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…

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Sapiens Imperium (2021)

After losing the imperial throne to the Kerkans, all members of the Khelek Dynasty and their allies were banished to the barren caves of Tazma. Sixty-five standard years later, their descendants are still held captive there. Xinthia has had enough. "In 1972, the Moroccan king Hassan II escaped an attack organized by General Oufkir, a close relative. Oufkir was executed, but his wife and six children, the youngest of whom was only three, were thrown into a dungeon from which they would not emerge for nineteen years. by Sam Timel  (Author), Jorge Miguel (Illustrator).

The Forest

The Forest is a graphic novella told via twenty-five singular illustrations, without words, of which only Swiss artist Thomas Ott is capable. A young boy sneaks away from a family funeral and sinks into the forest depths, where he confronts man's greatest fear and must choose his path. Drawing with a technique called scratchboard, where a white surface is covered with a black layer and scratched away, Ott creates images out of negative space to harrowing effect.

moebius - Arzak the Surveyor

Arzak the Surveyor preview published in Beau Arts magazine.

Sole Survivor

One instance. One disaster. One survivor. Since the terrible bus accident in which he witnessed his girlfriend's death, Max has been consumed with pain and torment. To help put his mind at ease, his friends invite him on vacation in Miami. But as soon as the plane takes off, the old demons resurface. Max discovers that the pilot is none other than the driver who caused the bus accident ... Created by Stéphane Louis, Thomas Martinetti, Christophe Martinolli & Jorge Miguel.

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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."