Beirut 1990. Snapshots of a Civil War

The travel diary of two brothers to a land at war. 1990, off to join an aunt working for a relief organization, young Frenchmen Sylvain and Bruno Ricard come to discover the ins and outs of everyday life in Lebanon’s war-torn capital. More than a decade later, the brothers recount their experiences with the help of artist Christophe Gaultier, as inspired by the real life pictures taken by the siblings on their journey of discovery.  Writer : Bruno Ricard, Sylvain Ricard. Art : Christophe Gaultier. 

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The Lighthouse (2017) (digital)

Francisco, a wounded, despairing sixteen-year-old Republican guard in the Spanish Civil War, is trying to flee to freedom by crossing the French border. In his escape, he encounters an old remote lighthouse, far from the warring factions. He is granted shelter by Telmo, the aging operator of the lighthouse. As Francisco recuperates, Telmo's tales of epic adventurers who sailed the lost seas and discovered worlds unknown reignite the spark of life in the young soldier. By one of the most brilliant new talents in comic art in Spain, author of the world-wide bestseller "Wrinkles." Paco Roca.

The Healing Island (2014) (ADULT) (digital)

A whirlwind story by Kostja Ribnik, but with a clear idea, depicting a meaningful elaboration on choosing a path in life, accomplished with the heart of a promising story teller and the hand of a real draftsman. Ribnik is most poetic in the silent scenes, in the beautiful scenery and views of deserted streets, bugs and plants, and details like a lizard on a tombstone or a reflection of the birds in a cup of coffee. (Pavle Zelić, writer and comics critic).

Living Level-3 - Iraq (2016)

The story of a young aid worker fighting hunger and fear on the frontline. Step into the world of Leila, a humanitarian worker for the World Food Programme (WFP) who is the central character in a new film exploring hunger and fear in Iraq. Leila was deployed to Iraq in the summer of 2014 when so-called Islamic State (IS) militants took over the city of Mosul.

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Poppies of Iraq (2017)

by Brigitte Findakly (Author), Lewis Trondheim (Author). Poppies of Iraq is Brigitte Findakly’s nuanced tender chronicle of her relationship with her homeland Iraq, co-written and drawn by her husband, the acclaimed cartoonist Lewis Trondheim. In spare and elegant detail, they share memories of her middle class childhood touching on cultural practices, the education system, Saddam Hussein’s state control, and her family’s history as Orthodox Christians in the arab world.

Canciones - of Federico Garcia Lorca (NBM 2021)

by Tobias Tak (Author), Federico Garcia Lorca (Author). Federico García Lorca is one of Spain's foremost cultural and literary figures. In 1927, he published his masterpiece Canciones, a volume of lyrical poetry. Tobias Tak transformed twenty of these poems into a series of richly detailed and inventive comics. This collection will appeal to lovers of visual art, graphic novels, and poetry, and aims to bring the colorful and atmospheric landscape of Lorca's work to a new audience. Includes an introduction by Lorca scholar, editor, and translator Christopher Maurer (The Collected Poems of Lorca).

The Lab (Europe Comics 2021)

Script by Hervé Bourhis - Art by Lucas Varela. What if… France created the PC first? What if France came up with cell phones? What if France invented the internet? What if it all came crashing down to the ground and was forgotten? Nestling its fictional story in a well-researched historical context, “The Lab” tells the story of these long-neglected French pioneers of the future that never really were. This riotous hodgepodge of social commentary, alternate history, retro-nostalgia, and workplace comedy, with its pop colors and eye for period detail, is a must for fans of such prestige cable dramas as “Mad Men” and “Halt and Catch Fire.”

The Scorpions of the Desert

Autumn 1940, in the desert on the border between Libya and Egypt. The protagonists of the story are a group of men that belong to the fighting elite of the British Army: the Long Range Desert Group, aka the Scorpions of the Desert. They come from every battlefield of the Empire, and they travel alone, on the edges of the great maneuvers. They appropriate jeeps, armored vehicles, camels; or they march for days on end before an attack, striking and disappearing behind the sand dunes without much regard for rules.

