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mediatoon March 2018
 
March Madness
 
Greetings, partners, from our brand-new offices in Paris!

Just as we’re settling in, we’re also packing our bags for the 55th edition of the Bologna Children’s Book Fair (March 26-29). We’ll be in Hall 21, at stand C16, and we cordially invite you to come by and take a look through our publishers’ latest children’s and young readers titles. You’ll find, for example, the adorable eleventh volume of the adventures of Ana Ana, the clever kid sister of much-loved Pico Bogue. And you’ll also find the first volume of “Télémaque,” an ingenious revisiting of Homer’s epic starring Telemachus on his journey in search of his father Ulysses, king of Ithaca.

We also want to give a special shout-out to Little Urban, the children’s book imprint founded in 2015, that MFR is proud to represent. Their growing list of titles contains gems not to be missed! So please take advantage of Bologna this year to learn more, and don’t hesitate to get in touch with us for requests. You can peruse the foreign rights catalogue here.



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Compilations & special editions

BEST-SELLERS

 
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Tyler Cross

Miami (3)

By Brüno & Nury

Mainstream Comics
Publisher: Dargaud
Genres: Crime & Mystery, Suspense & Thrillers 

A gritty 1950s gangster series with the ultimate bad boy of comics in the leading role. Tyler Cross lives his life on a knife edge, but he never shows the slightest sign of losing his cool. Perhaps that’s why he’s one of the most high-in-demand drug traffickers in the USA. Guns, drugs, and the occasional explosive combine with cutting dialogue and dramatic illustration to make this an unforgettable plunge into good old-fashioned noir.


 
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Ana Ana

Ana Ana est pressée (11)

By Dormal & Roques

Children's & Family
Publisher: Dargaud
Genres: Humor 

Pico Bogue’s little sister Ana Ana is a little girl full of mischief. She has heaps of great adventures with her beloved stuffed animals: Tufty, Grizzou, Pinpong, Zigzag, Goupille and Baleineau. She leads her little group wherever her wild imagination takes her!


 
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Gaston (Edition 2018)

Premières gaffes (1)

By Franquin

Children's & Family
Publisher: Dupuis
Genres: Humor 

This new edition of the Gaston Lagaffe collection features all of André Franquin’s panels, including previously unedited drawings. Each one has been carefully remastered according to the original art, with new coloring in the style and taste in the utmost respect of the artists’ wishes. And just in time for the new Gaston Lagaffe feature film, hitting theatres in early April.


 
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Assassin’s Creed Conspirations

Le Projet rainbow (10)

By Dorison & Pion

Mainstream Comics
Publisher: Les 2 royaumes
Genres: Action & Adventure 

London, September 1940. Eddie Gorm is the boss of the docks and the only thing he cares about is keeping his small business going. In order to do so, he’ll do pretty much anything: diversion of military rations, alcohol trafficking, and score-settling in the East End. The war? The Nazis? That’s someone else’s problem. But when death comes knocking on his door, he has no choice. As the only man able to save the world from atomic horror, Eddie finds himself flung, against his will, into the midst of an age-old conflict between the Knights Templar and the Assassin Brotherhood… The second volume takes place in Madrid in 2017, when Maxime Gorm delves into his grandfather’s work and legacy as a Nazi spy.


Mainstream

 
 
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Zarathustra

Zarathustra (1)

By Mir & Marazano

Publisher: Dargaud
Genres: Fantasy & Esoteric 

With the oasis civilization at its height, the sun god Ahura Mazda and his brother, sworn enemies, have each chosen a hero to continue their battle down among mortals. But the clash of Amru and Vivana will ultimately mark the beginning of the end for the gods, and decide the fate of all humanity…


Dargaud Benelux
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Warship Jolly Roger

Dernières volontés (4)

By Montlló & Runberg
Sci-Fi
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Dupuis
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Bérézina

La neige (3)

By Ivan Gil, Richaud, Rambaud
Historical fiction
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Le Lombard
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Hedge Fund

Mort au comptant (5)

By Hénaff, Sabbah & Roulot
Suspense & Thrillers, Action & Adventure
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Zéphyr Editions
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Adler l’aigle à deux têtes

Le choix du mal (2)

By Buendia, Andrieu
Action & Adventure
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Zéphyr Editions
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Eagle l’aigle à deux têtes

