Mirror blog :

Attention, for mirror blog please go here : https://europeancomicbandedesinee.blogspot.com/
Showing posts with label Christophe Bec. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christophe Bec. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 29, 2023

Pandemonium (repost)

In 1951, Doris and her little girl, Cora, entered one of America s most prestigious facilities for the treatment of Tuberculosis, The Waverly Hills Sanatorium. The events that befell them shortly thereafter, both of a supernatural and criminal nature, were some of the most sordid of the time. Written by prolific author and frequent Humanoids contributor Christophe Bec ("Sanctum"), and drawn by acclaimed artist Stefano Raffaele ("Loving Dead")."


Thursday, March 9, 2023

Carthago Adventures (repost)

The original adventures of London Donovan and his shadowy boss, “the Centenarian of the Carpathians,” in this action-packed spin-off from the best-selling Carthago. Writer : Christophe Bec, Alcante, Giles Daoust. Art : Jaouen, Fafner, Brice Cossu, Alexis Sentenac, Drazen Kovacevic, Aleksa Gajić.
These five individual, but interlinked, stories see Donovan and billionaire Feiersinger combating all manner of malicious myths and monsters from the Californian Bigfoot and deadly African dinosaurs, to Arctic sea creatures and giant Canadian wolves. Whether driven by a taste for adventure, a passion for scientific curiosity, or simply by pure obsession, join our unrelenting heroes as they chase and encounter creatures that are as mythical as they are deadly.

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.

Tuesday, October 18, 2022

The Shadows of Salamanca (repost)

With "Sarah", Christophe Bec is definitely emerging as a high-class writer, able to like a Stephen King in literature to keep the reader in suspense from the first to the last page. Remarkably imaged by Italian Stefano Raffaele, "Sarah" arises immediately as a reference: in the register of fear, never cartoon series had indeed placed as high voltage! A comic by Stefano Raffaele (Illustrator), Christophe Bec (Scenario).

Sarah followed her husband, ranger, in a remote area of ​​Pennsylvania. Their new house is beautiful, but the city of Salamanca is not very welcoming and the people are not more. But isolation does not frighten Sarah, she even seems to need, for a while at least. Time to rebuild, to finish with his inner demons, to break free of traumatic past experiences. To find peace and escape the torment, Salamanca however may not be the ideal place. In early 2008, Christophe Bec is in top form. After a second volume of Bunker very successful in his way to associate and geopolitical fantastic and opening Deus seeking to revisit the theme of the search for immortality in a context where the death swept by waves, so here is a story of pure horror.


Monday, October 10, 2022

Sanctum (repost)

The Red Army has just delivered his last fights in spring 1945, and Berlin is no longer a field of ruins. Direct order of Stalin, a group of Russian soldiers paid the price yet to seize a building containing a priori harmless but a coveted secret by the Soviet dictator. This secret is perhaps what will lead the American submarine USS Nebraska in the depths of the Mediterranean. June 20, 2029, while the flagship building of the Navy sailing off the Syrian coast, a strange radar echo is received on board. The USS Nebraska mark the place of issue of the signal and discovers the wreck of an old Soviet submarine, lying near a huge sanctuary. Scenario: Xavier Dorison | Design: Christophe Bec. Sanctum.

The American submarine USS Nebraska was sent on a surveillance mission to the Syrian coast wide. The crew will capture a sonar echo and discover in a huge underground cave the remains of a Soviet vessel lying at the foot of a sanctuary. While a reconnaissance teams disappears into the remains, things go wrong aboard the USS: a man Amok and one is struck by the plague! Blood tests performed by the ship's doctor says the crew develops a characteristic hormone psychotic states. Hamish the commander decides to go with a small team to locate the group lost in the sanctuary before fleeing to the surface. The submarine is damaged and out of time. The commando enters the gallery that leads into the bowels millennia ruins.


Saturday, September 12, 2020

Sanctum Redux

Return to the terrifying secrets that lie deep beneath the ocean in this brand new manga re-imagining of the classic bestseller. On its maiden voyage, off the coast of Syria, the crew of the new super-submarine, USS Nebraska, receives a mysterious distress signal. At the bottom of the ocean cracks begin to show, and with a pair of maverick reporters on board, and a crew slowly losing their minds, they encounter an insidious and sinister force more terrifying they could possibly imagine. This bestselling Lovecraftian horror thriller "Sanctum" has been completely remastered by adding new characters, extra background storylines and unexpected plot twists. If "Sanctum" is the movie, then "Sanctum Redux" is the TV series. Bigger, deeper, darker, deadlier.


Wednesday, September 2, 2020

Promethee 13-13

A prequel to Christophe Bec's best-selling, mind-bending science-fiction BD series Promethee - Promethee 13:13 by Andy Diggle and Shawn Martinbrough with covers by Jock. Exclusively available from Originals. Headed by veteran editor Will Dennis, Promethee 13:13 explores what happened before the multi-volume bandes dessinées Promethee. Part of the Originals line of exclusive digital content only available on and Kindle. This series will be available as part of Unlimited, Kindle Unlimited and Prime Reading.


