Legend of the Scarlet Blades (repost)

Follow the journey of the amnesic ronin Raido in a medieval Japan where spirits still exert their magic on the land. Raido, a young amnesic Ronin-a masterless Samurai-roams about in a quest for his memories. His first stop is the city that talks to the sky, the ultimate stronghold against the ice invading the land of the rising sun. There, he meets Meiki, a graceful puppeteer and storyteller of charms. 

Legend of the Scarlet Blades, as painted by the tormented and airy style of Saverio Tenuta, is a series whose universe is inspired by feudal Japanese history and traditions, full of breathtaking settings and populated by a myriad of wondrous mythical beings. Cartoonist Saverio Tenuta writes and paints a twisted tale of a masterless Samurai named Raido searching for clues to his bloody past in a feudal Japan ruled by spirits and beasts. Highly recommended for fans of Samurai's BLADE OF THE IMMORTAL, and Koike/Kojima's LONE WOLF. Legend of the Scarlet Blades.

Icaro

Two award-winning graphic artists have produced an outstanding tale of cyberpunk adventure and the quest for freedom. Icaro is a thrilling manga science fiction adventure in the tradition of Akira, Ghost in the Shell and Clamp's sf sagas. Icaro is the mind-bending, fast-paced adventure of a young man, Icaro, with the ability to fly and a young woman, Yukiko, who risks her life-and more-to help Icaro achieve his dream. Best of all, it capitalizes on Taniguchi's ability to depict a vast and oppressive advanced science laboratory that has made Icaro its guinea pig and will use all its resources to keep him imprisoned for study. Icaro's fight to be free and Yukiko's sacrifice to aid him in his quest make this one of the most inspiring manga stories and one of the first significant original manga collaborations between East and West. by Mœbius, Jirō Taniguchi (artist).

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Dare to Disappoint - Growing Up in Turkey

It is an autobiographical graphic novel about artist and writer Ozge Samanci's childhood and teen years. It emphasizes how the Turkish military coup in 1982 affected Ozge's friends, family, and neighbors and deepened the conflict between secularism and fundamentalism in the country.

Little Miss Cheery (2019)

Script by Zidrou - Art by Benoît Springer. What do you do when you hate your wife and you’re sleeping with your stepdaughter? If you’re ostrich farmer Pep, you beat your wife’s head in with a shovel when your stepdaughter asks you to. You might do it some rainy night, and toss the body down a well for good measure. You might even think you’re getting some money out of it. But if you’re hapless and unlucky as Pep is, you might find yourself trapped in a hell of your own making, endlessly wondering: how many times do you have to kill someone before they’re really dead?

Seven Places Without You (2019)

Script by Juan Berrio - Art by Juan Berrio. Elena is losing Jorge, and she doesn’t know why. They’ve been living together at Jorge’s parents’ house for some time now, and so far, everything between them had seemed to be going well. But recently, Jorge has been spending less and less time at home. Elena isn’t sure what to make of his absence, and one day, she decides to leave. “Seven Places Without You” is the story of a young couple’s first experience of a relationship on the rocks; a story that allows time to elapse and silences to lengthen, focusing more on how events develop than on the events themselves. It’s also the story of the spaces where these events occur: the seven places of the title, and of Jorge’s absence.

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Life Under Occupation (2017)

Script by José Pablo García - Art by José Pablo García

“Life under Occupation” is the adaptation of author José Pablo García’s trip to the occupied Palestinian territories, in collaboration with Action Against Hunger and the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID). From high-security airports to tension on the ground, García’s ten-day trip from Nablus to Gaza makes for a non-fiction graphic novel full of emotion and eye-opening discoveries.

Religion - A Discovery in Comics (2015)

In Fall 2015 the book about religion appears at NBM (as the third book in the U.S.) with the title Religion: a Discovery in Comics. "Outstanding Dutch comics artist de Heer follows her previous books in the Discovery series on philosophy and science with this lively, intelligent survey of the world's major religions."

