Glory Days

Three young women lacking direction struggle with the challenges of life and relationships: Violet has dumped her boyfriend and is finding it hard to move on; Lila has betrayed her best friend and finds herself now ostracized by her social circle; and Helen struggles to find a balance between her personal life and the doctoral thesis taking up all her time and energy. A realistic slice-of-life portrayal of the growing pains of young adulthood. Created by Merwan.

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Aion (2019)

Script by Ludovic Rio - Art by Ludovic Rio. Captain Lexi Neel thought she’d sacrificed years of life with her daughter when she left Earth on a decades-long journey through the depths of space. But when a distress signal takes her out of hypersleep years ahead of schedule, she finds herself on the mysterious moon Aion, home to exotic wildlife and a research station dedicated to study of the moon’s “particularities.” It might mean a chance to start over as if she never left… As Lexi is about to learn, time is an experience.

Atomic Empire (2019)

An astonishing and captivating original graphic novel by Thierry Smolderen and Alexandre Clérisse. Inspired by a real psychological case, Atomic Empire is both a psychiatric enigma and a space opera.

Atom Agency 01 - The Begum's Jewels (2019)

Script by Yann - Art by Olivier Schwartz. Atom Vercorian is trying to make it as a private detective in post-war Paris, and he just needs that one big case to make a name for himself. His father, a police detective, isn’t making any headway in the case of a jewelry theft in the south of France. Atom, however, gets a lead that takes him and his partners, Mimi and Jojo, south to Marseille, where they meet ex-resistance fighters, gangsters, and henchmen. With audacity and enthusiasm, Atom and his cohorts dance their way through the worlds of organized crime, pro wrestling, and the ultra-rich in the pursuit of Miss France 1930’s stolen jewels. This could be Atom’s big break—if he survives the experience!

Revenge of Count Skarbek

1843, Paris. A sensational trial stuns the art world and has the streets of the capital buzzing. Is the famous art dealer Daniel Northbrook nothing but a swindler? Count Skarbek, a rich Polish businessman, will do everything he can to prove it. A gripping romantic thriller and a poignant story of love, hatred, passion, and revenge in the vein of the great popular fiction by Hugo and Dumas.

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Bloody Winter (2019)

On the day of his mother's untimely funeral, Ralph, a wheelchair- bound child, is abducted. Twenty years later he returns and is now linked to Norton Gable – a heartless, drug trafficking monster. What's their connection? That's what F.B.I. agent Michelle Pollock wants to know after the strangely quiet Ralph tells her where to find a serial child killer's latest victim. As Agent Pollock gets sucked further and further into Ralph and Norton Gable's twisted world, she encounters deception, betrayal and violence the likes of which she's never known. Dark, gritty and relentless, Sergio Bleda's “"Bloody Winter"” is frighteningly compelling as it creates a world where good doesn't always conquer evil.

Shanghai Dream (2019)

by Philippe Thirault (Author), Jorge Miguel (Illustrator). A young German Jewish filmmaker escapes the Nazi threat in Shanghai, where he is forced to adapt to a new land and cope with loss through the magic of filmmaking. Berlin, 1930. Aspiring filmmakers Bernhard and Illo are madly in love, united by their passion for cinema...and now, on the eve of the Second World War, it could be the only thing they have left. As the streets heat up with the flames of violent antisemitism, the couple has no choice but to abandon their home and go into exile. With nothing but a screenplay and each other, they manage to board a ship headed for Shanghai—a bubbling and enigmatic city that holds the promise of freedom...but at what cost? A powerful humanistic take on World War II from the largely undocumented perspective of the forced Jewish immigration to China.

Sleep, Little Girl (2019)

Juan, a freelance reporter, stumbles on a scoop at the local hospital: people are dying in their sleep. Healthy married couples in the prime of life are being discovered dead in their own beds. The connection seems to be the Little Girl, an autistic child. Each time she's been adopted by a set of foster parents, these turn up dead in their beds the next morning, with no visible cause of death. Digging deeper, Juan discovers that the Little Girl's biological parents met an even more horrible fate... Haunting and frightening, "Sleep, Little Girl" reminds us that there are forces in the universe that should not be tempted. Sergio Bleda, author and artist of this SAF graphic novel, first gained attention for his horror comics series "The Vampire's Dance."

