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WINTER 2014WINTER 2014
La princesse des glaces(The Ice Princess)
By Léonie Bishoff and Olivier BocquetThe psychological thriller debut of N°1 bestselling Swedish crime sensation Camilla Lackberg
Erica Falck returns to her hometown on the Swedish coastafter the funeral of her parents. She is writing a biography.
One day she discovers the corpse of her best friend. Herwrists are slashed, her body is frozen in an ice cold bath, it
seems she has taken her own life.
Along with Patrick Hedström, the detective working on the case, Erica tries to unravel the truth about this
mysterious death.
La princesse des glaces is the first adaptation of Camilla Läckbergs’ crime novel, « The Ice Princess ».
Published in 2003, it is the first of a series of novels withErica and Patrick as investigators.
Technical specifications:
• Format: 180 x 260 mm
• 128 pages
• Colour
• Public retail price: 19 €
• Release: January 2014
• Coming up soon: The Preacher (November 2014) & The Stonecutter (2015).
• Collection: Univers d’auteurs
Violette NozièreBy Camille Benyamina & Eddy Simon
Violette Nozière is a French teen in the 1930s who secretly
works as a prostitute while living with her unsuspecting parents.
Rebelling against her "mean and petty" petit-bourgeois parents, she falls in love with a spendthrift young man, whom she
virtually supports with thefts from her parents as well as herprostitution earnings.
One night, she tricks them into taking "medicine" that is
actually poison, killing her father; her mother, however, survives, and Violette is arrested and charged with murder and
she defends herself by alleging that her father had molested her.
She is convicted of murder and sentenced to die by guillotine,
but her sentence was commuted by degrees to the point that she
ultimately left prison, married, and had five children.
Technical specifications:
• Format: 228 x 303 mm
• 96 pages
• Colour
• Public retail price: 20 €
• Release: January 2014
• Collection: Univers d’auteurs
Comment nourrir un régimentBy Etienne Gendrin
Etienne Gendrin conceives a memoir about his grandmother
through all the recipes she created to feed her extensive family
composed of 10 children, her so-called “regiment”.
Through a series of nostalgic memories and facts from his
childhood, he describes the different stages of his 93 year-old grandmother’s life.
Comment nourrir un regiment is an intimate biography full of
tenderness and nostalgia with a great sense of humour in the graphics as well as in the dialogs.
Technical specifications:
• Format: 170 x 240 mm
• 160 pages
• Public retail price: 16 €
• Release: February 2014
• Collection: Univers d’auteurs
A la dériveBy Xavier Coste
Paris, 1910. An American
couple decides to leave the
US. Eddie plays poker and because of that he is heavy in
debt. Moving to Paris meansthe start of a new life for
them. Unfortunately, the
couple ends up with money problems again.
Agatha has to resort to prostitution. An idea dawns
on Eddie to solve all theirproblems: breaking into the
American Express Bank.
Le MuretBy Fraipont & Bailly
An original graphic novel chronicling the daily life of a young girl in her teens disoriented by her parents divorce.
Le muret gives us an insight into the world of Rosie who navigatesby herself after her parents split up. Her mother left to join her lover
in Dubai while her father is constantly travelling around the world
for business reasons. In the meantime Rosie is groping for her way. She starts drinking a glass of alcohol in the morning to erase the
anxiety to meet people. A glass at night to overcome her fears to bealone in the house. She gradually becomes an alcoholic. She starts
skipping school and meeting dropouts. A heartfel portrayal a young
teenage girl gropping her way into adulthood prematurely.
Technical specifications:
• Format: 170 x 240 mm
• 190 pages
• Black and white
• Public retail price: 16 €
• Release: January 2014
• Collection: Ecritures
Le fils du yetiBy Didier Tronchet
Due to a strange set of circumstances the hero isabout to face brutal changes in his life.
It all starts with a fire in his apartment that makeshim go through his old stuff and especially hisphoto albums.
Through a series of flashbacks and memories hetries to know more about his father.
But he’s also trying to discover more about himself and what he really wants.
The story of an endearing character with a greatsense of humour.
Technical specifications:
• Format: 170 x 240 mm
• 200 pages
• Black & white
• Public retail price: 16 €
• Release: March 2014
• Collection: Ecritures
• By the author of Jean-Claude Tergal.
Ni Dieu Ni MaîtreBy Locatelli & Le Roy
Ni Dieu ni maître portrays the life of Auguste Blanqui (1805-1881), an anarchist Republican who was well knownfor fighting the French monarchy. His calls for revolutionand political opinions led him to prison for many years.