The Peruvian Diary (1984)

An adventure story about meeting speleogues with extraterrestrial civilization. black-and-white The Czech Speleological Society published the occasion of the International Speleological Union (UIS) meeting in Javoří u Maletin and the 25th anniversary of the opening of the Koněprusy Caves on the Golden Horse at Beroun.

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Embroideries (2005)

From the best–selling author of Persepolis comes this gloriously entertaining and enlightening look into the sex lives of Iranian women. Embroideries gathers together Marjane’s tough–talking grandmother, stoic mother, glamorous and eccentric aunt and their friends and neighbors for an afternoon of tea drinking and talking. Naturally, the subject turns to love, sex and the vagaries of men.

Epileptic (2005)

The book tells the story of the artist's early childhood and adolescence, focusing on his relationship with his brother and sister. His brother develops severe and intractable epilepsy, causing the family to seek a variety of solutions from alternative medicine, most dramatically by moving to a commune based on macrobiotic principles. As the epileptic brother loses control of his own life, the artist develops solitary obsessions with cartoons, mythology and war. The book's graphic style becomes increasingly elaborate as the children's fantasy life takes over, with their dreams and fears (including epilepsy itself) appearing as living creatures. In brief interludes, the children appear as adults when the artist begins the process of writing the story. David B.

Epoxy (Le Lombard 2003)

All great careers have a beginning! That of Jean Van Hamme was also the magnificent twilight of Paul Cuvelier, mythical co-founder of the newspaper "Tintin". The great artist was suffering from being unable to draw "nudes" in the weeklies of 7 to 77 years. So Van Hamme wrote to him this story which sees the young Epoxy amazon tossed by the gods between pain and pleasure.

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Quintos (Dargaud 2005)

1937, the Civil war rages in Spain between Republicans and fascists. A small group, made up of several individuals of different nationalities, leaves on the front. If their cause seems to be the same (they are all in the democracy camp), their reaction to this war gradually divides them after the attack on their truck. Isolated, they have to think about their own survival ...

Bitcoin - The Hunt for Satoshi Nakamoto (2014)

In 2008 a mysterious and enigmatic genius using the name Satoshi Nakamoto, created the ultimate tool for global financial disruption now worth six billion dollars: "The Bitcoin Protocol". After publishing his creation and nurturing it he faded away into the shadows of the internet. Now he is being hunted for his fortune, but will his hunters succeed in extracting him from the depths of the web?

The Planet without Pterodactyls

A collection of Romanian comics English Scanlations

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The Adventures of Chick the 1st 001 - Tweetise on Existence (2015)

1st chick is not a chick like the others. With him, doubts and existential questions make their entrance into the lower court which saw him born. "Who are you?" asks him the dog from the farm, rushing without knowing the first chick in a whirlwind of endless puzzles. Looking for answers to the many questions he asks, Poussin 1 is pushing the social conventions of the henhouse. With the help of her aunt Gallina and the devouring mouse of books, Poussin 1st grabs the real, literally as figuratively! Grumpy, brawler, sometimes in bad faith, chick touches us and makes us laugh!

Atar Gull or the Tale of a Model Slave (2015)

Africa, 1830. Atar Gull, a strapping young slave, finds himself on a certain Captain Benoît’s ship, on his way to the West Indies to be sold. This is no ordinary slave. He is the son of one of the great tribal kings, an athlete, a warrior. He will come at a high price, and not just in terms of money. After a long, unimaginably tough trip, Atar Gull winds up in Jamaica in the service of a plantation owner. It is with this plantation owner that his tragic destiny is entwined. This is a staggering adventure narrated through a superb 88-page volume that will be sure to haunt you long after you’ve turned the last page.

The Secret of the Plants from Fiji -Romania 1988

written by: Habib Abtan; drawings: Magner; published in: Holiday Cutezatorilor; year: 1988-received from Andrei.

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1066 - William the Conqueror (2015)

King Edward of England is dead. Edward’s son Harold, one of the potential successors, renounces his oath to yield the throne to William of Normandy. From that day forth, William will have no peace until his rightful claim to the throne is acknowledged. As the famous Halley comet soars across the heavens, giving rise to much speculation among the scholars of the time, William, Duke of Normandy, launches into the arrangements for the conquest that will change the face of England — one of the most formidable military expeditions History has ever seen. This is a tale of ambition, broken oaths, battles, love, death and glory.

