Sleeping Beauty

Oxana still hasn't recovered her memory, but she's found so much more! Friends and a dream: to become a dancer in the prestigious Grand Theater company. Meanwhile the school director, Mr. Aster, with assistance from the treacherous Ludwig, will stop at nothing to get his hands on the mysterious medallion that is the key to Oxana's enigmatic past. Fortunately, Oxana can count on the support of Aria and Mrs. Iris, and also the man in white, whose identity has yet to be revealed...

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Jakob Kayne 01 - La Isabela (2019)

Script by Sylvain Runberg - Art by Mateo Guerrero. Jakob Kayne and his brother Samuel are the last of the Hippocrats. Sworn to treat those in need (and those who are deemed worthy), the two Healer-Alchemists have been tracked across the Archipelagos by manifold enemies, including the Inquisition. On his latest mission, Jakob, a formidable Memory-Eater whose face none can recall, is confronted by an obstacle as unexpected as it is persistent: feelings for his latest patient, Victoria Marcheda, amid the fiery destruction of the city of La Isabela.

The Rolling Stones in Comics (2019)

by Ceka (Author). When the Rolling Stones hit the scene in the 60's, it was to play rhythm & blues, nothing more. They were far from imagining that they would change music, let alone become the mouthpiece of a changing world. Sticking their tongue out at the establishment with their brilliant music and hard-hitting lyrics, they achieved planet-wide success. With Mick Jagger and Keith Richards in the lead, these rebels have become, over 50 years, not just a band, but a whole attitude! Through 21 stories in comics accompanied by biographical texts and a rich iconography, this book helps fans relive, in a totally new way, the incredible epic of one of the biggest rock bands ever.

Colored. The Unsung Life of Claudette Colvin (2019)

A few months before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama, kicking off the U.S. civil rights movement, making headlines around he world and becoming an enduring symbol of the fight for dignity and equality, another young black woman refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama. She was the wrong person at the right time, and so History did not choose her. Her name was Claudette Colvin and this is her story.

Otaku Blue

Asami is a sociology student studying otaku for her thesis. Her relationship with Kotaro is on the rocks: she's busy with her research, and he's an aspiring filmmaker working on a J-horror flick. The real horror is out there on the streets: a serial killer who amputates body parts from his prostitute victims. What's his sick game? As Inspector Arakawa and his young protégé Ryohei wade deeper into depravity, Asami, with the help of cosplayer Maiko, sets out in search of an otaku so elusive he's almost an urban legend in the youth culture capital of Akihabara: the mysterious Buntaro. Created by Richard Marazano, Malo Kerfriden.

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Green Class Vol. 1: Pandemic

Written by Jérôme Hamon. Art by David Tako. A group of young Canadians is out on a field trip in the Louisiana swamps when an epidemic breaks out, unlike any the world has ever seen. The highly contagious virus turns people into seemingly mindless creatures, monstrous in appearance and inhumanly strong when provoked. To halt its rapid spread, the U.S. government walls off the area. When one of their own succumbs to the disease, the kids are trapped in the contagion zone. To survive, they must fight bloodthirsty militias and infected creatures alike, as they hold out hope they can find a cure for their friend, before he becomes a menace to them all.

The Windy Day (2019)

A young girl sets out on her own to fly her kite and encounters a pirate cloud full of goblins looking to cause trouble. She is rescued by a big black wolf who scare the goblins away and stays to help her fly her kite as high as possible. Their friendship teaches her courage (which is what she names the wolf). An adorable, simple children's story by three-time Eisner nominee Tony Sandoval. The illustrations are magical and the tale itself is very cute.

The Bugle Boy (2019)

Eighty-five-year-old Marcel lives alone with his memories of World War II - his short-lived days as a soldier before his capture and imprisonment by the Germans. He's got one thing left to do before he dies: find the bugle he buried by the Maginot Line. When his granddaughter Andrea stops by with her burgeoning rural taxi business, he hops a ride to the site of his regiment's defeat... only to find things have changed. This is Alexandre Clérisse's fierce, tender, and timely rumination on the horrors of war and the lies we tell ourselves.

