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mediatoon August 2020
 
An exciting fresh start
 
Each year, the end of summer brings its particular blend of nostalgia for the slow, hot weeks of holidays and an eagerness to sharpen the pencils and get back to business. This year has its own set of expectations given the effects of the global pandemic. That is why we’re especially impatient to buckle down and present you a few of our new releases for the rentrée.

For children, we are delighted to present Little Nemo, Frank Pé’s wonderful homage to Winsor McCay, nature, and childhood. If it’s a sweet love story you’re after, we recommend Malgré tout (Against All Odds), which tells of two sixty-somethings who finally answer a long-simmering call of romance. For mystery and action, New York Cannibals will transport you to the mean streets in a chilling sequel to Little Tulip. Finally, Seth’s adventures are going strong in the 14th volume of our bestselling manga, Radiant

In addition, back to business means that our offices are officially open again. So you can now send us all of the books and contracts that have been waiting on your desk!

Industriously yours,

The MFR Team

Compilations & special editions

BEST-SELLERS

 
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New York Cannibals

New York Cannibals (one-shot)

By François Boucq & Jérôme Charyn

Mainstream Comics
Publisher: Le Lombard
Genres: Crime & Mystery, Action & Adventure, Drama 

New York, 1990. Pavel runs a tattoo parlor. Azami, whom he has taken under his wing, has become a police officer and bodybuilder. During a police intervention, she discovers a baby abandoned in a trash can. Incapable of giving birth due to damage caused by self-medication, she decides to adopt the child. To protect it, she’ll follow the trail of a baby trafficking operation, which appears to be linked to a mysterious gang of women who devour their enemies. Strangely, the ghosts of the Gulag in which Pavel grew up seem to be at the heart of these atrocities. As if the world of the Gulag, with its codes and violence, has re-emerged on the streets of New York.


 
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RADIANT

Radiant (14)

By Tony Valente

Mainstream Comics
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. 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.


Graphic novel

 
 
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Malgré tout

Malgré tout (one-shot)

By Jordi Lafebre

Publisher: Dargaud Benelux
Genres: Drama 

A small town. Two people are walking along, sheltered from the rain: Ana and Zeno. Despite the fact that they’re in their sixties, they’re both as charming as ever. No doubt because after forty years of mutual and unfulfilled love, they are finally together.
For a long time, Ana held the position of mayor. Passionate about her work, the decision to retire wasn’t an easy one. Wife to Giuseppe and mother to Claudia, Ana has led a quiet family life. When Claudia discovers that her mother is in love with another man, she threatens to reveal everything to Giuseppe.
As for Zeno, he runs a small bookstore that he intends to give up soon. He has also just earned his PhD, which has been forty years in the making. The topic of his thesis: “time that flows backwards.”
Throughout their lives, they’ve found excuses to maintain their distance. But perhaps now the time has come for them to make a fresh start.


 
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Histoires incroyables du cinéma

Histoires incroyables du cinéma (one-shot)

By Various authors

Publisher: Petit à Petit BD
Genres: Non-Fiction 

Do you want to broaden your general and artistic knowledge? Now you can, thanks to this collection where comics, information, and impressive photos come together! Learn more about the history of art trough fifteen amazing short stories, or discover anecdotes about the creation of cult movies.


 
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POMPIER LES METIERS

Pompiers Les Métiers (one-shot)

By Berthelot & Duong

Publisher: Petit à Petit BD
Genres: Non-Fiction 

Are you finding it hard to decide which job you would like to do later on? This new collection’s
goal is to help teenagers make this important decision by showing them the everyday lives of people with different job titles. The first volume provides enlightening anecdotes and facts about police officers.


Mainstream

 
 
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DOW

Les Ailes du loup (1)

By Gabor& Thilde Barboni

Publisher: Dupuis
Genres: Crime & Mystery, Action & Adventure, Suspense & Thrillers 

The south of France: playground of the rich, and a paradise for artists. But where there is money, there is also crime. Alexandre Marni, aka Aliocha, is in the midst of it all as a tattoo artist for VIPs and leaders of the Russian mafia. And he has his own claim to high society: the descendant of a Russian royal family that sought refuge in the Riviera during the revolution of 1917, he wants to take back what was stolen from them. To this end, he will don a new identity to infiltrate the world of organized crime and set things right, whatever the cost.


