Lanfeust of Troy

Lanfeust of Troy is a long-running French language comic series written by Christophe Arleston, drawn by Didier Tarquin, and published by Soleil Productions. On the world of Troy, most humans have a single magic power. Each power is unique to the person and includes such diverse feats as walking on water, personal teleportation, and causing thirst in others. However, none can use their power unless in the close or remote presence of a sage of Eckmül, Troy's truest version of a studied magician.

Lanfeust is an orphan and an apprentice blacksmith who can heat metal at will. His adventure begins when he's asked to mend the sword of a passing aristocrat. When handling the sword's pommel, which was made of ivory from the Magohamoth—a legendary magical beast—Lanfeust gains the power to use any power known in Troy, more so without the presence of a sage. Nicolede, both the local sage and Lanfeust's future father-in-law, persuades Lanfeust to accompany him and his daughters C'ian and Cixi to the University of Magic in Eckmül in order to learn more about this phenomenon.
Among the many perils faced during their journey, they are ultimately confronted by Thanos, a pirate with the same potential as Lanfeust who will do whatever it takes to steal the ivory of the Magohamoth. Successful in the francophone world from which it arose, Lanfeust of Troy has spawned one sequel and several spin-offs and prequels.

Spin-offs, prequels and sequels

Successful in the francophone world from which it arose, Lanfeust of Troy has spawned one sequel and several spin-offs and prequels.

• Lanfeust of the Stars : The follow-up to Lanfeust of Troy, this series recounts the adventures of Lanfeust, Cixi, Hébus, and Thanos beyond the world of Troy. (8 issues)
• Lanfeust Odyssey : The next sequel of the Lanfeust adventures. 5 issues have been published between 2009 and 2014.
• Cixi of Troy : A 3-part spin-off focussing on the adventures of Cixi. The story continues with Lanfeust of Troy #7.
• Lanfeust Quest : The remake of the first saga into manga format.(3 issues)
• Trolls of Troy (310 years before Lanfeust) : The first spin-off series, it only shares its setting with Lanfeust of Troy; it tells a distinct story with different characters.(16 issues)
• Gnomes of Troy (humor) : Gnomes of Troy takes a humorous look at Lanfeust's childhood and schooling.(2 issues)
• Conquerors of Troy (3980 years before Lanfeust): : The latest series is set centuries earlier than Lanfeust of Troy and examines Troy's forced colonization.(3 issues)
• Legends of Troy : The next prequel of the Troy chronicles, includes Warriors of Troy (2560 years before Lanfeust), Tykko of Troy (2882 years before Lanfeust), Alunys' Expedition (810 years before Lanfeust) and The Shadowrealm of Troy (3110 years before Lanfeust) etc.

Wake

Wake (titled Sillage in the original French) is a science fiction graphic novel series created by Jean-David Morvan and Philippe Buchet. It's a hard science fiction and space opera, exploring social themes about inequalities, corruption and colonization. Battle cruisers, Admirals’ flagships, war transports, supply ships… these are some of the thousands of vessels which make up a formidable interstellar convoy, launched to search for new inhabitable planets. A convoy named Wake, aboard which all sorts of beings, with many different beliefs live side by side, but where one species remains unknown: the Human beings. The Wake Civilization is a vast convoy of spacecraft that constantly travel around the galaxy in search of resources, races, and technology. This convoy drops hypergates as it travels, allowing instantaneous access to previously visited star systems. It is unclear whether Wake has any faster than light capability beyond the hypergates. The Wake civilization is very old. There are hints that it has circled the galaxy many times, and revisited many stellar systems over time periods sufficient to watch civilizations rise and fall. There is also evidence that Wake has terraformed planets and seeded life on them over a very long period of time.