Wednesday, October 2, 2019

The Lost World

At the bend of a trip to South America, Challenger, a somewhat adventurous professor, acquires mysterious information. Having come to rescue an albino dying in the middle of a cannibal tribe, he gets a strange travel diary that seems to fascinate him. London, Europe. 
While a lecture by Professor Summerlee is on the extinction of dinosaurs, Challenger, back from America, arises and questions the scientific community and the disappearance of all prehistoric life on earth. Immediately refuted and insulted by his colleagues, he challenged Summerlee to organize a counter-expedition. Accompanied by a renowned hunter, Lord Roxon, and a young journalist, Ned Malone, they embark on a journey lasting several months. 
'The Lost World' french comic adaptation by Christophe Bec, Mauro Salvatori, and Faina Fabrizio.


Saturday, June 22, 2019

Olympus Mons

2026: Unexplained and strange phenomena occur simultaneously in different places. In the depths of the Baltic Sea, underwater treasure hunters discover what seems to be the remains of an unknown artifact; in Iowa, a medium is haunted by strange visions in which he visits a mysterious wreck at the bottom of the sea. On a screen, a message addressed to the inhabitants of the Earth; on Mars, cosmonauts find a series of enigmatic objects. Following their track, they arrive on the slopes of the highest eminence of Mars, Mount Olympus, where they discover the carcass of a spaceship. The enigma is total but no doubt: these different phenomena are well linked!

Saturday, May 25, 2019

The Fulgur

1907. Further to a terrible storm, a ship navigating in the Yucatán Channel sinks in an Oceanic trench with a billion dollars of pure gold in its holds. Three years later, a bold group of explorers and treasure hunters embarks aboard the Fulgur, a unique submarine, to find the lost cargo. But their adventure, diving to depths as great as 4,000 meters, is about to take a dramatic turn and defy all comprehension!

Sunday, May 6, 2018

Bunker

Fear is infectious on the Demarkacija... At over 7000 meters altitude, the Demarkacija is the final rampart between Velikiistok and Ieretik territory. In Bunker 37, Aleksi Stassik scrutinizes the approaching enemy and lies in wait for the attack. Above him, in the mountains, roams another enemy, even more terrifying that the first... Aleksi Stassik and a group of soldiers from the Velikiistok army head down south to the desert plains beyond the snow-capped peaks of the Demarkacia. Velikiistok, which is lacking the fossil fuels necessary for the war against the Ieretiks, has no choice but to strike up negotiations with the prince of the Southern Territories, Aberrahman Derleth Al-Hazin. Unfortunately, it's common knowledge that the prince has various ties with the Ieretiks. Perhaps that's why he suggests such an unusual exchange for his barrels of oil to the Velikiistok army...

Wednesday, February 21, 2018

Non Album Collection 116

The Fulgur v01 - The Depths of the Abyss (2017)

1907. Further to a terrible storm, a ship navigating in the Yucatán Channel sinks in an Oceanic trench with a billion dollars of pure gold in its holds. Three years later, a bold group of explorers and treasure hunters embarks aboard the Fulgur, a unique submarine, to find the lost cargo. But their adventure, diving to depths as great as 4,000 meters, is about to take a dramatic turn and defy all comprehension!

Dark Side of the Moon (2017)

Script by Blutch - Art by Blutch. The story takes place in a near future (more or less). The world is a huge factory, and the factory is the world. This world is presided over by “The Orifice,” the company which revolutionized the working method. You put your hands inside two holes, and you work, without you (or anybody) actually knowing what you’re working on… In the midst of all this is Lantz. Lantz is a comic book author. He’s the one who came up with the New New Testament, the bestseller that the entire economy depends on. Problem is: he’s got writer’s block. Riddled with doubt, he doesn’t know what he wants anymore, and his various frustrations are making him miserable. Lantz reflects the daily life of many among us. Will he be able to find an honorable way out of his psychological battles?

Fires & Murmur (2017)

Created by Eisner Award-winning artist Lorenzo Mattotti, Fires sweeps readers off into a hypnotic, haunting fantasy centered on a mysterious island where the hills are constantly ablaze. A series of vessels have inexplicably disappeared from the vicinity, so the battleship Anselm II is dispatched to investigate. When the expedition's leader, Lieutenant Absinthe, comes ashore, his encounter with the burning island's bizarre residents results in a form of psychic possession that leads to mayhem, madness, and murder. Mattotti's vivid illustrations, rendered with the depth and richness of paintings, propel the eye through a brooding, brilliantly colored atmosphere of mesmerizing imagery. A second tale by Mattotti, co-written with Jerry Kramsky, offers another fantastic voyage. Murmur traces an amnesiac's quest across phantasmagoric landscapes to recover his identity — an enigmatic journey in which fear and confusion are resolved by arcane magic rituals. This handsome hardcover edition marks the first publication of Fires and Murmur in a single volume. Both stories were originally published in French; this Dover edition features the 1988 English translation of Feux (Fires) and the 1993 English translation of Murmure (Murmur) English translations. Suggested for mature readers.

