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.

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Scattered Pages (Europe Comics 2022)

All Max wants to do with his life is make comics, and all his parents do is discourage him. His life takes a turn for the hopeful when a mysterious recluse, a Parisian comics veteran, buys a ruined chateau in the woods near Max’s house. His appearance is echoed by the arrival of a mysterious peddler with a printing press in the medieval village of Max’s comic, in which a monk is busily spinning a tale of Max’s daughter Suzie, all grown up and an illustrator in her own right. Tales nest in tales in Alexandre Clérisse’s dizzyingly intricate musing on creation.

Balls Up - A Contraceptive Journey (Europe Comics 2022)

Bobika is a man who has been practicing birth control since 2016. This is the sometimes moving, and often enlightening, story of his journey as he explores the methods of contraception available to him. Full of nutty anecdotes and accounts of his meetings and discussions with sociologists, doctors, and feminists, “Balls Up” is a reminder that, in addition to a personal choice, (male) contraception is above all a social issue. Script by Bobika - Art by Bobika

Evolution, Darwin, God, and the Horse-People (Europe Comics 2022)

Script by Jean-Baptiste De Panafieu - Art by Alexandre Franc. “Evolution” is a documentary comic book about the theory of evolution. But it is also a sometimes zany work of fiction in which actors put on a play about Darwinian evolution and its political extensions. During the writing and rehearsing of the play, they will be confronted by an evangelical sect that wants to promote creationism and thus stop the play from being performed at all costs. They’ll also cross paths with a rich transhumanist industrialist who wants to influence the text… After their previous collaboration on “Extinctions,” Alexandre Franc and Jean-Baptiste de Panafieu enlighten and entertain once again!

Dreams (repost)

Some borders are sometimes so thin, so fragile, that they become transparent. Dream, reality, it is so easy to forget his way between these two worlds. Let us then let innocence take us to those countries where we must abandon all certainties, all except perhaps that of losing ourselves there. Dreams. A comic by Denis-Pierre Filippi and Terry Dodson.

The hen arrives at the gates of the mansion, Coraline has no idea what she will discover the other side. The sculptural blonde presents itself to occupy a position of preceptor, without knowing more about the personality of the one on whom she will have to watch. The host is hard to pin down and his universe full of surprises.

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Marianne Dyviver - BAD SEEDS v1 (1993)

Pray that you never meet Manu, a baby faced but callous little creep, who will rob you if you give him half a chance. He keeps on trying to make money but always fails. Manu hangs around with Leila, an older teen that he is infatuated with so he is always trying to impress her. Leila turns tricks to make spare cash, infuriating Manu. Rounding the trio is Malik, an even older teen who is always with them too. he is more careful and doesn't get involved into their scams to make money. They live in the industrial part of town, in an abandoned building. One day, their turf is invaded by another gang and the three of them witness a murder.

All Princesses Die Before Dawn (Europe Comics 2022)

Script & Art by Quentin Zuttion. August 31st, 1997. In the bathroom of his suburban home, 8-year-old Lulu is trying on his mom’s lipstick. He dreams of kissing his best friend, a neighborhood boy. Meanwhile, his teenage sister Cam covers her much-older boyfriend sneaking up to her bedroom by blasting the latest summer hits. In the kitchen, their mother is waiting for their father, who didn’t come home last night. On TV, newscasters are announcing the death of Princess Diana. Three love stories, from budding desire to fading passion, play out within one family on a late summer’s day—a day that will change all their lives forever.

A Taste for Blood (Europe Comics 2022)

Script & Art by Debuhme. When former mobster Aldo joins forces with Lou—who has just murdered her husband—in order to oppose the local Mafia, scores are settled and misunderstandings abound. This story could only end in a bloodbath…

The Fortune of the Winczlavs

1848. In Ottoman-occupied Montenegro, young doctor Vanko Winczlav is one of the leaders of a popular uprising. Betrayed, wanted by the authorities, he flees the Balkans for the United States in the company of a Bulgarian refugee, Veska, whom he marries to allow her to enter New York legally. So begins the history of a family closely entwined with that of a still new country going through many transformations (Cinebook: 58 pages). by Jean Van Hamme, Philippe Berthet.

