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Monday, February 27, 2023

Non Album Collections 408

disintegrated reintegrated

moebius books that are collection of commercial works moebius did in the 1970s: illustrations, book covers, etc. In French, but there is very little text.

2000-2010 odds and ends short stories, etc

moebius - odds and ends from 2000-2010. short stories, portfolios, etc.

book MH [La machine arever 1975-87]

a text book about the history of METAL HURLANT magazine, with interviews with Giraud, Druillet, Dionnet, Jodorowski, Farkas, illustrated with photos.


Saturday, February 25, 2023

Balkans Arena (repost)

This original, fast-paced tale catapults us into the seedy underworld of a country whose violent past still echoes into a fractured present. "Prisoners" meets "The Deer Hunter." Ex-soldier, and widower, Frank Sokol must face the ghosts of the past when he returns to his native Croatia with his Canadian-born 11-year-old son, Ben. But when Ben is kidnapped, Frank will be forced to mend deep-seated familial wounds, and resort to his military training to get him back. Nothing will prepare him for what his search for his boy will uncover…

Thursday, February 23, 2023

Non Album Collections 407

Transgenesis 2029 - Fides GN (DC-Humanoids 2004)

Written by Anne Ploy. Art and cover by Loïc Malnati. In the year 2029, the country's new theocratic government has developed a bio-engineered virus called "Fides" that kills anyone who doubts the state religion. Now theology student Marie Appton must risk everything to stop the Fides program and put an end to the dictatorship! Softcover,

MOEBIUS work for movies

This is a collection of images, drawings, concepts, and books that moebius did for movies. The list includes: Dune, Tron, Alien, The Abyss, Masters Of The Universe, Willow, Through The Moebius Strip, Samurai.

The Complaint of Man Program

moebius books that are collection of commercial works moebius did in the 1970s: illustrations, book covers, etc. In French, but there is very little text.


Tuesday, February 21, 2023

Savage Highway (repost)

The grounded Sci-Fi tale of two polar opposites who are forced to unite to survive in a violent post-cataclysmic world. An ancient highway spans the wasteland. Its cracked surface has become a migratory route for the lawless hunters and marauders who inhabit this desolate, future Earth. Along the highway, Helene, an educated young woman on a perilous mission to rescue her sister, meets Mo, a solitary hunter, and Jin, an Asian warrior. Together they embark on an epic journey to a Paris in ruins, where a new social "order" is being forged... Created by Mathieu Masmondet, Julia Verlanger, Zhang Xiaoyu.

Sunday, February 19, 2023

Mandalay (repost)

A sweeping saga of two brothers locked in combat in colonial 1940s Burma, where an ancient magic will decide their fate, and that of the whole country. Writer : Philippe Thirault. Art : Butch Guice, Gallur, Jose Malaga.



Friday, February 17, 2023

The Secret Garden

When Mary's parents die, she moves to England, where she is sent to a strange mansion in the middle of the Yorkshire moors, belonging to her uncle. It is here that she discovers the comfort of friendship... and a wonderful secret that she soon shares with her new companions: a garden forgotten by everyone, whose key, as if by magic, also opens the doors to broken hearts. This is a two-part graphic adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett's 1912 classic of children's literature. by Maud Begon  (Author, Illustrator).


Wednesday, February 15, 2023

Sanctum Genesis (repost)

Journey to the roots of the nightmare as the Nazi party attempts to control the ancient evil entity that was introduced in the bestselling series Sanctum. Writer : Christophe Bec, Philippe Thirault. Art : Stefano Raffaele. Sanctum Genesis.

Aleppo, Syria, 1934. Following a major archeological discovery, German soldiers from the esoteric branch of the Nazi party forcibly take over the site and hold the French-led archeological team hostage. The Nazis are after an ancient weapon that they hope can further their world conquering plans, but in the process of uncovering it they awaken Môt, a primeval divinity that proves utterly impossible to control. A tale of suspense, action-adventure, and horror for fans of Indiana Jones and Lovecraftian horror.

Monday, February 13, 2023

Non Album Collections 406

Léo in Little Pieces (Europe Comics 2023)

Script by Mayana Itoïz - Art by Mayana Itoïz. Léo is my grandmother. During the Second World War, Léo worked as a waitress in the family inn, which had been requisitioned by the occupying German forces. Cheerful and carefree, she divided her days between her work at the inn, her friends, and her secret love affair with Felix, a young German soldier. Time passed. Léo became a mother, then a grandmother. Toward the end of her life, she told me about her past, which I present to you now in the form of these little pieces of her life.

Deicide Book 1 - Path of the Dead GN (DC-Humanoids 2004)

Written by Carlos Portela. Art by Das Pastoras. This lushly painted trade paperback features a unique mix of action and humor from the first two chapters of Deicide, as well as the short story "The Lion's Share" from Metal Hurlant (2002 Humanoids) #1, which introduced the earliest incarnation of the Deicide characters.

Transgenesis 2025 - Ancestor Program GN (DC-Humanoids 2005)

Written by Anne Ploy. Art and cover by Loïc Malnati. This thrilling prequel to Trangenesis 2029 Vol. 1: Fides explores a frightening melding of religion, technology and government! Three students of Octagonia have a mission: to create a model of the supreme god. But when their program is stolen, they find themselves trapped in a deadly worldwide conspiracy!