Thursday, May 11, 2017

Doppelgänger

Since Nelly met Germain, nothing is going on in the Clapier and in the vicinity ... Objects break apart without external intervention, windows are shattered, blood flows from walls, fields are inflamed, animals Are found dead in the street and in the farms, children lose themselves without explanation ... What do these intersignes hide, announcers of death? What mysterious and harmful force is there at work? Doppelgänger.
Atmosphere. The atmosphere is the masterpiece of the diptych that brings together Eric Corbeyran and Christophe Bec, eighteen years after Dragan, already published by Soleil. Here, no heroic fantasy but rather a fantastic thriller. Germain Maltret learns of the death of his mother, a woman whom he describes as "extinct," of whom he has never felt close and whose little affection for him has given him the taste for solitude. After a sober funeral, the hour is for the formalities of succession. Inheritance is the house occupied by the deceased, and a ruined mansion owned by an ancestor whose existence he did not know. Maltret must therefore spend some time in a village where the first person he met is a very strange young woman.

Friday, April 21, 2017

The Best Job in the World

Heavenly island seeks guardian. Salary $ 150,000. Foresee sunscreen ... This is the "best job in the world", proposed by the Australian State of Queensland in 2009, as part of a tourism promotion campaign. Among the many tens of thousands of candidates, it was Doug Ellis, a young London trader, who won the best job in the world! He will be the guardian of a desert island off Australia, in a comfortable villa! 
Everything seems idyllic, although some details begin to intrigue Doug, like that strange cross planted under a tree in the garden, these mysterious scars raised by the owner of the place, or this room in which he was formally forbidden to " Entering ... Exploring his prison, going from discoveries to discoveries, Doug's dream will soon turn into a nightmare: he will gradually understand what this place really is ... Why he is there. Why he was chosen. Why he's alone. But is he really alone?

Monday, April 17, 2017

The Montefiores

"Scrolling is a job. Being perfect is an art. " These are the first words Oksana Kovsky young Russian beauty on his arrival in the world of fashion. The ambitious top model is hired in the famous Milanese house Montefiore. A chance ? Not so sure ... After the accidental death of the creator of the company, the management is taken over by his only son, Narciso, more interested in the automobile than by fashion. Not counting the enemies who would do anything to see him fail: there is of course Francesca, his mother-in-law, who wants revenge for having lost the place that was his. But there is also a man who seems to have the means to harm the Montefiore even from the depths of China ... 
A saga in the world of fashion where luxury, The Montefiores.


Monday, April 3, 2017

Eternum

2297. Man has invaded and colonized most of our galaxy. At the edge of the Milky Way, a team of excavators discovers a mysterious sarcophagus buried in the bowels of an arid planet. On Earth, astronomers from an observatory in South America spot a mysterious cosmic ray, suddenly emerging from the Magellanic Cloud, a minor galaxy in orbit around ours. Soon after, the lunar base breaks all contact with the Earth. A team of scientists and soldiers is sent to the scene, she discovers an apocalyptic spectacle. Men and women kissed each other. 
The Consortium, which exploits the mineral resources of the planets, decides to bring back the strange sarcophagus to Earth and study its secrets. What's in it? Is it a vestige of an extraterrestrial civilization? Eternum. Story: Bec, Christophe. Design: Jaouen.

Sunday, March 5, 2017

Siberia 56

Trapped on a planet millions of light years away from Earth, five scientists must survive sub-zero temperatures and horrific alien creatures as they make their way across the dead, frozen landscape to their base in this action-packed graphic novel. It is the age of space exploration, and five scientists travel 80 million light years from home to study the planet of Siberia, the location of Earth’s 56th colony. Completely covered with dense snow and steep mountains, Siberia’s poles reach temperatures of -300° F with icy winds of close to 200 mph.
After their shuttle crashes, the surviving scientists must walk across hundreds of miles of frozen wasteland to find the terrain basecamp. Between the biting cold, devastating snow storms, and horrific alien creatures, their chances of survival are close to absolute zero. In Siberia 56, author Christophe Bec imagines a hostile and fascinating world that harkens to the very best of the science fiction and horror genres. Superbly illustrated by Alexis Sentenac, this stunning work offers a chilling tale of survival in the vast recesses of a dying planet.

Sunday, January 1, 2017

Deepwater Prison

The high security jail of the future ... In the bottom of the abyss! No one escapes from the Deepwater Prison. This is what seems to ignore the dangerous criminals who are incarcerated there and fomenting a daring escape plan. Their ticket to the surface and freedom? A Government representative, also trapped in the sunken station. But beware: the surrounding waters are home dark unknown and terrifying creatures. 
Year 2,027. Delinquency and crime have soared in the United States, prisons are overcrowded. The US government began studying a new prison model, a new type of prison located in an abyssal ocean trench near Bermuda, for prisoners serving long sentences. In it, the most dangerous criminals in the country are abandoned and left to their fate. Let's 900 meters deep, you can not escape! Especially since the area is infested with fearsome giant eels. A two thousand meters on the surface of an oil platform explodes, causing the biggest environmental disaster of all time. An emergency kit is sent to the ocean floor to seal the leak. Nearby is "Deepwater Prison" where inmates are plotting escape plans.