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mediatoon August 2019
 
Here comes the sun
 
Summer is already well underway, but you still have time to enjoy long afternoons and warm evenings sunbathing with a book. This month, whether you feel adventurous or home-loving, you will find the perfect story to meet your needs.

For bold readers, the graphic and peculiar atmosphere of “L’Humain” will bring you into another world. For those looking for light reading with a humorous touch, look no further than “Mort et déterré” or the madcap “Les Cavaliers de l’apocadispe”. In need of historical fiction? “Louisiana” will grip you for sure. If you’d rather try new activities during the summertime, we strongly recommend “La Cuisine sans sushi” to discover Japanese cooking without sushi, for once!

So load up your e-reader, pack it in your bag and enjoy your readings with peace of mind, there will always be someone at MFR to answer you during the summer holidays.

The MFR team

Compilations & special editions

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Les vacheries des Nombrils

Une fille en or (2)

By Delaf & Dubuc

Children's & Family
Publisher: Dupuis
Genres: Comics for girls 

Vicky and Jenny go all out in this album brimming with gags and dirty little tricks. Karine is the unfortunate victim of the girls’ malice — or is she really? After all, we all know that sometimes, those who make fun of others are the ones who deserve to be made fun of above everyone else. This album, 100% mean girls, is sure to incite plenty of snickers and giggles.


 
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XIII

The XIII History (25)

By Jigounov & Sente

Mainstream Comics
Publisher: Dargaud Benelux
Genres: Action & Adventure 

A body is found, half-dead, washed up on a beach somewhere on the coast of the United States. The individual in question has lost his memory, and the only clues to his identity are the fact that he is obviously no weakling, and has the number XIII tattooed on his left collarbone. Little by little we discover that he is being pursued by a gang of killers, and that some pretty high-ranking members of the government and the US military are on his back. A real cliffhanger, the series races from political scheming and terrorist activity to just a little romantic interest, while XIII tries desperately to retrace the events of his life and discover his real identity. This is truly one of Europe’s cult series, originally created by star authors Jean Van Hamme and William Vance.


Graphic novel

 
 
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L’Humain

L’Humain (one-shot)

By Varela & Agrimbau

Publisher: Dargaud
Genres: Sci-Fi 

Earth. 500,000 years in the future. Alpha is what is known as a psycho-bot—a psychologist robot—with a female appearance. She is in charge of the mental health of Robert, a bio-geneticist who has been sent from the past to restart human civilization, long absent from the Earth. When he first awakes, Robert can only think of one thing: the arrival of his wife, June, with whom he is supposed to repopulate the planet. But he soon discovers that she already arrived, a hundred years before him. Alpha will have to do everything in her power to keep Robert from falling into insanity and ensure that he fulfills his original mission.


 
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Tom Thomson

Esquisses du printemps (one-shot)

By Revel

Publisher: Dargaud
Genres: Biography & Memoirs 

The grandiose paintings of Ontarian landscapes delight museums across the world. Their painter, Tom Thomson, emblematic figure of the Group of Seven—a highly regarded Canadian art movement—is found dead by a child at the age of 39. His death raises a lot of unanswered questions.
20 years later, the child who discovered his dead body has become a woman hell-bent on investigating his death, a death that still haunts her. She sets off across the wild and harsh Canadian land, following in the footsteps of the painter.  


 
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1989, le grand tour

1989, le grand tour (one-shot)

By Cabanes

Publisher: Dupuis
Genres: Non-Fiction 

In 1989, Max Cabanes followed the most prestigious and longest-running bicycle race of all: the Tour de France. Throughout the event the cycling-lover discovered all the emotions conveyed by this extreme competition. In the new edition of his book, he completes the story of his experience, in a beautiful volume that turns the author’s childhood dream into reality. This report brings you deep inside the Tour de France, over the course of the 3,285-kilometer circuit faced by competitors in 1989.


Mainstream

 
 
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Louisiana

La Couleur du sang (1)

By Toussaint & Chretien

Publisher: Dargaud
Genres: Historical fiction 

A family saga taking place in 19th century America.
New Orleans, 1961. Louise Soral, a descendant of a Louisianan family of plantation owners, is now an old lady in twilight of her life. Bombarded with questions by her curious daughters, who want to know more about the history of the family and their plantations, she finds the courage to open up to them about the painful stories of her past. With the help of her maid—a woman of color—Louise decides to write down her family’s dark secrets and memories.
The last witness of a time gone-by, her memories cover almost a century.
There are three books, one for each of the three women who managed the family plantation, tough women who knew how to get by in a misogynistic society ruled by sinful white men, men who played god with their slaves.
Inspired by actual events, The Color of Blood is a powerful and tragic story which is reminiscent of The Sound and the Fury. Here we find the sweatiness of the south, family heartbreak, and the difficulty of escaping your destiny. 