Saturday, February 11, 2023

Oneira

In an obscure world gripped by terror, nightmares have come to life. Driven by the sole desire to eliminate their hosts, these monsters have become a plague to be eradicated. The Ordo-Sancti, a powerful religious group, has put the Weaver corps in charge of slaying the beasts. Arane Heos is a renowned member of the Weavers. As she battles the nightmares, she will have to deal with the growing turmoil within the Church and her caste, which now threatens the secret that involves her child. Script by Cab - Art by Federica Di Meo. 



Thursday, February 9, 2023

Non Album Collections 405

Undesirables - A Holocaust Journey to North Africa (Stanford 2023)

In this gripping graphic novel, a Jewish journalist encounters an extension of the horrors of the Holocaust in North Africa. In the lead-up to World War II, the rising tide of fascism and antisemitism in Europe foreshadowed Hitler's genocidal campaign against Jews. by Aomar Boum (Author).

Slava - After the Fall (Europe Comics 2023)

Script by Pierre-Henry Gomont - Art by Pierre-Henry Gomont. It’s the 1990s: the so-called “End of History.” The Soviet Union is no more. Once a promising young painter, Slava has abandoned his career and ideals to go scrounging with a pal from his school days, the consummate wheeler-dealer Lavrin, through the detritus of empire for whatever they can resell on the black market. It’s an anything goes, dog-eat-dog new world order, every comrade for himself. With his lively, springy art, witty dialogue, and sure grasp of character, Pierre-Henry Gomont delivers a penetrating and sympathetic study of the long-suffering Soviet people, and how yesterday’s dreams landed us square in today’s nightmares.

Melody - Story of a Nude Dancer (2015)

In 1980, Sylvie Rancourt and her boyfriend moved to Montreal from rural Northern Quebec. With limited formal education or training, they had a hard time finding employment, so Rancourt began dancing in strip clubs. These experiences formed the backbone of the first Canadian autobiographical comic book, Melody, which Rancourt wrote, drew, and distributed, starting in 1985.


Tuesday, February 7, 2023

Different Ugliness Different Madness (repost)

America, 1930, the Golden Age of Radio. When two people from separate worlds collide, the dark secrets they’re burdened with start to spill out. Writer & Art : Marc Males.



Sunday, February 5, 2023

Non Album Collections 404

Moebius-Paradis-Dante

One of the masters of contemporary comics, he has also lent his visionary imagination to cinema, creating the settings for cult films such as Blade Ranner, Tron, Dune, Alien and finally the Fifth Element. In 1998 it was celebrated in Italy by an important exhibition, Infinito, hosted in Palermo (magazzini Ferroviari ai Lolli), Milan (Palazzo Bagatti Valsecchi), Venice (Fondazione Querini Stampalia). In 2000 an anthology was presented in Naples, at the Città della Scienza.

moebius - portfolio Hendrix [Moebius, Hendrix, Coghe 1998]

An iconic (at least in Europe) imagining of Jimi Hendrix in a series of psychedelic worlds and landscapes; ten color images plus three black-and-white sheets. This Hendrix portfolio is an extended riff on the art Moebius (pseudonym of Jean Girard) did for the 1975 French release of Are You Experienced and Axis: Bold As Love. 

moebius - Arzach (FPScans) HM Presents+eXtras

A collection of the dream-like science-fiction images and visual storytelling techniques of Jean Giraud ("Moebius"), including his wordless "pantomime" work and the character Arzach.



Friday, February 3, 2023

The Ring of the Seven Worlds (repost)

The Ring of the Seven Worlds. Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Action/Adventure and Manga all blend into this Steampunk saga about interconnected worlds at the mercy of an invasion. Seven planets linked to one another by the multidimensional gates of a giant ring. Only the passage to Nemo, one of the Seven Worlds, has remained sealed for three centuries, in order to confine its people after they savagely attacked the rest of the Empire. When the infamous gate reopens and unleashes the ancient enemy, Timo and Luce, two teenagers from the planet Mose, are caught up in a war they were not prepared to fight. by Giovanni Gualdoni, Gabrielle Clima, Matteo Piana (Artist), Davide Turotti (Colours).

Wednesday, February 1, 2023

Non Album Collections 403

The Librarian of Auschwitz (2023)

Fourteen-year-old Dita is one of the many imprisoned by the Nazis at Auschwitz. Taken, along with her mother and father, from the Terezín ghetto in Prague, Dita is adjusting to the constant terror that is life in the camp. When Jewish leader Freddy Hirsch asks Dita to take charge of the eight precious volumes the prisoners have managed to sneak past the guards, she agrees. And so Dita becomes the librarian of Auschwitz. by Salva Rubio (Author), Loreto Aroca (Illustrator).

Jeronaton - The Egg of the World (1981)

A collection of Jeronaton's short stories including "Between Shadow and Light, Woman and The Egg of the World" in HD scan.

Gustave Doré, David Kunzle - Twelve Comic Strips-University Press of Mississippi (2015)

Dore is known more for his engravings, especially those done to accompany the French translation of the Latin Vulgate bible (those can be searched and found online).