Non Album Collections 409

Legends of the Pierced Veil - The Scarlet Blades (2023)

Mythical tales of bloodshed set in a Feudal Japan that runs rampant with spirits both demonic and heroic fighting for the fate of their world, from acclaimed creator Saverio Tenuta.

Centralia (Miel Vandepitte) (2023)

Inspired by the real Centralia, a mining town in Pennsylvania where an underground mine fire has been burning since 1962, Miel Vandepitte creates a world full of adventure, excitement and improbable characters. He has a field day portraying a fantastic abandoned metropolis full of spectacular buildings, as he juggles with perspectives and formidable panoramas. A beautiful range of colours and a fine pen complete the picture. With this debut, Vandepitte proves that we can expect a great deal from him in the future.

The Adventures of Hergé (2001)

A graphic biography of Tintin's creator by Jose-Louis Bocquet and Jean-Luc Fromental, Illustrated by Stanislas Barthélémy. The Adventures of Hergé is a biographical comic about the world-renowned comics artist Georges Prosper Remi, better known by his pen name, Hergé. Meticulously researched, with references to many of the Tintin albums and complete with a bibliography and mini-bios for each of the main "characters," the biography is appropriately drawn in Hergé's iconic clear line style as an homage to the Tintin adventures that have commanded the attention of readers across the world and of many generations.

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In Search of Peter Pan (2017)

Script by Cosey - Art by Cosey. In the late 1920s, Melvin Z. Woodworth is an author with writer’s block and a mystery to solve. He takes a vacation to the Swiss Alps to try and kill two birds with one stone—and do some excellent hiking and skiing while he’s at it. But the little village, so long slumbering on the wrong side of the Industrial Revolution, is threatened by a force of nature—and, of course, contains secrets of its own. Cosey’s masterful graphic novel is presented here in full-color English translation for the first time: an ode to nature, culture, mythology, and a simpler—yet riskier—time.

Peppy in the Wild West (2017)

A freewheeling lost classic set in the Wild West by the iconic creator of Tintin. Created by Hergé, the titan of European comics, when he was drawing the first few Tintin adventures, Peppy In The Wild West is a lighthearted, freewheeling, farcical, and briskly-paced adventure featuring anthropomorphic characters and some of the loopiest takes on tried and true tropes of the Old West that you've ever seen.

The Little Book of Knowledge - Tattoos (2017)

Never before has the tattoo been spread across the various strata of society with such enthusiasm. In just a few decades this practice dating from the Neolithic period has become a globalized phenomenon. Now retrace the history of the tattoo in this look at its role in fashion, societal standing, and aesthetics.

Niky

Niky is a comic series first appeared in 1980 in the Tintin diary. Storyline & Drawings: Dupa.

"It's a road accident. I had an excellent friend whose house was next door to a transport company. And one day, from his garden, I see in the parking lot a truck that stands out among all those who populated the place ... Hence came this idea of ​​creating a story with a trucker. In fact, I thought that when we travels the world with such a tank, the windshield becomes a TV screen where we see the world scroll. "

Jari

Jari is a series of comic strip created by Raymond Reding, on the theme of sport and youth, primarily in the world of tennis. This series is published in the Journal of Tintin, in several episodes from 1957 to 1977-1979. Early in the series, Jari dream of being a ball boy Roland Garros. 

Jari young orphan, is passionate about tennis. He met the great champion Jimmy Torrent, who took him under his protection. After getting rescued role turn in the first episode (and the champion Jari), they find themselves faced with cataclysms then, distress, banditry, to poverty, to amnesia, to resentment, to doping , drugs. Jari and Jimmy Torrent trying to promote and defend the sport, to overcome the difficulties in their own lives and to help others, athletes or not. They also appear in the second volume of Michel Vaillant by Jean Graton  : The faceless driver. The driver sportingly led with Mr. Berthault up the remains of the latter. Publisher: Bedescope. Scenario: Raymond Reding.

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.

