Memories of the Civil War

Our world, in the near future ... The population is divided into Enclaves, places for wealthy citizens, and in the Territories, areas of lawlessness where the inhabitants are "regulated" by the intervention Sections. Head of one of these sections, Vivian has recurring nightmares in which he is responsible for the destruction of Enclaves he must protect ... During a mission in a Territory, Vivian and his section capture a clandestine who announces the come from a liberator of the reprobate and exploited: the Tiqqun. A comic by Richard Marazano and Jean-Michel Ponzio.

Death Experience

Mrs. Fork, the famous American billionaire, can not bear to see her only son dying of a terrible disease. She decides to try the impossible: to accompany her to the border of death and prevent her from crossing it. For this, she brings together a team of scientists who builds an incredible vessel capable of following a disembodied soul wherever she goes. It is a breathtaking journey out of our realm that awaits them. None of the known near-death experiences would have allowed to imagine what they will discover. We do not force the doors of the Beyond with impunity! Death Experience. Scenario: Bajram, Denis Mangin, Valerie. Drawing: Ponzio, Jean-Michel.

Non Album Collection 132

Mysteries of the Quantum Universe (2017)

The bestselling French graphic novel about the mind-bending world of quantum physics. Famous explorer Bob and his dog Rick have been around the world and even to the Moon, but their travels through the quantum universe show them the greatest wonders they've ever seen. As they follow their tour guide, the giddy letter h (also known as the Planck constant), Bob and Rick have crepes with Max Planck, talk to Einstein about atoms, visit Louis de Broglie in his castle, and hang out with Heisenberg on Heligoland. On the way, we find out that a dog - much like a cat - can be both dead and alive, the gaze of a mouse can change the universe, and a comic book can actually make quantum physics fun, easy to understand and downright enchanting. Created by Richard Marazano, Jean-Michel Ponzio.

Polina (2013)

As a very young girl, Polina Oulinov is taken on as a special pupil by the famous ballet teacher Professor Bojinsky. He is very demanding and refuses to adapt his standards to the talents of his pupils, and Polina has to work hard and make great sacrifices in order to reach the level Bojinsky senses she has the talent for. When she graduates and is admitted to the official theatre school, she discovers that Bojinsky's view of ballet is only one of many and that she can't adapt to new rules, new visions. She flees Russia for Berlin, where she meets a group of drama students. Together they create a new form of theatre -- and conquer the world. Brilliantly drawn, Polina is a moving and intimate story of self-discovery. It confirms Bastien Vivès as one of the most exciting talents at work in the graphic novel field today.

Genetiks 1 (Digital)

What happens to Thomas Hale when the company he works for cracks his genetic code? Genetiks is a pharmaceutical company on the cutting edge of biological science. Thomas Hale is one of thousands of employees in the Genetiks' labs. Like his colleagues, he had agreed to give a drop of blood to his employers; a drop of blood that will allow the researchers at the company he works for to decode his entire genome. As the drop of blood is the property of Genetiks, Thomas will become, in effect, the first man to be privately owned by the corporation he works for.

The Chimpanzee Complex

It’s 2035. Space exploration has become increasingly sidelined as the years have passed and a planned Mars exploration has been effectively mothballed. No-one cares, the money’s just not there and the astronauts on the Mars program have to cope with having their years of training and their dreams put on hold. But then a space module falls into the Indian Ocean, an all too familiar space module, with all too familiar crew-members. Which triggers a huge panic on the part of the authorities, because if these crew members are who they claim to be, then who was it who. Scénario: Richard Marazano | Design: Jean-Michel Ponzio. The Chimpanzee Complex.

Pelican Protocol

The Pelican Protocol is a series of French political fiction comic created by screenwriter Richard Marazano and designer Jean-Michel Ponzio , published since 2011 by Editions Dargaud.

Twelve people are kidnapped worldwide and subjected to an experience they know nothing in an isolated place (an at sea platform). On the platform they are in contact with "guardians" (companions) and monitored by "scientists" (confidants). ADAM a quantum computer is behind the choice of participants in the experiment. Can we predict the impact of an idea and, even better, giving birth to it? Fifteen people nationality, social class, age and different sex disappear along the surface of the Earth. They are parked in an enclosed area where they lose their identity and concept are more than objects of study. They do not know. So, for what and because of that they are here? Who are these people that we call "confidants"? What are they looking or rather that they looking for?