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Showing posts with label legends. Show all posts
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Friday, October 30, 2020

Rise of the Zelphire

Legend says that a spirit sleeps within each of us and that a childhood trauma can awaken it . . . such is the awakening of the Zelphire . . .Young Sylvan Khelmann is one such host, doing his best to hide the strange, tree-like features that start growing on his body. This mysterious condition comes with strange abilities which he doesn't understand until meeting Professor Wernes, who invites him to join an expedition of discovery. But they find themselves pursued by the evil Dreghans, who possess supernatural abilities of their own, tracking down all known Zelphires to serve their secret nefarious purpose. by Karim Friha.


Thursday, October 8, 2020

The Cimmerian

In Robert E. Howard's Queen of the Black Coast, Conan is pursued for killing a judge, and finds refuge on a merchant ship, but soon after setting sail, the Cimmerian and his new companions face a threat: the legendary Bêlit, self-proclaimed Queen of the Black Coast! First published in 1934 in Weird Tales, this Conan classic is a marvelous entry point to the series. Queen of the Black Coast is the first in a series of graphic novel stories adapting some of the best adventures of the legendary Cimmerian by ABLAZE. For the first time, Robert E. Howard's Conan is brought to life uncensored! Discover the true Conan, unrestrained, violent, and sexual. Read the story as he intended!


Friday, May 17, 2019

Call of Legends

Cathya Mac Findly, tales and legends specialist, has just got a rather original job: leading the Phoenix section, a team of four investigators working in the Cryptozoological Intervention Group, unknown to the general public and specialized in supernatural events ... for the creatures of the bestiary of mythologies of the whole world do exist, but are invisible to the ordinary mortals. Only the descendants of the ancient Magi, humans with a special talent called "golden ears", make them visible to men. The work of the ICG is to prevent panic from spreading when the legends are discovered by humans, thanks to their special talents and loaded weapons. They also collect magical and fairy objects to keep them safe. This is the goal of their first mission: to recover Excalibur, the legendary sword, in Scotland! Discover a tasty mix of Men In Black, Hellboy and Merlin the Enchanter, a series of supernatural hyper-sexy and sexy adventures , which mixes magic, monsters, action and humor in an explosive cocktail! Scenario: Pailharey, Eric. Drawing: Vignaux, Fred.


Sunday, February 25, 2018

Non Album Collection 117

The Ogre Gods V1 - Petit (2014)

Petit is the son of the Ogre King. Scarcely larger than a mere human, he bears the brunt of family degeneration which makes each generation smaller than the previous one due to their inbreeding. His father wants him dead, but his mother sees in him the possible regeneration of the family since he could mate with a human as the Founder of the line once did. She then entrusts him to Aunt Desdee, the oldest of the family, who was dishonored because of her love for humans, and has become a recluse in a wing of the immense castle. But against his mother's wish, she will try to raise Petit, contrary to the usual family way ... Torn between the violent impulses he inherited and the humanistic education he received from Desdée, where will Petit find his place? And will he survive the voracious appetite of his family?

The Knight and the Unicorn (2015)

During the battle of Crécy, a prelude to the Hundred Years' War, Juan de la Heredia, helps King Philip VI of Valois who has just lost his horse. By leaving him his, the Knight of the Hospitaller Order finds himself at the heart of the fray. Galvanized by the inevitability of his fate, he unleashes himself until a sword pierces him. But, as life leaves him, he discovers that he is nailed to the horn of a unicorn. In the early morning, dazed, he is still alive and sees the legendary animal. Before being captured by the English, he tries in vain to catch up with him to know why death is denied him.

The Theory of Chaos - One Shot - (Schelle, 2001)

With a flutter of its wings, a butterfly flying in China can cause Godzilla to attack New York... Because each movement, small as it is, triggers a cascade of unpredictable consequences... The so-called superior species, Man, is the greatest propagator of chaos. As the grand magister of this spectacular & surprising "chaos", Pierre Schelle here signs his first album as an author. But he already has long experience of comic books as a colourist (with Stéphane Rosa) of series such as Golden City, Nash and Travis.


Saturday, November 25, 2017

Non Album Collection 77

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).


Saturday, September 10, 2016

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).


