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This pulpy crime saga follows photojournalist Lou Cale from the Big Apple's roughest haunts to the plains of rural America.. PUBLICATION IN 5 VOLUMES - COMPLETED WORK. 1940s' New York. Flashes go off around the city as bodies pile up and local papers battle to feed the public's demand for sensationalism. The one and only Lou Cale is one of these notorious shutterbugs, but Lou also keeps his ear to the ground, often picking up on crime scene details that go unseen by the authorities, and which lead him into his own dogged investigations. From mysterious suicides, scalped corpses and stolen Oriental treasures, to racist hangings and mob assassinations, tough nut Lou fights his way through a bevy of beauties and a whole bunch of crooks, to get to the truth.

This is the tale of the titular Pietrolino, a man who came to use his skills as a mime to stand up against the oppressor and cheer the bruised souls of a Nazi-occupied France. The graphic novel adaptation of a theatre play originally written by the ever multi-faceted Alexandro Jodorowsky ("The Incal," "The Metabarons") for the famous French mime Marcel Marceau. It is here poetically brought to life by prolific European artist and frequent Humanoids contributor, O.G. Boiscommun ("The Book of Jack").

The classic graphic novel. Bianca Castafiore, Thomson and Thompson are being imprisoned for allegedly attempting to overthrow General Tapioca's dictatorship. Tintin, Professor Calculus, and Captain Haddock set out to clear their friends' names.

A final chase between Allied and Nazi submarines at the dawn of the Cold War.
December 1944. As the fate of World War II seems to be sealed, a submarine leaves Germany, taking with it Hitler's last hope for winning the war. Two allied commandos immediately set off after the aircraft: one English, the other American. But when the true nature of the precious cargo is revealed, the once parallel paths of these allies begin to diverge...

Tex is depicted as a tough guy with a strong own sense of justice, and he is a ranger (even if living in Arizona). Native Americans are portrayed in a complex way, emphasizing positive and negative aspects of their culture. The same can be said of the American authorities, like the US Army, the politicians, the business-men, the sheriffs or the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Tex had a son, named Kit Willer (who would become a ranger too), with a Native American woman, named Lilyth, the daughter of a Navajo Chief (she would later die of smallpox). Later, Tex himself went on to become the Chief of the Navajo tribe.

Diane Hunter, Canadian journalist, was Ahota's last link with the world. At the twilight of his life, the old indian had a premonition: only his descendants with unusual gifts could save the world from terrible danger that only he could anticipate. The young woman promised to carry out this mission by trying her best. We are in 1936, the war threatens, and Peter Braun, the first heir she found, is working as interior designer on the Hindenberg, monstrous airship, symbol of Reich's greatness...

CONSPIRACY, ACTION, AND UNKNOWN CREATURES...
A SERIES WHERE CRIME FICTION AND THE FANTASTICAL ARE MIXED!
Mysterious beings, called Stryx, have penetrated to the highest levels of government and the military. Kevin Nivek, an ex-head of the Secret Service, and Debrah, a mysterious young agent working for a secret organization, must find the answers to this sinister conspiracy.

The eponymous character and the protagonist of the series, Canardo is an anthropomorphic duck who has a career as a private investigator. While he is seldom seen on paid assignments, he tends to end up in dangerous situations everywhere. He is also often used as a pawn in bigger schemes because of his expendability. He suffers from severe personal problems, including vast consumption of beer to forget the unfortunate events he has gone through. While Canardo is quite skilled both in armed and unarmed combat, he is more of an everyman than a traditional hero.
Canardo is really antihero trying to just get through life with enough money for booze and smokes, but who keep ending up in adventures he dont want to be involved in.
The world of Canardo is dark and gritty, and the stories are film noir inspired. Don't expect morality preaching, or happy endings.

An adaptation of Ibsen's play: Dr. Stockmann discovers that his town's thermal springs are contaminated with bacteria, so he decides to warn everyone. But to fix the problem, expensive work would be necessary. The town's mayor, who is none other than the doctor's own brother, tries to silence Stockmann.

