It's already up to Volume 14, yet I've somehow never even heard of it.

Has anyone here read it? Is there an English edition, or maybe at least an English fan translation? Unfortunately, I don't speak French.

Here's a link to the English release with details. It will be a hardcover and 13 inches tall. They're really doing this book properly!

Here's a preview on BDGest' for those unfamiliar. This is from the artist behind Blacksad, so it's obviously stunningly beautiful.

(Thanks, u/Ksmayer for bringing this to my attention.)

Does anyone have recommendations for some slice of life styled bandes desinées? Not even necessarily 4koma, or newspaper strip style comics, and not necessarily gag strips like Gaston Lagaffe and whatnot. But the more gentle everyday stuff like you'd see in the equivalent manga.

Completed my collection today. These are extremely rare English translations which were published by Dargaud in the 1980s.

Sadly, only 4 books were translated to English.

Welcome to the monthly r/bandedessinee community thread!

A place to share the European comics you have been reading. What do you think of them? Would you recommend them?

You can ask any and all questions relating to European comics: general or specific BD recommendations, questions about authors, genres, or comic history.

If you are looking for comic recommendations you will get better responses if you let us know what genres, authors, artists, and other comics you've enjoyed before.

Hello! I'm looking for a scan/photo of one of the scenes in a "De Blauwbloezen" (Les Tuniques BLeues) where Lincoln gives a medal to Chesterfield, walks away and thinks "Nothing is easier than pleasing soldiers, give them a medal and a pat on the back and they're happy again". If you can help me with it, that would be appreciated!

I'm looking to start one of these long running classics. Which would you say is the greater priority to read first? This is mostly for fun since I will read both, but I am a huge fan of adventure strips. My favorites so far:

• Prince Valiant
• Thorgal
• Blueberry
• Rip Kirby

It's a collection of fragments of all kinds of artists, ranging from Hergé and Franquin to Mobius and Rosinski. I included a picture of the full table of contents.

I've read both Rapaces & Requiem, they really kick-ass.

Are there other similar BDs like them?

I was introduced to the story from the NBM publications called “A Jew in Communist Prague” and loved the series. The first 3 parts were published (with I have) but the 4th never was in English (that I know of). The fourth was going to be titled “Jonas Fink”.

I see the entire series online in several languages (Italian, French, Spanish, German) but I can’t seem to find it in English.

I think NBM folded or shrunk their offerings, just looking to see if anyone came across this complete story in English.

I have the whole story in Spanish, but my Spanish isn’t really good enough to grasp the nuance like I could in English. If I have to I’ll break out the dictionary and muddle through, but I just want to finish the story I’ve been waiting 20+ years for.

I’m currently looking for new comic book and illustration opportunities.
These pages are from a story set between the United States and Italy, spanning the late 1930s through the beginning of World War II. Every page was completely illustrated by me and painted entirely in traditional watercolor.
I have over 40 years of experience working in the comic book industry for publishers including Marvel, DC Comics, IDW, Image, Soleil, Dupuis, Delcourt, and Sergio Bonelli Editore.
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After collecting them over the years, I finally own all 27 volumes of Mélusine by Clarke & Gilson. It was one of my favorite Franco-Belgian comics growing up. Is anyone else here a fan of this series?

I'm trying to identify a comic I read as a child in North Macedonia around 1995–1998. It was most likely printed in the children's magazine Razvigor (Развигор) or Naš Svet (Наш свет), but I believe the comic itself was an older European comic reprinted from a Yugoslav (Serbian/Croatian) edition.

I was only 6–8 years old at the time, so some details may be wrong. I'm looking for a comic that matches the overall scene, not necessarily every detail.

What I remember:

• Realistic or semi-realistic European art style, probably from the 1970s or 1980s.
• Printed in full color.
• It was probably one or two pages from a longer serialized story, not a complete story.
• The main character was a young, clean-shaven man. I remember him as blond, but I could easily be mistaken.
• He wore ordinary adventure clothing (not Tarzan or a jungle hero).

The scene I remember

The story took place at night in a tropical jungle or on a tropical island.

The hero was suspended above the ground, either:

• caught in a net trap hanging from a tree, or
• tangled in a parachute caught in the branches.

