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BD & Comics Passion Festival 2012
Fans of comic books rejoice: the BD & Comics Passion festival is back from 24 to 27 May 2012.
More information about the BD&Comics Passion festival.
Coming soon on Culturethèque: win free tickets to some of the events.

BD & Comics Passion Festival 2012
Preview: Best of Enemies, David B. & J.-P. Filiou, 2012, ebook.
Filiu and David B. draw striking parallels between ancient and contemporary political history in this look at the US-Middle East conflict.
David B. will be joining us in London at the BD & Comics Passion Festival 2012.

BD & Comics Passion Festival 2012
Thorgal (english version): Child of the Stars, Rosinski, 2007, ebook.
Celebrated author of the Thorgal series (on Culturethèque in its entirety), comic book author Rosinski will be coming to talk at the Institut français for the festival.
More information about the BD&Comics Passion festival.

BD & Comics Passion Festival 2012
Discover the first pages of Hilda et le Géant de la Nuit from Luke Pearson.
Luke Pearson will be at the BD&Comics Passion festival from 24th to 27th May.
More information about the BD&Comics Passion festival.

New Comics on Culturethèque

Every three months, Culturethèque sheds 40 comics and gathers 40 more.
Discover our new pickings for the next three months.

New Comics on Culturethèque
Un Zoo en Hiver, Taniguchi, 2009, ebook.

Set in Japan in the 1960's, this graphic novel is about a young man trying to survive as a manga artist.

New Comics on Culturethèque
Première Neige, Corbeyran, Byun, 2009, ebook.

Based on a short story by Maupassant and illustrated by the Corean author of the atmospheric Run, Bong-gu, Run!. You can read the original version on p148 in this book.

New Comics on Culturethèque
Chroniques d'une mère indigne, Anne-Olivia Messana, Sophie de Villenoisie, 2011, ebook.

Getting your child to go to bed is a nightmare. With this mother, these sort of events become farcical.

New Comics on Culturethèque
Une Épatante Aventures de Jules: Imparfait du futur, 1999, Dargaud, ebook.

Jules is a lovely teenager whose only problem is a guinea pig murderer of a brother. He's been selected to go to space by an international organisation.

New Comics on Culturethèque
Marzi: Petite carpe, Sowa Savoia, 2005, ebook.

Culturethèque now has all five books about this little Polish girl born in 1979.

New Comics on Culturethèque
Corto Maltese: La Jeunesse, Hugo Pratt, 2011, ebook.

Find 7 Corto Maltese stories on Culturethèque. In this one, a 17 year old Corto Maltese meets Raspoutin.

New Comics on Culturethèque
Une vie chinoise: Le temps du père, P.Ôtié Kunwu, 2009, ebook.

Culturethèque now has all three of this series about living in China, from Mao's take over to the present day.