Last of the Atlases

Birds wasting away in a national park, refusing to migrate. Identical geometric markings on the wings of completely different insect species. A pillar of dust in the desert. A small-time hood travels to India's shipbreaking yards in search of a giant nuclear-powered construction robot. A big-time crime boss makes a killing off the Algerian Revolution, in a world where it happened fifteen years later than in our own. "A good story," insists reporter Françoise Halfort, visited abruptly by a post-menopausal pregnancy, "is one that draws unexpected connections between seemingly unconnected events." Four star creators join talents on a vast canvas that takes in the entire French 20th century. Script by Fabien Vehlmann, Gwen de Bonneval - Art by Hervé Tanquerelle, Frédéric Blanchard.

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The Nurse (2019)

Author: Zalozabal. Theresa is a nurse hired to accompany young, wheelchair-bound Toby to a controversial clinic in Transnistria. It’s the only medical institution in the world that can offer Toby hope that he will one day walk again. They use radical experimental treatments. Sometimes their results are miraculous; other times, tragic. Once at the clinic, Theresa quickly becomes aware of just how “radical” their treatments are. She then meets a Frenchman, who says: “You’ve got to help me. I broke my arm just so they would admit me to the clinic. I came to save my son from that evil... nurse!” Theresa wants to help, but soon realizes she is a prisoner here. Now she must get Toby out of this terrible place! “The Nurse” is an ultra-bizarre, intense story that will take you places you’ve never been and will never forget!

In Search of Lost Dragons (2015)

by Elian Black'Mor  (Author, Artist), Carine-M (Author, Artist), Jézéquel (Author). On the trail of dragons forgotten, an intrepid illustrator and reporter journeys from Europe through the Middle East and finally to Saigon in search of the dark caverns and mountaintop perches where the elusive winged serpents dwell. With the gift of seeing the invisible, our explorer friend records each encounter in a journal of gorgeous, fully painted artwork, capturing every majestic and fearsome visual detail of the scaly behemoths, and accompanies his findings with snippets of local lore as evidence that these hidden beasts continue to shape the world in ways we may never expect!

Irena Book 01 - Wartime Ghetto (2019)

The true tale of Irena Sendlerowa, a social worker in the Warsaw ghetto in the early 1940s, during the early days of German occupation. She is credited for saving the lives of 2500 Jewish children by gradually and quietly smuggling them to safety in small groups. While she is eventually arrested by Gestapo, imprisoned, and tortured for her actions, she refuses to reveal her network and is condemned to death. She is ultimately saved from death by other members of her organization. After the war, she retrieved the names of all children she saved (kept in a glass jar buried under a tree behind her house) and attempted to locate each of their parents for reunion. And while most of the parents had been gassed in the Holocaust, she made it her mission to help those orphans find new homes. Another true SCHINDLER'S LIST scenario, illustrated for a younger audience, but equally moving for adults.

The Defender

Meet Leo Sully-Darmon, a hot-shot photogenic criminal defense attorney who takes on cases nobody else will touch. Leo loves a good cause just as much as he loves a good photo-op, and he happens to excel at both. But when he agrees to represent a woman accused of crimes against humanity during her former life as an officer in an Iraqi detention camp, he may have bitten off more than he can chew, as antagonistic forces conspire to cast doubt on his client's innocence and start digging up dirt on his own life... complete with dark secrets from both the past and the present. Script by Laurent Galandon, Frank Giroud - Art by Frédéric Volante.

Avatar

Police detective Manuel Gomez is called to a crime scene to investigate the death of a young woman, the latest in a series of murders committed on web users by cybernauts. In order to track down the killers Gomez agrees to take part in a breakthrough experiment set in virtual reality. Manuel is aware of the danger such an experiment poses, but as an experienced ex-hacker, he trusts he will be able to get to the truth unscathed.

