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mediatoon juin 2021
 
The Call of the Wild
 
Being in the wilderness challenges our limits and brings us out of everyday experience. It’s no wonder that nature exerts such a strong appeal on people of all ages and backgrounds. In the illustrated book Animal, young Simon answers a call of the wild and decides to leave his family for life in the forest.

Nature can disguise surprising secrets, like the library hidden in the belly of a whale in Zidrou’s latest tale The Library-Whale, but it can also lead to catastrophe and struggle. John Clark, the main character of Aimée de Jongh’s powerful graphic novel Days of Sand, is sent as a photoreporter to the Dust Bowl, an area of the middle United States plagued by devastating drought and sandstorms in the 1930s.

At the end of the day, we must all accept that nature can be both idyllic and disrupting, and learn to live in harmony with it. What will happen if we don’t? A few answers may be found in a non-fiction comic with a revealing title: Extinctions.

Compilations & special editions

BEST-SELLERS

 
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Le Convoyeur

La Cité des mille flèches (2)

By Dimitri Armand & Tristan Roulot

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

Human life has been devasted by an unstoppable virus… Not a disease, but a chemical reaction that attacks iron, destroying everything that contains them and setting civilization back hundreds of years. It even affects the iron that is present in blood—enough to cause bizarre mutations and affect human fertility. Amid the resulting chaos, one man has set himself an unusual mission: to transport anything anywhere for anyone—for a price. But what he asks in return is no less mystifying than his self-appointed role… as the Transporter.


 
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Les Omniscients

Les Autres (2)

By Renata Castellani & Dugomier

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

After escaping the clutches of rogue FBI agents, the five Omniscients are recuperating in an idyllic countryside retreat. But this brief reprieve is about to come crashing down with the discovery of another group of seemingly all-knowing teenagers. Friend or foe? Our heroes will have to find out… and quickly, as events are unfolding that could see the world’s knowledge wiped out for good.


 
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DOGGYBAGS

DoggyBags tome (17)

By Nikko, Allanva, Petit Rapace, Maudoux & Royer

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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Le Petit Livre de...

Le Petit Livre de l’écologie (One-shot)

By Hervé Bourhis

Roman Graphique
Publisher: Dargaud
Genres: Non-Fiction 

Educational and off-beat but never preachy, Hervé Bourhis lays out the history of ecology, from the dawn of humanity to the present, from the Stone Age to the Coronavirus Age. Rousseau, permaculture, hippies, Greenpeace, and Monsanto: all the issues, both big and small, pass through the Bourhis grinder. We get major dates and fun facts (some sad ones, too) from the ironic perspective and in the dynamic style of the artist.


Graphic novel

 
 
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Extinctions, le crépuscule des espèces

Extinctions, le crépuscule des espèces (One-shot)

By Alexandre Franc & Jean-Baptiste De Panafieu

Publisher: Dargaud
Genres: Non-Fiction 

This is a fun and informative documentary-fiction about one of the most mysterious and frightening phenomena of our planet: mass extinctions!
Two journalists travel to an island in the Arctic Circle where scientists are searching for fossils of extinct animals. Like all journalists, they have a lot of questions: How is it even possible for an entire species to completely disappear? Everyone’s saying these days that we’re in the midst of a sixth mass extinction, but what exactly does that mean? How did the first five happen? What is actually the scientific definition of extinction?


 
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Nos corps alchimiques

Nos corps alchimiques (One-shot)

By Thomas Gilbert

Publisher: Dargaud
Genres: Fantasy & Esoteric 

Camille, Aniss, Sarah.They loved each other, then they hated each other, and finally they parted company. Years later, on Camille’s initiative, they meet again to try something crazy: to overcome the constraints of their minds and bodies, their boundaries and their issues, to change the world and life itself. To reunite and to become one. To discover the essence of their alchemical beings. After Sauvage ou la sagesse des pierres and Les Filles de Salem, Thomas Gilbert brings us an introspective, surreal, potent and often cruel tale. Once again, Gilbert shakes us up with his powerful and characteristic illustrations. Through this trio of lovers looking to revolutionize their bodies and minds, he tells a moving story about desire and purity.


 
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Jours de sable

Jours de sable (One-shot)

By Aimée de Jongh

Publisher: Dargaud Benelux
Genres: Historical fiction, Drama 

United States, 1937. In the middle of the Great Depression, 22-year-old photographer John Clark is brought on by the nascent Farm Security Administration to document the calamitous conditions of the Dust Bowl in the central and southern states, in order to bring the farmers’ plight to the public eye. When he starts working through his shooting script, however, he finds his subjects to be unreceptive. What good are a couple of photos against relentless and deadly dust storms? The more he shoots, the more John discovers the awful extent of their struggles, coming to question his own role and responsibilities in this tragedy sweeping through the center of the country. A moving and unforgettable tale, inspired by real-life stories of courage and perseverance against all odds.


