The comic strip is also unconventional! For two months, we had to be content to reread his old albums, or to rummage on the Internet to quench his thirst for bubbles, for lack of open bookstores. June therefore promises to be a new start, and new products are starting to find their place on the shelves. We have selected our five favorites for you.
"Man's skin": mix of genres
In Renaissance Italy, Bianca's parents have just found her a husband. About love, men and this Giovanni that we present to her, she knows nothing, and that distresses her. Faced with her dismay, her godmother will make her a strange revelation: the women of the family have a "man's skin". Just put it on to instantly transform into a handsome young man. It is therefore in the guise of Lorenzo that Bianca will set out to discover her promise. Very quickly, Giovanni falls in love with the boy and they live a passionate love story.
In the form of a historical fable, "Peau d'homme" brews with happiness and mischief themes so much current: sexual freedom, condition of the woman, question of gender, and even rise of religious extremisms. Full of humor and love, graphically very successful, an album with the sweet scent of freedom.
"Peau d'homme", by Hubert and Zanzim, Ed. Glénat, 160 pages, 27 euros.
"Raven, tome 1: Némesis": glory to the lone pirate!
In the Caribbean Sea, Captain Black Vane's ship spotted a Spanish galleon laden with gold. The pirate crew has on board one of the most feared among them, Raven, a solitary without faith or law, hard in combat, but who also has a dirty reputation: that of bringing bad luck. The collision is a success. Before ending in explosion ... Back on the island of Tortoise, after having come close to death, the risk-all gets in mind to find a mythical treasure, buried on an island populated by cannibals.
But Raven must especially beware of a woman: Lady Darksee, a pirate also ruthless. After "Long John Silver", Mathieu Lauffray again offers great moments of bravery in this long-term tale about piracy. Raging sea, cannon shots, fights, lies, betrayals, a great and beautiful story of adventures, superb graphically, with heroes full of ugly faults, but to which we like to get attached.
"Raven, tome 1: Némesis", by Lauffray. Ed. Dargaud, 56 pages, 15 euros.
"Le Conveyor, tome 1: Nymphe": western apocalypse
The world has been devastated attacked by a bacterium, which comes from who knows where, which makes everything rust. Everything that contained iron disintegrated: buildings, cars, computers ... Even more serious: the micro-organism also attacked the iron in our blood, leaving only mutant humans. In the middle of this ruined world, where the countryside has become a refuge, a bearded colossus, wearing red glasses, travels on horseback. It's the Conveyor.
His specialty: always bring the objects entrusted to him safely. The first volume in a series, this "Conveyor" can first confuse. Clearly written in the vein of post-apocalyptic stories, it mixes genres, flirting with superheroes, manga but also western. But it is ultimately what makes all its charm and originality. Very quickly, we let ourselves be taken in the footsteps of this mysterious hero, between angel and demon. A devilishly effective science fiction comic.
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"Le Conveyor, tome 1: Nymphe", by Roulot and Armand. Ed. Le Lombard, 56 pages, 14.95 euros.
"Open Bar, second tour": just for fun
Diets based on kidnapping by a terrorist organization, office or condominium meetings that go wrong, the practice of English terms in fast food, discussions with friends on immigration or the viewing of "The good, the bad and the board eat ”… Here we are again, for a second tour, the often imitated but rarely matched Fabcaro for the second volume of“ Open bar ”. The author of “Zai, zai, zai, zai” always handles absurd and offbeat humor with as much success, with a rare graphic economy. Because yes, here, it is more the situation and the dialogue that counts, in one page gags that shed light on another day, often surreal, our daily lives: work, family, ecology ... But it's just for laughs . And it works!
"Open Bar, second tour", by Fabcaro, Ed. Delcourt, 56 pages, 12.50 euros. Released June 10.
"The Man Who Killed Chris Kyle": the other side of the "American Sniper"
In 2013, Chris Kyle is a fulfilled man. A pretty woman, a nice house and a lot of money. Above all, he is the "Legend". A nickname he owes to his book "American Sniper", and to his feats of arms: former member of the American special forces, sniper, he killed 160 men in combat. An absolute record. Eddie Ray Routh is much less famous. He is also a former navy, he suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, leads a rather lonely life and uses a lot of drugs. Chris Kyle is his hero. On February 2, 2013, however, he killed the Legend.
Many people already know this true story thanks to Clint Eastwood's film "American Sniper", a huge success in the United States, criticized in Europe for its patriotic glorification. In "The Man Who Killed Chris Kyle", Nury and Brüno chose a different point of view. First by putting in the spotlight the assassin of Chris Kyle, almost forgotten in the film. Then and above all, in a hyper documented comic strip, by analyzing the undersides of an American legend. They thus draw up an overwhelming observation of a certain America. Bright and often freezing.
"The Man Who Killed Chris Kyle", by Nury and Brüno, Ed. Dargaud, 164 pages, 22.50 euros.