by the war. Mid-90s, a Russian mother tries to survive by selling pirate DVDs in the Moscow subway. She has no news of her son, who is a soldier in operation in Chechnya. One day, she reads her name on a list of prisoners. Volodia is in the hands of the Chechens. At the same time, Bassaiev, the enemy general, announces by press, that he will release his prisoners if their Russian mothers come to fetch them. Without means, listening only to her courage, her whimsical little dog under her arm, she takes the road to this region at war to get her son... Bitter Russia. Scenario: Ducoudray, Aurélien. Drawing: Anlor.


Thursday, April 12, 2018

Groom Lake

"Colonel, do you know what will happen if the media finds this child before us? It will be chaos! The anarchy ! All the very foundations of our society will collapse! Religions will crumble! So I leave you 72 hours to get me that kid otherwise ...- What's my colonnel? I have a search notice? -On can only rely on ourselves, no one should know the existence of this kid! Neither the police nor the FBI, nobody! " Groom Lake. Scenario: Rich, Hervé. Drawing: Dzialowski, Jean-Jacques.


Thursday, March 29, 2018

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Little Tulip (2016)

A serial killer haunts the city streets, a stalker of isolated women who leaves a Santa Claus hat at the scene of his crimes. Pavel, a Russian émigré, assists the police investigation as a sketch artist. But Pavel's true calling is as a tattoo artist, and the so-called Bad Santa killings conjure up memories of the nightmarish world in which he learned his craft: a Russian prison camp that shattered his childhood and destroyed his family. Shifting between the living hell of a 1940s Siberian gulag and the crime-ridden chaos of New York City during the 1970s, this graphic novel's stunning artwork provides an atmospheric backdrop to its tale of corruption, murder, and revenge. Author Jerome Charyn was acclaimed by The New York Review of Books as "a fearless writer. Brave and brazen." This edition of Little Tulip, which was originally published in French, features Charyn's new English translation. Award-winning illustrator François Boucq also collaborated with Charyn on the acclaimed graphic novels The Magician's Wife and Billy Budd, KGB.

The Cross-Eyed Mutt (2017)

Channeling the gentle absurdity of his Lulu Anew, Davodeau takes readers on a comic romp that questions the nature of high art. Meeting his girlfriend Mathilde’s family for the first time, Fabien is quickly welcomed into the off-kilter clan. When his prospective in-laws discover he’s a security guard at the Louvre, they make a peculiar request: to convince the world’s most famous art museum to accept a thoroughly mediocre painting by their ancestor. Fabien’s attempt to follow through on his mission brings him into contact with the Republic of the Louvre, a secret society that controls the museum’s collection. In the process, Davodeau meanders among questions that have plagued artists for centuries: what differentiates low art from pieces worth millions? Why do we overlook some artists in favor of others? In the end, Davodeau suggests that both sides of the spectrum are equally ridiculous, exquisitely incorporating classical sculptures and oils into his cartooning—but sparing a moment to laugh at his own form, too. - Publisher's Weekly.

French Ice Featuring Carmen Cru 1-5 of 13

French Ice, Featuring Carmen Cru, published in English translation by Renegade Press in 1987. This is a French Canadian comic series about a horrible older woman and how she ruins everything for everyone around here.

Wednesday, March 7, 2018

Angel Face

Los Angeles, 1959. Paul Ares receives a call from the police. His ex-wife, Diane, was found murdered in a hotel room. He must now take care of his daughter, Callie, whom he has not seen for years. Veteran of the Korean War, Paul drowned himself in alcohol, moving away from his family. Callie never really forgave him. But today, the little girl has no choice: she must return to live on her father's farm. As she begins to reconnect with him, she perceives strange phenomena. One night, she sees the ghost of his mother, who seeks to reveal to him the circumstances of his death ...
Koldo is a fantastic and moving polar between LA Confidential and the Sixth Sense , whose late 1950s vibe is perfectly restored by Angel Unzueta's stylized and retro graphics. Angel Face.