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Black Paradise (2019)

Script by Veerle Hildebrandt - Art by Veerle Hildebrandt. Hans Wagner decides to move with his wife Katie and daughter Lisa from Germany to Nigeria, where he has been offered a well-paid job. The lifestyle that comes with it is a nice extra: they’ll have a housekeeper, there’s a good international school, and their daughter will even be able to join a horseriding club. However, shortly after their arrival in Lagos it turns out that life there is less paradisiacal than they’d hoped…

Cigarettes. A Filterless Report (2019)

Script by Pierre Boisserie - Art by Stéphane Brangier. Arguably humanity’s most deadly invention—responsible for 100 million deaths in the 20th century—the cigarette continues to kill. Half of all smokers die of a smoking-related illness, and more than a billion people currently smoke. “Cigarettes” tells the story of the tobacco industry’s cynical efforts to impose this danger on as many people—or victims—as possible, with a single purpose in mind: shareholder profits. Always frank in delivering its meticulously-documented message, “Cigarettes” should make the tobacco industry tremble more than a nicotine-deprived smoker.

The Yankee Comandante (2019)

Script by Gani Jakupi - Art by Gani Jakupi. This is the true story of William Alexander Morgan, the Yankee Comandante, an idealistic young American who found fame fighting in the Cuban Revolution. The blond American didn’t speak a word of Spanish, but he felt his rightful place was among the guerilleros of the Escambray Mountains, fighting to bring down dictator Fulgencio Batista. Morgan was among Havana’s liberators in 1959, an act that led FBI director Edgar Hoover to strip him of his American citizenship. There was a time when Morgan was international front-page news, on a level with Che Guevara. Yet “el comandante yanqui” has largely disappeared from the history of the Cuban Revolution. Author Gani Jakupi recounts a forgotten tale from one of the greatest military and political events of the 20th century.

Of Gods and Men

The world turned upside down in 1929, starting in the United States. As the Great Depression shook the nation, so-called "gods" began to appear along Route 66, and quickly grew in number. With humankind slowly dying out, history then took a different course... This is the story "of gods and men," set in the year 2047. Written by Jean-Pierre Dionnet. Art by Theureau.

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Zarathustra 01 - The Lion that Carried the Flame (2019)

Script by Richard Marazano - Art by Amad Mir. In ancient Iran, a man with a mysterious past and an even more mysterious future arrives in the city of Gonur-Depe to start a new life as a merchant. There he meets a wealthy woman who vows to make his life miserable, but her plans are interrupted when the city is attacked by the army of an evil prince that has been possessed by an even more evil god. The man and woman manage to flee the blood-soaked city and embark on a long, brutal journey of survival through the desert, moving toward their destiny and the world-changing events about to unfold.

Dark Stories (2019)

With an extremely critical eye, brilliant comic artist Alfonso Font explores some of the darkest facets of mankind and showcases the vilest human weaknesses as a gloomy farce. Written and drawn over 30 years ago, “Dark Stories” first appeared independently in a Spanish magazine, but was never before published in an album format. Now, finally, the stories compiled in this volume have not lost any of their momentum. The compelling aesthetic sensitivity of Mr. Font and his uninhibited drawing style are not for the faint of heart – the powerful imagery and the morbid humor run like golden thread throughout the book and will leave almost nobody indifferent.

Nhun the Huntress (2019)

Script by Firat Yasa - Art by Firat Yasa. Nine millennia ago, the Luvi Tribe in Mid-Anatolia is struggling to survive. The men of the holy council of elders are no longer pleased with their lives. The master tracker, Nhun, a young woman, takes on an existential challenge for herself and all of her tribe. The tribe’s strongest man, Alu the Agape, does not know what to do. This is their love story, where Nhun and Alu find themselves among the quarrels of the elders, both holy men and women.

Amber Blake

Amber Blake was only a child when she was recruited to the Cleverland Institute, a school for gifted children. But predators hide in the school's administration, abusing the children they're meant to protect, and, on the verge of exposing them, Amber finds herself fleeing for her life from the very man who recruited her. But she's not dead yet - and she's not the only one who wants to see Cleverland's leaders burn.