Cobalt

Cobalt is a series of comics written by Greg and designed by Walter Fahrer, published for the first time in 1971 in the Tintin magazine. Cobalt and Paprika Assistant conduct investigations worldwide to find missing people. A short history [Cobalt, tooth and nail (8 pages)] and 4 long stories [Fugue for four hands (45 pages), The Treasure of the cobra (30 pages) The assassinated recalcitrant (30 pages) and the wonderful zombie ( 30 pages)] were published between 1971 and 1975 in the Tintin magazine. 

Characters:

• Robert Cobalt: He calls himself "Intelligent, virile and sober deserve a substantial increase.."
• Paprika: Cobalt Assistant. "Her luscious mouth serves only lead to his stomach and when it is not full, on utter nonsense." Said Cobalt.
• Dabel: Patron of the "Service Missing Persons" where Cobalt works. "He has strong breath. When we worked for him, we can ALL face." Said Cobalt.

Quick and Flupke

The exploits of Quick and Flupke (French: Quick et Flupke, gamins de Bruxelles, Deutsch: Stups und Steppke) is a comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. Serialised weekly from January 1930 to 1940 in Le Petit Vingtième, the children's supplement of conservative Belgian newspaper Le Vingtième Siècle ("The Twentieth Century"), the series ran alongside Hergé's better known The Adventures of Tintin. It revolves around the lives of two misbehaving boys, Quick and Flupke, who live in Brussels, and the conflict that they get into with a local policeman.

The English version of Quick & Flupke was produced in the early-1990s, and consisted of only two books, published by Mammoth Publishing. The books were translated by Leslie Lonsdale-Cooper and Michael Turner, who had previously translated The Adventures of Tintin. The text in the English volumes is not lettered in the same way as other Hergé books in English. The two English volumes are direct translations of strips in the French volumes Jeux Interdits and Tout va Bien. The English edition comics are all coloured, and named Double Trouble and Two of a Kind. Under Full Sail and Fasten Your Seatbelts were also published by Egmont.

Bob Morane

Bob Morane is the hero of a series of novels created in 1953 by the Belgian writer Henri Vernes. Originally conceived as a kind of adventurer mid-vigilante mid spook, the character evolved in half a century and now lives more varied adventures, exotic trip to espionage tale or science fiction. The author himself has adapted his novels into scripts comics, and wrote untold stories for that media. The artists who designed Bob Morane are Dino Attanasio, Gérald Forton, William Vance and Coria. French bony face, hair cut short and gray eyes nyctalope, adroit in jujitsu and weapons handling, Morane said Robert "Bob" is eternally 33 years old. Adventurer practicing espionage on occasion and is not afraid to attend underworld, it has relations in the secret services (such as the American spy Herbert Gains CIA or agent to gold teeth Roman Orgonetz ), among the most colorful representatives of demobilized soldiers and all pègres the world.

Bob Morane also grows with a blue flower gallantry and meritorious reward enough, a number of female friendships. Among these, the most remarkable are the journalist in Chronicles London Sophia Paramount, Tania Orloff, niece of the yellow shade, and heady Miss Ylang-Ylang, omnipotent leader of the Organisation Smog.The nature of these relationships is based on case gruff, tender or condescending, but always platonic. The great love of his life is Tania Orloff, but they love in the way of Romeo and Juliet, resigned representatives of two rival clans.
René Follet, who illustrated the covers of novels republished in Lefrancq and Nautilus, also designed in this editor a few album covers Forton. Subsequently, Patrice Sanahujas realized the comics cover illustrations published by Lefrancq. Before appearing on albums, the series was pre-published in 1959 in Women of Today, Driver and Tintin.

Chevalier Ardent

Chevalier Ardent is a series of albums of comics, whose author is François Craenhals, appeared in the pages of Tintin magazine in 1966. The albums are published by Editions Casterman.

The intrigues taking place in the Middle Ages, probably in the eleventh century and depict the adventures of a dashing young knight, the Ardent Walburga, heir to the domain Rougecogne, a stronghold located in the Ardennes. He will have to prove himself to serving his overlord, King Arthus. He is in love with Gwendoline, daughter of this one, but nevertheless shared this love will always be thwarted by the king for political reasons. 

