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  • Les mondes d’AldĆ©baran

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    Today I highlight a series that I just started reading last week, and Iā€™m already incredibly addicted and on the way to binging everything in the series. The overarching series by Leo (the pen name used by Brazilian Luis Eduardo de Oliveira) is called Les mondes dā€™AldĆ©baran (The Worlds of Aldebaran), and itā€™s made up…

  • Murena

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    When it comes to reading stories set in Roman times, my touchstone growing up was the wacky adventures of AstĆ©rix the Gaul, but a series Iā€™ve quite enjoyed reading in recent months is Murena, written by Jean Dufaux with art by Philippe Delaby. Set during the reign of Nero, weā€™re presented with a highly detailed…

  • Servitude

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    When I recommended Thorgal a few weeks ago, I mentioned that Iā€™m not a big fan of fantasy when it comes to BD, but I did discover another great fantasy series this year, called Servitude. Written by Fabrice David and Ɖric Bourgier, with gorgeous art by the latter, itā€™s basically Game of Thrones in feel…

  • Stern

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    The world of BD loves to use a western setting, and thereā€™s currently a boom in books set in the Wild West ā€“ I myself have just started reading one of the classics though, Jean-Michel Charlier and Jean (Moebius) Giraudā€™s Blueberry. But this week Iā€™d like to highlight a new series Iā€™m really enjoying called…

  • Mickey

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    I wouldnā€™t say that Iā€™m a particularly big Disney fan, but I do have fond memories of reading Disney comics when I was a kid ā€“ especially the Donald Duck/Scrooge McDuck ones with the Beagle Boys ā€“ and I really like the recent Mickey Mouse animated shorts the company has produced (watch the first 10…

  • Isaac le Pirate

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    This week I bring up a wonderful series by Christophe Blain called Isaac le Pirate. It tells the story of Isaac Sofer, who initially sees himself as a painter, but ends up joining a pirate crew, which then leads to odd and sometimes grim and sometimes humorous situations. The love of his life also sees…

  • Le Spirou de

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    Les aventures de Spirou et Fantasio is one of those classic series that most kids who grew up reading BDs have read ā€“ I loved the series so much that I even named my first dog ā€œSpirou.ā€ I continue to read the main series through its creator changes ā€“ with my favourite runs being by…

  • Thorgal

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    Yesterday, in the weekly team newsletter I help produce, I started including a “bandes-dessinĆ©es” (Franco/Belgian comics) recommendation column, and figured why not share it here too. Here’s what I started with. I love the sequential arts, and have found myself reading comics, manga, and bandes-dessinĆ©es (BD) my entire life. After half a life spent in…