The Shroud

Champagne, February 1357. Henri, bishop of Troyes, rides towards the lazaretto of Lirey, in an attempt to convince his cousin Lucie, with whom he is in love, to renounce his religious vows. 

In the chapel where they are gathered, the monks make this bitter observation: the boxes are empty, and the works of the abbey, which must accommodate a piece of the True Cross, will soon be stopped, for lack of means… We have done the oath to build an abbey that will welcome the relic, and we will be faithful to our word, whatever it costs, exclaims Thomas, the prior of the community. 

The springs of the tragedy, both in love and in religion, are now in motion. by Jérôme Prieur (Author), Gérard Mordillat (Author), Éric Liberge (Illustrator).

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The Hartlepool Monkey (2019)

1814, off the Durham coast, near the little village of Hartlepool, a warship in the Napoleonic fleet flounders during a storm and sinks. At daybreak, amid the wreckage and flotsam on the beach, fishermen discover a survivor: a monkey dressed in full military regalia, the mascot of the shipwrecked French vessel. Now, the good people of Hartlepool despise all Frenchmen, though they have never seen one in the flesh. Nor have they ever seen a monkey. But this brutish, bestial castaway tallies with the vague impression they have of the enemy... this alone is enough for the ape to find himself court-martialled.

Young Mozart (2019)

A tender and playful glimpse at the childhood of the world's greatest musical genius. For now known as Wolferl, little Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart lives only for music -- and he already knows how to appreciate it in all its forms, even the most unexpected. The young virtuoso is looking for -- and finding! -- inspiration wherever it hides, even in the cries of Nannerl, his sister, or the poop of his dog. He takes lessons from the birds, crickets and frogs, intertwining every note into his great masterpieces. A charming tale, riddled with good humor and poetry. This book resonates with music lovers of all ages!

The Beatles in Comics (2018)

Here's the complete illustrated story of the Beatles from their formation, through the Beatlemania phenom all the way through their breakup. We see how they evolved along with and amplifying the uproar of the sixties, became politically and socially active and have achieved a lasting impact unparalleled in pop music. Chapters combine text and comics for complete information presented in a fun way.

The Black Moon Arcana

Of all the terrifying warlords to wreak destruction across the empire, few can match the savagery of Ghorghor Bey. His name alone can cause even the bravest of soldiers to tremble in their boots, and noble lords and ladies throughout the land pray that he never comes knocking at their castle doors in search of gold, booze, and maidens. But few know the tragic story behind this fearsome warrior's rise to power. From his harrowing childhood to his first love(s), his devastating heartbreaks and crushing victories, read on and discover how a naive young half-ogre would go on to become Ghorghor the Terrible. Script by François Froideval - Art by Olivier Ledroit.

The Ballad of Yaya

Shanghai, November 1937. Yaya, the eight-year-old daughter of a diamond merchant, lives a life of luxury in the French Concession in Shanghai. Her one great passion is the piano. While she is preparing for an important audition, her father decides that the family must leave town in the face of the imminent Japanese invasion. The evening before all the family is to leave, stubborn Yaya, unaware of the danger, runs away in an attempt to make it to her audition come what may. On the way, in the midst of the crowd fleeing the Japanese offensive, She is caught in a bombardment. She owes her life to Tuduo, a street urchin who discovers her unconscious in the ruins of a house. With his help, Yaya learns that her family fled for Hong Kong without her, and she determines to go join them there right away. Tuduo begins to dream about what his life would be like if Yaya's parents welcomed him and his little brother into their beautiful home. He decides to go along with Yaya on her long and perilous journey. But before he can do anything, he must escape from the clutches of Zhu, who runs a gang of homeless boys. by Jean-Marie Omont,  Charlotte Girard, Golo Zhao, Patrick Marty.

The Ogre Gods

Petit is the son of the Ogre King. Scarcely larger than a mere human, he bears the brunt of family degeneration which makes each generation smaller than the previous one due to their inbreeding. His father wants him dead, but his mother sees in him the possible regeneration of the family since he could mate with a human as the Founder of the line once did. She then entrusts him to Aunt Desdee, the oldest of the family, who was dishonored because of her love for humans, and has become a recluse in a wing of the immense castle. But against his mother's wish, she will try to raise Petit, contrary to the usual family way ... Torn between the violent impulses he inherited and the humanistic education he received from Desdée, where will Petit find his place? And will he survive the voracious appetite of his family? by Hubert (story), Bertrand Gatignol (Drawings).

