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mediatoon April 2023
 
Not messing around
 
The month may have started with tricks and jokes but there’s definitely nothing foolish about the titles released this April!

Kid Toussaint means business with 3 of his books being published this month! The third and final volume of Elles, followed by the amazing story of life after death in Les vies de Charlie, and last but not least, Les Héricornes, a funny, colorful tale about five girls on a quest with their unicorns!

In La ride, protagonists Simon and Pierre take cycling to the next level by jumping on their bikes and going on a long journey from Paris to Burgundy. 

And going on an adventure with Darwin and his half-sister Wanda will be no laughing matter as they discover the dangerous, unpredictable powers of the Skywood.

So which of these will you be reading first?

Compilations & special editions

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Elles

Plurielle(s) (3)

By Kid Toussaint & Aveline Stokart

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

The revelation of the mystery of her origins has allowed Elle to regain control of her life. But all is not well… On the surface, the high school student tries to resolve her contradictions. On the inside, her multiple personalities are trying to unravel the mystery of this voice that speaks to them. And in both cases, it seems that Blue has answers, or at least clues. So it seems to be time for reconciliation? Finally… “All for one”, right? “All for one”, okay… but which one?!


 
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Champignac

Quelques atomes de carbone (3)

By BeKa & David Etien

Children's & Family
Publisher: Dupuis
Genres: Action & Adventure 

Autumn 1951: Margaret Sanger, an eccentric American woman, arrives at the Château de Champignac. This pioneer in family planning has heard about Pacôme’s research into contraception. The Count decides to accompany her to Boston to meet the heads of a laboratory capable of developing this miracle pill. But many pitfalls await the two scientific pioneers.

A fascinating historical-scientific adventure in which the Count of Champignac proves once again that he was involved in one way or another in all the discoveries and inventions of the 20th century.


 
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ENOLA

La Sirène qui avait les yeux de Chimène (7)

By Joris Chamblain & Lucile Thibaudier

Children's & Family
Publisher: Editions de la Gouttière
Genres: Action & Adventure 

Enola and Maneki are called to an island to help a mermaid who has been injured during an earthquake. Unlike her fellow mermaids, Ningyo dares to approach humans, especially an artist, who creates beautiful prints. But the young veterinarian will soon discover that the island is in great danger…


Graphic novel

 
 
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L'escadron de Catherine de Médicis

La Fille sage (1)

By Textoris

Publisher: Dargaud
Genres: Historical fiction 

France, mid-16th century. Tensions between Catholics and Protestants are at their peak after the assassination of the Duke of Guise, accused by Protestant Huguenots of ordering the St. Bartholomew’s Day massacre. A conflict that threatens to divide the country as its queen, Catherine de’ Medici, struggles to preserve her authority.

Following her prize-winning debut “Edwin” (with Julien Lambert), Manon Textoris turns her attention to fascinating and shocking intrigues of Catherine de’ Medici’s female spies in this first volume of an extended graphic novel.


 
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La Ride

La ride (One-shot)

By Simon Boileau & Florent Pierre

Publisher: Dargaud
Genres: Non-Fiction 

A trip, for Simon and Pierre, means a road trip… and a road trip means a bike ride! Casting off their “chains,” they go where their impulse takes them (from Paris to Burgundy), testing David Le Breton’s theory that “you don’t make a journey, a journey makes you.”

A buddy movie-style bicycle trip from Paris to Burgundy!


 
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Pisse-Mémé

Pisse-Mémé (One-shot)

By Cati Baur

Publisher: Dargaud
Genres: Humor 

Five forty-something women in search of the meaning of life get together to create a café where people can read, practise yoga, and simply have a good time. They call it “Communi-Tea.” A feel good comedy reminiscent of the work of the British cartoonist Posy Simmonds in which five contrasting lives come together, making us reflect on what ties us and how we connect with our roots in today’s world.


 
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Kimchi Baguette

Kimchi Baguette (One-shot)

By Silki

Publisher: Dargaud
Genres: Non-Fiction 

After eight years in India and five in France, Silki Jeung reflects on the racial prejudice she encountered there on a daily basis.

Silki takes us into the life of a Korean in France, revealing the cultural differences between the two societies, from attitudes about smoking and abortion to family relationships and pop music. Her detailed chronicle is at once lighthearted and shocking.


