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Milo Manara's The Golden Ass

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The adventures of the young Lucius transformed into a donkey and subject to the vicissitudes of a life of wandering. An array of thieves, sorcerers and beautiful women cross his path, challenging him in more ways than one… - Inspired by “The Golden Ass of Apuleius,” a titillating tale that is a must-have for Manara fans. - For mature audiences.

Metal Hurlant Collection

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Short Stories that appeared in the legendary magazine of the same name, and that inspired the TV series, Metal Hurlant Chronicles. Métal Hurlant magazine was created in Paris in 1974 by Moebius, Druillet and Dionnet, the founding fathers of Les Humanoïdes Associés. This movement soon revolutionized the medium and inspired countless writers, artists and …

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Young Katherine Johnson

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Katherine Johnson grew up to be the first Black woman to work at NASA, figuring out the path for spacecrafts to go around the Earth and land on the Moon! But before she set her sights on outer space, she was busy making the Earth's surface her laboratory! Equipped with a mind for math, nothing gets past Katherine: how did Noah manage to put 48,000 animals on his ark, not to mention all that feed?! - - Accompanied by her brother Charlie and her chicken Lucinda, Katherine makes the world her playground and sometimes dreams of a Moon that could answer her questions... or even, growing up in the early 1900s, a more equal society where black people and white people could have the same rights...

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Where Are You, Leopold? Vol. 2

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Perhaps when he grows up, Leopold will use his powers to fight the forces of evil...but for now, he just wants to have a little fun—sometimes at his sister’s expense, other times as her partner in crime. Join Leopold and Celine as they jump headfirst into a new adventure that spells fun for the whole family!

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What We Wished For

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On the night a mysterious comet passes overhead, a group of kids encounter a supernatural being who promises to grant them one wish each, but they take too long and the comet passes. 35 years later, the comet returns…and their wishes begin to come true. - - What We Wished For is an extraordinary exploration of the sweeping concerns of our time—gender and sexuality, isolation, technology, power, polarization—filtered through a funhouse mirror of magical realism and experienced through deeply relatable characters whose desires, foibles, and failings are nothing compared to their heart-wrenching humanity.

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Vann Nath: Painting the Khmer Rouge

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In 1978, a young painter named Vann Nath was arrested by the Khmer Rouge, the violent and totalitarian Communist Party of Kampuchea that ruled Cambodia from 1975 to 1979. Imprisoned in the infamous Tuol Sleng prison, better known as S-21, painting became synonymous with survival for him. Ordered, like many Cambodian artists and craftsmen, to put his talent to use to glorify his captors, upon his release he continued painting—this time, to remember and pay tribute to the victims of Pol Pot's regime. A story as fascinating as it is powerful.

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Total Suplex of the Heart

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Georgie is fresh out of school, working grunt assignments freelancing as a journalist, henpecked by her demanding mother, and unsure where to go or what to do. That is, until she gets the idea to go undercover for a piece on the local hardcore wrestling scene. Quickly swept up in the drama both in and out of the ring, with new friendships and potential romance, she’s riding the wave of attention that temporarily silences her own insecurities. But as girl fights, casual hook-ups, and creepy older men begin to dominate her days, Georgie has to ask herself who really holds the power in her life. - - An unflinchingly honest coming-of-age tale inspired in part by the real pro-wrestling experiences of writer Joanne Starer (The Gimmick, Fire & Ice: Welcome to Smallville) and featuring the explosive art of up-and-comer Ornella Greco (Star Trek: Picard's Academy).

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Tiki: A Very Ruff Year

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During the lockdown of November 2020, Fred, his girlfriend Sophie, and his daughter Lou seek a little comfort in the shape of a Shiba puppy named Tiki. But in the course of a single week, the adorable little furball manages to shatter everything in Fred's life: the comfort, the certainties, the links, the balances. In doing so, however, she manages to bring to light what truly matters: family. With humor and sincerity, this fictionalized autobiographical story questions that moment we decide to adopt a pet, and the beautiful mess that we're often left with.

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Through Clouds of Smoke: Freud’s Final Days

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In 1923, Sigmund Freud, 67 years old and an inveterate cigar smoker, discovers that he has mouth cancer, a truth long hidden from him by doctors. Despite his diagnosis, Freud survived 15 more years, convinced the cigars that were slowly destroying him increased his productivity and gave him control over himself. At the same time, a different sort of cancer was consuming Europe. In 1933, Adolf Hitler rose to power in Germany, annexing Freud's home country of Austria five years later. His books burning upon fascist pyres and his peers concerned for his life, Freud had no choice but to leave Vienna for London, his final home. With accuracy and sobriety, Suzanne Leclair and William Roy reveal a raw and nuanced portrait of the controversial father of psychoanalysis in his last days.