In this historical portrait, Maximilien Le Roy pays tributreto one of the most emblematic figures of radical socialismin France during the 19th century.
This politically engaged author has illustrated other major social events in titles such as Espana la Vida, Faire le Mur and Dans la nuit la liberté nous écoute.
Technical specifications:
• 216 pages
• Format: 191 x 278 mm
• Colour
• Public retail price: 23 €
• Release: February 2014
ModiBy Laurent Seksik & Fabrice Le Hénanff
In this title, the author Laurent Seksik portrays the
life of Amedeo Modigliani.
A great scenario with very realistic graphics, in the footsteps of Seksik’s previous success Les Derniers
Jours de Stefan Zweig.
Technical specifications:
• Format: 240 x 320 mm
• 72 pages
• Colour
• Public retail price: 16 €
• Release date: April 2014
• Collection: Auteurs
• By the author of Les derniers jours de Stefan Zweig; translated into English, Spanish, German and Polish.
Succombe qui doitBy Ozanam and Fabien Hrycak
Laser Jo, the former rising star of boxing in the US, is extremely lonely. After a match fixing that
went wrong, his 15 year-old daughter is murdered and his wife commits suicide.
He has a car crash and ends up trapped with a
bunch of criminals. They are looking for something or someone and he is trying to find out
what it’s all about…
Technical specifications:
• Format: 191 x 278 mm
• 128 pages
• Colour
• Public retail price: 16 €
• Release : January 2014
• One shot
• Collection: KSTR
Sexy sirèneBy Balak, Sanlaville and Vivès
Do you want to know more about the charactersin the Lastman series?
Learn more in Sexy Sirène, the official magazine
of Lastman’s universe!
You will find interviews, pictures, quizzes and
news from your favourite characters in this very
sexy issue.
Technical specifications:
• Format: A4
• 32 pages
• Paperback – magazine format
• Public retail price: 4,95 €
• Release: March 2014
• Collection: KSTR
• By Balak, author of Lord of Burger, Sanlaville, authorof Le fléau vert and Vivès, author of Le goût du chlore and Polina, translated into English, Italian, Spanish,
Dutch, Korean and Chinese.
NsA – Book 1 -By Bleda and Gloris
Apollo is a genius who works for the American National Security Agency. He is the « oracle »; hecan predict the future and thus prevent disasters to his nation.
But he has Asperger’s syndrome so he isemotionally extremely sensitive. At the suddendeath of his mother he is devastated. He quits hisjob and moves in with his sister Oz but they have absolutely nothing in common.
The NSA will do anything to bring the oracle man back.
Technical specifications:
• Format: 191 x 278 mm
• 48 pages
• Colour
• Public retail price: 13,50 €
• Release: June 2014
• First volume of a series
InoxydableBy Seb Floc’h & Steve Baker
Harry Rockwell is in prison 103. After a failed
attempt to escape, Visconti, the warden, suggests a
deal: Harry and Zip, a spy robot, have to findMajor Pulsor, the hero of the nation who has been
kidnapped.
If they succeed, Harry will be free…
But will they manage to find Major Pulsor and,
what’s most important, will Visconti keep hispromise?
Technical specifications:
• Format: 191 x 278 mm
• 104 pages
• Colour
• Public retail price: 18 €
• Release : 12 March 2014
• Collection: KSTR
Burn OutBy Ozanam and Mikkel Sommer
Ethan Karoshi is a good cop who leads an ordinary life. One day he is called on a crime scene where a young
woman has been brutally murdered.
He knows the victim and during the investigation he
realizes that the evidence is against him, he has become the
perfect suspect.
He searches his memories to find out who is trying to
destroy his life.
Technical specifications:
• Format: 191 x 278 mm
• 104 pages
• Colour
• Public retail price: 18 €
• Release: April 2014
• Collection: KSTR
• By the author of Le Roi Banal and Burnout translated into
Spanish and Korean.
Lonely Planet guides – ParisBy Charles Berbérian and Olivier Bauer
This series of guides, published in partnership with
Lonely Planet Publishers, depicts the most touristic destinations all around the world. These
original books are developed by specialized travel journalists and well-known illustrators.
Guides already out: Rome, Venice, Florence,
New York, Montreal, Marrakesh, Prague,
Brussels.