Some adventures lead Chevalier Ardent hero far from its area of Rougecogne, making him walk several parts of Europe and East. The historic setting of the adventures of Ardent is clearly focused on the high Middle Ages, but little specific information is given over 20 albums, and they are sometimes contradictory.

Jo, Zette and Jocko

The Adventures of Jo, Zette and Jocko is a Franco-Belgian comics series created by Hergé, the writer-artist best known for The Adventures of Tintin. The heroes of the series are two young children, brother and sister Jo and Zette Legrand and their pet chimpanzee Jocko.

Jo, Zette and Jocko appear on the rear covers of some The Adventures of Tintin comic books, but never appear in the stories. A few Jo, Zette and Jocko comics allude to characters or events in The Adventures of Tintin.

The Valley of the Cobras was the first Jo, Zette and Jocko adventure to be translated and published in English in 1986. Mr Pump’s Legacy and Destination New York followed in 1987. The ‘Manitoba’ No Reply and The Eruption of Karamako remained unpublished (possibly due to Hergé’s unsympathetic depiction of the primitive natives of the island of Karamako, similar to Tintin in the Congo) until 1994 when they were published together in a single limited-edition double volume titled The Secret Ray.

Jhen

Jhen is a series of comic history of Jean Pleyers (drawings) and Jacques Martin (screenplay), established in Le Journal de Tintin entitled Xan in 1978 and published in the album Le Lombard (Xan) and Casterman (Jhen) in 1984 . From 2008, the scenario is taken Hughes Payen, while Thierry Cayman alternates with Pleyers for drawing. During his appearance in Tintin, the character named Xan Larc. Following the change of editor Jacques Martin, the series could not be prosecuted under the title Xan. Indeed, if the character belongs to its creator, the copyright of the series was held by Le Lombard. Martin has renamed Jhen. 

The hero, Jhen Roque, is a young master sculptor (and painter) which travels the roads of France at the end of the Hundred Years War; Volume 1 also begins with a failed attempt to save Joan of Arc. It crosses the path of Gilles de Rais, which will be the only friend he can not help but sink into madness, and other historical figures: King Charles VII, cynical but skilful politician, and dolphin Louis who really takes after his father.

Lefranc

Lefranc, formerly The Adventures of Lefranc (1954-1961) or Guy Lefranc (1977-1982), is a character of Franco-Belgian comics and a series of comic adventure Franco-Belgian created by Jacques Martin.

The series features the hero, the journalist - see Guy Lefranc in 1952. The first adventure The Great Menace sold over a million and a half copies until 2002, 2 - appeared in Tintin in Belgium on 21 May 1952 and in France the 3 July 1952 establishing the main characters of the series: the journalist Guy Lefranc, his protégé the young Jeanjean (in a relationship reminiscent linking Alix and Enak), the Commissioner Renard, and the eternal villain of the series, the mysterious Axel Borg.

The author only provides the realization of two albums: Hurricane The Fire and The Mystery Borg, who are among the best in the series, before devoting himself only to the scenario and leave the designs to Bob de Moor. He then says the designer Gilles Chaillet following nine albums.

Ravottersclub Favorieten

Ravottersclub Favorieten is a published 1958-1979 French-Belgian comic series. Tibet drew the humorous series for junior, the children's supplement of Chez Nous. Greg, André-Paul Duchâteau and Bob de Groot wrote the lyrics. Between 1965 and 1969 was Tibet responsible for seven stories. The series appeared in Junior and the French issue of Tintin. There was also a partial album's release. In the German language appeared 1973-1975 the 12th and the 16th story in MV Comix. Feest gave in 1990 an album with the first two episodes out.

Four friends, each with different characteristics are based along the club's fearless. Its president is Junior. Their headquarters is located in an abandoned shed. They help the police in the investigation of unsolved criminal cases.

Ian Kaledine

Ian Kaledine is a series of comics of the fantastic Franco-Belgian created by screenwriter Jean-Luc Vernal and artist Ferry to log Tintin no 47 in 1977 in Belgium and no 121 in 1978 in France, before publishing pasteboard album to Lombard editions in 1983. The series remained unfinished, breaking off in 1992 after the album Dottore Serpenti without history is complete.