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The First Man - The Graphic Novel (2018)

A visually arresting adaptation of Albert Camus’s masterful biographical novel that offers a new graphic interpretation for the next generation of readers. This new illustrated of Camus’s final novel tells the story of Jacques Cormery, a boy who lived a life much like Camus’s own. This stunning, fully illustrated edition summons up the sights, sounds and textures of a childhood defined by poverty and a father's death, yet redeemed by the austere beauty of Algeria?and the young protagonist's attachment to his nearly deaf-mute mother.   In telling the story of his metaphorical search for his father, who died in World War I, Camus returns to the "land of oblivion where each one is the first man" and must find his own answers. Published thirty-five years after its discovery amid the wreckage of the car accident that killed the Nobel Prize–winning novelist, this graphic interpretation of The First Man is the brilliant consummation of the life and work of one of the twenty century's greatest authors. Albert Camus. Jacques Ferrandez.

Odnal's Pral - The Beetle Bash (2022)

Another wordless comic, short but oh so goooooood.... these is the new masters.

The Stranger - The Graphic Novel (2018)

The day his mother dies, Meursault notices that it is very hot on the bus that is taking him from Algiers to the retirement home where his mother lived; so hot that he falls asleep. Later, while waiting for the wake to begin, the harsh electric lights in the room make him extremely uncomfortable, so he gratefully accepts the coffee the caretaker offers him and smokes a cigarette. The same burning sun that so oppresses him during the funeral walk will once again blind the calm, reserved Meursault as he walks along a deserted beach a few days later—leading him to commit an irreparable act. Albert Camus. Jacques Ferrandez.

Monsieur Jean (repost)

The charming and humorous adventures of a handsome Parisian novelist, as recounted with a uniquely European sensibility. Monsieur Jean is a young writer whose everyday life and its inescapable existential woes are comedically told by the talented team of Dupuy & Berberian, winners of the 2008 Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême. Whether it's the unexpected visit of an old friend, a trip to his in-laws, the arrival of a child, the frustrations of writer's block, or even dealing with his moody landlady, Monsieur Jean's life and times all share a tenderness and a dash of irony. A series full of the nostalgia and droll absurdity that invariably come with adulthood.

India Dreams

London, December 1944. Emy hates the Indies. She lost her parents 16 years earlier. And here comes the past. Inadvertently, Emy becomes acquainted with the diary of her mother, Amelia, a young woman resigned, just outside the principles of Victorian England, and confronted by a so-called lewd India, awakening her own sensuality. January 1930. Amélié arrives with Emy on the first liner destined for Bombay, to find Thomas, his husband, captain in the army of the Indies in Khalapour, at Radjasthan. But the reunion is disappointing, Thomas seems to have changed, unless it is Amelia, proven by the suffocating heat reigning in this region located on the edge of the Thar desert. Fortunately, there is Kenneth Lowther, a friend of Thomas, an atheist philosopher and preceptor of the Royal children, who tries to explain to Amelia the disconcerting India, its religion, its customs and the magnificence of its maharajas.  by Jean-François Charles, Maryse Charles.

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The Monstrous Dreams of Mr. Providence (Europe Comics 2022)

Script by Daria Schmitt - Art by Daria Schmitt. Mr. Providence is the caretaker at what seems by day to be an ordinary city park. But the park is home to mysterious entities that awaken when night falls, and Providence has sworn to protect its visitors despite the doubts of his corporate-minded new manager. A delicate balance is tipped into chaos with the discovery of a mysterious blank book—and the dark energies it threatens to unleash. All Providence wants is to escape: to somewhere quiet, isolated, and peaceful, like the strange high house he keeps seeing reflected in the park’s pond…

Sweet Konkrete (Europe Comics 2022)

Script by Senchiro - Art by Senchiro. A feisty cop, a cunning mercenary, and a super sweet kid must band together to survive in a hostile, lawless world! In the megalopolis of Cielazur, the truth is sometimes concealed to keep up appearances. Asa, a young police officer with a thirst for justice, sees her life change course dramatically when she discovers a strange symbol engraved upon her late father’s service weapon. As she begins to investigate, Asa realizes that in order to uncover the truth about her father’s mysterious death, she will have to enter the Citadel: a mysterious ghetto where crime reigns supreme, and the laws of nature don’t apply!

World Without End (Europe Comics 2022)

Script by Christophe Blain, Jean-Marc Jancovici - Art by Christophe Blain. An insightful and amusing look at the energy and climate challenges facing our world today. Is this the end of the world? Perhaps not yet… With humor and intelligence, “World Without End” is the fruit of a years-long collaboration between two of the most accomplished contemporary figures in comics and climate research. Together, Christophe Blain (“Quai d’Orsay,” Dargaud) and Jean-Marc Jancovici (Carbone 4, The Shift Project) explore our dependence on fossil fuels, the profound changes our planet is undergoing, and the resulting consequences for society as a whole. The dream of endless economic growth might be an illusion… but that doesn’t mean we are doomed to destruction, if we take the necessary steps today. A candid and empathetic analysis that leaves readers with a better understanding of today’s world and where we go from here as a society.