Technical specifications
• Format: 160 x 230 mm
• 172 pages
• Softcover with flaps
• Public retail price: 16 €
• Release: February 2014
• Collection: Univers d’auteurs
• Rights sold in Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
Ma TransitionBy Saulne
Sophie and Jade, two Chinese twins, live with their single
mother. Jade is visually impaired and her mother is totally
overwhelmed by her daughter’s handicap. Philippe, a friendof the family, takes part in their education and becomes like
a father to them and shows Jade a few tricks to improveher eyesight.
Jade would do anything to see the world around her but she
isn’t aware of how dangerous it can be sometimes so hersister Sophie is always around to stop her when necessary.
A great story of sisterhood, solidarity and complementarityby the author of Ca ne coûte rien.
Technical specifications:
• Format: 272 x 190 mm
• 108 pages
• Public retail price: 22 €
• Release: May 2014
• By the author of Ca ne coûte rien translated into Spanish and
Italian.
Erik le Rouge By Soren Mosdal
Erik Torvaldsson, a.k.a. Erik le Rouge, has established
his colony in hostile Greenland in the year 1000.
He lives in peace with his people until his son Leif comes back from an expedition in Norway with a
catholic priest.
They want to convert Erik’s people to catholicism but Erik refuses to compromise in any way.
The Danish author describes the choc between twoopposite worlds with many historical details.
Technical specifications:
• Format: 240 x 320 mm
• 136 pages
• Colour
• Hardback
• Public retail price: 22 €
• Release: March 2014
• Collection: Auteurs
• By the author of Lost Highway
Vor – Book 1 – Un voleur dans la loiBy Pierrat and Burmeister
Tariel, a member of the Georgian mafia, is released after 8 years in prison. He has one thing on his mind: to be crowned
Vor, an honorific title in the criminal network. A Vor is a
thief in law, a former convict that enjoys some authority amongst the organization. A turf war has erupted between
Armenians, Chechnyans, Georgians and Russians and it is about time for Tariel to start cleaning up…It is an
opportunity for him to become a Vor.
Technical specifications:
• Format: 240 x 320 mm
• 72 pages
• Colour
• Hardback
• Public retail price: 14,50 €
• Release: 12 March 2014
• First volume of a trilogy
Rouge comme la neigeBy Christian de Metter
Colorado, 1896. Buck Macfly is arrested for kidnapping. Mrs Mackinley attends the trial with her son Sean; she is
convinced he knows what happened to Abby, her daughterwho was kidnapped 6 years earlier.
Buck tells them Abby is alive; but the only way to find out
is to release him…They leave on an adventure and discoverthe secret of Wounded Knee. But will they find out what
really happened to Abby?
Technical specifications:
• Format: 240 x 320 mm
• 104 pages
• Colour
• Public retail price: 18 €
• Release : April 2014
• Collection: Auteurs
• By the author of Shutter Island and Scarface translated into
English, German, Italian and Portuguese.
Legal – Book 1 – Fumer TueBy Amazing Ameziane and Gouverneur
In 2019, Serge Gorski, Mayor of Nanterre in France, is back from a conference on cannabis in Mexico.
He decides to try a new strategy in his war on drugs: legalizesoft drugs in order to kill drug trafficking in the area.
How will criminal networks react when they discover that
they have lost their main source of income?
Technical specifications:
• Format: 215 x 310 mm
• 56 pages
• Colour
• Hardback
• Public retail price: 14 €
• Release date: April 2014
• First volume out of 2
• Collection: KSTR
April 1641. Sir Oliver Edgar Mc Connan wants to earn money in trade in Java, Indonesia.
But soon he gets in trouble with the natives and he is brutally
murdered, probably in a ritual murder.
In 1673, his old notebook is found and the court decides to send
back an expedition to discover the truth on Mc Connan’s death. Major Oliver J. Cromwell leads the investigation.
The reader dives into a thrilling investigation with historical
backgrounds and very realistic graphics.
Technical specifications:
• Format: A4
• 48 pages
• Colour
• Public retail price: 13,50 €
• Release: May 2014
• Book 1 out of 3
Les aventures du Major Cromwell – Book 1 - Le sang des lâchesBy Jean-Yves Delitte
Les premiers – Book 1 – Le ChocBy Léonard Chemineau and Stéphane Piatzszek
In Perpignan, many people have gone missing in the
past few months.
The police can’t find any valid track, the only clue theyhave is a bag of human flesh.
When they start investigating they realize the suspects
have superhuman strength.
What happened that made them so violent?
Technical specifications:
• Format: 215 x 287 mm
• 96 pages
• Colour
• Hardback
• Release: May 2014
• First volume out of 3
• By the author of Les amis de Pancho Villa, translated into
Italian and Spanish.