The series began in 1908 with the Tunguska Event. Prince Cossack Ian Kaledin is in Paris where he spends the money entrusted to him by his father expensive party, but discreetly buy weapons to equip its people in their struggle against the Tsar. He meets Jane, an English journalist mandated to follow his diary and the interviewer, and Ferragus custody of effective and faithful friend Irish body. He will face Shultz, unscrupulous banker involved in all sorts of trafficking and conspiracy. They will soon get in touch with a civilization coming stars whose Bastet, the cat-headed woman, will take a liking to Ian.

Oumpah-pah

Oumpah-pah le Peau-Rouge (Ompa-pa the Redskin) is a comics series created by comics artist Albert Uderzo and comics author René Goscinny, best known as the creators of Asterix the Gaul.

The series first appeared in the weekly Tintin magazine in 1958 though it remained serialised for a relatively short time. The stories were published in book form by Lombard and Dargaud starting in 1961. In 1995, the series was reissued by Albert Uderzo's own publishing house, Les Éditions Albert-René.

Luc Orient

Luc Orient is a Belgian science fiction comic series featuring an eponymous hero, created in 1967 by the writer Greg and the artist Eddy Paape. It belongs to the large family of Franco-Belgian comics.
Luc Orient was originally serialized in the weekly Tintin magazine starting on January 7, 1967. It was one of the several series simultaneously launched by then-editor Greg to give the magazine a needed facelift. Luc Orient's adventures were then collected as a series of graphic novels by Éditions du Lombard, starting in 1969.
The series continued regularly with one or two volumes per year until episode 13, L'enclume de la foudre was released in 1978. After Tintin ceased publication in 1978 (following several name changes), the later episodes were released sporadically.The series was to be reprinted in an omnibus edition, two volumes in one, by Pictoris Studio, under the title L'intégrale de Luc Orient; but only three tomes (i.e. the first six volumes) ever appeared, between 1998 and 1999.

Luc Orient, professor Hugo Kala from Eurocristal laboratory and his secretary Lora, share several adventures involving aliens and scientific mysteries. At the beginning, the trio discovers a stranded spaceship with a hibernating alien crew; professor Kala's arrival brings hope to the refugees from the planet Terango (Episodes 1-2). They then travel to Terango to thwart the evil tyrant Sectan who plots to invade Earth (Episodes 3-5). Subsequent adventures involve a series of scientific mysteries. Luc and Lora even acquire temporary superpowers in Episode 6.

Tintin

The Adventures of Tintin (French: Les Aventures de Tintin) is a series of comic albums created by Belgian cartoonist Georges Remi (1907–1983), who wrote under the pen name Hergé. The series was one of the most popular European comics of the 20th century. By the time of the centenary of Hergé's birth in 2007, Tintin had been published in more than 70 languages with sales of more than 200 million copies.
The series first appeared in French on 10 January 1929 in Le Petit Vingtième, a youth supplement to the Belgian newspaper Le Vingtième Siècle. The success of the series saw the serialised strips published in Belgium's leading newspaper Le Soir and spun into a successful Tintin magazine. In 1950, Hergé created Studios Hergé, which produced the canonical series of twenty-fourTintin albums. The Adventures of Tintin have been adapted for radio, television, theatre, and film.

The series is set during a largely realistic 20th century. Its hero is Tintin, a young Belgian reporter. He is aided by his faithful fox terrier dog Snowy (Milou in the original French edition). Later, popular additions to the cast included the brash and cynical Captain Haddock, the highly intelligent but hearing-impaired Professor Calculus (French: Professeur Tournesol), and other supporting characters such as the incompetent detectives Thomson and Thompson (French: Dupont et Dupond) and the opera diva Bianca Castafiore.
The series has been admired for its clean, expressive drawings in Hergé's signature ligne claire ("clear line") style. Its well-researched plots straddle a variety of genres: swashbuckling adventures with elements of fantasy, mysteries, political thrillers, and science fiction. The stories feature slapstick humour, offset by dashes of sophisticated satire and political or cultural commentary.