CATALOGUE 24 WINTER/SPRING 2018 © Dargaud - Leo & Rodolphe NEW TITLES TO JUNE 2018 JANUARY APRIL P4 P5 P6 P14 P15 P16 P17 FEBRUARY MAY P7 P8 P9 P10 P18 P19 P20 MARCH JUNE P11 P12 P13 P21 P22 P23 Dear readers, welcome to Cinebook’s the threshold between sci-fi and fantasy, shenanigans in the Middle East. And Valerian to take us on a crazy adventure 24th catalogue. Thorgal must deal with the casual cruelty if you like planes, then please give a through time. Expect hilarity. Your response last year to our first of those who call themselves ‘civilised’ warm welcome to our new series Bear’s Finally, don’t miss the second adven- hardback collected edition was nothing in The Barbarian. Tooth – a story of flying, betrayal and ture of Mountie Trent. It’s a rare comic short of awe-inspiring, and we have We begin the second cycle of The friendship against all odds set in WW2. that manages to perfectly balance the more of them, with volumes 4 and 5 Last Templar, with FBI Agent Reilly and Different war with some new exploits serenity of the Canadian wilds, the quiet, of The Complete Valerian coming this archaeologist Tess Chaykin reuniting by The Bluecoats – training new recruits contemplative nature of a taciturn hero, semester. We also have another regular on a new treasure hunt. And speaking is hard when you don’t speak the same and a hefty dose of excitement when Valerian & Laureline title, as well as the of contemporary action-thrillers with language! Our old friend Lucky Luke he eventually gets his man – but Leo, brilliant one-shot Valerian by… Wilfrid roots in ancient stories, we get to see is back with three titles, squaring up creator of The Worlds of Aldebaran, and Lupano and Long John Silver artist XIII finally come into his inheritance against a Bandit Queen, building bridges Rodolphe, his partner on Kenya and Mathieu Lauffray! There’s more sci-fi – sort of… Action-thriller it is still, with over Old Man River, or meeting Jolly Namibia, once again demonstrate their with Yoko Tsuno, exploring the furthest the last episode of Insiders’ first cycle – Jumper in his very first adventure as a talent with this 19th century tale of a reaches of Vinea’s star system – wrap how is Najah going to extricate herself kid. Then it’s the long-delayed return hunt for a merciless killer … who loves up warm! Alone returns with more from her insane mission? Geopolitical of Her Majesty’s best (and grumpiest) poetry. revelations on the strange new world considerations are also at the heart spy Clifton, never quite fully retired, and 481 titles and 61 series – Cinebook, the children now inhabit. And, always on of Buck Danny, with some covert-ops Spirou & Fantasio channel their inner the time traveller’s favourite 2 3 JANUARY NEW 2018 NEW 2018 JANUARY Alone Vol. 8: The Arena The Bluecoats Vol. 11: Cossack Circus • Fabien Vehlmann; illustrated by Bruno Gazzotti • Raoul Cauvin; illustrated by Willy Lambil Will the strange children who captured the survivors from How are the Bluecoats to turn circus artists into disciplined Campton turn out to be salvation ... or doom? soldiers — when they don’t even speak the same language?! Captured by a mysterious army just as they Stark’s constant, reckless charging has once escaped a Campton overrun with ‘zombie’ again depleted the 22nd Cavalry. Faced with children, Dodzi’s group, along with what’s an understandable dearth of volunteers, the left of the Clan of the Shark, discover an Army’s brass drafts — without telling them — entire civilisation, ruled over by children some freshly arrived immigrants. And Blutch who have been in the In-Between-World for a and Chesterfield are tasked with instructing long, long time. Strict rules, a caste system, them in the art of riding down the enemy. bizarre superstitions... All new obstacles But there’s a problem: the new recruits only for the group to overcome — although Saul speak Russian! And while those Cossacks are is being treated like a messiah. And over it already fantastic riders, they have no desire all hangs the threat of the sinister Midnight to die for the glory of the Union… Child… “The Vanishing is such a good beginning, 21.5 million volumes sold – Adapted as focused, a comic that kids will absolutely a computer game love with adventure and intrigue, and 5 great characters to get behind. The first volume sets the tone firmly — smart drama “I think that The Bluecoats genuinely has with the potential to go in a variety of something in it for all ages. [...] It’s got a directions [...]” good solid plot, a wry sense of humour and Zainab Akhtar, Comics & Cola some thought provoking undertones.” ISBN 978-1-84918-382-6 ISBN 978-1-84918-383-3 £7.99 £6.99 Dion Winton-Polak, Geek Syndicate! Ages ?11.75 Ages ?9.90 9 781849 183826 $13.95 9 781849 183833 $11.95 10+ Alone Backlist page 24 8+ The Bluecoats Backlist page 25 Pbk: 56pp, 21.7 x 28.7 cm Pbk: 48pp, 21.7 x 28.7 cm ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY ONE MEN, GENERAL! A WHOLE YARD AT LEAST, GENERAL! ALL KILLED, WOUNDED OR MISSING IN ACTION! PERHAPS EVEN FOUR SEND YOUR MEN TO GET SOME REST, IS IT JUST BUT THIS TRIAL WOULD ALMOST BE TOO WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS WHAT REMAINS OF A FEET!... CAPTAIN. THEY’VE ME, OR IS SHUT UP AND SIMPLE WITHOUT OUR LITTLE ‘SPECIAL GLORIOUS CHARGE… EARNED IT! AS FOR THIS SUPER STAY FOCUSED, INGREDIENT’ DON’T YOU THINK? YOU, JOIN ME HEAVENS! A INSIDE. DANGEROUS? YOU TWO! H… HOW FAR HUNDRED MEN DID THE ENEMY PER YARD - IT’S RETREAT? EXPENSIVE! DUNNO, BUT WE LOOK LIKE FOOLS!! PER FOUR FEET, GENERAL! © Dupuis - Vehlmann & Gazzotti © Dupuis - Cauvin & Lambil 15 4 5 5 JANUARY NEW 2018 NEW 2018 FEBRUARY The Last Templar Vol. 5: Trent Vol. 2: The Kid The Devil’s Handiwork • Leo & Rodolphe • Raymond Khoury; illustrated by Bruno Rocco An FBI agent robs the papal archives — a new adventure Trent must hunt down a young, dangerously skilled begins for Tess and Reilly! gunslinger. 1203. Constantinople is besieged ... by the After a botched robbery that claimed the Christians of the 4th Crusade! Under cover life of his lover, an American outlaw crosses of night, a small group of knights flees the the border into Canada. As he’s already left doomed city. They’re taking three mysterious IT WAS WHEN HE SLEPT nearly a dozen dead bodies behind, Sergeant THAT HE LOOKED MOST chests to Antioch — but never reach their LIKE A KID… Trent is sent to intercept him. But instead destination. Nowadays, in Rome, Agent Reilly of the expected bloodthirsty murderer, it’s a WHY ARE WE has comeI HAVE with ANa Professor Sharafi to request sensitive young man that the Mountie finds, a DOWN HERE?! access IDEA!to the RUN! Vatican’s archives. But once free spirit with a deep love of French poetry. MMMFF… inside, he reveals that the document they’re MMMFFF… How is Trent going to reconcile doing his duty here to consult is one that the Church doesn’t with his nascent liking for the kid? ‘WHEN THE KID’S FOREHEAD want anyone to see… IS FULL OF RED TORMENTS, IMPLORING SWARMS OF DREAMS “But the character’s feelings,WITH VAGUE his CONTENTS…’ profound “I can think of a few examples where novels humanity, his daydreaming tendencies give have been adapted to comic series, but not him an intimate dimension that is quite any thrillers, like this one. It’s quite an un- rare in adventure comics. That doesn’t dertaking, and the execution is done well. mean you’re ever bored, though, and Whether it’s a happy accident that it works so Trent’s adventures are models of originali- HEY, WAIT MAYBE HE WAS RIGHT, AFTER ALL. MAYBE I WASN’T HEY, YES? well with the breaks andUP! WHEREbeats of a four-part CUT OUT FOR THIS JOB?… THE TRUTH WAS THAT NEVER ty GUY!structured around thrilling action se- series I don’t know, butD ’ YOit U …?does work, never BEFORE HAD A MISSION WEIGHED ON ME SO MUCH!… quences.” feeling forced, rushed or lacking in pace. I cer- Mick Léonard, Planète BD (translated from LET’S tainly don’t feel I need to read the novel now GO! the French) ISBN 978-1-84918-327-7 £6.99 as well — this will serve nicely.”Simon Chad- ISBN 978-1-84918-374-1 £6.99 Ages ? Ages ? 9.90 wick, The Cartoonists’ Club of Great Britain 9.90 9 781849 183277 $11.95 9 781849 183741 $11.95 Trent Backlist page 30 12+ The Last Templar Backlist page 27 12+ 1. The Dead Man Pbk: 48pp, 21.7 x 28.7 cm Pbk: 48pp, 21.7 x 28.7 cm THIS JUDGE OF YOURS, IN WINNIPEG… GET IN THE CAR, YES? QUICK! ! !! HE’S GONNA HANG ME, ISN’T HE?… I… I DON’T KNOW. © Dargaud - Khoury & Rocco © Dargaud - Leo & Rodolphe DO YOU NO, BUT WE’LL KNOW WHAT FIND AN EXIT DOES… YOU’RE EVENTUALLY! 6 DOING? DOES IT HURT 7 WHEN YOU’RE HANGED? I DON’T KNOW! I TOLD YOU I DON’T KNOW! 28 16 FEBRUARY NEW 2018 NEW 2018 FEBRUARY Insiders Vol. 7: The Red Prince Valerian and Laureline Vol. 22: • Jean-Claude Bartoll; illustrated by Renaud Garreta Memories from the Futures • Pierre Christin; illustrated by Jean-Claude Mézières Never back a wild animal into a corner… A series of short stories on the life of our heroes — a perfect excuse to not say goodbye yet! Sam Nachez, boss of bosses of the global Even though Valerian and Laureline’s ad- mafia, and the man that Najah is both ventures have come to an end, there are supposed to protect and betray to the still many chapters that haven’t been told authorities, is on the run after a coup by yet.