Double jeu (2)

By Camp & Wallace
Action & Adventure
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Graphic novel

 
 
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Guantanamo Kid

Guantanamo Kid (one-shot)

By Franc, Franc, El-Gharani & Tubiana

Publisher: Dargaud
Genres: Non-Fiction 

Born in Saudi Arabia in 1986, a country that offers him no future because of his Chadian nationality, Mohammed El Gorani decides to go and study in Karachi, Pakistan. Two months after he arrives, it’s September 11th, 2001. In the wrong place at the wrong time, the teenager is sold to the Americans by the Pakistani secret services, who claim he belongs to Al‐Qaïda. He finds himself in the fast lane to a living hell. He is imprisoned and tortured in Afghanistan before being taken to Guantanamo, where he is subjected to routine torture and interrogation. Even beyond the descriptions of Guantanamo’s innermost workings, it is the character of Mohammed that calls out to us: a man who never gives up the struggle for his freedom.


 
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Filles des oiseaux

Filles des oiseaux (2)

By Cestac

Publisher: Dargaud
Genres: Humor 

Marie-Pascale and Thérèse are 13 years old when they meet at a boarding school in Honfleur, an establishment for girls run by the Sisters of St Augustine canons. Marie-Pascale comes from a (very) wealthy family from Neuilly, and Thérèse comes from a farming family from the area. Something of a culture shock. The two girls become inseparable as they experience countless adventures together at boarding school. The sixties are in full swing and the two girls, soon to be young women, share the milestones of their lives: adolescence, boys, love, further studies and looking for personal fulfillment in theworking world…


Le Lombard
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La petite Bédéthèque des Savoirs

L’adolescence. Un âge à part entière (21)

By Pochep & Le Breton
Non-Fiction
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Le Lombard
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La petite Bédéthèque des Savoirs

Le libéralisme. Enquête sur une galaxie floue (22)

By Dutreix & Zaoui
Non-Fiction
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Children's & family

 
 
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Télémaque

À la recherche d’Ulysse (1)

By Kenny Ruiz & Kid Toussaint

Publisher: Dupuis
Genres: Humor 

Homer’s “Odyssey” revisited (and much improved)! Telemachus, a clumsy and slightly conceited boy, sets out to look for his father Ulysses, king of Ithaca. Telemachus won’t be alone on his quest. He’s soon joined by Polycaste, princess of Pylos and daughter of the hero Nestor; Nobody, a cyclops brimming with “theoretical” knowledge; and Zephyr, the young and intrepid west wind. Together, they’ll traverse a section of “The Odyssey” and discover Ulysses’ surprising fate, which turns out to be rather different to the one Homer wrote for him!


 
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Professeur Goupil

Professeur Goupil est amoureux (2)

By Montel & Clément

Publisher: Little Urban
Genres: Novels & Story Books 

Professor Fox has everything he could ask for! A gigantic house, a bean-shaped swimming pool and his own private projection room, with a great big screen. But having it all doesn’t stop him from inventing new things. In fact, he’s about to make a life-changing discovery…


 
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Même pas peur

Même pas peur

By Barroux & Lenain

Publisher: Little Urban
Genres: Picture Books 

When I’m at the supermarket lost in the candy section, when I’m at the zoo and the lion is roaring at me, when the storm rumbles outside, I’m never afraid. Because I have my special rabbit with me. A wonderful new title in variations of red and yellow.


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COMPILATIONS AND SPECIAL EDITIONS

 
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Les Coeurs Boudinés – intégrale

Une poignée d’amours (one-shot)

By Krassinsky

Graphic novel
Publisher: Dargaud
Genres: Humor, Contemporary Women 

Full-figured girls in a skinny world: a challenging situation joyfully taken up by Krassinsky, in these stories in which his well-rounded heroines — Fanny, Martha, Rosy, and the others — are fully as charming as they are smart.


 
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Moments clés du Journal de Spirou

Moments clés du Journal de Spirou (one-shot)

By Ayroles

Mainstream Comics
Publisher: Dupuis
Genres: Mainstream 

A history of Spirou magazine and Dupuis publishing between 1938 and 1985: from Dupuis to Spirou, fifty years of history depicted in 180 cartoon illustrations.