But everything is bewildering around here, the borders, the enemy’s uniforms, the colors and the flags on the vehicles used by these men. Sometimes whoever is telling a story doesn’t tell the whole truth. Only Vladimir Koïnsky, lieutenant of the Polish cavalry, stays right on track. Koïnsky has enrolled in the LRDG after leaving behind the Cracow disaster and fleeing across Romania and Persia. He is a cynic and an individualist, but he can see beyond the mirages and recognize a spy. Redheaded, tough, disfigured (and not just in the face), Koïnsky is among those characters who do not want to make history, but rather live from day to day facing risks straight on, and overcoming them, because tomorrow doesn’t matter when you have nothing to lose. Created by Hugo Pratt.

Qumran

The first scrolls that make up the so-called "Dead Sea Scrolls" were discovered in 1947. This is the most sensational archaeological discovery of modern times. The study of rolls and fragments found in sealed jars is still ongoing. Over the past fifty years, it has given rise to all sorts of heated controversies and sometimes violent clashes. The disappearance of one of the most important scrolls, the scroll of the messiah, is not made to calm the spirits. It is true that, according to some researchers, this missing roll contains revelations likely to overturn the very basis of Judeo-Christian civilization! Scenario: Abécassis, Éliette  Makyo. Drawing: Gemine, Stéphane.

Kabul Disco

A satirical autobiography about a young Frenchman and his hilarious, yet poignant, adventures in the heart of Afghanistan. Created by Nicolas Wild.

The Dream of Jerusalem

France, 1076. Hermance Languedolce, a child with miraculous healing powers, falls in with religious rebels and is branded a heretic. Hideously tortured, he summons a miracle and saves himself, only to be taken in by kind gypsies. When fearsome warrior Karlis Oresund is converted to Christ, he too receives a miraculous ability to sense evil. Entering the service of Bohemond of Taranto, he sets forth on a crusade to the Holy Land, conscripting Hermance by force along the way. Hermance can’t or won’t remember his powers, but can Karlis bring them out of the scarred young man? Script by Philippe Thirault - Art by Marty.

The Arab of the Future

This first part of former Charlie Hebdo columnist Sattouf’s autobiography was a controversial bestseller in France. It follows his early childhood through stints in France, Libya, and Syria, and his cross-cultural alienation from all of them. Sattouf’s father is Syrian, his mother French, and his story recounts the way his father commandeered their family life to reconcile himself with his Arab heritage. Though he is often forced back to France, Sattouf’s father takes teaching jobs in dictator-run Arab countries, then works to convince himself, and his family, that their near-utopian dreams are close to coming true. But through the author’s young eyes these regimes are revealed for all their weirdnesses and hardships. Despite his father’s determination to integrate his son into Arab society, little Sattouf—with his long blond hair—never fully fits in, and this report reads like the curious pondering of an alien from another world. Caught between his parents, Sattouf makes the best of his situation by becoming a master observer and interpreter, his clean, cartoonish art making a social and personal document of wit and understanding. - Publishers Weekly.

Best of Enemies

“Best of Enemies is surely destined to stand alongside Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis as a graphic history of the Middle East. A must read for anyone interested in learning, or teaching, about the region.”—Mark Levine, professor of history at UC-Irvine and author of Heavy Metal Islam. In the third volume of their graphic history of US and Middle East relations, Jean-Pierre Filiu and David B. take in the tumultuous period that began with Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait in 1990 and ended with Obama’s decision, in 2013, not to intervene in Syria.

Spanning the First Gulf War, the rise of al-Qaeda, the military response to September 11, and the present conflict in Syria, Best of Enemies: Part Three is propelled by a clash between four presidents and their Middle Eastern antagonists: on the one hand, George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama; on the other, Saddam Hussein, Osama bin Laden, and Bashar al-Assad. Covering 30 years of conflict and diplomacy, Best of Enemies: Part Three is a breezy and engaging guide to the events that shaped the politics of today.