 
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Les souris de Leningrad

Je suis Chapayev (1)

By Du Caju & Van Rijckeghem

Publisher: Zéphyr Editions
Genres: Historical Fiction 

Meet the mice of Leningrad: Maxim, son of a rich father; Pyotr, whose parents were intellectuals sent to the gulags; Gregory, son of a pilot killed by government forces, and Anka, daughter of a violinist. In 1941, the Germans lay siege to Leningrad, bringing bombs and widespread hunger. The four friends do their best to survive and flee the devastated city.


 
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Le Masque aux mille larmes

La Mort marche avec moi (1)

By Ali & Chauvel

Publisher: Dargaud
Genres: Fantasy & Esoteric 

In the plains of Mizushiro, a terrible battle between the Zuni and Gaïu clans rages, leaving fields of dead bodies and grieving widows in its wake. One of these widows, Sadaïko, is out looking for her fiancé Koburo when she meets Masamura and his flock of provincial grave-robbers. Seduced by Sadaïko’s beauty and moved by her grief, Masamura offers to help her repatriate her fiancé’s body back to his home village.
Sadaïko, bound to her dead fiancé by their promise of a love to outlive death, decides to go on a quest for the legendary Mask of the Thousand Tears. The mask is said to allow living beings to descend into the realm of the dead and re-emerge with their deceased loved one. Sadaïko intends to do just this, and, with Masamura by her side, they depart for the Takedo castle, where a tragic fate awaits them.


 
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Talli fille de la lune

Talli fille de la lune (2)

By Sourya

Publisher: Ankama
Genres: Fantasy & Esoteric 

In ancient times, a people known as the “Handlers” lived in harmony with humans. Among their powers, these beings had the ability to invoke and control chimeras. But as humans’ fear of them grew, mankind decided to eradicate this other race, setting off a centuries‐long persecution. Talli, a descendent of the Handlers, was saved by Lord Koska when she was just a newborn. He decided to adopt and protect her, and she now lives within his castle, hidden away from the outside world. Sixteen years later, her life is shaken when Lord Wyborg, determined to take her for himself, attacks the castle. Backed into a corner, Talli’s adoptive father Lord Koska sends her east, beyond the Cemetery of the Chimeras, in the hope that she may find her people and survive. Accompanied by Sir Vilk, Talli will travel across a world of which she knows nothing, seeking her origins and the mysterious ancient power of the Handlers.


 
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WAKFU MANGA

L'Arène des neiges (5)

By Gobart, Lefévère & Leman

Publisher: Ankama
Genres: Action & Adventure 

Meet the WAKFU heros in a manga series by Tot, the creator of the DOFUS manga series and the co-creator of Ankama! Yugo, Ruel, Amalia and Evangelyne have up until now been quietly going about their lives. They meet up from time to time, like for Yugo and Adamaï’s birthday at Alibert’s house… only this time things get stirred up when a trouble-maker breaks up the party and forces our friends to start out on the road to adventure once again!


Le Lombard
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Hedge Fund

Assassin financier (6)

By Hénaff, Roulot & Sabbah
Suspense & Thrillers, Action & Adventure
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Dupuis
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Ralph Azham

Lâcher prise (12)

By Trondheim
Action & Adventure, Fantasy & Esoteric
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Children's & family

 
 
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Mort et déterré

Un cadavre en cavale (1)

By Colpron & Boisvert

Publisher: Dupuis
Genres: Fantasy & Esoteric 

Yan Faucher, 13, is just like any other teenager. It’s the end of summer vacation and all is well with his world. He’s about to have a baby sister, and he’s finally ready to put his Great Plan into action: shooting a zombie film! But on his way to the hospital to celebrate the new arrival with his family, he witnesses an argument between a drug dealer and a young customer. Trying to calm them down, he’s accidentally stabbed to death…
Only, for some reason, he’s still alive. He realizes that not only his mind, but also his body, is still functioning, and he’s able to rise from the grave–literally. Then, with the help of Nico and Alice, he sets out on a double mission: to find his killer and to rebuild the lives of his family, which have been devastated by his death.  