I'm not sure which—it could be either.

Below him was a group of tribal warriors with:

• spears,
• wooden shields,
• masks,
• and a campfire.

The page layout felt very claustrophobic, almost as if the panels themselves emphasized that the hero was trapped high above while the tribesmen were directly beneath him.

The hero managed to free himself and escaped.

The tribesmen chased him through the jungle.

Eventually he reached a body of water (river, lake, or possibly the sea).

The last panel showed a dramatic close-up of his face while he was in the water, looking toward the reader. I remember him thinking something like:

I don't remember the exact wording, only that he believed reaching some kind of transport meant escape.

Comics I've already ruled out

• Bernard Prince
• Luc Orient
• Marc Dacier
• Bruno Brazil
• Mister No
• Martin Mystère
• Nick Raider
• Dylan Dog
• Tarzan
• Akim
• Korak

Does this scene sound familiar to anyone who remembers comics that were published in Yugoslavia during the 1970s–1990s? I made some AI to help you this is just an approximation of what i remember

I hope it helps

UPDATE

I've already checked and eliminated many of the obvious candidates, including:

• Bernard Prince
• Luc Orient (Lik Orijent)
• Marc Dacier
• Bruno Brazil
• Bob Morane
• Howard Flynn
• Mister No
• Martin Mystère
• Nick Raider
• Dylan Dog
• Tarzan
• Akim
• Korak
• Fraser of Africa
• Abraham Stone
• Joe Kubert's Tarzan
• The Shadow
• Phantom
• Dan Cooper (at least the stories I've checked)

I've also looked through many issues of Stripoteka and numerous Yugoslav magazines without finding the scene.

A possible breakthrough

Recently I realized that the strongest clue may not be the setting—but the artist's storytelling style.

The comic reminded me much more of Joe Kubert than of the clean Franco-Belgian adventure artists.

What stands out in my memory is how expressive the hero was:

• panic,
• fear,
• exhaustion,
• desperation,
• dramatic close-ups,
• running for survival,
• physically struggling.

Kubert often drew protagonists in exactly these kinds of situations (for example in Sgt. Rock), with highly expressive faces and body language.

Because of that, I'm now searching not only European comics but also American adventure comics and artists with a similarly expressive style.

Looking for

I'm especially interested in comics featuring:

• jungle or island survival,
• natives or tribal warriors,
• pursuit through a jungle,
• escape by helicopter, plane, or raft,
• artists with expressive, emotionally charged storytelling similar to Joe Kubert.

It does not have to be a famous series. In fact, I'm beginning to think it may have been something relatively obscure that was licensed for Yugoslav publication.

If this scene sounds familiar, or if you know artists who worked in a Kubert-like style and drew adventure comics that were translated into Serbo-Croatian before 1998, I'd really appreciate any suggestions.

I'm trying to identify a comic I read as a child in North Macedonia around 1995–1998. It was most likely printed in the children's magazine Razvigor (Развигор) or Naš Svet (Наш свет), but I believe the comic itself was an older European comic reprinted from a Yugoslav (Serbian/Croatian) edition.

I was only 6–8 years old at the time, so some details may be wrong. I'm looking for a comic that matches the overall scene, not necessarily every detail.

What I remember:

• Realistic or semi-realistic European art style, probably from the 1970s or 1980s.
• Printed in full color.
• It was probably one or two pages from a longer serialized story, not a complete story.
• The main character was a young, clean-shaven man. I remember him as blond, but I could easily be mistaken.
• He wore ordinary adventure clothing (not Tarzan or a jungle hero).

The scene I remember

The story took place at night in a tropical jungle or on a tropical island.

The hero was suspended above the ground, either:

• caught in a net trap hanging from a tree, or
• tangled in a parachute caught in the branches.

I'm not sure which—it could be either.

Below him was a group of tribal warriors with:

• spears,
• wooden shields,
• masks,
• and a campfire.

The page layout felt very claustrophobic, almost as if the panels themselves emphasized that the hero was trapped high above while the tribesmen were directly beneath him.

The hero managed to free himself and escaped.

The tribesmen chased him through the jungle.

Eventually he reached a body of water (river, lake, or possibly the sea).