Baldy 001 - Heart-Stopper (2015)

Hello, my name is Zita. But here, at the La Gaufre hospital, everyone calls me "Baldy" I have a type of leukemia that seems to be especially fond of my body. Because of all the treatments I have undergone, I now only have a few tufts of hair left on my head. So I prefer to shave my head bald. Hence my nickname.

Nanking (2011)

Nankin, 13 December 1937: the Japanese army invaded the former capital of nationalist China. Rape, humiliation and arbitrary executions will result in more than 300,000 victims in 6 weeks. Taken from a real fact, this poignant narrative is conceived as an inquiry in which fiction and lived testimonies intermingle to better make us apprehend all the horror of this bloody page of Chinese history.

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The World of Milo (v01)

Here is the first volume of the World of Milo, a Chinese tale remarkably adapted and transposed into a European and fantastic universe by Richard Marazano and Christophe Ferreira. The World of Milo is located very close to this house by the lake, in which it is so often alone. One day, he finds a magnificent golden fish, and his life is rocking! For after the marvelous fish, it is a man with a toad's head, then another with an eagle's head appearing, soon followed by a girl prisoner. Milo discovers that on the other side of the lake there is a fantastic world in which a battle between good and evil rages. He understands especially that he is not involved in this story by chance ...

Antonello in Venice

Venice, 1510. The great painter Giorgione is dying of the plague. He expends a final burst of energy finishing his last piece, a pictorial homage to his first romantic emotion. Giorgione also must face the question all painters ask themselves, how to bring to life the extraordinary image of a presence on a completely flat surface?

Of Blood and Gold 01 - Call of the Open Sea (2015)

Two soldiers. A Pledge. The Adventure. Within the WWI trench, a French aristocrat officer, Calixte de Prampéand, and a Corsican soldier, Léon Matilo, make a deal. If they survive, they will turn into pirates and sail over the sea. Three years later, léon pays a visit to Calixte : there is business opening in arms dealing and I want you in. But beware, if you leave to gain your freedom, there is no way back...

Izuna

Since the dawn of time, the Izuna wolves have been entrusted as guardians against Japan's evil spirits. Set in the wondrous world of Legend of the Scarlet Blades. From time immemorial, the spirits of nature created the Kamigakushi, a magical veil that hid them from the impure eyes of man. From that moment on, spirits and men could no longer gaze upon each other and lived as if belonging to separate worlds. 

One day, the Noggo appeared suddenly. No one knows how they came into being, but their harmful darkness began to infect the world of the Kami. That is why the sacred tree called Munemori created the Izuna, the only ones capable of battling the terrible scourge of the Noggo. But the mysterious birth of a wolf cub in the shape of a young girl threatens to upset the delicate balance between the two worlds and plunge both sides into chaos. Writer : Saverio Tenuta, Bruno Letizia. Art : Carlita Lupatelli.

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Pizza Roadtrip (2012)

When Rudy calls his “old friend” Ronald in the early hours of the morning for a “little favor”, the latter immediately senses that it’s going to be more serious than a water leak to be repaired or a tire to be changed. He’s not wrong. Despite his best efforts, Ronald becomes embroiled in a peculiar road trip to the ass-end of France to deliver a package a bit more cumbersome than a pizza. How far is he willing to go to help a friend?

Jade (2013)

During the Chinese invasion of Tibet in 1950, a young, naive, angry English man comes to Tibet to search for his father, or the legendary 1000 year old woman he read about when he was little who may have the power to bring him back.

Throne of Ice - T01 (04) : Orphan of Antarcia

A heroic fantasy epic and rite of passage tale set in a mythical pre-glacial Antarctica. Antarctica 12,000 years ago — long before it becomes a frozen wasteland — is a thriving territory, divided into the kingdoms of Antarcia, Leng, and Valusia. When Antarcia's first lady vows to kill Jaemon, the bastard son of King Abarugon, the mysterious Sozer foils the plot and carries the infant to safety. Bearing the mysterious mark of the Atlanteans, Jaemon must unleash his true potential and fulfill both his and the continent’s destinies.

