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mediatoon mai 2020
 
Art at the heart of comics
 
Comics are a celebrated art form, officialized in the Franco-Belgian tradition as the neuvième art: the ninth art. Their rich connections with other forms of artistic creation help make art come alive, as in the selection below.

In Les Aventures de Munich dans Marcel Duchamp, Roman Muradov imagines the life of Duchamp in Munich, where no one heard from him for a year. A creative and elegant take on the life of a wonderful artist.

Travel journals, too, burst with art and creativity, and the wonderful illustrations of Joël Alessandra are a reminder of this unique practice in Les Voyages d’Ibn Battûta. In this opus, he succeeds in bringing readers across 70,000 miles of incredible landscapes with his captivating watercolors.

Finally, the fifth volume of Emma et Capucine is now out! As usual, dance, the 5th art form, is beautifully depicted in both its classical and hip-hop esthetic. The two sisters have mixed feelings about going on vacation, but with dance, you can express yourself everywhere!

The MFR Team

Compilations & special editions

BEST-SELLERS

 
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Le Convoyeur

Nymphe (1)

By Armand & Roulot

BD de genre
Publisher: Le Lombard
Genres: Action & Adventure, Fantasy & Esoteric 

A virus has made its way across the planet. “Rust” attacks iron, slowly destroying infrastructure, vehicles, tools…
As a result, our civilization has returned to the Stone Age.
In this brutal world, a lone legendary figure is the only source of hope for many people. He accepts every mission, no matter the risks. All he asks in exchange is that his clients eat a strange egg that he gives them.
It’s a price that the women of a village are willing to pay when their husbands disappear. The lone figure sets off on their tracks, with the unwelcome company of a caravan of religious fanatics on a quest for the last fertile humans. Confronting the mutants along their way will be child’s play compared to the terrifying creature holding the villagers captive…


 
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RADIANT - 15th anniversary

Radiant (1)

By Toni Valente

BD de genre
Publisher: Ankama
Genres: Fantasy & Esoteric, Action & Adventure, Humor 

Seth is an aspiring wizard from the Pompo Hills region. Like all wizards, he is one of the “infected,” a select group of living beings who survived their encounter with the Nemeses: mysterious creatures from the sky that contaminate and decimate everything they touch. Seth’s apparent immunity has led him to go on the offensive and attempt to fight these Nemeses. But more than that, Seth is set to embark on a quest that goes beyond hunting monsters. Alongside his friends and allies, he will travel the world in search of the Radiant—the alleged birthplace of the Nemeses—while trying to stay a step ahead of the dreaded Inquisition.

Available in print from Viz Media

 
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Léonard

Génie du crime (51)

By Turk & Zidrou

Famille & Enfants
Publisher: Le Lombard
Genres: Humor 

Leonardo is a genius. At least that’s what he thinks! A hilarious caricature of the famous Leonardo da Vinci, a man best known for his portraits of ladies with enigmatic smiles…! But he spends most of his life inventing the most incongruous machines which he then tests on his poor Disciple – a young man who dreams only of a peaceful life, but always ends up covered with cuts and bruises…

The series has been turned into an animated series, more information here 


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Les Aventures de Munich dans Marcel Duchamp

Les Aventures de Munich dans Marcel Duchamp (one-shot)

By Roman Muradov

Publisher: Dargaud
Genres: Biography & Memoirs 

In 1912, Marcel Duchamp leaves Paris for Munich. He stays in the Bavarian capital for barely three months. Upon his return, he creates his first readymades, which will make him famous and above all, will truly revolutionize twentieth-century art. And yet, we know next to nothing about his stay in Munich, which he would describe at the end of his life as “the theater of his total liberation.”
So what happened in Munich? Here, Roman Muradov concocts a visually sublime, over-the-top, and very Duchampian work of fiction in keeping with the spirit of the French artist himself.


 
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Les voyages d’Ibn Battûta

Les Voyages d’Ibn Battûta (one-shot)

By Joël Alessandra & Lotfi Akalay

Publisher: Dupuis
Genres: Biography & Memoirs 

Ibn Battuta is the Marco Polo of the East.
At the beginning of the 14th century, Ibn Battuta, a Berber native of Tangier, roamed over 70,000 miles, exploring the Islamic world from Timbuktu to Bulgaria, Egypt, and more than twenty other countries.
Another native of Tangier, the Moroccan author Lotfi Akalay, tells the story of this rihla (journey), with images by Joel Allessandra, an illustrator and traveler who has visited and drawn most of the countries covered by the legendary explorer.


