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mediatoon décembre 2021
 
Christmas Gala with MFR
 
The MFR team is pleased to invite you to our annual Christmas Gala, the most awaited Christmas event in the world of comics (if we do say so ourselves). This year, the most fabulous guests are expected to attend the party.

Dance along to hits by Prince, AC/DC, and Queen! When your feet need a rest, discuss politics with some of France’s former presidents and find out what really goes on in Le Ministère secret. The philosophers from La Planète des sages will also be entertaining our guests with their empirical questions and thought-provoking concepts.

It wouldn’t be Christmas without a touch of red, so we had to invite Caprice—the heroine from Marini’s first graphic novel—to brighten the room with her iconic scarlet dress. Children are more than welcome to join in on the fun. They will be received by the Wolf in Underpants himself, who will be performing a very personal interpretation of Hoffman’s “The Nutcracker.”

The MFR team wishes you and your loved ones a very merry Christmas!

Compilations & special editions

BEST-SELLERS

 
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Le Loup en slip

Cache-Noisettes (6)

By Mayana Itoïz, Wilfrid Lupano & Paul Cauuet

Famille & Enfants
Publisher: Dargaud Benelux
Genres: Humor, Action & Adventure 

The wolf terrorizes the forest and its inhabitants, who live in constant fear of getting bitten on the backside! That is, until the day the wolf actually comes to the forest. Let’s just say he’s not exactly what everyone thought… In fact, he’s not scary at all! No raised hackles, no glint of madness in his eye, nothing of the sort. But how can the people learn to live without fear when it’s become their driving force?


 
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Noir burlesque

Noir burlesque (1)

By Enrico Marini

Roman Graphique
Publisher: Dargaud Benelux
Genres: Suspense & Thrillers 

After a hold-up gone wrong, Slick finds himself deep in the red with local mafia boss Rex. But that’s not the only thing setting them at odds: they also have their sights set on the same woman, the beguiling Caprice. She’s engaged to Rex and headlines his club, where she thrills the nightly crowds. She’s off-limits, but Slick has never been one for limits. And he has unfinished business with Caprice, who was once his own sweetheart before the war pulled them apart. After all these years, there’s no love lost between them, but that doesn’t mean the old spark isn’t alive… And now, they’re playing with fire. Taking inspiration from the Hollywood noir films of the 1950s, Enrico Marini delivers a gritty graphic novel combining crime, love, jealousy, and betrayal.


 
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Buck Danny Classic

Le repaire de l’aigle (8)

By André Le Bras, Frédéric Zumbiehl & Frédéric Marniquet

BD de genre
Publisher: Zéphyr Editions
Genres: Action & Adventure 

From the bloody episodes of WWII in the Pacific to the most modern developments in aviation, the aviator Buck Danny and his colleagues cross a half-century of American and world history. Uniting an extraordinary sense of detail to the action of great epics, the adventures of Buck Danny not only keep us on the edge of our seats, but they also reveal the hidden side of global geopolitics. The adventures of Buck Danny are a creation of Georges Troisfontaines, Victor Hubinon, and Jean-Michel Charlier.


 
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Le Ministère Secret

Trembler en France (2)

By Mathieu Sapin & Joan Sfar

Roman Graphique
Publisher: Dupuis
Genres: Humor 

At the end of his term, the former president of France discovers that he is under obligation to become a superhero. To assist him in his task of saving the world, he calls on the cartoonist Mathieu Sapin. Geopolitics meets science fiction in this comedy adventure story about a secret service headed up by Nicolas Sarkozy, and François Hollande. Also featuring Putin, Cantona, Prince Albert of Monaco and Mathieu Sapin’s grandmother!


Dupuis
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Seuls

Les âmes tigrées (13)

By Bruno Gazzotti & Fabien Vehlmann
Action & Adventure, Crime & Mystery
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Dupuis
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Largo Winch

La frontière de la nuit (23)

By Philippe Francq & Eric Giacometti
Action & Adventure
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Graphic novel

 
 
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La Bibliomule de Cordoue

La Bibliomule de Cordoue (One-shot)

By Léonard Chemineau & Wilfrid Lupano

Publisher: Dargaud Benelux
Genres: Historical fiction 
Here’s the story of what happens when saving the world’s knowledge from destruction depends on the worst mule in history! The Caliphate of Al-Andalus, Spain, 976. The Caliphate has been blessed with a period of peace, culture, and science for nearly sixty years. The Caliph Abd al-Rahman III and his son al-Hakam II have made Cordoba the Western capital of learning. But al-Hakam II dies young, and his son is only ten years old. One of his viziers, Amir, seizes the opportunity to take power. Radical clergymen, in exchange for their support of the illegitimate pretender, want to see the 400,000 books in Cordoba’s library burn! The night before the biggest bonfire ever, the head librarian, a chubby eunuch named Tarid, gathers up all the books he can and loads them onto the back of a passing mule. He takes off in the hopes of saving what he can of universal knowledge. Joined by a young copyist and a former apprentice who went on to become a thief and vagabond, Tarid and his lazy, over-burdened “bibliomule” set out on a madcap adventure: crossing nearly all of Spain, with Berber mercenaries in hot pursuit!

