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But what a mess, the crusades! Lord Brayard is returning from his crusade, accompanied by the young monk Rignomer. On their way, they cross paths with a teenage girl, Princess Hadiyatallah, who turns out to be a hostage on the run. Brayard does not hesitate for a moment: he decides to escort the princess to the East to return her to her father in exchange for a ransom, and involves Rignomer in the adventure. This is the beginning of a journey that promises to be particularly incredible...

A little boy and a young monster accidentally switch schools on their first day, with hilarious results. At the School for Nice Boys and Girls, the monster is surprised to learn he must sit still, be quiet, and wait in line. Meanwhile, at Monster School, the bewildered boy finds himself launching a custard pie attack, counting bogies and sharing nasty smells. The child and the monster play by each other's rules, at first bewildered, soon horrified - and eventually getting into the swing of things. This madcap tale is perfect for little monsters everywhere!

Somewhere on the Eastern Front in 1917, between Poland and Russia. Behind the gates of the Nurk Orphanage, there is a scene of utter devastation: the building lies in ruins, and decomposing bodies are scattered around the place. Only three children have survived, by taking the most extreme measures... But one of the orphans can no longer bear this harsh way of living. Luckily, he discovers new friends - the only ones? - in the beautiful Victorian dolls lining the shelves, with empty eyes...

The year is 1938. Yaël and her sister Émilie are two ordinary children growing up in a village in the south of France. But even if they don't understand everything they see, they are starting to catch glimpses of the secrets that adults struggle to keep. Who is hiding behind the curtain in the guest room? Why does their maternal grandfather call their father a "goy"? What does it mean to be Jewish? As Yaël grows up, she is caught up in the harsh realities of the war and the antisemitic laws of Vichy France. Her path to understanding her identity will be a painful one.

In the year 1000, the foretold apocalypse comes to pass, and humanity enters an age of darkness. Countless generations come and go before the sun reemerges; all of humanity's once great knowledge is lost. Now, at the mercy of roaming packs of animals, the inhabitants of Anglia have formed clans that work together in a delicate balance to survive the harsh wilderness. Primus, one of the clan leaders, may just hold the key to their salvation, to secure a better future for his daughter Elaine and everyone else. But will his secret unite the clans, or tear them apart? And how much will Elaine have to sacrifice to see her father's dream fulfilled?

Séverine is a young woman who divides her time between her university studies, her boyfriend and his friends, video game fans, and a girl for whom she babysits to earn some money. One night when she takes care of little Eva, she vomits on her, spoiling the shirt she is wearing, so the girl's father leaves her a blouse from her wife so that she can change. From the moment she puts on her blouse, everything in her life will change radically.
The blouse is one of the most introspective and sensual stories of the great French author.

A feisty cop, a cunning mercenary, and a super sweet kid must band together to survive in a hostile, lawless world!
In the megalopolis of Cielazur, the truth is sometimes concealed to keep up appearances. Asa, a young police officer with a thirst for justice, sees her life change course dramatically when she discovers a strange symbol engraved upon her late father's service weapon. As she begins to investigate, Asa realizes that in order to uncover the truth about her father's mysterious death, she will have to enter the Citadel: a mysterious ghetto where crime reigns supreme, and the laws of nature don't apply!

Mr. Providence is the caretaker at what seems by day to be an ordinary city park. But the park is home to mysterious entities that awaken when night falls, and Providence has sworn to protect its visitors despite the doubts of his corporate-minded new manager. A delicate balance is tipped into chaos with the discovery of a mysterious blank book - and the dark energies it threatens to unleash. All Providence wants is to escape: to somewhere quiet, isolated, and peaceful, like the strange high house he keeps seeing reflected in the park's pond...

Fred buys Tiki, a puppy, to help bring a little joy to his family's life in isolation. What no one anticipated is that Tiki would turn their lives completely upside down.
During the lockdown of November 2020, Fred, his girlfriend Sophie, and his daughter Lou seek a little comfort in the shape of a Shiba puppy named Tiki. But in the course of a single week, the adorable little furball manages to shatter everything in Fred's life: the comfort, the certainties, the links, the balances. In doing so, however, she manages to bring to light what truly matters: family.
With humor and sincerity, this fictionalized autobiographical story questions that moment we decide to adopt a pet, and the beautiful mess that we're often left with.

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...
All hail Amaymon, King of the Southern Gate!

The true odyssey of a young child, Alice Cyuzuzo, as she traverses the roads of Zaire to seek refuge from the civil war that has struck her native Rwanda.
Gitarama, the Southern Province of Rwanda, 1994. Five-year-old Alice enjoys a peaceful childhood with her parents and little sisters, but life as she knows it is about to change forever as the genocide of the Tutsis erupts, forcing her to flee her village with her family.
It is on the hot roads of the Democratic Republic of Congo, known then as Zaire, that Alice grows up, bouncing from one refugee camp to another, seeking some semblance of a normal life in between violent attacks, with death always lurking around the corner.
With Alice, Gaspard Talmasse delivers a singular testimony, capturing with painful emotion a relentless world as seen thorough the eyes of an innocent child: one who grew up to become the author's own life partner.

In 1917 the mysterious Aquila, head of a network of German saboteurs, is terrorizing the French nation, and only one man can unmask him. The journalist, turned solider, turned spy, turned detective: Silas Corey. Hero or crook, it all depends on the employer.

1941. In the hushed lounges of a liner on its way to Argentina, the world chess champion faces a final game against a Viennese aristocrat, whose incredible mastery of the game was born in the lair of the tyranny. This poignant and desperate denunciation of Nazi barbarism is the last text written by Stefan Zweig before his suicide.

After an accident in a mine, Hotis wakes up stranded in a different world from which he sets on a journey back home. However, the return might not be possible at all, especially, if it involves crossing galaxies, time and the barrier between life and death.

On April 5th, 1514, a mysterious noblewoman leaves a newborn bearing only an unusual golden necklace at the gates of the Château du Clos Lucé in Amboise, France. Named "Cinq Avril" by the cooks who care for him, and taken under the wing of another resident of the castle, a certain Leonardo da Vinci, the child grows in energy and knowledge as he's instructed in a multitude of secrets. When his mentor dies, the young man discovers a posthumous letter explaining that he has the power to change the course of history if he can unravel the enigma of his birth.

Annoying people beware: there's a new sheriff in town, and her name is Billie Bang Bang! Life isn't always easy when you're 8 years old. But Billie has a new best friend, named Bonkers. (Who isn't even imaginary, by the way!) And a partner in crime means double the trouble... Watch out, world! Billie Bang Bang is a series about our precocious, smart, immature, hilarious, and sometimes tyrannical children. Children who are constantly defying adults' authority, even though all they really want is love and protection, in a world that isn't always as safe as we want it to be. Together, Billie and Bonkers take whatever life throws their way, and find a way to come out the other side... with as little collateral damage as possible.

It's the big comeback for Michel Vaillant, the star racing driver from the greatest international racing circuits. Faced with new sporting and technological challenges, the Vaillant clan must deal with the developments not only within the automotive industry, but also within society itself.

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.

1830, Black Africa, Atar Gull, a beautiful slave is loaded onto the boat of Captain Benoît, to be sold in the Antilles. His price is high: the son of a king, an athlete, a warrior... His story takes us from the holds of a slave ship to Jamaica, from slave markets to the heart of a plantation; his fate will be a tragic one...
Fabien Nury and Brunö have created an incredible, flamboyant fresco, a staggering adventure of a thousand dramatic turns, a superb album of 88 pages which will continue to haunt you long after you have closed it.