CATALOGUE 28 WINTER/SPRING 2020 © 2018 Editions© 2018 du Lombard, Simon, Hamme Van NEW TITLES TO JUNE 2020 JANUARY APRIL P4 P5 P6 P13 P14 P15 FEBRUARY MAY P7 P8 P9 P16 P17 P18 MARCH JUNE P10 P11 P12 P19 P20 P21 Dear readers, welcome to Cinebook’s about what an excessive nanny state cost them dearly, while in Orbital it’s left tory, The Bluecoats must prepare for 28th catalogue. could bring about. to one of them and his alien partner to … a wedding! And our old friend Lucky Let’s begin this year 2020 with two of- The future is not necessarily brighter save millions of lives. If sci-fi isn’t your Luke is back with three adventures. ferings from master storyteller and one in the conclusion to IAN, where our thing, turn to the past and Islandia for Leaving the Old West for the Far North, of the highest-selling comic authors in android friend must choose between his some startling revelations about young Trent meets a legendary gunman, Europe, Jean Van Hamme. First a one- two natures. As for Mermaid Project, the Jacques, then complete your fantasy/ while Spirou & Fantasio discover the shot, Kivu, for a frightening look at the beautiful Brazilian sun shines down on horror fix with a new episode of Alone secret life of Marsupilamis in the wilds horrifying situation in modern Congo some frightening science and political that will leave you chilled to your core! of South America. Finally, the timeless and what a few good people are doing experiments. Meanwhile, Yoko Tsuno A different kind of chill awaits with and universal nature of Gomer Goof’s to change it – wrapped in the kind of summons thunder and lightning in Buck Danny’s return to Antarctica, laziness guarantees a hilarious time as adventure only Van Hamme can write. Germany … while in Sixties America Alex and his always, wherever he is! Then comes new series Authorised Further in the future, on Distant Worlds, son continue to follow The Route 66 554 titles and 70 series – thought-pro- Happiness, and this time it’s a dystopia the actions of Humans could come to List. Even further back in American his- voking AND entertaining! 2 3 JANUARY NEW 2020 NEW 2020 JANUARY The Bluecoats Vol. 13: IAN Vol. 4: Metanoia • Fabien Vehlmann; illustrated by Ralph Meyer Something Borrowed, Something Blue Louisiana. • Cauvin; illustrated by Lambil Ian will have to choose a side now — AIs or ThisHumans... time, the hunters chasing When love blossoms under fire, is this the end of the me are not improbable duo? am at eu rs… War rages on, and the wounded pile up — A year has passed since the Los Angeles riots, including Blutch, courtesy of Confederate but Ian is still being hunted by the Pentagon. artillery. The Union Army doctors are Extremely hostile treatment by the media swamped. In order to address his shortage has also made him a favoured target of a of healers, General Alexander brings in a majority of American citizens. Tracked down quartet of female nurses. But while he did by an ambitious reporter, the android gets also recruit a foul-tempered ‘matron’ of in touch with an eccentric billionaire who sorts to discourage anyone more interested promises to tell him what the Nome is — that in flirting than doing their duty, he may not super-powerful artificial entity with whom he have planned for the possibility of one of seems to have a mysterious bond. A merciless the nurses falling for a certain small, unruly, cascade of new revelations follows... bald corporal … I spotted two of them, Meanwhile, I am A human in a but the second is lagging out of ammunition “As ever, Ralphmetal Meyer’s exo- art is bold and ki- behind. I wonder what he … whereas he has skeleton… 21.5 million volumes sold – Adapted as is waiting for? advanced equipment. netic, handling this episode’s action scenes a computer game with aplomb. […] If you like near-future sci-fi, conspiracy theories and pondering whether human morals can be turned into “I think that The Bluecoats genuinely has algorithms, this series won’t disappoint.” something in it for all ages. [...] It’s got a Andy Shaw, Grovel good solid plot, a wry sense of humour and some thought-provoking undertones.” ISBN 978-1-84918-531-8 ISBN 978-1-84918-381-9 £7.99 Dion Winton-Polak, Geek Syndicate £7.99 IAN Backlist page 25 Ages ?9.90 Ages ?9.90 1. An Electric Monkey 9 781849 185318 $11.95 9 781849 183819 $11.95 2. Lessons of Darkness …t h e exact 8+ The Bluecoats Backlist page 23 15+ 3. Blietzkrieg opposite of Pbk: 48pp, 21.7 x 28.7 cm Pbk: 48pp, 18.4 x 25.7 cm me. I … I KNOW YOU’RE NOT GOING TO B … BELIEVE ME, SARGE … BUT STRETCHER BEARERS! THIS TIME, MY HORSE OH, SHUT UP, YOU Laser-guided HAD N … NOTHING DOLT! … WE’LL TAKE machine guns, TO DO WITH IT CARE OF ult ra- … YOU! sensitive detectors… ARGH! OUCH! He even has ‘e-bombs’ – electromagnetic pulse …He is constant ly aware of devices… My electronic circuits would already my location. be fried if Joseph had not given me shields. © Dupuis - Cauvin & Lambil © Dargaud Benelux (Dargaud-Lombard s.a.) - Vehlmann & Meyer 4 4 5 5 JANUARY NEW 2020 NEW 2020 FEBRUARY Trent Vol. 5: Wild Bill Lucky Luke Vol. 74: The Klondike • Leo & Rodolphe • Jean Léturgie & Yann; illustrated by Morris Can a gunslinger ever retire, or is he condemned to die To help a friend, Luke joins the Yukon gold rush! the way he’s lived? While escorting a prisoner, Trent stops in a Gold has been found in the Klondike, a very animated small town: the famous Wild remote region in the Canadian far north! Bill Turkey is passing through on his way to Jasper, the manservant of ‘Tenderfoot’ his bride. Bill is a legend among gunfighters Waldo, went to try his luck … and vanished. of the Old West. An aging one, yes, but that Worried about his man, Waldo calls upon his …BUT I’VE NEVER ROBBED doesn’tNOR DID prevent DISHONESTY himDO from coming to the old friend Lucky Luke. The two men will have A TRAIN OR A BANK! MUCH FOR YOU IN THAT DON’T TELL Mountie’sDEPARTMENT! help when a group of men try to to make the dangerous trip to the Klondike, ME THAT’S ALL WE HAVE TO EAT?! free his prisoner. A powerful man is behind only to face all those who, in that desolate, that attempt,HAND ME though, and both Trent and inhospitable land, will stop at nothing in THE CUP… Bill suddenly become targets. M order to fleece their fellow man. IT IS! AND QUIT L COMPLAINING, B A WILL YOU? OH, I CAN …BUT IT “But the character’s feelings, his profound BELIEVE THAT! DOESN’T LOOK LIKE HONESTY MADE humanity, his daydreaming tendencies give Over 300 million volumes sold worldwide! THE TWO OF YOU RICH! US ARE IN THE him an intimate dimension that is quite rare in SAME BOAT… adventure comics. That doesn’t mean you’re ever bored, though, and Trent’s adventures “Morris is a master of visual humour, and are models of originality structured around were humour comics as celebrated as the thrilling action sequences.” grim ‘n’ gritty nonsense we’ve been stuck Mick Léonard, Planète BD (translated from with in mainstream comics since the 1980s, the French) he would also be recognised as a master of storytelling.” ISBN 978-1-84918-395-6 £7.99 Trent Backlist page 30 ISBN 978-1-84918-496-0 £7.99 Peter Mann, Tripwire Magazine Ages ? Ages ? 9.90 1. The Dead Man 9.90 9 781849 183956 $11.95 2. The Kid 9 781849 184960 $11.95 12+ 3. When the Lamps are Lit 8+ Lucky Luke Backlist page 26 - 27 Pbk: 48pp, 21.7 x 28.7 cm Pbk: 48pp, 21.7 x 28.7 cm 4. The Valley of Fear DAMMIT! WHO IS SORRY, THEY ONLY HAD YOUR HORSE YOU THINK SO? HE THAT…? OAT FLAKES … ?! IS ASTOUNDING! COULD HAVE PICKED BLAM ONE SIZE SMALLER. M BLA © Dargaud - Leo & Rodolphe © Lucky Comics - Léturgie, & Morris Yann WE WANT CALDWELL! WHO ARE YOU? YOUR PRISONER! PUT DOWN WHAT DO YOU WANT? 6 YOUR GUN AND LET HIM OUT – 7 WE’LL LEAVE YOU ALONE! THE WATER! EMPTY THE CUP ONTO THE IT WON’T FIRE! OPEN. THEY MUST HAVE BLOCKED IT WITH A BEAM OR SOMETHING… 21 7 FEBRUARY NEW 2020 NEW 2020 FEBRUARY Orbital Vol. 8: Contacts: Kivu • Sylvain Runberg; illustrated by Serge Pellé • Jean Van Hamme; illustrated by Christophe Simon Who is the merciless enemy that threatens to wipe out A powerful and thrilling adventure in the heart of a potential the living ships — Angus’s people? paradise turned into hell byPETER human DE BRUYNE. greed GOOD FLIGHT? and barbarity. A BIT BUMPY, BUT ENJOYABLE, WITH SOME GORGEOUS VIEWS OF THE CONGO RIVER. It’s clear now: the Neuronomes are not The province of Kivu in the Congo is rich in attacking the Confederation, but rather rare and precious minerals such as coltan, are the victims of a mysterious aggressor, which is vital to our modern technology. and they explode when they die. They However, that wealth is coveted by so many, did, however, take up positions near large within the Congo or abroad, that the entire population centres, threatening to take region is a permanent bloodbath. François thousands of lives with them when they go Daans, a young Belgian engineer working for in order to pressure Confederate authorities an unscrupulous corporation, arrives in Kivu.