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Adventures of a Japanese office worker

Adventures of a Japanese office worker is a graphic novel by José Domingo of 2011. José Domingo created Adventures of a Japanese office as a short story for the Fanzine of Xornadas Band Deseñada of Ourense, but, aware of its potential as a long history, prepared a dossier for submission to different publishers in the Comic of Barcelona of 2009. 1 After Bang Ediciones accepted the project, the broad between February and August 2010 at Estudio La Pelu, advancing without a previous script. The work was published on December 12, 2011 in carton , in a format of 24 x 33 cm. The following year, it received the prize for the best work of Spanish author in the Hall of the Comic of Barcelona. Adventures of a Japanese office worker is a silent work, which has a rigid structure of four vignettes per page with a zenith view of the action. It shows in it the influence that video games like Loom , Maniac Mansion , Mario Bros. , Monkey Island or The Legend of Zelda exerted on Jose Domingo. His graphics, however, refers to Chris Ware or the last Max.

The Broken Man

This adventure, which combines the soap opera tradition with that of American comics, is for the moment a reflection on the vision, the crossing of appearances and the solitude of the heroes devoted to the darkness; The album is rich in half a dozen large picture boards where Gess pays tribute to the different graphic styles of the time with a final shift in photography. It is also a return to the sources of the Hypermonde: the Great War is a matrix, radium is a miracle material, the Russian Revolution upsets the European geopolitical chessboard. In short, one enters with the Man rigged in the universe of which the Chimera Brigade tells the end.

Muse (2012)

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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Lola Bogota

"When we talk about Bordeaux, we immediately think of the Pinard or Chaban-Delmas, but in the regional specialties, there is also the Bordeaux milieu ..." And the middle has the nerves: since Lola Bogota, the cream of The cream of the great international banditry, provided a hallucinogenic drug to their leader Georges Abadi, the godfather became addicted and gives in the mystic. He began to squander his empire in favor of the religious works of a canon. 200 million are destined for the construction of a chapel in his honor! With his faithful acolytes Jane and Z, an ultra-powerful gorilla, Lola is doing everything possible to recover the jackpot. For the underworld, no hesitation. Lola Bogota must die. It's going to bleed! 

Adam Clarks

Society columnist, spy or burglar... Adam Clarks is a difficult man to pin down!

In a fantastic twenty-first century where the Cold War still rages alongside the conquest of mars, at a cocktail party for this world's movers and shakers is where the enigmatic Adam Clarks shows his true face. One might think him rather occupied with kissing up to the powerful and to flirting with femme fatales. But he never loses sight of his true objective, a priceless 100 carat ruby on public display: the de Long Star. That night, Adam uses all his skills as a cat-burglar to steal the jewel. No-one sees or hears a thing. No-one? Don't be so sure... Now the target of both the KGB and the CIA, Adam will have to play both sides to make it out alive. With Adam Clark, Hautière introduces us to a classy and charismatic hero, a mix of Arsene Lupin and Mad Men, living in the world of yesteryear's spy films. A worthy representative of the stylised and elegant line of the "atom" school, Antonio Laporte expertly illustrates this wonderful uchronic atmosphere, blending futurism with the aesthetics of the 1960s.

Dragon Dynasty 01 - The Wrath of Ying Long

China, XIth century. Blinded by his thirst for immortality, Emperor Renzong of the Song captures a Phoenix, a sacred animal, causing the anger of the Dragon Ying Long. Chaos fell on the Empire. The universal order is broken. Only one thing could perhaps appease the great serpent, an inestimable thing in the eyes of the emperor ... to sacrifice his son, the sole heir of the Song dynasty.

Artesia

Artesia is an epic fantasy comic book series authored and illustrated by American artist Mark Smylie. Artesia is also the name of the heroine of the cycle. Smylie has described her as a "Pagan Joan of Arc", to use a popular reference, while noting that the closest historical model is the Irish Queen Medb. Themes in the series include feudal politics, intrigue, and power struggles, complex mythology and world history, and strong female characters.

