The Straw King

Egypt, 7th century BCE. Neith and Sennedjem are two of many royal children too far down the inheritance ladder to matter. Facing limited prospects - she's likely to wind up in her own father's bed, and he won't even wind up an advisor - they set out instead to see the world. But the ancient world is full of dangers, and soon enough, the royal pair find themselves sold off to the court of Babylon by slave traders. As a lady-in-waiting, Neith becomes entangled in another royal family's power struggles, while her brother falls victim to a bizarre religious ritual: the Straw King.

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The Mask of a Thousand Tears 001 - Death Walks with Me (2020)

Script by David Chauvel - Art by Roberto Ali. After a horrific battle in a mythical Asian land, a peasant soldier with a mysterious past encounters a young woman who has come to find the body of her dead fiancé. She is determined to travel to Takedo Castle and get her hands on the Mask of a Thousand Tears, a golden mask which will allow her to travel to the underworld and bring her fiancé back to the land of the living. The peasant, Masamura, accompanies Sadakyo on her quest. She discourages him but soon learns that she has no chance of surviving without his help. They are both determined, for different reasons, to see this mission through to the end, no matter what the cost. A story in two volumes.

The Straw King 001 - The Pharaoh's Daughter (2020)

Egypt, 7th century BCE. Neith and Sennedjem are two of many royal children too far down the inheritance ladder to matter. Facing limited prospects - she's likely to wind up in her own father's bed, and he won't even wind up an advisor - they set out instead to see the world. But the ancient world is full of dangers, and soon enough, the royal pair find themselves sold off to the court of Babylon by slave traders. As a lady-in-waiting, Neith becomes entangled in another royal family's power struggles, while her brother falls victim to a bizarre religious ritual: the Straw King.

Calamity Jane: The Calamitous Life of Martha Jane Cannary

by Christian Perrissin, Matthieu Blanchin (Illustrations). Writer Christian Perrissin (El Nino, Cape Horn) joins forces with Alph-Art-winning artist Matthieu Blanchin to tackle the legend of this formidable prairie girl and her daring life alongside the likes of Buffalo Bill Cody and Wild Bill Hickok. In it's first translation from French, this graphic novel illustrates the extraordinary tale of an independent woman with gumption -- the incredible Calamity Jane!

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Gudesonn 001 - Walpurgis Night (2017)

In this religious uchrony, only ancient polytheisms are practiced. The economic power of the Scandinavian Federation makes Stockholm the center of major influence of the modern world. It is then that a massacre of infants is perpetrated the night of Walpurgis in the nursery of an isolated village. Police captain Martin Gudesonn is entrusted with the investigation, which will take him to the very heart of power ...

ARNAL & The Two Dragon Fangs (1988)

It is a Czech comic , one of the few who has won the prize abroad. The author of the screenplay is Ondřej Neff , Kája Saudek's drawing. Saudek uses his classic style with numerous shades he used in the seventies and eighties. This is a rather complicated story on the edge of sci-fi , fantasy and fairy tale with elements of humor and exaggeration. The comic has 24 pages.

The Egyptian Princesses

A tale of adventure, conspiracy, and black magic amid the myths and mysteries of Ancient Egypt. Writer : Igor Baranko. Art : Igor Baranko. During Egypt’s 20th dynasty, toward the end of Ramesses III’s reign, a dangerous plot sows disorder inside the royal palace. The conspirators plan to hasten the end of the Pharaoh in order to place the heir of their choice on the throne. Unaware of the scheme, the inseparable daughters of the Pharaoh, Kiki-Nefer and Titi-Nefer, will have to uncover the mysteries of the forbidden knowledge of necromancy and black magic to confront their many enemies.

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A Season in Egypt

St. Petersburg, early nineteenth, it is not easy for Sacha, penniless young man with no experience to realize his dream of glory and writing. Especially when tuberculosis is curing. The latter fortunately has the idea to cure his evil and his spleen, to embark for Cairo. Fatal beauties, painter obsessed by his model, races in the desert, bohemian and madness: begins for him an accelerated initiation that will propel him to the heart of the East and the heart of real life.

