The Fortune of the Winczlavs

1848. In Ottoman-occupied Montenegro, young doctor Vanko Winczlav is one of the leaders of a popular uprising. Betrayed, wanted by the authorities, he flees the Balkans for the United States in the company of a Bulgarian refugee, Veska, whom he marries to allow her to enter New York legally. So begins the history of a family closely entwined with that of a still new country going through many transformations (Cinebook: 58 pages). by Jean Van Hamme, Philippe Berthet.

Non Album Collections 390

The First Man - The Graphic Novel (2018)

A visually arresting adaptation of Albert Camus’s masterful biographical novel that offers a new graphic interpretation for the next generation of readers. This new illustrated of Camus’s final novel tells the story of Jacques Cormery, a boy who lived a life much like Camus’s own. This stunning, fully illustrated edition summons up the sights, sounds and textures of a childhood defined by poverty and a father's death, yet redeemed by the austere beauty of Algeria?and the young protagonist's attachment to his nearly deaf-mute mother.   In telling the story of his metaphorical search for his father, who died in World War I, Camus returns to the "land of oblivion where each one is the first man" and must find his own answers. Published thirty-five years after its discovery amid the wreckage of the car accident that killed the Nobel Prize–winning novelist, this graphic interpretation of The First Man is the brilliant consummation of the life and work of one of the twenty century's greatest authors. Albert Camus. Jacques Ferrandez.

Odnal's Pral - The Beetle Bash (2022)

Another wordless comic, short but oh so goooooood.... these is the new masters.

The Stranger - The Graphic Novel (2018)

The day his mother dies, Meursault notices that it is very hot on the bus that is taking him from Algiers to the retirement home where his mother lived; so hot that he falls asleep. Later, while waiting for the wake to begin, the harsh electric lights in the room make him extremely uncomfortable, so he gratefully accepts the coffee the caretaker offers him and smokes a cigarette. The same burning sun that so oppresses him during the funeral walk will once again blind the calm, reserved Meursault as he walks along a deserted beach a few days later—leading him to commit an irreparable act. Albert Camus. Jacques Ferrandez.

Monsieur Jean (repost)

The charming and humorous adventures of a handsome Parisian novelist, as recounted with a uniquely European sensibility. Monsieur Jean is a young writer whose everyday life and its inescapable existential woes are comedically told by the talented team of Dupuy & Berberian, winners of the 2008 Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême. Whether it's the unexpected visit of an old friend, a trip to his in-laws, the arrival of a child, the frustrations of writer's block, or even dealing with his moody landlady, Monsieur Jean's life and times all share a tenderness and a dash of irony. A series full of the nostalgia and droll absurdity that invariably come with adulthood.

Non Album Collections 389

Rod Kierkegaraard - shooting stars (1987)

Did you hate the 1980's manufactured "pop stars"? Did you find them ridiculous? Did you wanna strangle them with their own intestines? You're NOT the only one! Making savage fun of easy targets such as Michael Jackson, Prince, Madonna, Kierkegaard goes for the absurd in a collection of short stories. A bit tedious, but it is right on the mark. Prince becomes Prance, a rock monster without a soul, Michael Jackson becomes his own worst enemy as his double, Boy George is given a monster amount of testosterone and Madonna searches for her virginity. Considerable amount of nudity and gore.

Liberatore - VIDEO CLIPS (Catalan Communication 1985)

Video Clips book, a collection of short stories drawn by Liberatore. When I first saw this, I thought it was shocking. Sadly, "human civilization" has "advanced" so far, events and stories that happen in the book are now daily occurrence. by Tanino Liberatore, Stefano Tamburini

Liberatore - The Universe of Liberatore (Heavy Metal books)

A superb collection of Liberatore's commercial work including concepts for movies, illustrations for magazines, plus various illustrations of Ranx, Lubna, etc. 84 pages total, color. HD 2560 scan. He won't do more Ranx comics, but he sure loves to draw Ranx and Lubna!

Lou Cale (repost)

New York in the 1940s on the crime scenes, flashlights crackle to feed the press eager to shock images that make his A. Lou Cale is one of those press photographers in bad reputation. But the hunter image turns into sleuth when a detail that no one had seen him put on a track to solve the case. A comic by Eric Warnauts and Raives.

Non Album Collections 388

Fraternity (2022)

Wyatt’s roommate has been acting strange ever since he joined that frat. After suffering a tragic loss, Wyatt can't wait for a fresh start away at college. Too bad freshman year isn't all it's cracked up to be, especially when you're a grieving introvert. If it wasn't for his best friend, Jake, Wyatt would never leave his room. But when Jake joins a mysterious fraternity, Wyatt unearths something sinister. Now Wyatt must fight to save his friend or risk losing him to fraternal damnation. Jon Ellis, Hugo Petrus.

You Are There

Written by Jean-Claude Forest and methodically drawn by Jacques Tardi in his weird but strangely appealing not quite art style "You are There" tells the story of the goofy Arthur There(Arthur Même) who lives on the walls of his family's former property and now spends his days walking on the walls separating the properties of his numerous neighbors unlocking their gates so they can pass from one property to another and collecting a small fee for it and arguing with the jerks who take advantage of him anyway they can.

Rifo - Hiroshiman v1 (scantilated Hoyeru)

This Rifo guy obviously is a big fan of the hippy underground artists, such as Crumb and especially Gilbert Shelton. So he studied their comics carefully and went and created Hiroshiman, a totally wild and crazy comic about a guy who got radiated and became a superhero. Dipping into 100 years of genre, he set Hiroshiman against various adversaries, including old fashion monsters, gangsters, dangerous women, mutated maggots, bikers and whatever else he could think of. 

The Shadows of Salamanca (repost)

With "Sarah", Christophe Bec is definitely emerging as a high-class writer, able to like a Stephen King in literature to keep the reader in suspense from the first to the last page. Remarkably imaged by Italian Stefano Raffaele, "Sarah" arises immediately as a reference: in the register of fear, never cartoon series had indeed placed as high voltage! A comic by Stefano Raffaele (Illustrator), Christophe Bec (Scenario).

Sarah followed her husband, ranger, in a remote area of ​​Pennsylvania. Their new house is beautiful, but the city of Salamanca is not very welcoming and the people are not more. But isolation does not frighten Sarah, she even seems to need, for a while at least. Time to rebuild, to finish with his inner demons, to break free of traumatic past experiences. To find peace and escape the torment, Salamanca however may not be the ideal place. In early 2008, Christophe Bec is in top form. After a second volume of Bunker very successful in his way to associate and geopolitical fantastic and opening Deus seeking to revisit the theme of the search for immortality in a context where the death swept by waves, so here is a story of pure horror.