New Releases: November 2024

stories by Étienne-Léon de Lamothe-Langon, Paul Féval and Léon Gozlan, translated by Brian Stableford & edited by J.-M. & Randy Lofficier;  cover by Mike Hoffman. US$29.95 - 6x9 tpb, 400 p. - ISBN-13: 978-1-64932-332-3
In this thematic collection (the second of three), we have gathered three remarkable stories by Etienne-Léon de Lamothe-Langon, Paul Féval and Leon Gozlan, published between 1825 and 1862, that encapsulate the basic archetypes of the Vampire myth, in both its erotic and thanatological forms. Meet the seductive Alinska, the Virgion Vampire from Hungary, the terrifying Vampire from the Val-de-Grâce, and the legendary and mercurial knighshades Jran and Ange Tenebre.  Is life after death a desirable dream or a loathsome abomination? And what price must be paid for it? Moral ambiguities abound in these stories which are but the mirror of our visions of the afterlife, and the embodiment of our choices.

THE FIRST DAY: Story:: J.-M. Lofficier; Art: Mario Guevara; THE LAST DAY: Story: Thierry Mornet; Dialogues: J.-M. Lofficier; Art: Luciano Bernasconi; cover by Luciano Bernasconu. 7x10 squarebound comic, 48 pages b&w
ISBN-13: 978-1-64932-333-0. US$10.95.
Spring 1945. The end of the Second World War is near... However, there is still time for some desperate missions, such as stopping a last train of Jewish children from being taken by the Nazis to the death camps! The Guardian of the Republic and Marianne, Baroud and Princess Sadko of the Partisans, will each face incredible obstacles in order to halt this abominable project. And their success will only come at the price of the blood shed for some of them... But while one war is about to end, another, perhaps even more violent and merciless one, is already beginning...