FEATURED BOOKS :
DES VIVANTS
Raphaël Meltz, Louise Moaty & Simon Roussin
THE LIVING - by RAPHAËL MELTZ, LOUISE MOATY & SIMON ROUSSIN
Winner of the René Goscinny Price 2021 - “Jeunes scénariste”
Winner of the Cases d’Histoire Price 2021 - “Meilleure BD historique”
Part of the Official Selection 2022 of Angouleme Festival
Summer, 1940: France is occupied. Some refuse to accept this state of affairs. Deep in the Musée de l’Homme in Paris, a few ethnologists gather, soon joined by people from every walk of life — lawyers, nuns, mechanics. Around Boris Vildé, Anatole Lewitsky, Yvonne Oddon, these visionaries lay the foundations for the struggle that will lead to Liberation: helping prisoners escape, smuggling people to England or Free France, and publishing an underground newspaper, Résistance. But these rebel spirits of the early days will soon be betrayed, turned in to the Gestapo, and in many cases, executed.
With The Living, Raphaël Meltz and Louise Moaty deliver a script of great richness and profound integrity. No dialogue was made up: every word the characters speak is their own. After extended research into countless documents from the era — memoirs, correspondence, firsthand accounts, interviews, newspapers — they set to writing their story, ceding center stage to these vanished voices, humbled by their strength. With a subtle mise-en-scène and masterfully controlled style, Simon Roussin brings these fragments of history back to life, faithful to their moments of larger-than-life drama. Together, they form powerful, in-depth, and moving fresco.
Too soon found out and too soon decimated, the Resistance network of the Musée de l’Homme has somewhat faded from collective memory. This extraordinry graphic novel, at once history, war novel, and magnificent epic, pays tribute to the men and women who heeded that astounding injunction: resist. Foolhardy daring, but also clear necessity — the only way to remain among the living.
204 pp / 22 x 28 cm / four pantone colours.Rights already sold : Spanish (Garbuix), Korean (Liquid Cristal)
history - war - adventure
LE GRAND VIDE
Léa Murawiec
THE BIG EMPTY - by LÉA MURAWIEC
Part of the Official Selection 2022 of Angouleme Festival
Part of the Fauve des Lycéens Selection 2022 of Angouleme Festival
“Manel Naher?! B-but… that’s me!”
Who is this other Manel Naher, the one on the front page of all the newspapers? She’s overshadowing the real Manel Naher, the heroine of this story!
Doesn’t she realize she’s endangering the real Manel Naher with all her success? I mean, if everyone starts thinking about this famous Manel Naher instead of the Manel Naher who spends her days curled up in a corner of a bookshop, well… people might wind up forgetting about Manel. And in this world, if you get forgotten, you die. It’s that simple.
Thinking about someone gives them Presence. Everywhere you look in this world, there are thousands of names on display, and beggars ask only a second of your attention… For some, it’s about becoming Immortal; for others, it’s just about survival. Presence makes this sprawling City go ‘round. Manel would gladly turn her back on all that, but faraway, beyond the skyscrapers, lies only the Big Empty, from whose bourne no traveler has ever returned…
Léa Murawiec puts her virtuoso art in the service of a rich and luminous story with a bubbly pace. Her masterful talents light up this thrilling début, and gladly unto this Big Empty we go!
204 pp / 22 x 30 cm / three pantone colours.Rights already sold : German (Edition Moderne), Korean (Esoop), Italian (Comicon Edizioni), Dutch (Concerto Books), Catalan (Finestres), Spanish (Salamandra Graphic),
FICTION - ADVENTURE - SCI-FI
MICRO ZOUZOU CONTRE LES MAXI-ZINZINS !
Matthias Arégui & Léon Maret
MICRO ZOUZOU VERSUS THE MAXI-ZINZINS ! - by MATTHIAS ARÉGUI & LÉON MARET
Part of the Official Selection of the SLPJ of Montreuil 2021
In a small town called Quackville , the famous Opulence Club is a very special club reserved only for the very richest! Lady Mireille, wants to get in since a very long time ... Alas, the Opulents still don’t let her in, which causes her a lot of anger, and the toothache begins. This is where Zouzou and his uncle Marietti come in. In the name of love and healing, the dentist Marietti offers her to test a revolutionary method: micro-dentistry which consists of using a mi-crocro-scope. Zouzou is sent directly into her gums, to inspect these toothaches on the spot.
Published in Quack!, the goofy gazette by Picsou Magazine, this disheveled soap opera by Matthias Arégui and Léon Maret will delight fans of ducks and interdental adventures everywhere!
56 pp / 18,5 x 26,5 cm / full colours.young adult - comic - adventure
BIENVENUE À BIBIVILLE
Éponine Cottey
WELCOME TO BIBIVILLE - by ÉPONINE COTTEY
Bulldogs, Bassets, Bichons… Everyone is welcome to Bibiville. The architect and founder of the town, Walter Bibi, is determined to help any dogs who, like him, are abandoned on the side of the road.
Which is how Scoubidou, adopted under the name Bibidou, joins this beautiful utopian city! But a terrible storm hits Bibiville… What a mess! Can Bibidou and the other Bibis rebuild the town?
An utterly whacky debut picture book.
44 pp / 20 x 25,5 cm / full colours.Rights already sold : Korean (RH Korea), Slovenian (Morfem)
children book - animals - architecture
PAPA BALLON
Saehan Parc
DADDY BALLOON - by SAEHAN PARC
Winner of the ADAGP price - Révélation livre jeunesse 2021
One fine day, all the grown-ups turn into balloons. Hana, Camille, Klaus and Lucas hold their helpless Daddy-Balloons and start to enjoy their newfound freedom.