Saturday, February 3, 2018

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The Council of the Trees (2016)

In an unlikely nineteenth century, bathed in a New England atmosphere at Sleepy Hollow, two paranormal investigators try to understand why, in a hospital lost in the middle of the forest, children are disappearing. They discover that, not far from this old building, centuries ago, a massacre would have taken place. These strange disappearances would be linked to this sacred and cursed place ...

Hubert (2016)

Hubert by Ben Gijsemans. A simple story, beautifully told. Hubert (the graphic novel) is as much about Hubert’s journey to become an artist as it is about unrequited (or requited) love.

Sandcastle (2011)

A secluded beach becomes the stage for self-discovery for various strangers bound together during the most important moment of their lives in this graphic novel, which begins like a murder mystery, continues like an episode of the Twilight Zone, and finishes with a kind of existentialism that wouldn’t be out of place in a Von Trier film. An early morning vignette with a mysterious swimmer and a perching voyeur is soon interrupted when families arrive at the beach, bringing their cluttered lives with them. The geological, primordial beauty of the cove can’t soften the anger and sarcasm of the complicated generational relationships that land on it that morning—the spousal bickering, the teenage angst, as multiple visitors snipe, attempt to escape from each other, demand attention that never comes, and fixate on tiny quirks about their day that soon blossom into something to panic about. When the members of the group finally understand their situation, they find themselves challenged to cherish every moment of life that might be left for them after years of never living at all. Levy is Peeters’s collaborator on a film adaptation of the graphic memoir Blue Pills; together they take this idea to frantic, metaphoric heights. - Publisher's Weekly.

Saturday, December 23, 2017

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Dusk - Poor Tom (2000)

Three agents turn up in the small town of Salem to investigate the deaths of four people who died on the same night under strange circumstances. This is a rather unusual event for such a small town whose residents seem a bit too keen on forgetting this tragic night. It soon becomes clear that the victims are not missed, and it is in an even more charged atmosphere that the investigators slowly uncover the terrible secret that uites the population of Salem. A chilling and disturbing graphic novel thriller.

Choose Your Game

A computer game becomes to reality thriller.

Driftings - Dérives by Andreas

Dérives is a collection of short stories, written by different authors but all illustrated by Andreas. All these stories are very different from each other, in terms of their atmosphere and themes. Andreas's friends, each wrote a short story.


Wednesday, November 15, 2017

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Koba

End of the 40s, Siberia. Stalin returned to zone 0049, where he had been deported at the time when he was called Koba. He must clarify a mystery linked to a painting representing him with his companions of struggle who have since become important members of the regime. However, these latter disappear gradually from the picture without a human hand, apparently, the cause ...

Toys in the Basement - (Santa Anna)

A creepy kids’ book from a French comics master. With appearances in such anthologies as Zero Zero, BLAB! and Kramers Ergot, Stéphane Blanquet has been delighting and terrifying American readers with his superslick, ultradetailed creepiness.

Septic Isle (2008)

Genre: Spy thriller. Publisher: Moonface Press. “A masterful espionage thriller… taut, topical and terrifying”- Mike Carey (writer, The Unwritten)

Saturday, October 14, 2017

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Quintos (Dargaud 2005)

1937, the Civil war rages in Spain between Republicans and fascists. A small group, made up of several individuals of different nationalities, leaves on the front. If their cause seems to be the same (they are all in the democracy camp), their reaction to this war gradually divides them after the attack on their truck. Isolated, they have to think about their own survival ...

Bitcoin - The Hunt for Satoshi Nakamoto (2014)

In 2008 a mysterious and enigmatic genius using the name Satoshi Nakamoto, created the ultimate tool for global financial disruption now worth six billion dollars: "The Bitcoin Protocol". After publishing his creation and nurturing it he faded away into the shadows of the internet. Now he is being hunted for his fortune, but will his hunters succeed in extracting him from the depths of the web?


The Planet without Pterodactyls

A collection of Romanian comics English Scanlations