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Through Lya's Eyes 01 - Seeking the Truth (2019)

Script by Carbone - Art by Justine Cunha. Lya is a beautiful young woman of 21. She had everything going for her… until she was paralyzed from the waist down the day before her 17th birthday, when she was struck by a hit-and-run driver. Ever since, Lya has been fighting to come to terms with her condition and rebuild her life. But what really drives her is her need to find whoever it was who left her for dead and obtain justice. Helping Lya in her quest is Antoine, her best friend–and maybe more–who’ll do anything for her. But her desire for the truth will lead her down dangerous avenues, and her journey will be full of surprises.

Anastasia 01 (2019)

Script by Magdalena Lankosz - Art by Joanna Karpowicz. 1926. A mother and her young daughter come to Los Angeles. The mother is chasing her dream: she wants to conquer Hollywood, no matter the cost. Her little girl, Anastasia, is the perfect candidate to be cinema’s next big star. But can she stand the pressure? The clash of dreams and the dirty reality of show business is a heavy burden to bear, as Anastasia comes face to face with the crime, abuse, and murky secrets of an all-powerful industry. A story that calls into question the so-called golden era of Hollywood, when the “dream factory” resembled a Byzantine empire, above the law and fed by vanity and greed.

Barcelona at Dawn (2019)

The year is 1923. On a hot summer night, four corpses wash up at the port of Barcelona. When Journalist Pere Marsé investigates these murders he is shocked to discover that one of the victims is in fact a German policeman. As he digs even deeper, Marsé soon realizes this is only the tip of what turns out to be an intricate plot of both criminal and political intrigue. As each layer of the onion is peeled away, more questions than answers come to the surface. Anarchists, local police, German nationals, French Secret Service and Military leaders all play their parts. This fascinating book -- based on real circumstances and characters -- recounts events that happened in Barcelona in the early 1920s. These events were a direct reason why Hitler failed with his attempted coup in Munich on November 8, 1923.

Nanami

When Nanami, a bored adolescent living life on automatic, finds a strange book that appears to be "inhabited," she tracks down the book's owner only to be introduced to something even stranger: a theatre troupe whose members get projected into a parallel universe during rehearsal. The universe in question is the thrilling and romantic - but dangerous - world in which their play is set and in which wallflower Nanami becomes a warrior princess fighting for her life and her kingdom. Script by Eric Corbeyran, Amélie Sarn - Art by Nauriel.

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The Master Chocolatier 01 - The Boutique (2019)

Script by Bénédicte Gourdon, Eric Corbeyran - Art by Denis Chetville. Alex Carret is a talented young Brussels chocolatier whose life takes a drastic turn when he quits his job and agrees to partner with a friend of a friend named Ben. He’s a little wary of him at first, but when Ben comes up with a business plan, a space, a brilliant branding idea, and a 100,000-euro loan, Alex can’t resist the temptation of seeing his lifelong dream come true. Soon he and his team are selecting the finest chocolate from countries around the world and throwing a launch party, which is a smash success. But will that put them in the crosshairs of other local power brokers?

States of Mind (2019)

Patrice Guillon, Emilie Guillon & Sebastien Samson. The true story of a spirited young woman whose brilliant mind is caught in the grip of mental illness, known as bipolar disorder. In constant flux between transient euphoria and utter despair, Camille attempts to decode her mind and treat her illness. 

Kivu (2019)

Script by Jean Van Hamme - Art by Christophe Simon. Stéphane, fresh out of college, has gone to work for a powerful industrial consortium. He is soon put in charge of negotiating an important contract in the Congo, and sets off for Africa. But once there, he discovers a cynical and corrupt world beyond anything he could have imagined. His destiny is altered forever when he crosses the path of Violette, a Congolese child hunted by a powerful rebel chief. On his journey, he will also meet Dr. Denis Mukwege, real-life Congolese gynecologist whose activism and medical work won him the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize.