The Terrible Pope

The Terrible Pope is a series of French historical comic strips written by Alejandro Jodorowsky, designed by Theo and colorized by Sébastien Gérard and Florent Bossard 1 . The first volume came out on 21 October 2009 At Delcourt, in the collection " Histoire & histoires ". Made up of diptychs, The terrible Pope is part of a trilogy 2 initiated by Jodorowsky with Borgia , telling different stages of the history of the Vatican between the end of the xv th and beginning of the xvi th century.

The morning of 18 August 1503 At the Vatican rings the death of Pope Alexander VI . The latter, whose real name was Rodrigo Borgia, was part of the Borgia clan , the sworn enemies of Cardinal Giuliano della Rovere who, aided by his vicar and lover, intends to take advantage of the open field to gain access to the pontificate . Having neither the interpersonal skills nor the fortune necessary to be elected at the conclave , the cardinal went into the shadows, making alliances by means of promises he did not intend to honor, to be named pope under the name of Jules II .

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Lola Bogota

"When we talk about Bordeaux, we immediately think of the Pinard or Chaban-Delmas, but in the regional specialties, there is also the Bordeaux milieu ..." And the middle has the nerves: since Lola Bogota, the cream of The cream of the great international banditry, provided a hallucinogenic drug to their leader Georges Abadi, the godfather became addicted and gives in the mystic. He began to squander his empire in favor of the religious works of a canon. 200 million are destined for the construction of a chapel in his honor! With his faithful acolytes Jane and Z, an ultra-powerful gorilla, Lola is doing everything possible to recover the jackpot. For the underworld, no hesitation. Lola Bogota must die. It's going to bleed! 

Adam Clarks

Society columnist, spy or burglar... Adam Clarks is a difficult man to pin down!

In a fantastic twenty-first century where the Cold War still rages alongside the conquest of mars, at a cocktail party for this world's movers and shakers is where the enigmatic Adam Clarks shows his true face. One might think him rather occupied with kissing up to the powerful and to flirting with femme fatales. But he never loses sight of his true objective, a priceless 100 carat ruby on public display: the de Long Star. That night, Adam uses all his skills as a cat-burglar to steal the jewel. No-one sees or hears a thing. No-one? Don't be so sure... Now the target of both the KGB and the CIA, Adam will have to play both sides to make it out alive. With Adam Clark, Hautière introduces us to a classy and charismatic hero, a mix of Arsene Lupin and Mad Men, living in the world of yesteryear's spy films. A worthy representative of the stylised and elegant line of the "atom" school, Antonio Laporte expertly illustrates this wonderful uchronic atmosphere, blending futurism with the aesthetics of the 1960s.

Dragon Dynasty 01 - The Wrath of Ying Long

China, XIth century. Blinded by his thirst for immortality, Emperor Renzong of the Song captures a Phoenix, a sacred animal, causing the anger of the Dragon Ying Long. Chaos fell on the Empire. The universal order is broken. Only one thing could perhaps appease the great serpent, an inestimable thing in the eyes of the emperor ... to sacrifice his son, the sole heir of the Song dynasty.

Wofi

This album of dog "Wofi" totally unpublished, takes again the 63 boards appeared in 'Spirou' between 1976 and 1980, number 2022 to number 2210. Screenplay: Blesteau, Albert. Drawing: Blesteau, Albert.

Siegfried

Siegfried is a series of French comics, scripted and drawn by Alex Alice. This trilogy is freely inspired by the work of Richard Wagner, The Ring of Nibelung, finding its source in Nordic and Germanic mythology and more particularly the Song of the Nibelungen. The first volume came out on 19 October 2007 At Dargaud, preceded by a luxury edition under jacket on October 5th. 

Siegfried is a young boy raised by Mime, one of the last Nibelungen. Both live in the depths of a dark forest, with only some wolves as neighbors, they are not made to get along. While the dwarf Mime aspires only to tranquility, Siegfried wants to find out who his true parents are and live among humans. Yet Odin, the father of the Nordic gods, decided to send him to fight the dragon Fafnir, who kept the gold of the Rhine.

Gully

Gully is a comic book series. Story: Pierre Makyo. Drawings: Alain Dodier. The adventures of two boys suffering from acute melancholy in a fantastic Middle Ages.

Gully and Oléo are the lucky winners of a competition organized by the King: they will each receive a scholarship to join the prestigious school of chivalry, previously reserved for the nobles. Unique representatives of their social class, they will soon make friendship. Very soon, they will find a good opportunity to put their teaching into practice (avenging insults, redressing wrongs and chastising insolences): they will confront the terrible sorcerer Ulfon, which poses a heavy threat to the family of Oleo.

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Aspis Detectives of the Unusual T01 - The Dwarf with the Ectoplasm

Kathy Wuthering disappeared! Of the most celebrated of the Parisian mediums consulted by the all-Paris of that nineteenth century, there remain to-day only two sanguinolent eyeballs. Auguste Dupin, a bloody sleuth and a scientist who is picky will shed light on this horrible affair. Despite the rigorous "investigator phenomenologist", to achieve this, Dupin will need his extravagant assistant, Flora Vernet.

The Magician's Wife

A woman, a magician with strange powers and a little girl travel the world with unheard-of numbers. But the little girl grows up and the devilish magician wants to make her his wife. Between dream and reality, this comic tells their tumultuous loves in a New York nightmare.

Billy Budd, KGB

Inspired by Herman Melville's novella, this graphic novel recounts a gifted and naïve young man's recruitment by the Soviet secret service and his adventures in New York City as a spy. The tale begins in the aftermath of World War II, when a Ukrainian orphan with remarkable psychic powers is selected and trained by the KGB. Two decades later he arrives in the United States to lead a double life. Operating under the name Billy Budd, he conducts espionage while working with a construction crew that builds skyscrapers. Billy's rescue of a co-worker and the resulting friendship lead the agent in the direction of a spiritual existence, a previously unimaginable possibility. But can Billy escape his Soviet masters?

Robin Dubois

Robin Dubois is the character eponymous series of humorous comic strip created by Turk and De Groot to editions of Lombard . This series parodying the adventures of Robin Hood rests on the same kind of humor as Léonard , by the same authors.

In the Sherwood Forest, Robin Dubois is a highwayman. His specialty: to dethrone the imprudent travelers by saying "The purse or the life? ". He is at the head of a troop of other marauders so undesirable. One of his favorite pastimes is to drink a drink at the tavern in Nottingham with the sheriff , who knows nothing about his activities, if only because he is regularly the victim. Several secondary characters also appear in the course of the stories, including a farcical mage who prefigures Leonardo.