 
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La Génétique au coeur

La Génétique au coeur (One-shot)

By Philippe Amouyel & Héloise Chochois

Publisher: Dargaud
Genres: Non-Fiction 

An imaginary inquiry that attempts to unravel and understand the social implications of the medical revolution that is genetic ancestry testing.

And what better way to clarify such complex concepts than through a fictional account of a young woman who tells her father, himself a geneticist, that she and her sister have undergone a genetic ancestry test despite his many warnings against it? Sensing his daughter’s apprehension, he tells her how, through his work, he came to understand the significance of genetics in identity research. Using a succession of such stories the authors reveal the progress that has been made in genetics, the wealth of information it contains, and the numerous applications it has in a globalized, digitized world where our lives are increasingly determined by algorithms.


 
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Petites leçons de Permaculture

Petites leçons de Permaculture (One-shot)

By Alexandra Garibal & Audrey Lainé

Publisher: Dargaud
Genres: Non-Fiction 

What is permaculture? And how could you start doing it on your own? Answers are here!

Half illustrated textbook, half practical guide, this is the perfect introduction to the subject of permaculture. Written by Alex Garibal and illustrated by Audrey Lainé.


 
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Les Fusibles

Les Fusibles (One-shot)

By Joseph Safieddine & Cyril Doisneau

Publisher: Dupuis
Genres: Drama 

In an anonymous metropolis in a war-torn country, three kids play “save the city.” Thirty years later, Abel has rebuilt himself in Europe and is far from his origins. His brother Georges, who has remained in the country, joins him for the weekend. Georges will try to convince his brother to return home in order to be by their dying father’s side.


 
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Judee Sill

Judee Sill (One-shot)

By Juan Diaz Canales & Jesús Alonso Iglesias

Publisher: Dupuis
Genres: Biography & Memoirs 

With only two records to her name, Judee Sill did not have time to leave a mark on the American musical landscape. Yet she was one of the most unique and original singers of the 1970s. A young delinquent and drug addict for most of her life, she nevertheless found a way to channel her energy into music, becoming a rising star in the firmament of a booming Californian music scene. A series of bad decisions and a breakup with her producer would cut her off from the music industry and end her career. She died alone, forgotten, at the age of 37.


 
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Les vies de Charlie

Les vies de Charlie (One-shot)

By Kid Toussaint & Aurélie Guarino

Publisher: Dupuis
Genres: Drama 

In an overcrowded city of the future, Charlie—a young man full of good intentions—works for a company called Recycle & Ternel, whose slogan is “Recycling for bodies.” Charlie’s job is to answer calls from people asking how their deceased relatives can be “repurposed.” One day, he gets a call from a boy who wants to know what has happened to his mother’s soul. Not knowing the answer, Charlie looks it up and discovers that dead people’s souls are reinstalled in their bodies before they are transformed into something perfectly new.


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Marécage

Sombra (1)

By Antonio Zurera

Publisher: Dupuis
Genres: Fantasy & Esoteric 

The series plunges us into a brilliant fantasy universe, where outcasts are sent to rot in an infamous quagmire filled with terrifying dangers, while the corrupted nobility struts around in the decadence of a sumptuous palace hatching the worst plots imaginable. In other words, the darkest of places is not always where you think it is… Between epic adventures, battles, revenge, and duels to the death, here, the heroic actions follow the worst of betrayals.


 
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Vermines

Vermines (1)

By Mathieu Salvia & Johann Corgié

Publisher: Dupuis
Genres: Suspense & Thrillers 

Join young gang member Marcus Garner—recently deceased—on his posthumous adventures in a parallel universe where reality as we know it is turned on its head and none of our laws apply.


 
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Vanupied

Vanupied (3)

By Valne & Maluko

Publisher: Kana
Genres: Manga, Action & Adventure 

Luth and his new companions, Lola and Mr. Pink, are under the spell of a strange and frightening creature! Who is this creature? Why is she attacking our heroes?

In a particularly delicate situation, our three friends are going to discover a world they did not expect to exist!