The Summer of Irreverence v01 (2016)

Mexico, August 1923. Edward Weston has just abandoned his wife and children and joined his mistress Tina Modotti. Daughter of Italian emigrants, Tina started out on a career as a Hollywood actress before discovering a passion for photography, in Edward's wake. In Mexico, the lovers soon discover that revolution goes hand in hand with artistic expression. The walls of public institutions are colored with the vibrant paintings of Diego Rivera, Xavier Guerrero and all those who would go down in art history as ' the muralists.' In this pivotal period between the old world, still struggling in the aftermath of the First World War, and the new world, yet to be constructed, Tina and Edward become deeply involved in the artistic political movement of the epoch. For Tina, sex, freedom, art and politics become the pillars of her lifestyle, leading her to sometimes make choices that are difficult for Edward to deal with. But passion burns the senses, and suffering kindles the fires of creation...

Rage (2007)

The ruins of civilization, mutants, stunted Farmland, naked women, the hordes of thugs, eager to take away everything... all except one - a hidden and uncontrolled rage...

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The Scarlet Mummy (Heavy Metal)

by Eugenio Sicomoro. Story: Claude Moliterni. Art: Eugenio Sicomoro. Original title: Rouletabille. Original language: French. Original French publisher: Dargaud. Published stories: The Scarlet Mummy, 50 pages, color -- Heavy Metal, Winter 1988.

Dracula (Catalan 1984)

This is a painted graphic novel adaption of Bram Stoker's Dracula by award winning Spanish artist Fernando Fernandez. It was originally published in the United States Catalan Communications in 1984. It was reprinted by Dell Rey/Ballantine Books in 2005.

Anibal Cinq - The Last 10 Women I've Known

by Jodorowsky (Author), Bess (Author), Debra Rabas (Editor), Michela Nonis (Translator).

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History of Art 002 - The Babylonians (2013)

David, the young apprentice of the painter and the learned professor, and the Master Messina embark on a new adventure to the rhythm of the unknown art of Mesopotamia. They will not be alone this time. The friendly and intelligent Angela will travel with them in the past bringing her particular view of things. They will not give each other a second of respite, their amusing adventures succeeding each other at a dizzying pace. In addition, they can count on the invaluable collaboration of ancestral gods, historical figures and mythological heroes. The characters thus plunge into an exotic and mysterious world. They will learn all that it is possible to know about the culture of the Assyrian, Babylonian and Sumerian peoples until they reach their final objective: to know the origin of Mesopotamian art.

The Whining Sphinx (2009)

The tale unfolds in a village populated by black sphinxes who live with the villagers. These beasts try to learn something from each situation they encounter. The chimeras take on the form of a body when humans enter into conflict or disputes. When human beings move on to a new life, the white sphinx appears at that time with these words: ''Good night, young master. I am the reality of your tears, your heart, the path to the other side of the page.''

Kinky & Cosy - Nix (2015)

Shocking! Disgusting! Meet the most dangerous twin girls in the universe! Their record of wrong doings, on purpose or not, will raise your hair on end. A darkly subversive collection of cynical comics gags that is sweeping Europe. Nothing is sacred for these two lil’ monsters! South Park meets Monty Python.

Fazekas' Pharaoh

Another Classic Hungarian Comic from Attila Fazekas, translated to ENG... Title: Pharaoh AKA: Year: 1977 Original title: A fáraó Pages: 34 Country: Hungary Language: English scanlation Genre: Comics - history, adaptation Written by: Tibor Cs. Horváth Drawn by: Attila Fazekas Plot / Synopsis: Pharaoh (Polish: Faraon) is the fourth and last major novel by the Polish writer Bolesław Prus (1847–1912).