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Thick Skins

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Thick-skins are humans genetically modified to work in space without a suit. Lark is a former thick-skinned man who became a mercenary after having his skin removed. When he receives an encrypted message from his former clan, he sets out to find them with the help of Windy, an anthropology student. But he soon learns that they are not the only ones on the clan's scent—they are being tailed by another group of mercenaries. A breathless chase ensues, forcing Lark to reconnect with his dark past.

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The Starr Conspiracy

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An aspiring young journalist ends up an unwitting chess piece in a strange mystery involving a murder, missing data, and the identity of the space-pirate Captain Drake. When Leo'_x0092_s friend is murdered in a plot to destroy data concerning Captain Drake, he must run for his life as he realizes the missing data is still in his possession. Along the way, he faces angry alien pets, starship chases, a love-hungry villain, and an army of pirates as he stumbles across the answers to the mystery. Written and illustrated by 'The Metabarons' artist Juan Gimenez, this satirical and humorous ride through the future (and the past!) delivers the graphic style and virtuosity you would expect from this master of the form

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The Shadows of Thule

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Scotland, 2nd century AD. The Roman conquest stopped at Antonine's wall; beyond it lay the lands of the Gaels, and even further north, the wild hills of the Pictish people. When a Roman general, manipulated by a necromancer, decides to awaken an ancient plague and unleash it on the north, the last king of the Picts, unites his tribes to fight. But compared with the unstoppable Shadows from the ancient island of Thule, their power pales and yesterday's enemies must to join forces. For everyone, from the child to the king, from the scholar to the warrior, will have to fight against these titanic forces in a final battle for the survival of their world.

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The Oates & The Elphyne

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The Oates family moves to their ancestral home in Newfoundland following a pair of tragedies. They arrive at their Grandmother’s house, where they reunite with their orphaned cousin. Shortly after arriving, Beth, the youngest sibling, is kidnapped by a dark creature. Her older siblings set out to find her and bring her back, finding themselves in the Elphyne—a magical world that exists between the ordinary world and the afterlife. In the Elphyne, the imagination of children has the power to shape everything around them. The children, along with some new allies, must travel through the Elphyne to confront The Dark King, a mysterious being whose arrival has started to corrupt the Elphyne in frightening and unexpected ways. It is up to Beth's siblings to rescue her from his clutches.

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The Metabarons: Second Cycle Finale

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A must-read cult spin-off of 'The Incal,' by Moebius and Jodorowsky, centering around the fascinating lineage of the ultimate warrior. This collection introduces the Metabaron’s bloodline and reveals the origins of their deep-seated principles. Find out the source of the family’s vast wealth, learn why every Metabaron has cybernetic implants, and why the only way to become the next Metabaron is for him to defeat his own father in a mortal combat. Follow each successive generation as it struggles to overcome the forces amassed against it in a galaxy corrupted by greed, power, and terror. A true classic in the pantheon of graphic storytelling and Science Fiction as a whole.Born on the pages of Mœbius and Jodorowsky’s legendary The Incal, the mighty Metabaron has been starring in his own spinoff stories since 1992. Now, The Metabaron returns as a collaboration between Jodorowsky and Jerry Frissen (Fire of Theseus, The Zombies That Ate the World), exhibiting the work of an all-star lineup of international artists: Valentin Sécher, Niko Henrichon, and Pete Woods.

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The Metabaron Vol. 8: The Proto-Guardianess

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It is the destiny of every Metabaron to pass down their title through the honor of being bested by their son in mortal combat. But the Metabaron No Name has become overcome with fear, and his son Adal is far from honorable. As the son seeks to destroy the father who abandoned him, the universe’s supply of the life giving substance epiphyte--and therefore all of existence itself--hangs in the balance! In this new and long-awaited installment of the classic INCAL spin-off series, writer Jerry Frissen and artist Pete Woods put the Metabaron through his greatest challenge yet.

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The Metabaron Vol. 7: The Bastard

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It is the destiny of every Metabaron to pass down their title through the honor of being bested by their son in mortal combat. But the Metabaron No Name has become overcome with fear, and his son Adal is far from honorable. As the son seeks to destroy the father who abandoned him, the universe’s supply of the life giving substance epiphyte--and therefore all of existence itself--hangs in the balance! In this new and long-awaited installment of the classic INCAL spin-off series, writer Jerry Frissen and artist Pete Woods put the Metabaron through his greatest challenge yet.

