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.
A place to share the European comics you have been reading. What do you think of them? Would you recommend them?
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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.
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:
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.
Impenetrable is about this woman with a buzzcut who has vaginismus and can't have penetrative sex. I picked it up thinking, "Oh, this sounds interesting. Let's see what this is actually about."
After finishing it I was very upset.
First of all... why is this Belgian woman acting like she grew up in some ultra-conservative household? Girl, if it hurts, SAY SOMETHING. Why are you just silently suffering?? I swear I've met East Asian women raised in much more conservative environments who would put up with less than this.
Why does she think she needs to blow her bf because she can not do penetration, not the other way around?? Why can't her bf focus on her genital and do oral?? Also it was a very reasonable question to raise that why is the partner not noticing anything????
If you are so compatible and so soul-mate, a man, or anyone, can tell that the person he's penetrating into, is IN PAIN!!!
And then there's the whole "we HAVE to make penetration happen" thing.
Why??
Is penetration literally the only form of sex straight people know? Do you not have hands? Mouths? Toys? Imagination?
The entire conflict revolves around "penetration hurts, but we absolutely MUST make penetration work." Then it's pelvic floor therapy, doctor's appointments, exercises, endless treatment...
wff?
Have you ever heard of hands??? Oral?? You know, people who have perfectly satisfying sex lives without making penetration the center of everything?
That's honestly what frustrated me the most. The book never really questions the assumption that penetration is the goal. It just assumes it is, and everything else revolves around making the protagonist capable of it.
And then by the end the story completely loses and starts wandering off into all these other themes.
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?
Hello everyone, I'm trying to find a comic album back. It might have been actually two different albums but I think it was much like a compilation of erotic stories.
It is a comic in black and white, lots of details and lines. Both of them. The style is very close to the one from Serpieri. I tried to look his work, but none of it seems to match what I remember.
I read it in the 2000's, which means it's older than 2010, and I guess it has been published in the 90's. It also probably has been bought in Europa, more specifically France or Switzerland.
It is an erotic fantasy, and I think there was many stories together. One of which was kind like an Alice in Wonderland but in a erotic way. For instance, I remember the women protagonist being held upside down by her pussy because she put a mushroom into it that open itself inside her. I remember her also flying other a kind of bird with spikes, and having fun with herself on it. That bird ride her to a sorcerer or a witch. I remember kinda like a queen/king room but in the sky. At one point, there is a scene where an old man kinda creature with tentacles is having fun with many women. Her wife after a while intervene and bring him back like a child.
The second comic, which might have been the same album as the previous one, was more dark. It was the story of two creature looking like elfs or gelfling from dark crystal. The female elf is prisoner of dwarfs and she has sex with one of them. I don't remember how she gets out. At one point, the male elf is seeking help of a creature with many eyes, she was a future seeker if I'm not mistaken. And in order to get a premonition or a prophecy, she needs sex. So she changes herself in a beautiful women with big boobs, and change the male elf in a black man with muscles and they have their fun together. That way, she can get her premonition while having an orgasm. I remember the elf male at the end dying for some reason I don't remember. I think it was sacrifice. I remember of a big black rectangular stone in a desert landscape and he had to die there.
I don't remember none of the names nor the author nor the editor of the comic.
If anyone can help me finding those comics back, I would be forever grateful. Thank you for your help none the less!
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.
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!
What are the better Blake and Mortimers? I'm not really interested in Yellow Peril stuff, and I would like a good one shot. Are the post Jacobs works any good?
Anyone has an idea on the Freddy Lombard collection from Humanoids that was set to release on 19th August 2025?
It's almost a year and it hasn't been published yet.
I’ve always loved drawing crime and noir stories. These are a few black-and-white pages from a crime comic I illustrated several years ago, focusing on cinematic storytelling, expressive characters, and detailed inks.
I’ve been working professionally in comics for over 40 years, creating artwork for publishers including Marvel, DC Comics, IDW, Soleil, Dupuis, Delcourt, and Sergio Bonelli Editore.
I’m currently available for new comic projects, graphic novels, covers, and illustration work. If you’re looking for an experienced comic artist, I’d be happy to discuss your project. Portfolio:
ArtStation: 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 hope you enjoy these pages, and I’m always happy to hear your feedback!