Composed over a year\'s time in 1894–95, it was the solehistorical novel by an author who had earlier disapproved of historical novels on the ground that they inevitably distort history. Perhaps the chief lesson, belatedly absorbed by Ramses as pharaoh, is the importance, to power, of knowledge. Prus\' vision of the fall of an ancient civilization derives some of its power from the author\'s intimate awareness of the final demise of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1795, a century before the completion of the novel. Preparatory to writing Pharaoh, Prus immersed himself in ancient Egyptian history, geography, customs, religion, art and writings. In the course of telling his story of power, personality, and the fates of nations, he produced a compelling literary depiction of life at every level of ancient Egyptian society. Further, he offers a vision of mankind as rich as Shakespeare\'s, ranging from the sublime to the quotidian, from the tragic to the comic. The book is written in limpid prose and is imbued with poetry, leavened with humor, graced with moments of transcendent beauty. Pharaoh has been translated into twenty languages and adapted as a 1966 Polish feature film. It is also known to have been Joseph Stalin\'s favourite book.

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Ines The Pneumatic Girl

Beautiful two color illustrated book recounting the glory of Ines, dream girl of the future, gorgeous pin-up with a bust to die for, model, rock star, hey, she's just perfect, kids. You're gonna obsess over her. Steamingly sexy and totally tongue-in-cheek kitsch like only Baldazzini (Casa Howhard) can do. Import from Italy in English and Italian. Great way to, um, bone up on your Italian.

Monster Club T1 May the Best Man Win And God Save the Queen (2013)

They hunted the Himalayan giant monkey, stalked the sea serpent, proved that the Kraken was not a legend! They are cryptozoologists, they are the… Monster Club. Follow the adventures, drawn from true stories, of these European and American men who, under the reign of queen Victoria, push back the borders of science at the risk of their… of their… er! No, forget it! Sorry! Nothing is based on true story… but we still invite you to follow their adventure!

Nyarlathotep (One Shot) (2007)

"Nyarlathotep ... Chaos Creeping ... I'm the last ... I'm addressing the void that listens to me ... I can not remember the moment when it started, Was months ago. " Thus begins the narrative of a mysterious narrator. Narrative of a world on the edge of the abyss where an Egyptian as fascinating as terrifying is walking from city to city. Like the prophet of an end of time inescapable, Nyarlathotep gathers the crowds, tetanized by an irrational, primal fear. Like the Gamelin flute player who would drive humanity to his destiny, Nyarlathotep knows no obstacles ... At the heart of the myth of Cthulhu created by HPLovecraft, Nyarlathotep comes directly from a nightmare, "the most realistic and The most horrible of which I have been able to do.

Grands classiques (De La Fuente)

Grands classiques (De La Fuente) stories were lists of classical stories from around the world. Created in 1976 by duo Spanish team Carlos A. Cornejo (scenario), Chiqui De La Fuente (drawing).

The Guardian of the Spear

A vulgar piece of metal discovered during an archaeological dig in Egypt. Yet it is a piece of a complicated puzzle. Some say that this metal is older than our solar system. The one who successfully reconstruct the original object would be invested with unlimited power. The only listed eutre piece is encrusted in a mythical object: the spear of Longinus. The Spear of Christ. But the one found in the museum of Hofburg in Vienna is a copy. The real spear disappeared at an unknown time in history. 

Our protagonists and the long seeking. Long time. Starting with an officer in Nazi Germany in 1936 and by an archaeologist leading research in the Valley of the Kings. And if these two were brothers? And if they were victims of a curse from their first days? A comic by Ferry and Ersel. The Guardian of the Spear.

Troy

In Greece, Achilles, son of Peleus, and Tyndareus, king of Sparta, oppose Agamemnon, lord of Mycenae who reigns over the Aegean Sea. While the war now seems inevitable, a huge army from the East destroyed the kingdoms of Hatti and Hurrian threat and the Hittite empire and the powerful Egypt of Ramses III. No one seems able to defeat these fighters that are worn by the magic of Uranus, formerly banished god Zeus. The Oracle of Delphi, the Pythia, prophesy that the world's future will be played in the city of Troy. Achilles will then waive marry Helena, the daughter of the king of Sparta, and leave his family to find the way to defeat the scourge that threatens humanity. But already the shadow of Uranus extends to the walls Troy, and even beyond: to the heart of Mycenae. A comic by Nicolas Jarry and Erion Campanella Ardisha.