MFKZ

Angelino, a young loser like thousands of others in Dark Meat City, lives in a squalid hotel room in the Latin Quarter of Rios Rosas with his buddy Vinz. His days are spent between monotonous channel-surfing and working at the occasional odd job. Luckily, the Mexican wrestling matches he loves so much are on TV. From dead-end jobs to metaphysical discussions under starry skies with his buddy, his life slowly ticks by, until a seemingly banal scooter accident changes everything. Angelino suddenly finds himself in the middle of a hurricane of unimaginable trouble, involving heavily-armed men in black, gangs of all kinds, Mexican wrestler vigilantes, and even depraved cosmic entities with shadowy intentions! Written by RUN, Dan Christensen. Art by RUN.

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The Wrath of Fantomas 01 (2019)

Freely adapted from the work of Marcel Allain and Pierre Souvestre, with a plot worthy of the best black novels, Rocheleau plunges the reader into the Paris of the 1910s and provokes terror and fascination by resuscitating Fantomas, the evil character with a hundred faces ...

Layla. A Tale of the Scarlet Swamp (2019)

Script by Jérémy - Art by Mika. A young man’s destiny is changed forever when he encounters the deadly and bewitching Layla, a serpent-woman who lives in the swamp and feasts on the spirits and flesh of greedy men. Forever haunted by Layla’s sensuous beauty, Froghert will do whatever he can, be it at the cost of his own life and soul, to protect her against power-hungry monarchs seeking to take possession of the enchanted stone she wears around her neck. A tale of obsession, avarice, and the blood-drenched quest for immortality.

Philip K. Dick (2018)

by Laurent Queyssi (Author), Mauro Marchesi (Author). One of the greatest writers in science fiction history, Philip K. Dick is mostly remembered for such works as Blade Runner, Minority Report, and Total Recall. His dark, fascinating work centered on alternate universes and shifting realities in worlds often governed by monopolistic corporations and authoritarian governments. His own life story seems a tussle with reality, cycling through five marriages and becoming increasingly disjointed with fits of paranoia and hallucinations fueled by abuse of drugs meant to stabilize him. His dramatic story is presented unvarnished in this biography.

Irons

Meet Jack Irons. He's a cold son-of-a-bitch, but he's got a gift. He can look at a disaster - a fallen bridge, a collapsed skyscraper - and see everything: the physics, the material stresses, the behind-the-scenes insight into how it all went wrong, claiming lives and property. Makes sense: he's a structural engineer. And when he applies his brilliant, analytical mind to crimefighting, then the truth will out. Because that's what he cares about. Not people. Not feelings. The truth. And the truth is about to turn a little Canadian fishing village upside down... Script by Tristan Roulot - Art by Luc Brahy.

Doggybags

Mexico, Ciudad de Juarez, the international capital of drug trafficking and kidnapping. The vengeance of three tormented cops against the city's most dangerous drug cartel, on the Day of the Dead. Written by Francesco Giugiaro. Art by Jérémie Gasparutto.

Wings of War. Eagle

The son of a hero from the Great War who made his fortune in the steel industry, James O’Brady is destined for a great career in politics. When his father is appointed ambassador to Germany, James goes with him, to get an inside of view of the geopolitical landscape in the mid-1930s. But James follows his own path which is destined to cross that of a young German fighter pilot. Script by Wallace - Art by Julien Camp.

Wings of War. Adler

Hans Raeder lost both his father and his younger brother in 1918. To cope with the pain he, like Germany itself, takes refuge in fantasies - not only the fantasies of others, but also those of his own creation. In a country rebuilding itself on myths and deception, Hans is prepared to do anything to become the idol he worships: a fighter pilot... even if it means turning into a Nazi monster. What he doesn't realize is that his destiny is linked to another young pilot, on the other side of the Atlantic... Script by Patrice Buendia - Art by Damien Andrieu.