Sunday, August 7, 2016

Adrastea

After spending 1000 years sitting on his stone throne, meditating on his immortal condition, a man, the ancient King of Hyperborea, leaves for Mount Olympus. Having seen his family and his people disappear in the course of a too-long life, he has finally decided to find the Gods to question them about his strange nature. Why him? How to die? Can he ever again find those he loved? On his way, he meets men, women, gods, goddesses, who, according to their moods, their desires, their natures, their interests, each influence in their own way the destiny of the traveler, the man who is nothing but a shadow of himself, of his legend. A comic by Mathieu Bablet. Adrastea.
Once upon a time in Hyperborea, a prince whenever he ate or drank came out of his mouth a small round stone. One day, when he had enough, he stopped eating and so began the story of the immortal man. The prince became king and lives gradually dying relatives. A thousand years later, the man without name became king without a subject decides to go to Mount Olympus to question the gods of the enigma he posed to himself and others. " Thus, the threshold of the city of Abdera, the satyr Marsyas was telling his own story at the Millennium king. The latter had just left Hyperborée under a deer mask and across mountains and deserts to reach an abandoned city, hideout of the Sphinx Philae. Guardian of the key to the door that joined the country men, heroes and gods, she never missed a meat on legs without asking him a conundrum.


Saturday, July 16, 2016

Red Caps

Davey, a young dreamy shepherd, sees his life changed when he meets the gaze of a beautiful aristocrat. With flaming heart, he scales the walls of the castle to declare his love for the lady, but it’s just a beginning of his adventure. This comic has everything: beautiful artwork with breathtaking landscapes and a story inspired by Scottish poetry, legends and history. Perhaps the characters could be a little less stereotypical. But hey, it's still a wonderful series. For the fans of Rob Roy and William Wallace! Screenplay: Pierre Dubois | Design: Stéphane Duval.
Rocked by the wonderful stories of an old pastor, Davey has always lived Waterlez head turned to the gold-colored Faerie. So when the love and the English soldiers forced him to join the Highlanders, the young farmer relies on fairies. In the eternal highlands of Scotland, Davey had a childhood rocked by the legends of Reverend Kirk. Of all his stories, especially the one impression: that of Red Caps, cruel elves, to give luster to their caps, dip them regularly in the blood of stray they intersect and massacre. As an adult, Davey meets one day a beautiful young noblewoman.


Tuesday, July 5, 2016

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.


Monday, July 4, 2016

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.


Saturday, February 13, 2016

Elves

Elves Ennlya blues, a small port city Nordrenn were all massacred! The Blue Elf Lanawyn and Turin, a man deemed investigate while all paths lead to a clan Yrlanais, these men from the north who hate the Elves. In the Elsemur island city, a young Vaalan Blue elf passes the test water senses. The mother sees her prophetess near future, a future tied to the sacred crystal. "He who controls the crystal control the ocean. "This announcement caused a stir and it is rumored that could be the messiah Vaalann the blue elves waiting for several generations. Between investigation and initiation, this story takes us into a world of make-believe, dreams and disappointments!". 
A comic by Jean-Luc Istin and Kyko Duarte, at Soleil Productions - in 2013.



Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Thorgal

Thorgal is a Belgian fantasy comic book series by the Belgian writer Jean Van Hamme and the Polish graphic artist Grzegorz Rosiński. It combines several themes and legends, ranging from Norse mythology and Atlantean fantasy to science fiction, and such genres as dark drama, horror and adventure stories.
The comic first appeared in serial form in Tintin magazine in 1977, and has been published in hardcover volumes by Le Lombard from 1980 on. Translations exist in English and many other languages. In 2002, it was adapted as a adventure video game, Thorgal: Curse of Atlantis, by Cryo Interactive Entertainment. Thorgal is critically acclaimed and one of the most popular French language comics, with more than 11 million Thorgal books in print. There are presently three ongoing successful spin-off series, in addition to the continuation of the main Thorgal adventures.


Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Valhalla

Valhalla is a Danish comic book series. Originally commissioned for and published by Interpresse, it has been published by Carlsen Comics since 1987. During 1976 and 1977, Henning Kure and Arne Stenby at Interpresse, a Danish publishing house, were planning to create a comic series based on the world of the Vikings. They offered the place of illustrating the comic to the young cartoonist Peter Madsen, who accepted, and also enlisted Hans Rancke-Madsen. The team set out to draw the first album (similar format as Tintin and Asterix) in a series of the adventures of the Norse gods, based on the Elder Eddas. Thor would very much be the hero of this series, along with Odin and Loki, Odin's blood brother.
Valhalla started in 1978 as a strip running in the Danish newspaper "Politiken". The first album came out in 1979. It was very well received, with several subsequent albums.
The tone of the albums has focused on humor, but the characters, and much of the plot, are based on the stories and legends in the Elder Eddas, and many albums have often featured deeper human issues. The albums are of high quality, and each took one or several years to produce. The first album was released in 1979, the second in 1982, and the thirteenth in 2006. They are very much in the tradition of finely drawn and well plotted Franco-Belgian comics like The Adventures of Tintin or Asterix, which also served as inspiration for the Valhalla comics.