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The Other Side of the Wall

Simon Schwartz was born in 1982 in East Germany, at a time when the repressive Socialist Unity Party of Germany controlled the area. Shortly before Simon's birth, his parents decided to leave their home in search of greater freedoms on the other side of the Berlin Wall. But East German authorities did not allow the Schwartzes to leave for almost three years. In the meantime, Simon's parents struggled with the costs of their decision: the loss of work, the attention of the East German secret police, and the fragmentation of their family. In his debut graphic novel, Simon Schwartz tells the true story of his parents' coming of age in East Germany, their rejection of the communist way of life, and the challenges of leaving that world behind. 

A Bag of Marbles

In 1941 in occupied Paris, brothers Maurice and Joseph play a last game of marbles before running home to their father’s barbershop. This is the day that will change their lives forever. With the German occupation threatening their family's safety, the boys' parents decide Maurice and Joseph must disguise themselves and flee to their older brothers in the free zone. Surviving the long journey will take every scrap of ingenuity and courage they can muster. And if they hope to elude the Nazis, they must never, under any circumstances, admit to being Jewish. The boys travel by train, by ferry, and on foot, facing threats from strangers and receiving help from unexpected quarters. Along the way they must adapt to the unfamiliar world beyond their city—and find a way to be true to themselves even as they conceal their identities.

I Remember Beirut

Zeina Abirached, author of the award-winning graphic novel A Game for Swallows, returns with a powerful collection of wartime memories. Abirached was born in Lebanon in 1981. She grew up in Beirut as fighting between Christians and Muslims divided the city streets. Follow her past cars riddled with bullet holes, into taxi cabs that travel where buses refuse to go, and on outings to collect shrapnel from the sidewalk. With striking black-and-white artwork, Abirached recalls the details of ordinary life inside a war zone.

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War picture library, issue 50 "The Crimson Sea" (Hugo Pratt)

One of a handful of war stories drawn by Hugo Pratt during the late 1950s early 1960s. War Picture Library No. 50 - The Crimson Sea. Publisher: Fleetway Publications Ltd, London.

A Game for Swallows. To Die, To Leave, To Return

Zeina Abirached’s evocative memoir, translated from French and told in a graphic novel format, opens with an attractive skyline of East Beirut in 1984. As the perspective zooms in, the initial beauty gives way to empty streets, windows protected by cinder blocks, rooftops lined with barbed wire, electrical wires dangling from homes, and rows upon rows of steel drums indicating the Green Line, a demarcation separating Muslim and Christian factions during the Lebanese Civil War, which took place from 1975 to 1990. The author’s apartment building looks out over this troubled area.

The Arab of the Future - A Childhood in the Middle East, 1978-1984 - A Graphic Memoir

This first part of former Charlie Hebdo columnist Sattouf’s autobiography was a controversial bestseller in France. It follows his early childhood through stints in France, Libya, and Syria, and his cross-cultural alienation from all of them. Sattouf’s father is Syrian, his mother French, and his story recounts the way his father commandeered their family life to reconcile himself with his Arab heritage. Though he is often forced back to France, Sattouf’s father takes teaching jobs in dictator-run Arab countries, then works to convince himself, and his family, that their near-utopian dreams are close to coming true. But through the author’s young eyes these regimes are revealed for all their weirdnesses and hardships. Despite his father’s determination to integrate his son into Arab society, little Sattouf—with his long blond hair—never fully fits in, and this report reads like the curious pondering of an alien from another world. Caught between his parents, Sattouf makes the best of his situation by becoming a master observer and interpreter, his clean, cartoonish art making a social and personal document of wit and understanding. - Publishers Weekly.

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History of Art 002 - The Babylonians (2013)

David, the young apprentice of the painter and the learned professor, and the Master Messina embark on a new adventure to the rhythm of the unknown art of Mesopotamia. They will not be alone this time. The friendly and intelligent Angela will travel with them in the past bringing her particular view of things. They will not give each other a second of respite, their amusing adventures succeeding each other at a dizzying pace. In addition, they can count on the invaluable collaboration of ancestral gods, historical figures and mythological heroes. The characters thus plunge into an exotic and mysterious world. They will learn all that it is possible to know about the culture of the Assyrian, Babylonian and Sumerian peoples until they reach their final objective: to know the origin of Mesopotamian art.

The Whining Sphinx (2009)

The tale unfolds in a village populated by black sphinxes who live with the villagers. These beasts try to learn something from each situation they encounter. The chimeras take on the form of a body when humans enter into conflict or disputes. When human beings move on to a new life, the white sphinx appears at that time with these words: ''Good night, young master. I am the reality of your tears, your heart, the path to the other side of the page.''

Kinky & Cosy - Nix (2015)

Shocking! Disgusting! Meet the most dangerous twin girls in the universe! Their record of wrong doings, on purpose or not, will raise your hair on end. A darkly subversive collection of cynical comics gags that is sweeping Europe. Nothing is sacred for these two lil’ monsters! South Park meets Monty Python.

Assassin's Creed

Assassin's Creed is a series of comics adapted from the video game homonymous, written by Eric Corbeyran and illustrated by Defali . Desmond, a descendant of the Assassins is held prisoner by a pharmaceutical company named Abstergo, facade concealing the Templars . They use a machine they have developed after several years of research: the Animus. Thanks to this machine, Desmond, or subject 17, embodies several of his ancestors such as Aquilus, Altaïr or Ezio.

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).

Ali Beber

Ali Beber was a series of cartoons comic developed by Belgian, Blareau to scripts and Bédu drawing between 1980 and 1982 for the magazine Tintin. It is inspired by the famous tale of Ali Baba from the collection of The Arabian Nights. 

The Lombard publishing compiled them in his collection "Bédéchouette" composed albums of 32 pages hardcover: Le scorpion noir (1985), La clef du bonheur (1986) and L'ombre blanche (1987). Meanwhile, he had already begun publication in other languages. Thus, in Spanish, in different publications Bruguera publishing.

7 Wonders

7 ancient achievements. 7 masterpieces. 7 mystery. You think you know everything about the 7 Wonders? Yet they have not revealed all their secrets. 88th Olympic Games, three gladiators are destined to fight in the arena of Pankration. Aurelios Mykonos, in search of his son, Pantarké Olympia, ambitious young wrestler manipulated by his superiors, and Kionis Athens, about to reveal a conspiracy in connection with the sculptor Phidias and the secret of his masterpiece lumber chryselephantine statue of Zeus. 

Stefano Andreucci started in comics collaborating on Italian newspapers and works for advertising. Subsequently, he produced erotic stories and horror. He is also an illustrator for the publishing group Mondadori, and works from the 1990s to the famous Italian publisher.

The Treasure Hunters

The year 808 in Baghdad during the reign of Caliph Harun al-Rashid. The corporation treasure seekers met in his underground lair, and the executioner of the Caliph shows others a piece of gold found in the pocket of a type he has to perform. This piece has a special trick: she has no shadow. And she is not alone. The Heretic, flour merchant by trade, has no shadow either. It is stolen by strange beings who walked inside his soul, one night in the ruins of Castle Mug. 

As the shadow of a man is a precious thing, the treasure hunters decide to find the thief who is none other than the Prophet Veiled. It is said that in fact he was seventy-two faces and can change at will. They say he is hiding because he is a leper, and the executioner said he saw die by fire. But they say so many things. The city does come out of the Night? What threat to the princess Diya? What looks like the face of the Prophet, may he take the throne of the Caliph dancing? Screenplay and Picture: David B. (David Beauchard). The Treasure Hunters.

Alim the Tanner

Alim the Tanner is a series of comic of heroic fantasy. Formerly men were suffering, abandoned by the gods and threatened from all sides. A man Jésameth, decided to brave the ocean that delimited the world knew, saying that the gods who had forgotten humanity lived on an island across the water of infinite extent. Armed with a torque, a helmet and a sword forged specifically for him so that he may be worthy to stand before the gods, he braved the ocean and eventually reach the island where he reminded the gods existence of men, that they had forgotten. 

The men then realized that the gods remembered them through Jésameth. It is this doctrine that the empire Jésamethain was based, led by his holy church and seeking to convert all people to their religion, a religion that prohibits defile the sacred areas that are the sky and the sea, that whether with toys (kites) or boats. The empire is based on a complex caste system and religious have all the powers, praising their savior by sacrificing the "barbarians" of the territories conquered in their thirst for expansion and wealth. Scenario: Wilfried Lupano. Drawing: Virginia Augustin.