French Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror and Pulp Fiction

Author: Jean-Marc Lofficier
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 812

Book Description
Connoisseurs of fantasy, science fiction, and horror have long recognized the important contributions of thousands of French authors, filmmakers, and artists. The volume is divided into two parts. Part I gives historical overviews, complete lists, descriptions, and summaries for works in film, television, radio, animation, comic books, and graphic novels. This section also includes interviews with animation director Rene Laloux and comic book artist Moebius, as well as comments from filmmaker Luc Besson. Biographies are provided for over 200 important contributors to television and graphic arts. Part II covers the major authors and literary trends of French science fiction, fantasy, and horror from the Middle Ages to the present day. (French-Canadians and Belgians are also examined.) There is a biographical dictionary of over 3,000 authors, a section on major French awards, and a complete bibliography. Many illustrations (!) illuminate this thorough presentation.

Forthcoming Books

Author: Rose Arny
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1160

Book Description

Blake & Mortimer - Volume 14 - The Curse of the 30 pieces of Silver (Part 2)

Author: Etienne Shréder
Publisher: Cinebook
ISBN: 1849186324
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : fr
Pages : 65

Book Description
Captured and then abandoned by Olrik, Mortimer is now lost at sea with no provisions. Fortunately, he can always count on Blake. Once reunited, and with the help of some old friends, the two British gentlemen continue their dangerous mission to stop Von Stahl from resurrecting the Third Reich using the evil power of the 30 pieces of silver... a mission that will take them throughout Greece and into the very Kingdom of Hades!

The Yellow "M"

Author: Edgar-Pierre Jacobs
Publisher: 9th Cinebook
ISBN: 9781905460212
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
London's walls resound with the incredible exploits of the 'Yellow Mark.' The spectacular actions of this mysterious criminal are on the increase: holding up the Bank of England, robbing the imperial crown... No one seems able to stop him. He is so audacious that he lets the police know in advance where he will commit his crimes, each time ridiculing Scotland Yard a little more. The apparent ease with which he evades police schemes begins to worry the highest authorities of the country. The Home Office asks Captain Francis Blake to solve the mystery and discover the identity of the man who hides behind the Yellow Mark. The captain immediately takes as partner his old friend, Professor Philip Mortimer, whose scientific knowledge will be invaluable in solving this extremely complex enigma. Who hides behind the Yellow Mark?

The Comic Art Collection Catalog

Author: Michigan State University. Libraries. Special Collections Division
Publisher: Greenwood
ISBN:
Category : Caricatures and cartoons
Languages : en
Pages : 1458

Book Description
This is the most comprehensive dictionary available on comic art produced around the world. The catalog provides detailed information about more than 60,000 cataloged books, magazines, scrapbooks, fanzines, comic books, and other materials in the Michigan State University Libraries, America's premiere library comics collection. The catalog lists both comics and works about comics. Each book or serial is listed by title, with entries as appropriate under author, subject, and series. Besides the traditional books and magazines, significant collections of microfilm, sound recordings, vertical files, and realia (mainly T-shirts) are included. Comics and related materials are grouped by nationality (e.g., French comics) and genre (e.g., funny animal comics). Several times larger than any previously published bibliography, list, or catalog on the comic arts, this unique international dictionary catalog is indispensible for all scholars and students of comics and the broad field of popular culture.

Blake & Mortimer - Volume 17 - The Secret of the Sworfish (Part 3)

Author: Edgar P. Jacobs
Publisher: Cinebook
ISBN: 1849187789
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : fr
Pages : 63

Book Description
The captain and the professor have finally made it to the secret base with the Swordfish blueprints, and construction has begun on the extraordinary machines. Olrik hasn’t had his last word, though, and he is ready to take tremendous risks to locate the world’s last bastion of resistance and freedom. A race against time is on between Imperial forces on one side and Mortimer’s teams of engineers on the other... The fate of civilisation is at stake.

The Atlantean Conspiracy (Final Edition)

Author: Eric Dubay
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1304634396
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 330

Book Description
The Atlantean Conspiracy Final Edition is the ultimate encyclopedia exposing the global conspiracy from Atlantis to Zion. Discover how world royalty through the Vatican and secret societies control literally every facet of our lives from behind the scenes and have done so for thousands of years. Topics covered include Presidential Bloodlines, The New World Order, Big Brother, FEMA Concentration Camps, Secret Societies, The Zionist Jew World Order, False Flags & The Hegelian Dialectic, The Lusitania & WWI, Pearl Harbor & WWII, Operation Northwoods, The Gulf of Tonkin & The Vietnam War, The Oklahoma City Bombing, The 9/11 Inside Job, Media Manipulation, The Health Conspiracy, Fluoride, Vaccines, Engineered AIDS, The Meat & Dairy Myth, The Cure for Everything, Masonic Symbology, Numerology, Time Manipulation, The Christian Conspiracy, Astrotheology, Magic Mushrooms, Atlantis, Kundalini, Enlightenment, Geocentric Cosmology, The NASA Moon and Mars Landing Hoaxes, Aliens, Controlled Opposition, and much more

The Testament of William S.

Author: Yves Sente
Publisher: 9th Cinebook
ISBN: 9781849183390
Category : Boating accidents
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Captain Francis Blake, dashing head of England's MI5. Professor Philip Mortimer, world-renowned nuclear physicist. The most distinguished duo of gentleman-adventurers, battling the forces of evil and their arch nemesis Olrik around the globe, below the earth, even across time itself... The 24th adventure of Her Majesty's finest protectors!

The Sarcophagi of the Sixth Continent

Author: Yves Sente
Publisher: 9th Cinebook
ISBN: 9781849180771
Category : Adventure and adventurers
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Graphic Novel. The latest book in the graphic novel series.

Books in Print

Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 2376

Book Description