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Pygmalion and the Ivory Virgin (Europe Comics 2022)

Script by Serge Le Tendre - Art by Frédéric Peynet. After “La Gloire d’Hera” and “Tirésias,” Serge Le Tendre is back with a new Greek tragedy. Convinced that an extraordinary destiny awaits him, the young sculptor Pygmalion throws himself into the creation of a work that will change his life. He carves an ivory statue of his ideal woman, leading him to lose his mind and shut himself away, even rejecting the passionate and very real love of a young woman named Agape… The gods often meddle in the affairs of men, so Aphrodite, the goddess of love, decides to give the statue life in answer to Pygmalion’s mad desires. But there is a price to pay!

Sixty Years in Winter (Europe Comics 2022)

Script by Ingrid Chabbert - Art by Aimée de Jongh. A subtle and touching tale of liberation, following a protagonist on the path to self-discovery. On the day of her sixtieth birthday, Josy refuses to blow out the candles on her cake. Her bags are packed. She’s come to a decision: she’s going to win back her freedom by taking off in her old Volkswagen minibus! Even if it means leaving behind her husband and family. In a state of shock, they all blame her for making such a selfish move. But is it really so selfish to listen to that little voice deep within? Josy soon finds support among new friends who have faced similar scorn and incomprehension from family and society… But will that be enough to stop her from leaving once more? Perhaps a newfound love can help her find her way…

The Goddess V01 (2016)

Nanna dedicates her life to her studies in calligraphy without worrying about the naughty encounters of which her two girlfriends are fond. Watched by the mystical and mischievous eye of Madame Swyn, her art teacher, Nanna is preparing a graduation exhibition on the Celtic goddess of sexuality, Anann. But the teacher knows illumination as much as love, and in the guise of the goddess, she will introduce the young student to sensuality in all its forms...  by Katia Even, Nephyla (Illustrator).

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The Blood of the Immortals (2022)

by Françoise Ruscak  (Author), Francesco Trifogli (Artist). An expedition arrives on the planet Verfebro in search of life's greatest ambition: immortality. What if the key to eternal life were only a few planetary systems away? A motley crew is sent to Verfebro in search of a mystifying elixir—one that runs through the veins of a ferocious local species: the Dracs. The members of the expedition will do anything to uncover the mysteries of life on this planet, no matter the cost.

Amalia (Europe Comics 2022)

Created by Aude Picault. Amalia is on the verge of burnout. Her family life—with her husband, Karim; her 4-year-old daughter, Lili; and her 17-year-old stepdaughter, Nora—is nothing but rushing around, screaming, and doors slamming. At work, they talk about agility, flexibility, and adaptation, but her workload is slipping away from her. As she drives through the countryside, she sees diseased wheat fields and polluted rivers. She can’t even listen to the radio without some new story about deadly attacks and a dying climate. Amalia struggles, tries, fails… and eventually, she cracks. 

An Enemy of the People (Europe Comics 2022)

Script & Art by Javi Rey. An adaptation of Ibsen’s play: Dr. Stockmann discovers that his town’s thermal springs are contaminated with bacteria, so he decides to warn everyone. But to fix the problem, expensive work would be necessary. The town’s mayor, who is none other than the doctor’s own brother, tries to silence Stockmann.

The Misfits Club for Girls

Four high school girls who have problems fitting in decide to join forces and form their own club, which they feel will empower them to better face the world and their own individual problems. Their first goal is to get girl No. 5 to join them: Paloma, a troubled and anti-social teenager who's lived in more than fifteen foster homes since she was six. But before the Misfits can welcome Paloma into the fold, they must first get her to confront her difficult and tragic past. Written by Béka. Art by Méhu Camille.