 
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Darwin

Darwin (1)

By Valero

Publisher: Ankama
Genres: Manga, Action & Adventure 

In search of answers regarding the mystery of his past, Darwin breaks open the Skywood—a sacred relic from his lost ancestors, the Dai-Kinn. By doing so he releases its strange and dangerous powers, with multiple unpredictable effects, and learns that a fragment of the Skywood has fallen into the wrong hands. With the help of Wanda, his short-tempered half-sister, Darwin goes searching for the island of Astoria in an attempt to recover the fragment and finally uncover the truth about his ancestry.


 
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Toah's Ark - Le livre des Anima

Toah’s Ark – Le livre des Anima – tome 1 (1)

By Kenshirô Sakamoto

Publisher: Kana
Genres: Manga, Action & Adventure 

Toah’s Ark was in fact a book in which lost souls called “Animas” intented for spreading evil were contained. When the book was opened, evil spread across the human world… In this manga, Toah sets out with his faithful follower J, who resembles a puffed-up pigeon, to capture the Animas and shut them back inside the Ark.But while doing so, his main goal is to free his twin sister, his only surviving relative, from the Animas’ clutches.


Dargaud
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Stern

Une simple formalité (5)

By Frédéric Maffre & Julien Maffre
Western, Drama
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Le Lombard
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Babylone

L’Évasion (2)

By Laurent Galandon & Philippe Nicloux
Action & Adventure, Suspense & Thrillers
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Swamp

Un été dans le Bayou (One-shot)

By Johann G Louis

Publisher: Dargaud
Genres: Action & Adventure 

In the steamy swamplands of Louisiana in the 1920s, three very different children (a white boy, a black boy, and a girl) enjoy an unforgettable—and defining—summer.

A great coming of age tale insipred by American literature (Mark Twain, Harper Lee, Truman Capote) written by Johann G Louis (“Little Sister”), ideal for 10-year-olds!


 
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Les Héricornes

L’appel de la déesse (1)

By Kid Toussaint & Verónica Álvarez

Publisher: Le Lombard
Genres: Fantasy & Esoteric 

A new series for young people that follows the fortunes of the Five Heralds of Branevia—five girls and their unicorns who must make their way to the Temple of Aurora, Branevia’s founding goddess, in order to bring peace to the country. Even though it sounds like a classic charming fairy tale, not everything works out as planned.


 
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Happy End

L’Enfer c’est les autres ! (2)

By Olivier Jouvray & Benjamin Jurdic

Publisher: Le Lombard
Genres: Action & Adventure 

Mollie, Oscar and their relatives organize their survival, all together. But planting the seeds of tomorrow’s world is unfortunately not enough to make yesterday’s resentments disappear. The local villagers have never liked Oscar’s noble family, and the feeling is mutual. And since no one talks to each other, Mollie will have to do a lot to prevent this return to the land from becoming a bad remake of the French Revolution…


 
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En famille à Tokyo

En famille à Tokyo (One-shot)

By Julie Blanchin Fujita

Publisher: Kana
Genres: Non-Fiction 

Visiting Tokyo with a small child or teenagers? It’s Japan! Of course it’s possible! Provided that you have a good guidebook such as this one that covers each district with its own illustrated map.

Places to see, great shopping, restaurants, parks for the kids, ease of access for strollers, good deals for families in Tokyo. And a bonus: a unique map of Tokyo’s transportation system!


Dargaud
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Rosamée

Le Château de L’Ombre (2)

By Ingrid Chabbert & Berny
Action & Adventure, Fantasy & Esoteric
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Dupuis
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La brigade des souvenirs

Le mur de Hans (4)

By Carbone, Cee Cee Mia & Marko
Historical fiction
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Compilations & special editions

COMPILATIONS AND SPECIAL EDITIONS

 
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Henri Vaillant - Fan Box

Passion (1/3)

By Bourgne

Mainstream Comics
Publisher: Dupuis
Genres: Action & Adventure 

The young Henri Vaillant is Breton. And therefore stubborn! This pushes him to go to Alsace in order to be hired by the famous Bugatti firm! He will make a nice place for himself, even if his ultimate dream is to become a racing driver… Will this make him want to found his own company?

While waiting to discover the whole story in a big and beautiful volume, come and discover the first third of Henri Vaillant in a first numbered and signed fan-box!