European Comics

Aldebaran

Jerome — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:48:15 +0000

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Aldebaran tells the story of humanity’s first attempts to colonise distant planets. In their travels, Kim and her companions will encounter strange creatures and face the dangers of unknown worlds. They’ll witness the destruction caused by the madness of mankind. In the first album, Kim meets Mark, another teenager who has survived the annihilation of their village. Together they set out to find explanations for this terrible catastrophe…

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Author: Leo
Publisher: Cinebook
Original Release Date: 1994
Number of issues in French: 5

The Catastrophe: Aldebaran Vol. 1 (Leo Aldebaran) (Paperback)
by Leo

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Darwin’s diaries

Jerome — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 13:22:47 +0000

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Victorian England. In Yorkshire, several men and horses working on a railway line have been killed—slaughtered, really. The police suspect some kind of wild beast. The government calls upon controversial naturalist Charles Darwin to help with the investigation. A reasonable move, but one that is dictated rather by the least known part of his work: research on what other people would qualify as legendary creatures. It won’t be long before the scientist discovers that he may be right about them after all…

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Author: Eduardo Ocana, Sylvain Runberg
Publisher: Cinebook
Original Release Date: 2010
Number of issues in French: 3

Eye of the Celts: Darwin’s Diaries Vol. 1 (Paperback)
by Eduardo Ocana, Sylvain Runberg

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Ducoboo

Jerome — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:16:51 +0000

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The pupil Ducoboo is nice and a joker, but also a notorious dunce–a ‘quality’ that is no bed of roses…One must be awfully resourceful to avoid the humiliating dunce’s cap! But Ducoboo is brimming with imagination… . Through gags, some stranger than others, this series champions values such as friendship and the right to be different, and tackles subjects such as boy-girl and parent-child relationships.

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Author: Godi, Zidrou
Publisher: Cinebook
Original Release Date: 1997
Number of issues in French: 17

King of the Dunces: Ducoboo Vol. 1 (Paperback)
by Godi, Zidrou

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The Bluecoats

Jerome — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:08:03 +0000

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The bluecoats is a Belgian comic serie. It follows two United States cavalrymen through a series of battles and adventures. The series name, refers to the Northern army during the American Civil War. It is one of the best-selling series in French-language comics.

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Author: Raoul Cauvin (Author), Willy Lambil (Illustrator), Erica Olson Jeffrey (Translator)
Publisher: CineBook
Original Release Date: 1972
Number of issues in French: 55

The Bluecoats Vol. 1: Robertsonville Prison (Paperback)
by Raoul Cauvin

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Icaro

Jerome — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:15:18 +0000

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“If you asked people what superpower they’d want to have, I think flight would be one of the top choices. There’s something liberating about the idea of being able to fly—that you can somehow escape the grasp of the world around you and instantly go wherever you want. French comics legend Moebius certainly understood that when he wrote Icaro, a two-volume collaboration with Japanese artist Jiro Taniguchi where a child is born with the power of flight… but without the power of liberation.”

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Author: Jiro Taniguchi, Moebius
Publisher: IBooks
Original Release Date: 2001
Number of issues in French: 2

Icaro (Book 1) (Paperback)
by Jiro Taniguchi, Moebius

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Torpedo

Jerome — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 12:57:26 +0000

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Torpedo, or Torpedo 1936, is a Spanish comics series which depicts the adventures of the antagonistic character Luca Torelli, a heartless hitman, and his sidekick Rascal, in context of the violent organized crime culture of New York during the Great Depression era. The series follows the story of Luca whose life is traced from the innocence of childhood to amoral adulthood, and nearly every stop explored along the way

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Author: Enrique Sanchez Abuli, Jordi Bernet
Publisher: IDW Publishing
Original Release Date: 1983
Number of issues in French: 15

Torpedo Volume 1 (Hardcover)
by Enrique Sanchez Abuli, Jimmy Palmiotti, Jordi Bernet, Alex Toth

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The adventures of Tom Sawyer

Jerome — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 06:13:33 +0000

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“Grade 5 Up–Tom Sawyer, that original American bad boy, returns in graphic-novel format. The manga-influenced, full-color illustrations bring a new level of dynamism to a text that is already quite dramatic, what with its murder, buried treasure, youthful romance, and presumed deaths. (Tom himself is thought dead twice.) This version doesn’t shy away from the culture of the time; Injun Joe is still Injun Joe and Tom’s bare backside still has many run-ins with Aunt Polly’s slipper. In regard to the latter, there is brief, occasional nudity as a result of the skinny-dipping and spankings, but nothing gratuitous. While the overall work is of a generally high quality, it is not perfect. Visually, it is often difficult to distinguish among the supporting characters. In addition, the speech balloons are occasionally confusing, leaving readers unsure of who is speaking. Despite those minor flaws, this volume serves as a fine introduction to the story, the author, and his time and place.–Douglas P. Davey, Halton Hills Public Library, Ontario, Canada” -
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Author: Séverine Lefèbvre, Frédérique Voulyzé, Jean-David Morvan
Publisher: Papercutz
Original Release Date: 2007
Number of issues in French: 3

Classics Illustrated Deluxe #4: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Classics Illustrated Deluxe Graphic Novels) (Hardcover)
by Mark Twain

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Spirou and Fantasio

Jerome — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 12:45:51 +0000

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Spirou and Fantasio is one of the most popular classic Franco-Belgian comic strips. The series, which has been running since 1938, shares many characteristics with other European humorous adventure comics like Tintin and Asterix. It has been written and drawn by a succession of artists.

Spirou and Fantasio are the series’ main characters, two adventurous journalists who run into fantastic adventures, aided by Spirou’s pet squirrel Spip and their inventor friend the Count of Champignac.

Papyrus

Jerome — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 12:25:01 +0000

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A young peasant in ancient Egypt, Papyrus is a mischievous boy, crafty and courageous. Protected by a magic sword, he saves the princess Theti-Cheri, whose protector and confidant he becomes. He will be extremely busy protecting his friend from the plots woven by the priests of Amon or by cheating princes trying to make her disappear… This series tells the tribulations of a young fisherman, Papyrus, and the princess Theti-Cheri, daughter of the Pharaoh Merenptha, in a very precise reconstruction of old Egypt (the XIXth dynasty).

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Author: Lucien & Colette de Gieter
Publisher: Cinebook
Original Release Date: 1978
Number of issues in French: 31

The Rameses’ Revenge: Papyrus Vol. 1 (Paperback)
by Lucien De Gieter

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Cromwell Stone

Jerome — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 23:50:59 +0000

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Cromwell Stone is a survivor, one of ten men who lived though a mysterious sea voyage. Now his fellow survivors are disappearing in unusual and unnerving ways. He sets out to solve the mystery, and finds himself caught up in a much bigger and stranger story.

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Author: Andreas
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Inc
Original Release Date: 1984
Number of issues in French: 3

Cromwell Stone (Unknown Binding)
by AndreÌas

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