The protagonist of the series is Nävis, a young human female who was shipwrecked and orphaned on an alien planet. She was raised from infancy by one of the ship’s robots, Nsob, and has never met another human being. She lives a primitive life in the jungle of her world with her companion Houyo, a sentient tiger-like being. Her idyllic life ends when agents of Wake, a traveling civilization of many different alien species, arrive to Hotta-form (equivalent of terraform) her planet for Hottard colonization. Prior to encountering Nävis, Wake had extremely limited contact with humanity. After some first contact friction, Nävis is awarded salvage rights to her wrecked spacecraft and joins Wake with enough money to pay for her education and to commission a custom spacecraft for her to live in. When her money runs out, she goes to work for the Wake government as an agent and explorer within the Wake convoy and on technologically primitive worlds.

Okko

Okko is a comic book published in a series of mini-series, or cycles. Originally published in France by Delcourt, Archaia Studios Press started reprinting the series in English in 2006. This series is intended for Mature Readers; it contains adult content, graphic violence, and nudity. Written and illustrated by Hub with colors done by Hub (Humbert Chabuel) and Stephan Pecayo. The English translation was provided by Edward Gauvin. 

The action of the first cycle of Okko takes place at the far end of the known lands of the Empire of Pajan. Pajan itself is a vast and diversified island, surrounded by a multitude of archipelagoes. Its name is derived from that of its Imperial Family. Though the Pajans have reigned for a millennium, in the last few decades three major families—the Ataku, the Boshimon, and the Yommo—have called into question their legitimacy and now refuse to cease their battles against the Imperial Family. These power struggles have destabilized the Empire, and famine and catastrophes follow one another. This period of chaos is commonly called the Era of Asagiri (the Time of Mists).
The Okko series begins in the middle of this tumultuous period, in the year 1108 of the official calendar. The way of life and various habits of the inhabitants of the Empire of Pajan are rather close to those of medieval Japan. However, one major difference is a great technological revolution that appeared a few centuries ago: the exo bunraku, colossal combat armors handled from within by marionettists. Their use has radically changed the ancestral art of war in the Pajan Empire. The Ataku family has taken the lead in the construction and the handling of these frightening machines of warLife for Okko and his companions became a constant flight. Tirelessly hunted down, everyone is on edge. Killing at the slightest provocation, and feeling his control over his actions slip away, Okko decides to sheathe his katana for good and retire to a monastery. It's time for Noshin reveal the past of the man who has become the most famous ronin in the empire of Pajan.

Wayne Shelton

Wayne Shelton is a Belgian comic series that began in June in 2001 by Jean Van Hamme as a writer and Christian Denayer as a draftsman. The series revolves around character Wayne Shelton, a Vietnam vet who treats own expense expensive, seemingly impossible tasks for money. He usually works for (former) friends also sporadically for the government, sometimes under duress. Some adventures are spread across several albums, one album others are long. He has a loose relationship with Honesty Goodness, but also often with other women to bed. Shelton is no longer the youngest, and is therefore often teased by his friends. Most stories play in the Middle East, often in fictitious countries. 

Characters

• Wayne Shelton: a James Bond figure on age, who adventures by performing impossible tasks for money.
• Honesty Goodness: A sexy vaudeville artist who helps Wayne in almost all albums. His steady mistress, but also goes with other men to bed. Plays like "Zhang".
• Pierre Madrier: Wayne friend who sometimes assists.
• Djemail Kahn : desert robber Wayne sometimes helps, sometimes against them.
• Horace T. Quayle: Billionaire who first Wayne gives orders, then be killed by him.

U-Boot

This naval war comic is created by Jean-Yves Delitte and published by 12A. Atlantic March 1945. While the Third Reich is at bay, a German submarine fled towards Buenos Aires aboard a mysterious package monitored by an SS officer. A series of unexplained murders and mutilated bodies, however this secret mission to transform nightmare for forty-six crew members. Amazon May 1951. A team of the English cartographers discovered totally rusted carcass of a U-Boat from the Second World War. In May 1957, an expedition of English cartographers recognize from the route of the Amazon between the counter of Obidos and the city of Manáos. They discover the carcass eaten by a German submarine in World War II, a U-boat stranded in the jungle and eaten away by time and corrosion. This submarine which sailed in March 1945 to Brazil with his captain and forty-six crew seems to have been the subject of a curse.

