“Tac Au Tac” Returns in January 2018!
Tac Au Tac is returning in January, after a 40 year absence! This improvisational drawing show once featured the likes of Peyo, Uderzo, Franquin, and more.
Esteban v3: “Survival”
Their ship stuck in the ice, the crew of the Leviathan stares death in the face and works to find a way out of their predicament.
Jerome K. Jerome Bloche v1: “Aina”
Jerome is a Humphrey Bogart-wannabe Belgian detective who gets wrapped up in a case centered on a young woman who appears to be being held against her will.
Women Buy the Most Franco-Belgian (BD) Books in France
The average buyer of a comic in France is a 40-something woman. Superhero comics are on the rise. And a diversity of topics sells more comics, maybe?
Blast v4: “I Hope the Buddhists are Wrong”
Manu Larcenet’s masterpiece, “Blast” wraps up with its fourth volume, as the truth comes out, the case concludes, and nobody’s happy.
Blast v3: “Head First”
Polza is having a streak of bad luck that not even the mental hospital can fix for him. And then the most brutal event of the series so far hits Polza…
Blast v2: “The Apocalypse According to Saint Jacky”
Things get darker. Polza gets in deeper trouble. Cold weather and a tough beat force him out of the woods and back to civilization. Then he meets Jacky… Manu Larcenet’s one man band of a book continues on its increasingly disturbing way…
Blast v1: “Dead Weight”
Manu Larcenet begins his magnum opus, “Blast,” with a mentally ill man recalling the events of his life that led to a crime being committed. It’s a literary success that’s a fascinating read.
Esteban v2: “Hunted!”
Ever read a comic that focuses on a boat race? That’s the biggest and best part of this second volume, as Esteban gets caught in the Captain’s feud.
Esteban v1: “The Whaler”
Esteban is a boy without a family who joins the crew of a whaling ship with an affable captain and a gruff crew that he needs to get to accept him. Matthieu Bonhomme’s story is well drawn and exciting.