European Comics in Official and Fan Translations

Ordinary Victories 4 — Swing that Hammer

The shipyard shuts down, Marco becomes a father, his mother learns how to live alone, a man dies in the countryside, and a journalist flies off the handle. Through the little things, marked moments and commonplace sadness, Manu Larcenet concludes his portrait of an ordinary man, and the imperfections that we’re all familiar with. Thus ends one of the greatest successes of contemporary European comics.

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Raptors Volume 2

Who are these predators that seem to be infiltrating every aspect of human society? Inspector Lenore wants to take them on, but will she be up to the task? Perhaps not… Unless she allies herself with their worst enemies, back from the beginning of time, hungry for power and for blood…

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Pico Bogue 1 — Life and Me

Pico Bogue is the eldest child of a normal family, and when we say ‘normal’, we mean unique, quirky and occasionally just stark raving mad! Along with his little sister Anna, Pico goes through life with as many certainties as he has questions, making the kind of pertinent observations that only children are capable of. Sometimes challenging, always loveable, there’s no end to Pico’s mischief, much to the amusement, exasperation and surprise of his long-suffering parents!

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Pico Bogue 2 — Critical Situations

Pico Bogue is a little boy with a sharp tongue, who’s interested in absolutely everything, and is constantly questioning his surroundings and the meaning of life. He’s as impertinent as he is affectionate, and as contradictory as he is curious. He’s been known to drive his parents to the brink of nervous breakdown with is antics, but somehow always manages to redeem himself by virtue of his big heart and charming wit.

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Pico Bogue 5 — Minor Conflict

It’s summer vacation time! And Pico and Anna are enjoying every minute: friends, fun, pool, lounging, sunshine… this is the life! Until… all of a sudden, it all goes wrong. Pico and Anna’s parents decide to go away on a week-long sailing trip… WITHOUT THEM! Big mistake. Pico and Anna soon refine their guilt-tripping tactics…!

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Pin-up 01 — Remember Pearl Harbor

It’s 1943 and all-American Joe is heading off to fight the Japanese. His distraught fiancé Dottie Partington is fired from her job as a movie usher, and a friend helps her find employment at the Yoyo Club, a cabaret favored by soon-to-be-deployed US Air Force personnel. In the meantime, Joe is marooned on an atoll in the South Pacific, where he experiences firsthand the terror of war, and encounters a motley crew of fictional and real-life characters. Back in the States, famed cartoonist Milton approaches Dottie and uses her as the model for his new comic strip, “Poison Ivy,” which centers on the adventures of a patriotic vamp capable of making soldiers “forget their girlfriends back home.” The strip is a runaway success and kindles the fantasies of GIs across the globe, eventually reaching even Joe.

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Pin-up 02 — Poison Ivy

Dottie works in a munitions factory as a WAC, while her fiancé Joe is stationed in the Pacific. A colonel visits Dottie to convince her to resume posing for cartoonist Milton, and that “Poison Ivy” is the patriotic boost the troops really need. She agrees and then sees a newsreel with footage of Joe declaring that he wishes to spend a night with “Poison Ivy”—the fictional sex bomb he doesn’t realize is actually his fiancée. Dottie travels to the front on a publicity tour, and destiny brings her—and her desire for revenge—face-to-face with the unwitting Joe.

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