At the heart of the night Hecate queries the Pythia on the destiny of his people, the gods of Olympus, threatened by the vengeful return of Kronos, their ancestor. Alas, all the visions of the oracle are veiled by images of impending war. At leagues away, Egypt, Achilles has just negotiated iron weapons with a noble exile Hittite and tries to join his Tyndarus ally, the Spartan king, with whom he plans an uprising against the almighty Agamemnon. After meeting a strange archer, the fact that the corpse found surrounded by a cloud of ash. The same black residue that appeared in those dreams of his lover, Helen of Sparta. Meanwhile, an unnamed enemy sweeps Ugaritic and Hittite cities, leaving behind a cloud of black dust. If men are still unaware, Cronos has triggered revenge. Pythia has said it will stop the plague to Troy. But how? Greek mythology offers tremendous inspiration and the Trojan War is undoubtedly one of the most important.

Sparta

The right to be called Spartan is acquired at birth and conquest in a lifetime, after a childhood that has nothing tender. Agélicas soon paid the price for this lesson. When King Nabis treaty enters into political rather than subject their neighbors by force, the young opposes. In response, Nabis hires Diodoro, ilota reputed to be the best bounty hunter in the city. Writter: Patrick Weber; Design: Christophe Simon. Sparta.

In the second century BC, Sparta lives under the yoke of the king Nabis. To accomplish his purposes out, the tyrant does not hesitate to get rid of all those who challenge its authority. Among them, Agesilaus, a young rebel, is like elusive hero and the Spartan ideal representative. Nabis is recruiting the best bounty hunter in the city, Diodorus, to locate and kill him. Uninterested in politics, this does not hold Helot least one important secret he fiercely trying to preserve. At the same time, members of the Achaean League, enemies of Sparta, watching the movements of the warrior city and its sovereign literature. Inspiring as cinema, antiquity is also present in the 9th art. If Egypt and Rome do not fail to inspire many authors, Greece is no exception, especially Athens.

Alexander's Tomb

Alexandria in June 1858 graves Looters engaged in a fierce battle to appropriate the treasures of the ancient catacombs. Among them, seven French nationals discovered the ruins of an underground chapel dedicated to Alexander the Great: the tomb of the Conqueror can not be far. Brought together by the promise of wealth, the seven adventurers in search of the only manuscript able to guide them in an underground maze full of water, to the grave. But they are not alone in the search: conspiracies, betrayals and murders punctuate this unusual treasure hunt. Scenario: Isabelle Dethan. Design: Julien Maffre. 

Charles, Eleanor, Maxime, Louise and Lazare embarked on their quest with recipes that should lead them to the tomb of Alexander. But the plot thickens with the entry into smooth Edward T. Towertown, hard archaeologist at nothing to get his way. A struggle without thank you born, where all means are good to be the first to discover the tomb of the greatest of conquerors. And when love and different social and ethnic are involved, nothing goes. This is on top speed that continues the adventures of this motley equipped, and the arrival of a serious competitor contributes very much. The Machiavellian villain of service is an essential element for any adventurer worthy of the name. Sherlock Holmes is nothing without Professor Moriarty, Indiana Jones is only a shadow of itself without Belloq, it is the same here. The chase between nice and nasty always recipe. No ingredient is missing: charismatic characters, a dash of humor, a budding romance and magnificent landscapes.

7 Wonders

7 ancient achievements. 7 masterpieces. 7 mystery. You think you know everything about the 7 Wonders? Yet they have not revealed all their secrets. 88th Olympic Games, three gladiators are destined to fight in the arena of Pankration. Aurelios Mykonos, in search of his son, Pantarké Olympia, ambitious young wrestler manipulated by his superiors, and Kionis Athens, about to reveal a conspiracy in connection with the sculptor Phidias and the secret of his masterpiece lumber chryselephantine statue of Zeus. 

Stefano Andreucci started in comics collaborating on Italian newspapers and works for advertising. Subsequently, he produced erotic stories and horror. He is also an illustrator for the publishing group Mondadori, and works from the 1990s to the famous Italian publisher.