 
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Stern

Tout n’est qu’illusion (4)

By Frédéric Maffre & Julien Maffre

Publisher: Dargaud
Genres: Western, Drama 

Kansas, 1880. Elijah Stern, the local undertaker, is asked to analyze the death of his latest “client,” Charles Bening, a notorious alcoholic who died of a cardiac arrest while visiting a brothel. Or at least, so it seems. Bening’s decease is followed by another mysterious death, that of his very own brother-in-law. That makes two deaths and a whole load of questions for Stern, who would never have imagined that the answers are to be found in his own past, during the darkest hours of the American Civil War…


 
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Rani

Marquise (8)

By Vallès, Jean Van Hamme & Alcante

Publisher: Le Lombard
Genres: Historical fiction 

Since her father’s death, 18-year-old Jolanne de Valcourt has been growing bored on the vast family estate. The lands are administered by her half-brother, the brutal and deceptive Philippe. In quest of money, Philippe has no scruples in selling military secrets to an English spy, the handsome Craig Walters. When Jolanne meets the spy by chance, the two young people fall desperately in love.

Jolanne and Craig will eventually be reunited, but it will take them 20 years and at least 5 albums to get there. In the meantime, Jolanne will spend time in prison, become a bandit, endure dreadful adventures in India, be stricken with temporary amnesia, have a lesbian affair with Aaricia, and more.

The sweeping new historical saga by Jean Van Hamme: when ‘Angélique’ meets ‘Les Maîtres de l’orge’ (‘The Lords of the Barley’).


Children's & family

 
 
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Little Nemo

Little Nemo (one-shot)

By Frank Pé

Publisher: Dupuis
Genres: Fantasy & Esoteric 

Bringing back to life Winsor McCay’s famous characters created in 1905, Frank Pé invites them to wander in his own wild and poetic world. The author of Zoo and Broussaille adopts the elements of McCay’s revolutionary work to create this moving, colorful, large-format homage to a beloved classic. From one century to the next, Pé offers a wonderful rewriting in the style of a dreamy journey; a paean to nature and the mysteries of childhood.


Dupuis Jeunesse
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Anto et Antin

Que d’émotions ! (3)

By Bruno Dequier
Action & Adventure, Humor
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Dargaud
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Les Fées Valentines

La Princesse des neiges (4)

By Thomas Labourot & BeKa
Comics for girls
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Editions de la Gouttière
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ENOLA

Le Griffon qui avait une araignée au plafond (6)

By Lucille Thibaudier & Joris Chamblain
Action & Adventure
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Dargaud
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Pico Bogue

Inséparables (12)

By Alexis Dormal & Dominique Roques
Humor
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Illustrated books

 
 
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La plus belle crotte du monde

La Plus Belle Crotte du monde (one-shot)

By Camille Garoche & Marie Pavlenko

Publisher: Little Urban
Genres: Picture Books 

Somewhere deep in the forest, a mouse and a squirrel are arguing on who makes the prettiest poo. But what starts out as a friendly competition quickly turns into a battle of unprecedented proportions. And the question remains : who makes the prettiest poo? A committed celebration of nature and its unconditional beauty, and a reminder of how sometimes, man can actually be the prettiest poo of them all.


Compilations & special editions

COMPILATIONS AND SPECIAL EDITIONS

 
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Éclats/Cicatrices

Cicatrices (2)

By Erik De Graaf

Graphic novel
Publisher: Champaka Brussels
Genres: Historical fiction, Drama 

A year after WW2, Esther and Victor, former lovers, meet at a graveyard. They haven’t seen each other since the invasion of the Netherlands by the Nazis. They are both shocked by the recent events and they begin sharing their stories of the past months: their difficult choices, their losses, and the perpetual battles they wage with their own consciences. This new graphic novel in two volumes is all about loss: of innocence, of youth, of dreams, and, most of all, of freedom.


 
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Michel Vaillant – Dossiers

Le Circuit Paul Ricard (15)

By Philippe Graton, Benéteau, Claudio Stassi & Lionel Froissart

Mainstream Comics
Publisher: Dupuis
Genres: Action & Adventure 

Created and directed by Philippe Garton, this collection has made graphic novels a reporter’s medium. Thanks to the reconstruction of key scenes from the lives of remarkable characters, to the specialist texts and often never-seen-before photos, the “Dossiers Michel Valliant” (Michel Valliant Files) tell real-life stories in a resolutely original way.


Dargaud
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Le Bel Âge

Compilation (one-shot)

By Merwan
Contemporary Women, Drama
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Le Lombard
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Odilon Verjus

Compilation (1)

By Laurent Verron & Yann
Humor
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Dupuis
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L’angélus

Compilation (one-shot)

By Homs & Giroud
Drama
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Dupuis
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L’écorché

Compilation (one-shot)

By Rubén Pellejero, Rey, Giroud & Germaine
Drama
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Le Lombard
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Martin Milan

Compilation (3)

By Godard
Action & Adventure
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Zéphyr Editions
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Team Rafale

Compilation (3)

By Matthieu Durand, Loutte & Frédéric Zumbiehl
Action & Adventure
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