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Saturday, February 27, 2021

Non Album Collections 280

Down to the Bone

by Ralf Konig (Author, Illustrator), Jeff Krell (Editor, Translator). In this long-awaited sequel to Ralf König’s The Killer Condom, macho gay detective Luigi Macaroni takes on another outrageous case. Someone is killing the gay men of Manhattan and leaving nothing but their bones behind. Can Macaroni catch the killer before New York runs out of targets?

Maybe... Maybe Not (2016)

by Ralf Konig (Author, Illustrator), Jeff Krell (Editor, Translator). Germany's most popular cartoonist tells the uproarious tale of a heterosexual man who may or may not stay that way. This book and its sequel were the basis for the largest grossing movie in German history. Translation by Jeff Krell, creator of "Jayson."

Maybe... Maybe Not Again! (2016)

In this sequel to his best-selling graphic novel Maybe...Maybe Not, Ralf König tells us what happens once the honeymoon is over for newlyweds Axel and Doro and how they once again cross paths (and lock horns) with Norbert and Waltrina. Could Axel really be cheating on his pregnant wife? With another man? Ralf König's screwiest comedy yet!


Thursday, February 25, 2021

Purple Heart

Joshua quit law school to go fight the Nazis in Europe. He was awarded the Purple Heart after he and his buddy were victims of a landmine. No medal on Earth, however, can assuage the trauma of being unable to save your brother-in-arms. Back home in the States, Joshua tries to make up for lost time, with one romantic conquest after another. Working as a private eye in New York, he's been assigned to a blackmail case that leads him to a world of love nests, Nazi thugs, stolen art, and a whole slew of other dirty deeds. The fighting in Europe may be finished, but for those who survived, the war continues to fester at the core of the Big Apple.



Tuesday, February 23, 2021

Non Album Collections 279

Paris 2119 (2020)

In the year 2119, instantaneous transportation technology has altered almost every facet of human civilization, improving countless industries and practices while also leaving behind a growing population who can't afford to keep up. But some people still prefer the traditional ways of getting from point A to point B, including Tristan Keys, a writer who refuses to embrace the technological advances everyone finds so mandatory. When tiny cracks start to appear in the world around him, he has to wonder if he hasn't been a pawn of technology all along... BLACK MIRROR MEETS BLADE RUNNER in this gorgeously illustrated sci-fi tale by acclaimed writer ZEP (A Story of Men, A Strange and Beautiful Sound, Titeuf) and artist DOMINIQUE BERTAIL (Ghost Money, Omaha Beach, Mondo Reverso) aims a spotlight on current social trends such as over consumption, climate change, social media, identity theft, and transhumanism.

The Yankee Comandante (2019)

This is the true story of William Alexander Morgan, the Yankee Comandante, an idealistic young American who found fame fighting in the Cuban Revolution. The blond American didn't speak a word of Spanish, but he felt his rightful place was among the guerilleros of the Escambray Mountains, fighting to bring down dictator Fulgencio Batista. Morgan was among Havana's liberators in 1959, an act that led FBI director Edgar Hoover to strip him of his American citizenship.

The Killer Condom (2016)

It looks like a condom. It feels like a condom. It fits like a condom. But it's no ordinary condom -- it's a killer! Ralf Konig's horror classic, which has been produced as a feature film and staged as a life-sized puppet show, is once again available in English! by Ralf Konig (Author), Jim Steakley (translator) (Author), Jeff Krell (Editor).


Sunday, February 21, 2021

Docteur Mystère

Docteur Mystère and his sidekick Cigale, drive their Electric Hotel into the heart of Milan to help Lady B, whose husband disappeared while supervising construction of a pneumatic underground railway. Battling the evil Teppa Group, the Austrian Army, and a dragon, Mystère proves that he’s a hero for the ages! Written by Alfredo Castelli. Art by Lucio Filippucci.


Friday, February 19, 2021

Non Album Collections 278

Don Vega (2020)

Script by Pierre Alary - Art by Pierre Alary. The year is 1849, and the future state of California is under the control of former soldiers from the Mexican-American War. Their leader, General Gomez, is busy buying up the locals’ land for pennies on the dollar, so that he and his cronies can maximize their profits from the coming gold rush. But he and his men are dogged by a series of masked, would-be avengers all calling themselves Zorro. They are an almost laughable annoyance, simple peasants living out the fantasy of a local legend. Until one man shows up and starts picking off Gomez’s men one by one, as stealthy as a fox. He brandishes a sword which he uses to carve the letter Z into his victims’ cheeks… Could this be the true Zorro?

Raven 001 - Nemesis (2020)

Script by Mathieu Lauffray - Art by Mathieu Lauffray. Raven is a fearless young pirate as capable of legendary exploits as he is of epic fails. In this inaugural volume, he finds himself on the high Caribbean seas on a search for a treasure meant for the Governor of Tortuga. Allied with the dreadful Lady Darksee, whose hope is to gain royal pardon, the terrible Governor must act quickly. But the impetuous and talented Raven has grand plans to beat them to it…

The Adventures of the Mad Tsar (2020)

It all starts in the capital. To be closer to his subjects, the Tsar, dressed in peasant clothes, strolls through the streets of St. Petersburg. Disaster strikes! The Tsar is captured by a group of conspirators wishing to use his uncanny "resemblance" to the Tsar (himself) for sinister ends. What fate awaits the true Tsar, now a simple peasant, in the hands of his enemies? And most importantly, what do they have in store for him next? by Tarek & Lionel Chouin.


Wednesday, February 17, 2021

Tanz!

Germany, April 1957. Uli has a dream: to become a famous Broadway dancer. But as a modern dance student at the prestigious Folkwang school, Uli’s energetic and outgoing personality stands out in sharp contrast to the melancholy of post-war Europe. During a trip to Berlin, he meets Anthony, a young American dancer. The attraction is immediate. Anthony convinces Uli to come to New York and try his luck on Broadway. The young men part ways, but Uli will pack his bags and embark on an adventure that will take him to a new life overflowing with life, color, and movement — but also disappointment, harsh reality, and a good dose of heartbreak.  Script by Maurane Mazars - Art by Maurane Mazars.


Monday, February 15, 2021

Non Album Collections 277

Jiro Ishikawa - C'est Comme Ca (2017)

by Jiro Ishikawa. In Tokyo, the buildings are erect sexes stretched out towards a sky where cock planes fly. Men and women have acorn-shaped heads, and have sex late at night after the office day. It's like that. In mixed public baths, guys get rid of boredom by stringing funny pearls in funny places.

Ex-YU 01 Through Past Centuries (Jules)

THE SCRIPT: Zvonimir Furtinger. DRAWING: Jules Radilović. Certainly one of the most famous comics not only in Croatia but also in the former Yugoslavia, Through the Past Centuries , was published in Plavi vjesnik from 1956 to 1959. This anthological comic illustrates in detail the events in Croatia and Europe in those ancient times. It is an epic story that covers the period from the arrival of the Croats on the Adriatic to the invasion of the Tatars in our region. Brave knights, ladies in distress and evil villains are the backbone of almost every classic comic book, including this masterpiece.

Carbon & Silicon (2020)

This is the latest book from Mathieu Bablet, who you may recognise as the guy behind Beautiful Death, Adrastea and Shangri-La. This one is about 2 AI androids and how they live their lives and travel through the world and all its changes for almost 300 years.