 
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Pop-rock en BD

Queen en BD (One-shot)

By Collective

Publisher: Petit à Petit BD
Genres: Biography & Memoirs, Music  

Do you want to learn more about your favorite band or singer? Their successes and their failures? The unknown anecdotes about their lives? You will discover some surprising facts, the stories behind their bestselling songs, and so much more in these monographs in comic form, drawn by talented artists. From the Beatles to Nirvana, from The Rolling Stones to David Bowie, you’ll know everything there is to know about rock stars!


Petit à Petit BD
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Pop-rock en BD

Prince en BD (One-shot)

By Collective
Biography & Memoirs, Music
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Petit à Petit BD
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Pop-rock en BD

AC/DC en BD (One-shot)

By Collective
Biography & Memoirs, Music
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Mainstream

 
 
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KONG CREW

Hudson Megalodon (2)

By Eric Herenguel

Publisher: Ankama
Genres: Action & Adventure 

1947, fourteen years after Kong’s victory, Manhattan has been evacuated and the island is now a restricted area guarded by the Kong Crew, a squadron of pilots among whom is the young and impetuous Virgil! When a scientist and a journalist illegally enter Manhattan, the pilots are dispatched in order to find the two intruders…


 
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Au musée avec les Bidochon

Un huitième jour au musée avec les Bidochon (8)

By Christian Binet, Patrick Ramade & Pierre Lacôte

Publisher: Dargaud
Genres: Non-Fiction, Humor 

The Bidochons react in their own way to each painting analysed and contextualized by the brilliant duo, Patrick Ramade and Pierre Lacôte! A ridiculously funny and clever rediscovery of the greatest works of art.


 
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Thorgal

Neokóra (39)

By Frédéric Vignaux & Yann

Publisher: Le Lombard
Genres: Fantasy & Esoteric, Action & Adventure 

In the midst of a sea storm, a Viking expedition discovers a baby in a small skiff. The child is given the name Thorgal. He grows up to be a gifted archer and a fierce defender of freedom and justice. He’ll go to any lengths to protect his loved ones and live a peaceful life. But his is the story of a man that the gods have decided to put to the test. Perhaps, through his trials and adventures, he will one day solve the mystery of his origins.


Dargaud
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Les Chroniques de la Lune noire

Sic Transit Gloria Mundi (21)

By Fabrice Angleraud & Fraçois Froideval
Fantasy & Esoteric
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Alpha

Sherpa (16)

By Alain Queireix & Emmanuel Herzet
Suspense & Thrillers, Action & Adventure
Compilations & special editions

COMPILATIONS AND SPECIAL EDITIONS

 
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La Planète des sages

Complete Edition (One-shot)

By Jul & Charles Pépin

Roman Graphique
Publisher: Dargaud
Genres: Non-Fiction 

This encyclopedia for all-ages is a humorous and scholarly work which goes through 3000 years of philosophical thought. All the philosophical schools are represented in this unique album: from Ancient Greece to medieval thought, from the Anglo-Saxon Empiricists to the French Rationalists, without forgetting the German, Chinese, Indian, and Arabic schools. Through 60 episodes, Jul and Pépin manage to make the ideologies of almost all the great philosophers accessible: from Plato to Montaigne, from Descartes to Bernard-Henry Lévy, and of course Spinoza, Foucault, Sartre, and Confucius.
These authors, who have already collaborated on various issues of Philosophie Magazine (Philosophy Magazine), break down the philosophers’ main lines of thought using humor and digestible encyclopedic snapshots, ideal for coming to terms with the various concepts.


 
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Rubrique-à-Brac

Best of (One-shot)

By Gotlib

BD de genre
Publisher: Dargaud
Genres: Humor 

In 1968, Marcel Gotlib published the first ‘Rubrique-à-Brac’ in the weekly Pilote magazine, which was a real revolution for humorous comics… and the life of ladybugs. Forty years later, some of the most famous companions and protégés of this great master, from Binet to Larcenet and Ferri, from Boucq to Zep, without forgetting Antoine de Caunes, Guarnido, and even Edika, have tried, under Gotlib’s supervision, to talk about perfectly wacky subjects with their own level of seriousness. This is a new generation of ‘Rubrique’—different, since Gotlib is inimitable, but still wonderfully hilarious, with joy on every page. Simply magical.


 
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Tyler Cross

Complete Edition (One-shot)

By Brüno & Fabien Nury

BD de genre
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 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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Le loup m'a dit

Complete Edition (One-shot)

By Jean-Claude Servais

Roman Graphique
Publisher: Dupuis
Genres: Fantasy & Esoter 

Between a tale and a documentary, this new title by Jean-Claude Servais, nature lover, explores the history of the relationship between wolves and humans.


 
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Undertaker

Compilation (1)

By Ralph Meyer, Xavier Dorison & Caroline Delabie

BD de genre
Publisher: Dargaud Benelux
Genres: Western 

Undertaker Jonas Crow is the most sought-after criminal in the West, despised for the massacre he was responsible for during the Civil War. As his associate, he takes on the young and puritanical English girl, Rose Prairie, who is accompanied by Lin, her housemaid. Together the trio sets off on a journey across the country, running into plenty of gruesome adventures along the way.


Le Lombard
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Rani

Compilation (1)

By Francis Vallès, Jean Van Hamme & Alcante
Historical Fiction
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Le Lombard
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Rani

Compilation (2)

By Francis Vallès, Jean Van Hamme & Alcante
Historical Fiction
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