Virginia – Book 2 – Delirium TremmensBy Séverine Gauthier and Benoît Blary
During the American civil war a confederate
sniper misses an Unionist general and shoots a
little girl by mistake. The sniper will not overcomethis tragic mistake. He will become an alcoholic
and drug addict. As a result he will leave the armyand collaborate with the Maroons.
Technical specifications:
• Format: 241 x 322 mm
• 56 pages
• Colour
• Public retail price: 14,95 €
• Release: May 2014
• 2 volumes out of 4
Le temps des bombes By Moynot and Dieter
After an argument with his father that goes
wrong he flees to Paris and joins a group of anarchist activists who publish a newspaper and
commit terrorist attacks.
They want to create a phalanstery in keepingwith anarchist principles.
Technical specifications:
• 176 pages
• Release: May 2014
• Public retail price: 26 €
La guerre des lulus – Book 2 - 1915 HansBy Régis Hautière & Hardoc
Lucas, Lucien, Luigi and Ludwig are orphans. They live
in an abbey in Northern France when WWI breaks out.
The four boys are left alone with no adult survivors on
the battlefront. Will these stranded boys cooperate to
survive? La guerre des lulus is not only about WWI but also about human nature.
Technical specifications
• Format: 226 x 303 mm
• 56 pages
• Hardcover
• Public retail price: € 13.50
• Release: January 2014
• Second volume out of 4
Airborne - Book 5 – S’il faut survivreBy Philippe Jarbinet
Over 120.000 copies sold for the series
In the middle of a vast nazi counter-attack, troops are sent to
the Ardennes to support the allies.
Tessa, a young American pilot enrolled in the Air Transport Auxiliary Unit, has to do a forced landing near Bastogne, just
behind the German lines where the fighting is raging.
The only way to save her is to send elite paratroopersSebastien Leder and Tom de Witt on a rescue mission.
Technical specifications:
• Format: 240 x 320 mm
• 56 pages
• Colour
• Hardback
• Public retail price: 13,50 €
• Release: April 2014
• Coming soon: Airborne Book 6
Moi, René Tardi, prisonnier de guerre au Stalag 2B – Book 2By Jacques Tardi
Based on his father’s personal notes, Tardi gives
us an insight into WWII through the eyes of his
father.
Technical specifications:
• Format: 190 x 277 mm
• 140 pages
• Public retail price: 24 €
• Second volume out of 2
Series
completed
Whaligoë – Book 2By Yann and Virginie Augustin
Lord Dogson and Speranza are still stuck in
Whaligoë. They are both investigating on the
identity of Ellis Bell, the famous hidden writerwho is said to be living there.
Branwell, a vain so-called writer, claims to bethe genuine Ellis Bell but Lord Dogson and
Speranza are quite sceptical.
The sword dual between Lord Dogson and Branwell might bring the truth to light…
Technical specifications:
• Format: 240 x 320 mm
• 48 pages
• Colour
• Public retail price: 13,50 €
• Release: January 2014
• Second volume out of 2
• Translated into German and Spanish.
Series
completed
Kraa – Book 3 – La colère blanche de l’orageBy Benoît Sokal
Sokal closes this three-volume story with a brilliant scenario. In Siberia, Yuma, a young native living in the
forest, is torn apart.
On the one hand there is Kraa, his eagle who needs Yuma to stop humans from destroying their natural
habitat by exploiting their natural resources.
On the other hand, Emily, his love, would like to bring him back to reality so they can live in peace. The
final duel is approaching…
Technical specifications:
• Format: 222 x 306 mm
• 90 pages
• Colour
• Public retail price: 16 €
• Release: January 2014
• Third volume out of 3
Series
completed
Les cosaques d’Hitler – Book 2 – KoliaBy Oliver Neuray and Valérie Lemaire
This two-volume story mixes true historical facts and fictional events. Nicolas and Edward, two young British officers, are mobilized to their new unit in Austria during WWII to monitor German war prisoners.
When they arrive, the two soldiers finally realize that the prisoners aren’t German. The camp is full of Cossacks who were arrested for collaborating with the Nazi regime. During his stay, Nicolas meets Macha, the future love of his life and mother of his child. In a series of flashbacks between the 1940’s and the 1970’s, the author describes the lives of the main characters and how they are brought together and torn apart during this tragic piece of history.
Technical specifications
• Format: 226 x 303 mm
• 48 pages
• Colour
• Hardcover• Public retail price: 13.50 €
• Release: May 2014
• Second volume out of 2
Series
completed
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