CINEBOOK
AUTHORISED HAPPINESS GN #2
(W) Jean Van Hamme (A) Griffo (CA) Morris
Three more short stories to illustrate the dangers of a welfare state running amok. A single card to access all the details of a man's life - personal data, medical history, bank details - now that would make everything simpler, wouldn't it? But what if the card stops working would the person still exist within society? And in a world where births are regulated, how can children born illegally survive in said society if it doesn't even recognize they exist and won't let them have access to anything?
ISLANDIA GN #3
LEGACY OF THE SORCERER
(W) Marc Vedrines (A) Marc Vedrines (CA) Marc Vedrines
Jacques is dead, burned at the stake for sorcery by terrified villagers. The truth, however, is that Jacques never existed, and was merely the reincarnation of all-powerful Icelandic sorcerer Grimu. His soul, freed at the moment of his second death, has possessed the local magistrate, and his thirst for vengeance makes him commit terrible deeds. The island's authorities are after him, though, and far worse than that: God himself has turned his eye towards the man who defies him!
LARGO WINCH GN #18
SCARLET SAILS
(W) Eric Giacometti (A) Philippe Francq (CA) Philippe Francq
Wrongly accused of causing the recent stock market crash, Largo is in trouble. His attempt to find electronic proof of some external manipulation ends in disaster, and in the meantime the deeds to the entire group have been stolen. The body count keeps rising, and a suspicious guardian angel with golden hair is keeping a close eye on him. Largo will have to go to Saint Petersburg to unravel the multiple layers of this mystery and prove his innocence.
MERMAID PROJECT GN #5
EPISODE 5
(W) LEO (A) Fred Simon (CA) Fred Simon
Romane and Brahim have reached Algapower's artificial island, with the help of some cetaceans with a quite extraordinary behavior. All they need to do now is sneak into the laboratories, locate Romane's kidnapped niece, and find a way to escape with her before the corporation's mad scientists transplant a dolphin's tail onto her. Not an easy task, especially as Algapower's found some ruthless allies. But the two agents, too, have some rather unexpected allies - and a revolution is coming.
RETURN TO ALDEBARAN GN #2
EPISODE 2
Kim's team has traveled through the quantum gate inside the mysterious cube, and begun exploring the planet on the other side, but soon the expedition loses a member: Marie vanishes, abducted by an unknown human. Her teammates will do anything in their power to find her, but they lack resources, and Kim returns to Aldebaran to obtain some. Unfortunately, the political situation on her home planet is quickly deteriorating, and the terrorists are still bent on harming her and her work.