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The Archipelago on Fire (Europe Comics 2022)

Script by Giorgos Vlachos - Art by Thanasis Karabalios. A sweeping tale of love and war based on the adventure novel by Jules Verne. A free Greece is emerging from the ashes of four centuries of subjugation. The fight against piracy and the slave markets of the Aegean is one of the priorities of the newborn state. The story begins a few days before the decisive naval battle of Navarino, where the allied forces of Great Britain, France, and Russia are set to put an end to the naval domination of the Ottoman fleet off the Greek coasts. Against this historical backdrop, in British-held Corfu, a naval adventure unfolds in the archipelago that is literally ignited by the salvos of cannons and pirate onslaughts. At the same time, the French lieutenant Henry d’Albaret, in ruthless pursuit of the renegade pirate Nikolas Starkos, seeks to find his beloved Angelina, who has mysteriously disappeared…

Beneficio (Europe Comics 2018)

Script by Michał Kalicki - Art by Gawron. Not so long ago, humankind did not move as widely as it does today. Few left their native village, and people were left to wonder what lay beyond the next hill or valley. But life was full of storytellers, folklore, performers, nature. These days anyone can buy a ticket to the other side of the world, but what is the purpose? What are we seeking? This poetic work seeks evasive answers to the questions we have all asked ourselves about the mysteries of modern life.

The Twilight Man - Rod Serling and the Birth of Television (2019)

by Koren Shadmi. An illustrated biographical tale that follows Hollywood revolutionary Rod Serling's rise to fame in the Golden Age of Television, and his descent into his personal Twilight Zone.

Gentlemind

New York, 1940. Navit, a young, penniless singer, inherits ownership of an old-fashioned girlie magazine: “Gentlemind.” Combative, intelligent, and audacious, she sets herself up as the publication’s new director and takes on the immense challenge of turning it into a modern magazine. Haunted by the memory of her lover who left for the front lines of Europe, she must confront the realities of an American society that is in its golden years, but remains highly patriarchal. A deeply touching story spanning three decades, relating the American dream from a woman’s perspective! 

1940s New York. Navit and Arch, a couple of young artists, lead a frugal life together in Brooklyn. While Arch desperately seeks work as an illustrator, Navit goes to work at a cabaret owned by billionaire H. W. Powell, who wastes little time in staking his claim to her. Distraught, Arch flees New York to join the front lines of the war in Europe… Shortly thereafter, upon Powell’s death, Navit is left at the head of “Gentlemind,” an old-fashioned men’s magazine. A feminist ahead of her time, Navit seizes her chance to reshape “Gentlemind” and bring it into the national spotlight, with the help of the eloquent and seductive lawyer Waldo Trigo. However, despite the passing years, Navit is still haunted by the memory of Arch. And she must face a rapidly changing society that’s threatening to spell an end to her newfound magazine empire… 

Script by Juan Díaz Canales, Teresa Valero - Art by Antonio Lapone.

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MBDL My Badly Drawn Life (2022)

Drawn in Gipi's signature elegantly scribbled ink style and punctuated by vivid watercolor splashes, My Badly Drawn Life weaves through the past and present, through narratives both real and imagined, to create an impressionistic account of his complex inner life. In this kaleidoscopic journey into the depths of his psyche, Gipi processes the shadowy traumas of his upbringing; in doing so, he produces a gripping work of utter cartooning mastery.

The Ukrainian and Russian Notebooks

Written and illustrated by an award-winning artist and translated into English for the first time, Igort’s The Ukrainian and Russian Notebooks is a collection of two harrowing works of graphic nonfiction about life under Russian foreign rule. After spending two years in Ukraine and Russia, collecting the stories of the survivors and witnesses to Soviet rule, masterful Italian graphic novelist Igort was compelled to illuminate two shadowy moments in recent history: the Ukraine famine and the assassination of a Russian journalist. Now he brings those stories to new life with in-depth reporting and deep compassion.

Ladies with Guns, Part 1 (Europe Comics 2022)

Script by Olivier Bocquet - Art by Anlor. Five women from various backgrounds are brought together by fate to fight as allies for their survival. A retired schoolteacher, an Indian who’s handy with a bow, a young, immigrant widow from London, a brothel worker who’s made off with the till and a fourteen-year-old slave who’s been put in a cage. This unlikely band of adventurers must fight off the violence men resort to when caught in greed’s ubiquitous grip. They’ll do it with arrows, pies, brooms, pots, knitting-needles, and a lethal revolver that becomes even more dangerous in the hands of the sharpest-shooter of them all: a teenager who’s been whipped, locked in a cage and freed only to fall victim to pneumonia. These women have got each other’s backs and don’t take kindly to the worst mankind has to offer.

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Go West, Young Man (2021)

Sixteen authors of western comics, among the greatest, gathered around a common story."Go West Young Man"... This phrase, which appeared at the end of the American Civil War, will accompany millions of migrants dreaming of a better life. In 1763, a British officer's watch will experience an extraordinary fate, and, passing from hand to hand, will go through a century and a half of the tumultuous birth of a nation. Trappers and pioneers, Indian tribes, desperadoes and prostitutes will fight and survive in the great plains, boomtowns and endless wars. In fourteen stories, Go West Young Man retraces the conquest of the American West, from 1763 to 1916. A tribute to the western, but a lucid tribute. A bittersweet American dream.