Mainstream

 
 
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Black Squaw

Night Hawk (1)

By Henriet & Yann

Publisher: Dupuis
Genres: Action & Adventure, Historical fiction 

In the midst of Prohibition, Bessie Coleman, a Native American/Afro-American and the first black female pilot, puts her flying talents to use trafficking alcohol for Al Capone.


 
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Charlotte impératrice

L’Empire (2)

By Matthieu Bonhomme & Fabien Nury

Publisher: Dargaud
Genres: Historical fiction 

At sixteen, Princess Charlotte falls in love with an Austrian archduke, Maximilian of the House of Habsburg. Soon enough, she finds herself enmeshed in the cruel and unpredictable world of international diplomacy as her marriage founders. Increasingly shrewd, naïveté and idealism replaced by practicality and skepticism, Charlotte will help ensure that she and Maximilian are sent to Mexico to reign as emperor and empress…


 
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Mutations

Mutations (2)

By Fred Simon, Leo & Corine Jamar

Publisher: Dargaud
Genres: Sci-Fi, Action & Adventure 

Two years have passed since the events of Mermaid Project. The world continues to suffer from the effects of climate change and economic upheaval, and Romane and Brahim have paid the price for their courage and integrity. Ignored, even censored, by their superiors, they’re now reduced to taking lousy private-eye jobs to earn a living. Meanwhile, the same cetaceans whose advanced intelligence the UN had dismissed are now attacking fishing trawlers… with rockets! Before long, the authorities are forced to give our two investigators their old jobs back…


 
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MUTAFUKAZ’ LOBA LOCA

Mutafukaz’ Loba Loca (6)

By Guillaume Singelin & RUN

Publisher: Ankama
Genres: Action & Adventure 

In the wake of Puta Madre, the first Mutafukaz spin-off, Loba Loca tells the turbulent tale of Guadalupe, an endearing high school student with one problem: she has a hard time controlling her anger… Brought up by a single mom and trying to find her way, Guada’s frustration builds until she finally decides to take off and try her luck in the grimy streets of Dark Meat City, seven years after the events of the first Mutafukaz cycle. An extraordinary road trip that will lead Guada toward her future even as she retraces her past, meeting a whole host of unusual and notorious characters along the way.


Children's & family

 
 
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Emma et Capucine

Un été trop court (5)

By Lena Sayaphoum & Jérôme Hamon

Publisher: Dargaud Benelux
Genres: Comics for girls, Drama 

Emma and Capucine are sisters who share the same dream of attending Paris’s most prestigious dance school. Violette passes the first audition with flying colors, but Emma doesn’t, and their world comes crashing down. But there may be more than one way to dance through life…


Dupuis
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Magic 7

Le Dernier Livre des mages (9)

By Kenny Ruiz & Kid Toussaint
Action & Adventure, Fantasy & Esoteric
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Le Lombard
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Klaw

Phénix (12)

By Jurion & Ozanam
Fantasy & Esoteric
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Illustrated books

 
 
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Le Mangeur de marmots malpolis

Le Mangeur de marmots malpolis (one-shot)

By Jess Pauwels & Catherine Latteux

Publisher: Little Urban
Genres: Picture Books 

Manon’s parents are desperate. Their daughter is a complete chatterbox. She just can’t stop talking! They have no other solution than to send her off to the Chatty Child Muncher. Maybe he’ll cook up something useful?
A humorous take on quite a dramatic matter: talkative children.


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COMPILATIONS AND SPECIAL EDITIONS

 
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DOGGYBAGS - 15th Anniversary

Doggybags (1)

By Florent Maudoux, RUN & Guillaume Singelin

BD de genre
Publisher: Ankama
Genres: Suspense & Thrillers 

Need a triple dose of adrenaline? More brutal than a bullet to the head and more vicious than having your teeth pulled out by a crowbar, “DoggyBags” is a tribute to the pulp fiction and horror comics of the fifties. The car engines roar, guns fire and blood flows freely in good times and bad. Get out your doggie bags, because there will be meat left over for sure!


 
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Mermaid project - Compilation

Mermaid project - Compilation (one-shot)

By Fred Simon, Corine Jamar & Leo

BD de genre
Publisher: Dargaud
Genres: Sci-Fi 

In the not-so-distant future, we discover a world that’s suffered severe climate and economic upheavals.