 
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Les Cavaliers de l’apocadispe

n’ont pas fait exprès (2)

By Libon

Publisher: Dupuis
Genres: Humor 

Three fearless (well, except for one) riders beyond reproach (well except for one–the same one) share the same goal in life: having as much fun as possible while getting in as little trouble as possible. To achieve that, they rely on their imagination, their determination, and… a fair amount of bad luck! For no mere mortal could survive the adventures of these three horsemen of the “apocadisp” and the crushing defeats they constantly endure! It can all start when they least expect it: in class, on a field trip to a museum, on a walk in the woods or a ride in the car, and then before they know it, everything is out of control.


 
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Zizi chauve-souris

Terreurs de jeunesse (3)

By Bianco & Trondheim

Publisher: Dupuis
Genres: Humor, Fantasy & Esoteric 

All children know that bats are just waiting for you to turn your back for one second so that they can get tangled in your hair. But, unlike Suzie Wendel, not all children have the good fortune of meeting a bat with a great sense of sharing !

Comic strips full of imagination, fantasy and humour by Lewis Trondheim and Guillaume Bianco.


 
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Boni

Une gardienne formidable (3)

By Fortin

Publisher: Dupuis
Genres: Humor 

Boni is a kind, helpful and friendly rabbit… but unfortunately the world around him is somewhat different. Full of charming gags with just a touch of nastiness!


Dupuis
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Magic 7

Super Trouper (8)

By Raapack, Kenny Ruiz & Kid Toussaint
Fantasy & Esoteric
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Dupuis
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Nelson

Dispensable andouille (21)

By Bertschy
Humor
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Illustrated books

 
 
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La Cuisine sans sushi

La Cuisine sans sushi… ou presque (one-shot)

By Fujita & Chapuy

Publisher: Kana
Genres: Activity Book 

Believe it or not, Japanese gourmet cuisine goes well beyond sushi, as shown by this beautiful boxed edition which invites readers to get to know a wide array of traditional and modern recipes from the land of the rising sun. Both practical and entertaining, this volume offers the chance to bring together culinary delight and cultural discovery through a dozen thematic and easy-to-follow recipes: sumo cooking, samurai, white collar, otaku, manga, Yakuza, ninja, geisha, Lolita fashion, on-the-go eating, and the Okinawa diet. The book also reveals the secrets of the various side dishes that make up any Japanese meal worthy of its name, including soups, salads, and appetizers, plus how to use everyday condiments that will make you see your meals in all new light!


 
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Mon premier

Mon premier demi-frère (3)

By Graux & Cali

Publisher: Little Urban
Genres: Novels & Story Books 

Your father just told you the worse news! Worse than when the dentist told you candy gave you cavities.
His girlfriend is moving in… and she’s bringing her child with her!
Which means, you’re getting a step-sister. Or worse: a step-brother!
This is a major catastrophe…
How will you get out of this mess? Maybe your friends may be of good advice?


Compilations & special editions

COMPILATIONS AND SPECIAL EDITIONS

 
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Martin Milan - Compilation

Martin Milan - Compilation (2)

By Godard

Children's & Family
Publisher: Le Lombard
Genres: Action & Adventure 

The hero of this series, which appeared in the pages of “Tintin” magazine, is a red-headed, pipe-smoking aviator who rents out his services as a pilot-for-hire and high-flying advertiser. Impassive, deadpan, and humble, Martin takes part in countless adventures, told with a tone that varies from comic to dramatic. He never hesitates to help those around him, often at the risk of his own life, without ever asking for anything in return. His airplane, the Old Pelican, is falling to bits and constantly losing pieces in flight — which isn’t surprising when we learn that Martin bought the wreck for a trifle from its previous owner, and fixed it up himself. Fingers crossed that it holds up for his next flight!


 
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Mac Coy – Compilation

Mac Coy – Compilation (4)

By Palacios & Gourmelen

Mainstream Comics
Publisher: Dargaud
Genres: Action & Adventure 

Alexis Mac Coy is wearing the grey uniform of the Confederate Army when he is captured and taken prisoner by the northerners. His courage earns him a pardon for his crimes, and he is even named sergeant major of Fort Apache, where he meets his old friend Charley. Mac Coy has been to war, and from time to time he acts like a hero, but in his heart of hearts, all he really wants is a chance to sit quietly and have a cold drink… A classic adventure series.