Venice, Venetian June 2059. A young student and his teacher were murdered as they were about to reveal an unprecedented financial scandal. In 2054, Pietro Campinello young student Venetian fascinated by the mysterious history of the submarine, going about it make a gruesome discovery and outrageous that will cost him his life. Between historical narrative and international marine thriller, this highly structured comic keeps us in suspense from one end to the other amid financial and medical scandal. Still very comfortable on the water, Jean-Yves Delitte offers this time a closed-door taking in the depths of the ocean. Its plot drop down three times and in three different places, it still remains in a maritime universe.

The Great Game

The Great Game is a series of alternate history and science fiction comic. Script: Jean-Pierre Pécau.

Drawings: Leo Pilipovic. Colours: Thorn.

In 1945, in an alternate history, the Allies were able to stop the German invasion long enough for the Soviet Union attack Germany in 1941, forcing the latter to negotiate a separate peace.

In 1945, the Soviets are outside Berlin; in Paris, following the demise of the airship Charles de Gaulle above the north pole, the reporter Nestor Serge, a former pilot of war, finds himself involved in a mission in the heart of Germany in war, involving secret projects and occult phenomena.

In subsequent volumes, it is continuing its investigation into French Indochina, then in Algeria.

1945. The Second World War has been over for 4 years. It resulted in the Allied victory and the separate peace with Nazi Germany. While time is vis-à-vis distrust of the Soviet Union, Charles de Gaulle, flagship of the airship fleet of Air France, disappeared somewhere in northern Greenland. The reporter Nestor Serge, of France Soir, is responsible for supporting the relief expedition.
The expedition to the rescue of the airship "Charles de Gaulle", disappeared north of Greenland, is underway with on board Nestor Serge. Angus McPherson, a Scottish officer, support it and prepare their entry into the restricted zone. In Reykjavik, the first strange phenomena are emerging. Intended to obstruct relief, they will expand to approach the site of the disaster. Nazis, creatures from another world, the one mentioned by some HP Lovecraft, or the téléguidant each other? Jean-Pierre Pécaud fond of strange phenomena. So naturally sprinkled the story of a few pinches of the wildest nightmares Howard Philips Lovecraft.

The Gentleman Who Did Not Like Guns

The Gentleman Who Did Not Like Guns is a series of French comedy comic, scripted by Wilfrid Lupano, designed by Paul Salomone.

At the far west, an English lord and a thick gross seek revenge a pushy and sexy lady, herself courted by a Mexican bandit and a porter asshole. Mouthing a spaghetti western gleefully noted! A truck crosses the arid far-west, with on board an English lord distinguished and talkative, a Norwegian colossus which is expressed by rumbling and macchabé a Mexican bandit. Obviously, gentlemen Byron Peck and Knut Hoggaard (both alive) have drawn some fire information Rodriguez (the death). So they outgrow it without scruple, swinging the vultures. Nearby, the young Tim Bishop, a lousy porter, is ejected from a moving train, the railroad train controller in which it had taken place as a stowaway. Tim was blissfully followed aboard Margot Garin, an elegant lady, overwhelmed by her beauty (and her cleavage lace). However, a second just after his painful landing in the scree, the train brakes in emergency because of an attack by Mexican bandits. The gunmen rob passengers and conscientiously preparing to rape the young lady (it's in the order of things) ... crafty, it passes a pact with their leader, Manolo Cruz. She promises him a juicy conspiracy, for a smoking blow. Greedy, the head leaves him a respite, time it is due. He takes her into their lair, a hacienda in ruins, a few miles away. Thus, in the evening, while Manolo Cruz was persuaded by Margot plan Garin, Peck and Hoggaard observe the scene from afar telescopic binoculars. They also locate the clumsy approach Tim Bishop, who followed them until then ...