Marc Mathieu

Marc Mathieu is an explorer and archaeologist who is involved in a series of adventures to all over the world. The series was created by Dominique Hé, published in Spain in 1981 by Eurocomic within the Metal collection, one of the four maternally derived Metal Hurlant magazine. 

An archaeologist in the world, will be confronted with strange stories.

Alix Senator

In September 12, 2012 the first volume of Alix Senator titled Eagles Blood 3 has been released , written by Valérie Mangin and designed by Thierry Démarez. The story of Senator Alix takes place when Augustus was named emperor, more than twenty years after the adventures of Alix. Alix became a senator and lives in Rome with his son Titus and Chephren's son Enak (the latter apparently died in Egypt in circumstances still unknown following the death of Cleopatra and Mark Antony). The savage murder of his friend Agrippa (brother of Augustus) by an eagle with golden talons the fate of his adventurous retirement. Who could commit such a crime and why? Both children attend in his task. 

12 BC. Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, chief pontiff of Rome, Agrippa, designated successor of the powerful Emperor Augustus, are mysteriously murdered by eagles tearing the bowels. Alarmed by these events, Auguste load his old friend Senator Gracchus Alix investigate discreetly. An investigation will lead Alix, assisted by his son Titus and Khafre (own offspring Enak, Alix adopted after the disappearance of it) on the trail of the enigmatic master of birds. Yet the danger persists to proceed further to the emperor in person, more and more closely. And Alix will finally discover that the most dangerous raptors nestles in the heart of Rome, where no one could suspect.

The Secret History

The Secret History is a series of French comic derivative from the Arcane series , also published by Delcourt. 32 volumes are planned. Authors: Script by: Jean-Pierre Pécau. Drawings: Igor Kordey (Volumes 1, 2 and 6-32), Goran Sudzuka and Geto (Volume 3), Leo Pilipovic (volumes 4 and 5)

Colours: Carole Beau (volumes 1 to 7), Isabelle Rabarot (volumes 3 and 6), Fabrys (volumes 5 and 7), Chris Chucky (volumes 8-11), Leonard O'Grady (volumes 12-32). 

The scenario offers a rereading of the history of humanity in the light of the theory of a "magical plot" in which four and five magicians (also called archons) sometimes clash and sometimes share control of 'humanity. Since prehistory, they hatched in the shadows to guide decisions of great historical figures who are, quite often, their puppets. The principle at the base of their magic is "retro-synchronicity", thanks to which they can, with inspired cards tarot (arcana), see the possibilities of the immediate or distant future and influence to more favorable probabilities according to their interests of the moment. The scope of the vision and the shift depends on the power and talent of the manipulator, but wilts over time. These 'passes' allow them to change the course of events and illuminate new light on several authentic episodes of history, which are still poorly explained today: the ten plagues of Egypt, the Holy Grail, the many Win Napoleon, the great fire of London, the meteoric rise of Nazism, etc. This database is the start of a scenario of some complexity. Nothing is simple, and the information given to readers in dribs and drabs. The series, created retrospectively, leads to two other series (Arcana and Major Arcana) exploiting the events of recent history.

Papyrus

Papyrus is a Belgian comic book series, written and illustrated by Lucien de Gieter. The story takes place in Ancient Egypt. It was first published in 1974 in Spirou magazine in the form of episodes.

An animated series was created in 1998 that was two seasons long (52 episodes) and shown on TFOU TV in Franceand in Quebec on Radio-Canada. In 2000 a video game was made for Game Boy developed by Dupuis and published by Ubisoft.

In the beginning, Horus the falcon god of light and Set the god of evil fought to control Egypt. The council of the Gods decided, Set was sent to exile and Horus became the first pharaoh of Egypt. For two thousand years, pharaoh succeeded pharaoh. But Set had plotted his revenge, and deep inside his sinister black pyramid of Ombos, Set imprisoned Horus in a magic sarcophagus. From then on, and no longer protected by the god Horus, Egypt was at the mercy of Set and his servant Aker. So the gods chose Papyrus, a young fisherman who must find the secret entrance to Ombos, free the god Horus and restore peace to Egypt.