 
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Plus près de toi

Plus près de toi (2)

By Jean-Claude Fournier & Kris

Publisher: Dupuis
Genres: Drama, Action & Adventure 

This two-part graphic novel recounts the trials and tribulations of life and love of Addi, a seminarist from Senegal held prisoner by the Germans in Brittany, France. While imprisoned, he creates an outreach network for foreigners and falls in love with a schoolteacher named Jeanne. Are earthly emotions compatible with a life devoted to religion? Is it possible to forget God while staring into the eyes of a woman? This is a war story and a love story entwined into one.


 
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La Baleine bibliothèque

La Baleine bibliothèque (One-shot)

By Judith Vanistendael & Zidrou

Publisher: Le Lombard
Genres: Drama 

Somewhere out there in the deep blue sea is a very special whale. This whale has created the most beautiful library… inside its own belly! One day, the whale comes across a whimsical maritime postman. This encounter will change their lives forever.


 
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THE DOORS EN BD

The Doors en BD (One-shot)

By Collectif

Publisher: Petit à Petit BD
Genres: Biography & Memoirs 

For the 50th anniversary of the death of Jim Morrison, discover the story of the cult rock group The Doors in this Docu-Comic.


 
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Guide de Tokyo en Manga

Guide de Tokyo en Manga (One-shot)

By Collectif

Publisher: Petit à Petit BD
Genres: Non-Fiction 

These innovative comics will provide you with not only important historical facts but also a list of the best places and monuments to visit today in Paris,Rome, and Tokyo. Featuring artists from all over the world, each guide is made up of 90 comic strips, 150 places to discover and more than 800 pictures. Are you ready for adventure?


 
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Open space pandémie télétravail et autres contrariétés

Open space pandémie télétravail et autres contrariétés (One-shot)

By James

Publisher: Dargaud
Genres: Humor 

In this ultra-timely work of social commentary, James explores daily relationships at work, focusing on 2020 and the upheavals caused by the Covid pandemic, both in companies and in private life: working remotely, face masks, video calls, social distancing, curfews….


Mainstream

 
 
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Black Squaw

Scarface (2)

By Alain Henriet & Yann

Publisher: Dupuis
Genres: Action & Adventure, Historical fiction 

It is the early 1920s. The Volstead Act has recently prohibited the sale and consumption of alcohol, which means that an active black market has sprung up—a market controlled by legendary gangsters such as Al Capone. Supplies must be secretly shipped from France to its outpost in Saint-Pierre, Newfoundland. This dangerous and illegal trade involves aviators flying primitive sea planes—aviators such as Bessie the “Black Angel,” whose mixed heritage also makes her the target of the flourishing Ku Klux Klan. Based on the historical figure of Bessie Coleman, she flies in the face of injustice, prejudice, and discrimination.


Zéphyr Editions
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Adler l'aigle à deux têtes

Le choix du retour (4)

By Damien Andrieu & Patrice Buendia
Action & Adventure, Drama
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Zéphyr Editions
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Eagle l'aigle à deux têtes

Rédemption (4)

By Julien Camp & Wallace
Action & Adventure, Drama
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Children's & family

 
 
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La petite dernière

La petite dernière (One-shot)

By Johann G. Louis & Susie Morgenstern

Publisher: Dargaud
Genres: Biography & Memoirs 

In this autobiographical tale, renowned children’s book author Susie Morgenstern and Johann G. Louis paint a vibrant picture of Susie’s daily life in 1950’s America: we meet her cousins from Brooklyn and family members who survived the concentration camps. We also witness her encounters with the timeless subjects of childhood.


 
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Filles Uniques

Paloma (1)

By Camille Méhu & BeKa

Publisher: Dargaud Benelux
Genres: Drama 

Since early childhood, Paloma has lived in foster homes–a lot of them. Liselotte has given the troubled teenager one last chance but with it comes an ultimatum: Paloma has one year to make some true friends, or she’ll be sent to live in a group home. At high school, four other girls have also got their share of problems and pain, feeling isolated and sometimes even harassed or ostracized. They create the “Hopeless Girls’ Club” and will do anything to convince Paloma to be their friend. They want to help her overcome her terrible past.
Each volume in this series addresses a different issue, drawn from the life of one of the five teenagers. They all have one thing in common: like it or not, they don’t fit in to the micro-society of high school. But is that really why the club exists, or is one of them actually pulling the strings on these new friendships?


 
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Dans les yeux de Lya

Un coupable intouchable (3)

By Justine Cunha & Bénédicte Carbone

Publisher: Dupuis
Genres: Suspense & Thrillers, Drama 

Lya is a beautiful young woman of 21. She had everything going for her… until she was paralyzed from the waist down the day before her 17th birthday, when she was struck by a hit-and-run driver. Ever since, Lya has been fighting to come to terms with her condition and rebuild her life. But what really drives her is her need to find whoever it was who left her for dead and obtain justice. Helping Lya in her quest is Antoine, her best friend–and maybe more–who’ll do anything for her. But her desire for the truth will lead her down dangerous avenues, and her journey will be full of surprises.