Currently the series is composed of four "books": Artesia, Artesia Afield, Artesia Afire and Artesia Besieged. Each book is composed of six episodes, or fairly American standard comic book-sized episodes. Each book has been followed by an annual compendium including short stories and details of the history, geography and mythology of Artesia's universe. The books together constitute part of a cycle called The Book of Dooms. Smylie has said that it would take 22 books to tell Artesia's story in full, but that at least 7 will be completed "hell or high water".

Persepolis

Persepolis is a graphic autobiography by Marjane Satrapi depicting her childhood up to her early adult years in Iran during and after the Islamic revolution. The title is a reference to the ancient capital of the Persian Empire, Persepolis. Newsweek ranked the book #5 on its list of the ten best non-fiction books of the decade. Originally published in French, it has been translated into several languages including English.

French comics publisher L'Association published the original work in four volumes between 2000 and 2003. Pantheon Books (North America) and Jonathan Cape (United Kingdom) published the English translations in two volumes, in 2003 and 2004, respectively. Omnibus editions in French and English alike followed in 2007, coinciding with the theatrical release of the film adaptation.Satrapi and comic artist Vincent Paronnaud co-directed the derived animation movie, which is also called Persepolis. Although the film emulates Satrapi's visual style of high-contrast inking, a present-day frame story is rendered in color. In the United States, Persepolis was nominated for Best Animated Feature at the 2007 Academy Awards.

Campfire Graphic Novels

Classics

- Timeless literature faithfully adapted for today's readers. Campfire titles retain the flavor of each era and much of the prose penned by some of the greatest writers of all time, while simplifying the language to make these works more reader friendly across a range of ages.

Mythology

- Drawn from vast libraries of epics, myths and legends from around the world, Campfire's renditions lend modern-day relevance to ancient tales, while the graphic novel format makes lasting impressions.

Originals

- New characters and intriguing plots for the burgeoning graphic novels market. Parents, teachers and librarians will feel comfortable with the language, images and themes in these heart-racing stories.

Zagor

Zagor is an Italian comic book created by editor and writer Sergio Bonelli (pseudonym Guido Nolitta) and artist Gallieno Ferri. Zagor was first published In Italy by Sergio Bonelli Editore in 1961.

Zagor's real name is Patrick Wilding; he is the son of Mike and Betty. He is a western character living in a forest named Darkwood, located in Pennsylvania, north eastern United States. His name Zagor comes from its Indian name "Za-Gor Te-Nay", whose fictional meaning is "The Spirit with the Hatchet".

Though the writers don't mention exact dates, Zagor is supposed to be active during the first half of the 19th century, or around 1825–1830. Zagor fights to maintain peace over all his territory, protect the Indian tribes and hunt down criminals. Son of an army official retiring to live as a pioneer and trapper in the forests of the north-east, Patrick Wilding sees his parents die at the hands of a band of Abenaki Indians, led by Salomon Kinsky. Taken in by the middle-aged trapper nicknamed "Wandering Fitzy", the boy grows up with only one thought on his mind: revenge. Fitzy teaches him how to make a deadly weapon out of a hatchet, and when he is old enough to fulfill this he finds out that his father had himself slaughtered many Indians, and the boy's understanding of the relativity of the concepts of good, evil and justice compels him to transform himself (with his accomplices the Sullivans, a family of acrobats who are his image makers) into Za-Gor-Te-Nay.

Funky Koval

Funky Koval is a 4-part Polish science fiction/detective story/political fiction genre comic book published in People's Republic of Poland in the 1980s. It gained a cult following and is still recognized as one of the best Polish comics. The comic was created by Maciej Parowski and Jacek Rodek; the drawings were done by Bogusław Polch.

The plot resolves around the figure of former military pilot and now space detective, Funky Koval, who with his friends and colleagues forms a private detective agency "Universs" and solves various cases in the futuristic world of the 2080s. His investigations range from corruption in the police and government, through fighting cultists and terrorists, investigating missing spaceships and illegal slave camps, to the mystery of the Drolls aliens, who seem to have a much more advanced technology than the humans, and whose plans for the humanity - if any - remain a mystery.