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The Incal: Psychoverse

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A realm made of pure potential and possibility known as the Psychoverse has declared war on all material reality, and the only ones who can save it are the deadly Metabaron, the swashbuckling Kill Wolfhead, and the bumbling John Difool.

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The Incal: Kill Wolfhead

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Kill Wolfhead has been called many things in his long, storied life—Lover (Galaxy’s Greatest), Fighter (Freedom and Otherwise), Entrepreneur (Five Franchises and Counting), and Intergalactic Hero (He saved the universe! Twice! At least!). But you don’t live that kind of life without making some enemies… And those enemies are now out for blood. After a vicious attack, Wolfhead is left in a coma, and his only possible hope for a healthy return is a dangerous, experimental technology in the hands of the children he's abandoned in his Lothario wake. In order to save their wayward father, his children must go into his damaged brain-space, but all is not what it seems.

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The Incal: Dying Star

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Things are not going well for Commander Kaimann. Luz, the love of his life, is dead, his home of Tortuga destroyed, his crew ghostly apparitions, and his crocodilian mutation taking over more and more of his body -- Kaimann is fighting for his life on multiple fronts. Just when it seems like despair may overtake him, a chance encounter with a strange violin connects him to Aurora, a woman living in a future where she is staring down almost certain destruction... With his passions renewed, Kaimann hatches a bold plan to find a cure for his mutation and a future with his newfound love. However, Kaimann’s past is catching up with him, and Aurora’s future. Part of the expanding universe of The Incal, soon to be a major motion picture from Taika Waititi (Thor: Ragnarok).

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The History of Science Fiction: A Graphic Novel Adventure

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Trace the progress of SF through modern times and learn why key figures and inventors like Thomas Edison and Elon Musk have looked to Sci-Fi to predict the future. For the first time in illustrated form, this comprehensive history of Sci-Fi traces its origins and charts its history from its beginnings as a “schlock” genre to its respected status today. Who is considered the world’s first science fiction author? How did American science fiction begin? What sci-fi novel is the all-time best-seller? Discover the origins of your favorite page-to-screen Sci-Fi movies. Find out why Sci-Fi so effortlessly captures our imaginations and makes us dream of new worlds. The answers are here, along with detailed chapters dedicated to the founders of the genre and their modern-day successors.

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The Golden Voice

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There is a saying in Cambodia: Music is the soul of a nation. Perhaps no one embodied that spirit more than Ros Serey Sothea, a young woman who would forever change the landscape of Cambodian music as the Queen with the Golden Voice. From a humble rice farmer to nationally recognized singer, Sothea’s success captured the hearts of the Khmer people. As the Cambodian civil war raged, her career continued to flourish until the communist Khmer Rouge seized control. Gone but not forgotten, her legacy continues to inspire. The Golden Voice tells the story of Sothea’s life, developed alongside the surviving family who knew her, and accompanied by an interactive soundtrack.

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The Final Secret of Adolf Hitler

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December 1944. As the fate of World War II seems to be sealed, a submarine leaves Germany, taking with it Hitler's last hope for winning the war. Two allied commandos immediately set off after the aircraft: one British, the other American. But when the true nature of the precious cargo is revealed, the once parallel paths of these allies begin to diverge...

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The Cat from the Kimono

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Once upon a time in Japan lived a beautiful young woman. The beloved daughter of a silk mill owner, she was lavished with gorgeous kimonos from across the province, but her favorite was the first he gave to her—a deep crimson kimono painted with mischievous black cats that was crafted by the finest weaver in the mill. The weaver, besotted with her beauty, professed his love to the maiden, but finding her indifferent to his advances—preferring the warmth of her feline finery to his—is led down a devious path that separates the woman from one of her beloved black cats! Thus, the cat begins a fantastic voyage, from the bottom of the sea to the smokey markets of Victorian London, sometimes in the company of Sherlock Holmes himself, as he becomes a figure of myth and legend.

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The Blood of the Immortals

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What if the key to eternal life were only a few planetary systems away? A motley crew of explorers is sent to the planet Verfebro in search of a mystifying elixir—one that supposedly runs through the veins of a ferocious local species: the Dracs. How far will this expedition go to uncover the answer to life’s greatest mystery—when the obvious solution is genocide?