 
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H.O.M.E

Restez chez vous (1)

By Rudy Spiessert & Hervé Bourhis

Publisher: Dupuis
Genres: Humor, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi 

H.O.M.E stands for Humanoid Obsolete Megalactic Electronics. It’s the term used for disactivated robots considered to have outlived their usefulness. HOME is an old war robot left for scrap in a cosmic dump floating around in space. But one day, HOME suddenly reactivates! He soon makes his way back into our galaxy and lands on Earth, right on top of a young family’s brand new home. As the unsuspecting family settles in, little do they realize that their new house has in fact been replaced by an intergalactic robot capable of destroying the planet! They try their best to carry on as normal in their strange new environment, but it was no accident that HOME chose this particular spot…


 
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Les cavaliers de l'apocadispe

vont bien (3)

By Libon

Publisher: Dupuis
Genres: Humor 

Three fearless (well, except for one) young boys beyond reproach (well except for one – the same one) share the same goal in life: to have 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 luck! For no mere mortal could survive the adventures of these three horsemen of the “apocadispe” and the crushing defeats they constantly endure! The mayhem typically starts when they least expect it: in class, on a field trip to a museum, on a walk in the woods or during a ride in the car… and then before they know it, everything is spinning out of control!


 
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HAMMERDAM

Hammerdam (1)

By Fernandez

Publisher: Ankama
Genres: Action & Adventure, Fantasy & Esoteric 

After having disappeared for many years, the hammer has returned to Hammerdam! The atmosphere of the town is electric as preparations for a huge celebratory festival commence. People from all over the world head to Hammerdam in the hopes of being chosen by the hammer, an event that forever changes the fate of the person in question. But to everyone’s surprise, the hammer sets its sights on six-year-old Melina…


 
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Sous les Arbres

Un chouette été (3)

By Dav

Publisher: Editions de la Gouttière
Genres: Action & Adventure 

Winter is coming soon and the animals of the forest are busy preparing. Except for a badger, who can’t manage to finish sweeping his doorstep because visitors keep coming to bother him! The four independent volumes that make up this new series explore relationships through the interactions of lovely and endearing animal characters. The heroes’ touching flaws will undoubtedly remind readers both young and old of someone they know.


 
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Le Clan de la Rivière Sauvage

L'île du serpent (1)

By Régis Hautière & Renaud Dillies

Publisher: Editions de la Gouttière
Genres: Action & Adventure 

Zaki is a daydreamer and adventurer. But his thirst for daring, alongside his best friend Choco, is hard to satisfy in the quiet little village of Saint-Isidore. That is, until the arrival of a storyteller named Anacharsis, who begins a tale of pirates on the high seas. But when he is forced to leave before finishing his story, Zaki and Choco decide to take matters into their own hands, sneaking into the storyteller’s room to crack open his book of tales. There they are come upon by Mélie and her little sister Loulou, marking the start of an adventure that the four of them will never forget, as they discover the power of the storybook, and the jealousy it will spark…


Dupuis Jeunesse
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Le fil de l'Histoire raconté par Ariane & Nino

Marie Curie (35)

By Sylvain Savoia & Erre
Non-Fiction
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Dupuis
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Magic 7

Le commencement (10)

By Kenny Ruiz, Beroy, Collectif & Kid Toussaint
Action & Adventure, Fantasy & Esoteric
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Illustrated books

 
 
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Pacetogrela

Pacetogrela (One-shot)

By Anthony Naulleau

Publisher: Little Urban
Genres: Picture Books 
Once upon a time, an ogre came down the mountain. – I bet he was so big, he made the rooftops shake as he walked! – No! I’m talking about Anoderogre. – I bet he shoveled down children like they were popcorn at the movies! – No! This is about Anoderogre! – I heard all the moms in town had to learn ninja moves to fight him off! -… Everyone knows that ogres are mean giants who love nothing more than terrifying young and old alike… Right? But hold on, this is the story of Anoderogre .

 
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Animal le jour où je suis devenu loup

Animal le jour où je suis devenu loup (One-shot)

By Amélie Graux

Publisher: Little Urban
Genres: Picture Books 

To be wild and free. What a lovely feeling this could be!
As a matter of fact, Simon has decided to stop taking orders. He’s had enough! He’s off to leave civilization behind, to be one with nature in the wilderness.
That is, the wildnerness of his backyard…
A charming call of the wild by author/illustrator Amélie Graux.
Will you join the pack?


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COMPILATIONS AND SPECIAL EDITIONS

 
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Rose - Compilation

Rose – Compilation (One-shot)

By Valérie Vernay, Denis Lapière & Emilie Alibert

BD de genre
Publisher: Dupuis
Genres: Fantasy & Esoteric, Crime & Mystery  

Twenty-one-year-old Rose is a young woman who keeps to herself, going through life aiming to blend in. But Rose has a secret: she has the power to leave her physical body, allowing her spirit to wander freely. When her father, a private detective, is found murdered, Rose takes it upon herself to find the man responsible. Each volume of the three-part story presents a new part of her investigation, as Rose gets ever closer to discovering the truth. A series filled with mystery, romanticism and supernatural twists.


 
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Michel Vaillant - Dossiers

Le Circuit de Magny-Cours (16)

By Janvier

BD de genre
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.