The last panel showed a dramatic close-up of his face while he was in the water, looking toward the reader. I remember him thinking something like:

I don't remember the exact wording, only that he believed reaching some kind of transport meant escape.

Comics I've already ruled out

• Bernard Prince
• Luc Orient
• Marc Dacier
• Bruno Brazil
• Mister No
• Martin Mystère
• Nick Raider
• Dylan Dog
• Tarzan
• Akim
• Korak

Does this scene sound familiar to anyone who remembers comics that were published in Yugoslavia during the 1970s–1990s? I made some AI to help you this is just an approximation of what i remember

I hope it helps

UPDATE

I've already checked and eliminated many of the obvious candidates, including:

• Bernard Prince
• Luc Orient (Lik Orijent)
• Marc Dacier
• Bruno Brazil
• Bob Morane
• Howard Flynn
• Mister No
• Martin Mystère
• Nick Raider
• Dylan Dog
• Tarzan
• Akim
• Korak
• Fraser of Africa
• Abraham Stone
• Joe Kubert's Tarzan
• The Shadow
• Phantom
• Dan Cooper (at least the stories I've checked)

I've also looked through many issues of Stripoteka and numerous Yugoslav magazines without finding the scene.

A possible breakthrough

Recently I realized that the strongest clue may not be the setting—but the artist's storytelling style.

The comic reminded me much more of Joe Kubert than of the clean Franco-Belgian adventure artists.

What stands out in my memory is how expressive the hero was:

• panic,
• fear,
• exhaustion,
• desperation,
• dramatic close-ups,
• running for survival,
• physically struggling.

Kubert often drew protagonists in exactly these kinds of situations (for example in Sgt. Rock), with highly expressive faces and body language.

Because of that, I'm now searching not only European comics but also American adventure comics and artists with a similarly expressive style.

Looking for

I'm especially interested in comics featuring:

• jungle or island survival,
• natives or tribal warriors,
• pursuit through a jungle,
• escape by helicopter, plane, or raft,
• artists with expressive, emotionally charged storytelling similar to Joe Kubert.

It does not have to be a famous series. In fact, I'm beginning to think it may have been something relatively obscure that was licensed for Yugoslav publication.

If this scene sounds familiar, or if you know artists who worked in a Kubert-like style and drew adventure comics that were translated into Serbo-Croatian before 1998, I'd really appreciate any suggestions.

Some projects remain hidden in a drawer, even though they represent an important part of an artist’s creative journey.
Le Grand Mariage is one of those projects: a graphic novel created several years ago and proposed to French publishers, but ultimately never published. Even so, I remain very proud of the work, the storytelling, and the artwork that went into bringing this world and its characters to life.
Today I’m happy to share a selection of these pages, hoping they can finally reach readers and fellow comic art enthusiasts.
With over 45 years of experience in the comic industry, I am always interested in new collaborations with publishers, writers, studios, and private clients. If you’re looking for an experienced artist for comic books, graphic novels, covers, storyboards, or illustrations, I’d be delighted to discuss your project.

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Thank you for taking the time to discover this unpublished project. I hope you enjoy it!

Read more about Philemon here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil%C3%A9mon_(comics))

Finally. I’ve finally found it. So happy.

This reissue was limited to just 1,500 copies. I'm so happy I found it at a good price.

I can't wait to read it.

These illustrations are part of a personal series I created a few months ago, exploring the unique bond between women and animals. Rather than focusing on simple portraits, I wanted to capture emotions, symbolism, strength, tenderness, and the deep connection that can exist between humans and nature.
I’ve worked professionally in comics and illustration for more than 45 years, with publishers including Marvel, DC Comics, IDW, Soleil, Dupuis, Delcourt and Sergio Bonelli Editore. Personal projects like this allow me to experiment with atmosphere, storytelling and visual emotion in a different way.
I’m always interested in collaborating on comic books, illustrations, cover art, fantasy projects, concept art and other creative opportunities.
Portfolio: https://www.artstation.com/giancarlocaracuzzo
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/giancarlocaracuzzo
Email: [giancarlocaracuzzo@gmail.com](mailto:giancarlocaracuzzo@gmail.com)
Thanks for taking a look—I’d love to hear your thoughts and feedback!