A beautiful fable in which the children take the place of the parents to learn how to grow up.
48 pp / 18 x 17,5 cm / full colours.Rights already sold : Korean (Jjokk Press), Simplified Chinese (Paradise Media)
children book - tenderness - WISDOM
LE DISCOURS DE LA PANTHÈRE
Jérémie Moreau
THE PANTHER’S SPEECH - by JÉRÉMIE MOREAU
Winner of the Bologna Ragazzi Award 2021 – Comics Young Adult
These brief vignettes introduce us to a starling who’s lost his way midmigration, a baby elephant learning about the history of the world, a bird who helps an ostrich change the way she looks at herself. Together, these highly evocative fables recall the delights of the La Fontaine and the tumultuous imagery of The Jungle Book.
108 pp / 25 x 34 cm / full colours.Rights already sold : Simplified Chinese (Ginkgo Book) - Korean (Woongjin ThinkBig) - Spanish (Barbara Fiore Editora) - Dutch (Daedalus Uitgeverij) - Polish (Wydawnictwo Format), Slovenian (Morfem) - Brazilian (Veneta) - Russian (Komilfo)
ANIMAL TALE - ECOLOGY - WISDOM
LE LONG DES RUINES
Jeremy Perrodeau
ALONG THE RUINS - by JEREMY PERRODEAU
Samuel F. Monroe travels where he is needed: both psychiatrist and elite soldier, this curious healer can delve into the brains of sleeping patients. Their thoughts are like virtual worlds, in which Samuel travels to find lost consciousness.
224 pp / 20 x 30 cm / 3 colours.Rights already sold : German (Edition Moderne)
SCIENCE-FICTION - WESTERN - SUSPENSE
LE CLUB DES AMIS
Sophie Guerrive
THE FRIENDS’ CLUB - by SOPHIE GUERRIVE
Winner of the Angoulême International Comics Festival 2021 – Youth Prize 8 -12 years
Crocus the little snake hugs his mother and goes on an adventure... On his way, he finds nuts, apples, mushrooms, but above all a friend: Tulip the bear. In addition, Violette l’oiselle had a great idea: to create a club, a «Friends’ Club»!
56 pp / 18 x 23 cm / full colours.Rights already sold : Simplified Chinese (Citic Press) - Complexe Chinese (Hsinex International Corp.) - Korean (RH Korea) - Spanish/Catalan (Norma Editorial - Astronave) - Russian (Samokat Publishing House) - Polish (Kultura Gniewu)
SHORT STORIES - CHILDREN BOOK - TENDERNESS
LE ROI DE LA LUNE
Donatien Mary & Bérengère Cournut
THE KING OF THE MOON - by DONATIEN MARY & BÉRENGÈRE COURNUT
Bologna Ragazzi Award 2020 – Mention – Fiction
Jim Curious portrays the fantastical story of a young boy and his thrilling trip to the bottom of the sea ! There are no words telling his tale — only intricately illustrated images in exceptional 3-D.
48 pp / 24,5 x 34 cm / full colour.Rights already sold : Simplified Chinese (Citiq press) - Korean (Gimm-Young publishers) - Greek (Patakis publisher) - Turkish/Armenian (Aras publishing)
Adventure - kids - illustration - fiction
JIM CURIOUS - OCEAN
Matthias Picard
JIM CURIOUS, VOYAGE TO THE HEART OF THE SEA - by MATTHIAS PICARD
Official Selection of Festival d'Angouleme 2013
Official Selection of SLPJ of Montreuil 2012
Jim Curious portrays the fantastical story of a young boy and his thrilling trip to the bottom of the sea ! There are no words telling his tale — only intricately illustrated images in exceptional 3-D.
60 pp / 24,5 x 34 cm / 3D B&W / 2 x 3D glasses inside.Rights already sold : USA (Abrams) - Germany (Reprodukt) - Italy (BAO) - Spain (Fulgencio Pimentel) - Portugal (Polvo) - China (Beijing Total Vision) - Korea (Borim) - Taïwan (TIP Inc.) - Mexico (Sexto Piso) - Columbia (Naranjo) - Chile (Hueders) - Belgium/Nederlands (Bries) - Denmark (AbenMaler) - Russia (Zangavar) - Poland (Kultura Gniewu) - Romania (Jumatatea Plina)
3D - UNDERWATER - BEST-SELLER
JIM CURIOUS - JUNGLE
Matthias Picard
JIM CURIOUS, VOYAGE THROUGH THE JUNGLE - by MATTHIAS PICARD
This second voyage was conceived as a mirror image of the first, which depicted a dive beneath the water’s surface to the very depths of its abysses. This time, Jim Curious would start on the surface and hike to the top of a rocky isle. Once again, he would travel through time, but in the other direction: from the past to the present. This voyage would take him through dark forests, impenetrable jungles, swamps full of fearsome and fascinating creatures—passing by, along the way, ever more unmistakable evidence of humankind’s impact on nature.
Rights already sold : USA (Abrams) - Germany (Reprodukt) - Spain (Fulgencio Pimentel) - Portugal (Polvo) - China (Beijing Total Vision) - Belgium/Nederlands (Bries) - Poland (Kultura Gniewu) - Columbia (Naranjo) - Québec (Comme des Géants)
60 pp / 24,5 x 34 cm / 3D B&W / 2 x 3D glasses inside.
