Zabus

At the end of an arduous journey, refugee 214 finally gets his chance to enter the Other World. But to see his wish granted, the boy must first tell his story. He and his sister were forced to flee their homeland to escape a band of bloodthirsty horsemen. Frightened and helpless, they crossed forests, deserts, and seas, encountering creatures each more mysterious and frightening than the last: the capitalist ogre, the smuggler-snake, and the ever-present shadows from the great beyond... The boy's story must be told in every detail—but will the truth save him, or condemn him? This is the odyssey of a brother and sister who are forced to fight for their freedom and survival at every turn, all while trying not to forget about where they've come from, and what they've left behind. A subtle and captivating tale about exile and refugees today.

The Shadows

Hercules and Marlon are in their second year of intergalactic agent school and they still have a lot to learn! But when their teacher is bitten by a strange alien creature, they'll need to put down the books and leap into action because the sickness affecting Teach seems to be spreading throughout the school...

Hercules Intergalactic Agent- Volume 2 - The Intruder

Hercules and his friend Marlon have just enrolled at the School of Intergalactic Agents, but they're both having problems. Hercules is a little young—and a little short—to make the grade, while Marlon just can't help being a coward. For their first Surveillance Operation, they're sent to Earth to gather information on a girl who's behaving strangely. But while they're away, the dreaded Blackbird plans to attack the School...

Hercules, Intergalactic Agent - Volume 1 - Margot, the Fridge Girl

Pascale Bourgaux

In this documentary comics we meet Belgian journalist Pascale Bourgaux as she travels with a cameraman back to a small village in the north of Afghanistan that she has been visiting regularly for ten years. The village is controlled by the warlord and resistance fighter Mamour Hasan, who fought to expel the Taliban from his land just like the Russians before them. To her great surprise, she finds the people there weary of the Europeans and corrupt Afghan officials and even the warlord's own sons seem ready to welcome the return of the Taliban. This book uses the pacing and observational skills of artists Vincent Zabus and Thomas Campi to give a palpable sense of daily life in this troubled, faraway land as well as a behind-the-scenes glimpse of two seasoned journalists at work.

Pascale Bourgaux, grand reporter - Volume 1 - Tears of an Afghan Warlord

To apply for asylum, Refugee 214 must tell his story. With him in the room are a man from his new country, and the shadows of four loved ones who did not survive the journey. 214 reveals how he and his younger sister fled their homes and set off toward the border; how they met and suffered with friends, and lost them; and how the plight of the refugee is an experience that erases differences between individuals, even as it threatens to erase the individuals themselves. The only one left to tell the tale, 214 swallows his fears and relates what he and the shadows saw and did, in the hope that his life and the lives of the others won't have been in vain. Creators Zabus & Hippolyte present an intimate and heartrending look at one fictional refugee's story, while encompassing the larger plight of displaced people.

Jean-Loup is 11 years old and lives with his dad—and he's afraid of everything. So he stays in his bedroom, hiding behind his OCD as he collects facts and figures on every conceivable subject and classifies them on thousands of numbered cards. If only he had someone to share them with. He'll soon have his chance at school, but getting up in front of the class is the scariest thing of all. Then, on the morning of the presentation, at 7:29 and 57 seconds, something incredible happens that will change his life forever... A humorous, moving story brought to life by Hippolyte's timeless illustrations, reminiscent of Sempé.

Incredible!

En Belgique, dans les années 1980, Jean-Loup vit en compagnie de son père. Le petit garçon souffre de TOC liés à un cruel manque de confiance en lui et à une certaine solitude due à l'absence de sa mère. Doté d'une grande imagination, doué d'un talent de conteur, il se construit pourtant son propre univers avec beaucoup de fantaisie... Mais comment raconter des histoires aux autres quand on est hypocondriaque ? Comment peut-on tout simplement trouver sa place dans la société alors qu'on est différent des autres ? Une histoire drôle et émouvante servie par les illustrations d'Hippolyte qui ont parfois un petit air de Sempé.

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