Goblin Girl (2020)

Things seem to be looking up when Moa Romanova ― broke, depressed, and living in a squat above an old store ― matches with a very famous celebrity on a popular hook-up site. Not only does the 53-year-old man like Moa ― he also immediately validates and motivates her in a way that not even her therapist does, even offering to help financially support her artistic ambitions. However, Moa soon discovers that there are strings attached. Drawn in a style that's de Chirico by way of the '80s, Romanova's relatable graphic memoir is a thought-provoking debut. Full-color illustrations throughout.

Nitro (2022)

While travelling to Mars, the cargo ship Kobe Tai is attacked by space pirates, who just happen to be former employees of Midas, the company that owns Kobe Tai. These pilots were fired several years ago after an unsuccessful worker strike. Turns out the ship’s cargo is something the parent company will do anything to get back. And 'anything' comes in the form of one Richard Hackenbruder, a former vicious murderer, who also happens to be enemies with the spice pirates’ leader, Delgado. During the strike, Delgado was a strike leader, and Hackenbruder was a strike breaker. A scab! Now they have a chance to settle old scores. En route to their sure-to-be-violent encounter, one of Hackenbruder's crew is brutally murdered, which causes the already unstable Hackenbruder to unravel. It all culminates in a brutal, bloody finale. by Jiri Grus (Author), Stepan Kopriva (Author).

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The Butchery (2021)

A young man and woman fall for each other and all is sweetness and light. But when their relationship crumbles, they each must endure the ensuing emotional fallout. Starting from this ostensibly simple premise, Bastien Vives crafts an affecting narrative about the mercurial and tempestuous nature of romance and why we pursue it anyway. by Bastien Vivès  (Author).

The Thud (2021)

In this YA graphic novel, a boy with developmental disabilities finds his world turned upside down after his mother has a stroke and he realizes for the first time he's on his own. When Noel’s mother has a stroke, his world is turned upside down. Especially when a man comes, who tells Noel that he can’t stay in the only home he’s ever known. He has to move from his apartment and his city to some kind of care facility, in a town he’s never heard of. For the first time, Noel is on his own. Who can he trust? Who can he love? by Mikael Ross (Author).

The Penguin Café at the Edge of the World (2021)

In the icy reaches of the South Pole live three penguin brothers: Amos, Max, and Hans. They love cooking so much that one day they band together to start a cozy café. There, they will serve a delicious, cinnamony concoction of their own creation ― Peng-Winter Stew! The only snag? Since they are located at the edge of the world, people don’t visit them very often. As the penguin brothers wait for the next boat to arrive, they hope that their customers will enjoy their splendid stew as much as they do. by Nurit Zarchi  (Author), Anat Warshavsky (Illustrator).

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Memorabilia (2018)

This book collects five individual stories illuminating the art and lives of the all-time great comic book artists Steve Ditko, Jack Kirby, Wallace Wood, Will Eisner, and Richard Corben. Ponchione blends biographical details about each artist with the characters and worlds they created, mixing fact with fiction as a testament to the remarkable imaginations of these masterful comics-makers. Black & white illustrations throughout. by Sergio Ponchione (Author).

Vanishing Act (2018)

Written and drawn in thirteen tones, from comedy and confession to interpretative dance, Vanishing Act is synchronized in time and space on one melancholy evening. A paranoid man rehearses for an upcoming party. A disheveled actor expounds on the conceptual potential of sitcoms. A beloved dog accesses the internet and starts a cult. A couple argues in reverse. A bored seagull excretes the entire known universe. Full-color illustrations throughout. by Roman Muradov (Author).

Wake Up, Sleepyhead! (2021)

As all kids know, waking up in the morning is hard to do! So finally here are three lighthearted stories that speak to the plight of the night owl. In the first story, Jake is snoozing so soundly that the whole neighborhood must band together to wake him up. In the second, “Sleepyhead” wakes up late and her whole family races to get her ready for school. In the third, three lazy brothers strive to be the laziest one of all. In Wake Up, Sleepyhead!, Levin Kipnis’ amusing rhymes are perfectly paired with Noam Weiner’s hilariously expressive illustrations. These comically anarchic tales are a delightful read for sleepy kids and the parents who rouse them from their slumber.