An expedition arrives on the planet Verfebro in search of life's greatest ambition: immortality.
What if the key to eternal life were only a few planetary systems away? A motley crew is sent to Verfebro in search of a mystifying elixir - one that runs through the veins of a ferocious local species: the Dracs. The members of the expedition will do anything to uncover the mysteries of life on this planet, no matter the cost. (less)

A group of students is on a field trip to an ancient castle when a storm erupts. As they are about to leave, four friends are cornered by the class bully, who tries to pull one of his usual pranks. Instead, they all get the scare of their lives when they fall down a tunnel that takes them into the future: a future where mankind has nearly disappeared from the face of the earth, and where nature has taken control. The friends will have to face up to this hostile new world -- as well as their nemesis -- if they're to have any chance of making it back home...

Amalia est au bord du burn-out. Dans sa famille, où elle s'occupe de sa fille Lili, 4 ans et subit sa belle-fille Nora, 17 ans, ça crie et ça claque les portes, sans répit. Dans l'entreprise où elle est coach, on parle rentabilité, process', elle perd le sens de ce qu'elle fait. Dans les campagnes alentours, elle voit la terre épuisée par la pollution et à la radio, les nouvelles du monde sont loin d'être rassérénantes. Alors Amalia fatigue et s'épuise, Amalia craque.

April 22nd 1836, Battle of San Jacinto. In about twenty minutes of intense carnage, the Texan troops slaughtered many Mexican soldiers while clearly screaming "Remember the Alamo!" What really happened for these men to show such murderous madness? Here is the story of the most famous fort in the United States.

Zoc has an unusual gift: her hair attracts water, allowing her to drag huge quantities of it along behind her. But somehow her extraordinary ability only ever seems to get her into trouble. Struggling to discover her purpose in life, Zoc finds a way of using her talents to help a flooded town. On her journey, she'll encounter wandering minstrels, hostile townsfolk, and the fiery Kael, whose equally unusual gift might just make for the perfect friendship.

The westward drive of Americans after the Civil War was unstoppable. For some, the vast territory meant new wealth and new opportunities. The ever-progressing railroads made many rich. Whereas others found their fortune selling the flesh of the less fortunate. In a brothel in Omaha, all manner of destinies intersect in a violent collision that many won't survive. This is the incredible story of Martha Cannary, a young woman who shrugged off what destiny had in store for her and made herself into a legend.

This is a western-style mini-series set in the fictional land of Malaskar, wedged between Alaska & Siberia, during the early years of the 20th century. Unscrupulous businessmen have come to the region to exploit its great mineral wealth, build a megacity, and generally make an all-out assault on Nature.
But Nature fights back. It's a tale of :
• Bonding between a human (boy) and an animal (eaglet) who have much in common.
Kraa is the last of the sacred giant eagles which the Indian tribe of Lost Valley has revered since time immemorial.
Yuma, an Indian child, is the last of his tribe, spared from a massacre only because he was away tending the wounded Kraa.
They are spiritual twins, able to read each other's thoughts from any distance.
Together, claw and arrow exact bloody revenge.
• Lost innocence because, in the process, Yuma becomes more like his eagle friend : killing quickly, without any emotion, beyond morality.
As a potential love interest for Yuma, Emily is a white teenage girl (also orphaned) who takes an early interest in the young brave and nurses him back to health after he is shot. Perhaps she can restore, in him, some semblance of humanity and emotional life... do you think? Or not?

Renée Stone is a successful English mystery novelist and an independent free spirit. In this first book of the series, she finds herself in Ethiopia for the coronation of Haile Selassie I in 1930. There she meets John Malowan, a bumbling archaeologist whose grandfather unearthed the Epic of Gilgamesh. Unbeknownst to Stone and Malowan, a host of parties are conspiring to take advantage of the grandson in order to get their hands on a hidden treasure that dates back to Mesopotamian times. Renée Stone finds herself in the midst of a murder mystery full of colorful characters who could have come straight out of her novels.

A group of young vigilantes roam the streets of Brooklyn solving supernatural crimes.
After his mother's death, teen Dwayne is forced to uproot himself and move into the home where his mother grew up: a shabby apartment in Brooklyn. Overshadowed by his socially salient older brother, and pressured by his policeman father, Dwayne often feels out of place, a sentiment that is only intensified in these unfamiliar surroundings. Before too long, however, his personal problems are cast aside when he gets suckered into joining a new crew of young vigilantes, devoted to solving a series of sinister cases surrounding mysterious monsters that have been wreaking havoc throughout the city.