Delcourt BD is a major house of French publishing but also a cave with a thousand treasures between comics, comics and mangas to the point that the reader may get lost. JustFocus offers you some benchmarks in its recent or upcoming releases .
La cage aux cons – Angotti after F. Bartelt, Recht
Released on October 7
One evening in a bar, a drunk man sells himself to have money in his drawers. It does not take more to the little thug on the left and fan of fries, to feel the good shot. He follows the rich man and waits for him to sleep to enter his house. There everything is gilding and money, but the rich man no longer sleeps, is no longer drunk and has a gun in his hand. A beautiful graphic novel in black and white, combining humor and thriller.
Castelmaure – Trondheim, Alfred
Released on October 17
The mythographer goes from region to region to collect all the legends and stories he little. But only one arouses his great interest. That of Castelmaure, the cursed castle abandoned by King Eric. Myth or reality, the mythographer knows how to unravel the true from the false in the stories he enters during his journey. Trondheim and Alfred sign here a tale for adults, a superb success for this one-shot.
After Walking Dead at Delcourt BD: Fire Power (volume 1) – Kirkman, Samnee
To be published October 21, 2020
The surprise stop of Walking Dead was a shock for many but Robert Kirkman the writer of this series does not stop. He launched Fire Power with minimalist cartoonist Chris Samnee and the series already set fire to the bestseller list in the United States. Owen Johnson went to China in search of his origins. He arrives at a Shaolin temple dedicated to fire control. Is this arrival the result of chance or is Owen the long-awaited chosen one?
La Force de l'Ordre – Fassin, Debony and Raynal Released on October 21
Notice to lovers of La Revue Dessinée, Octopus and popularization comics, here is a comic-investigation in the depths of the French criminal police. The daily life of the famous "BAC" (anti-crime brigade) is often fantasized, but what is it really? To answer this question, Didier Fassin immersed himself in it for two years, and now gives us the results of this survey.
Le Baron – Jean-Luc Masbou Released on October 28
Anyone who has enjoyed the trait of Jean-Luc Masbou in De Capes et De Crocs, put at the service of the verve of Maupertuis and Don Lope, will be intrigued, if not impatient, to discover The Baron. Masbou tells us about a baron of Munschaüsen confronted with the story of his own exploits… in a way that hardly suits him! He will therefore not cease to restore the truth himself…
Julius Corentin Acquefacques (volume 7), L'Hyperrêve
To be published on October 28, 2020
A new album by Marc-Antoine Mathieu is always an event in itself. But when it comes to the new volume in its iconic series, it's much more than that. After seven years without news of the prisoner of dreams, we are already salivating with impatience at the idea of finding the crazy universe of Julius Corentin, lost in the meanders of the imagination of its creator.
Dungeon Monsters (volume 13), Wake Up and Die – Sfar, Trondheim, David B.
To be published on November 4, 2020
For the past year, the major series of independent comics has been back. Still written by Lewis Trondheim and Joann Sfar, it offers new adventures between humor and a sometimes more melancholic tone. In the Monster series, an artist receives the keys to the castle to give his vision of a secondary character. What happened to the Guardian turned skeleton? Lewis Trondheim, Joann Sfar make the bold choice to collaborate with David B. to learn more.
Donjon Zénith (volume 8), In his memory – Sfar, Trondheim, Boulet
To be published on November 4, 2020
The trio behind the return of the main series, Boulet, Sfar and Trondheim, offers the continuation of the adventures of Herbert and Marvin as the kingdom advances towards its decline. Herbert de Vaucanson is instructed by his friend to go to his mother and announce his engagement but he finds himself forced to solve a murder…
Rusty Brown – Chris Ware
To be published on November 4, 2020 by Delcourt BD
Chris Ware had helped elevate the graphic novel to the level of the masterpiece in Jimmy Corrigan. With Rusty Brown, he offers both the sequel and a choral narrative with a construction that is still brilliant.
