Belgo Comics #3 - EN

News from independent publishers of the WalloniaBrussels Federation (Belgium)

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Building on the success of its two previous issues, “Belgo Comics” is back in 2021 to present the latest publications of the independent publishing houses from the French-speaking community of Belgium.

These publishers are proud of the originality of their catalogue and of the specificity of their readers. They share common points: � a vision of their profession as being a demanding cultural operator, concerned above all with the development of the art of comic strips, in all its diversity; � an unfailing curiosity, a concern to experiment, to explore the limits of the medium, to connect it with other arts, or to enhance its heritage;

� attention to the quality of the works, their content, but also their material aspect. These publishers offer a large majority of long-term publications, for which interest is maintained over time; � an international outlook, through editorial partnerships and the publication of authors from various countries, while remaining firmly rooted in Belgian cultural reality.

Micro-edition has a strong presence too in this edition of “Belgo Comics”, with a pool of dynamic and changing collectives. Their fanzines and book objects, whose core content is focused on drawing and narration, are the witnesses of an innovative creation always concerned with moving lines.

Bruno Merckx Head of the Comic books and Children’s literature Department at the Ministry of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation.

INDEPENDENT COMICS FROM BELGIUM: GRANTS AND INFORMATION ASSOCIATION OF COMICS AUTHORS AND ILLUSTRATORS (ABDIL)

This nonprofit association aims at supporting comics authors and illustrators in their contacts with institutional interlocutors, more specifically political structures and their representatives.

Rue de l’Instruction 51, 1070 Bruxelles contact@abdil.be www.abdil.be

ILLUSTRATED LITERATURES SPACE (ELI)

This nonprofit association has been created in 2018 to gather and federate all actors in the field of graphic arts by providing a multifunctional space for meetings, workshops or other activities related to their profession of authors and artists.

Chaussée de Wavre 150, 1050 Bruxelles association.eli@gmail.com

TONER WORKSHOP – ILLUSTRATED LITERATURES SPACE

A cooperative co-working space of self-publishing authors that offers tools and training programs to enable them to create and print their own books and images.

Chaussée de Wavre 150, 1050 Bruxelles toner@framalistes.org

STUDIO FOR TEXT AND IMAGE (ATI)

Center for management, conservation and promotion of the collections in children’s and graphic’s literature.

Complexe “Ilot Saint-Georges”, 4000 Liège www.lesati.be

BAIE DES TECKS (read: ‘bédéthèque’ or comics library)

A library specialized in comics: publications, workshops, activities.

Traverse des Muses 17, 5000 Namur +32 81 74 49 05 baiedestecks@skynet.be

GRANDPAPIER – L’EMPLOYÉ DU MOI

Comics and digital stories portal. https://grandpapier.org/

LE VECTEUR

Boulevard Léopold II 44, 1080 Bruxelles www.promotiondeslettres.cfwb.be

Place Sainctelette 2, 1080 Bruxelles www.wbi.be

SABAM SOCIÉTÉ D’AUTEURS, GESTION DE DROITS

WALLONIA-BRUSSELS CENTER IN PARIS (CWB)

Rue de Marcinelle 30, 6000 Charleroi bibliotheque@vecteur.be - www.vecteur.be

Professional support for all aspects of copyright questions in Belgium and abroad.

LITTLE BELGIAN FANZINE LIBRARY

Rue d’Arlon 75-77, 1040 Bruxelles contact@sabam.be www.sabam.be

Cultural institute in charge of the promotion of artists of the WalloniaBrussels Federation in Paris as well as in France.

“Le Rayon”, specialized library in independent comics; “Livresse” annual festival; and artist residency.

Collection of independent and self-produced publications, monthly encounters on the fanzine culture, annual festival.

Bunker Ciné-Théâtre, Rue des plantes 66A, 1210 Bruxelles - www.fanzinorama.be

COMICS MUSEUM – BELGIAN COMIC STRIP CENTER

Permanent and temporary exhibitions, research library.

Rue des Sables 20, 1000 Bruxelles www.cbbd.be - visit@cbbd.be

COMICS AND YOUTH LITERATURE – GENERAL OFFICE OF LITERATURE AND PUBLISHING OF THE WALLONIA-BRUSSELS FEDERATION

Public entity in charge of the funding policy for authors, publishing houses and comics stakeholders in Brussels and Wallonia. It offers various types of grants and other forms of financial support.

Boulevard Léopold II 44, 1080 Bruxelles www.bandedessinee.cfwb.be

TRANSLATION SUPPORT – BELGIAN LITERATURE DIRECTION OFFICE

Various grants and subsidies for the translation of literary works by authors of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation. The support can be either a direct subsidy to foreign publishers or a residency for foreign translators.

SACD-SCAM

Rue Saint-Martin 127-129, 75004 Paris +33 1 53 01 96 96 info@cfwb.fr www.cwb.be

Professional support at any moment of an author’s career.

WALLONIA-BRUSSELS BOOKSHOP IN PARIS

Rue du Prince royal 87, 1050 Bruxelles info@scam.be www.scam.be

EUROPEAN WRITERS HOUSE (MEDAA)

A place open to all authors and book professionals, for informal contacts as well as (co)working facilities.

Rue du Prince royal 87, 1050 Bruxelles mba@maisondesauteurs.be https://medaa.be/

INTERPROFESSIONAL PARTNERSHIP OF BOOK AND ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING (PILEN)

Association supporting the digitalization of the book industry through free professional training programs and other activities.

Rue du Prince royal 85/87, 1050 Bruxelles +32 2 290 08 07 pilen@futursdulivre.be www.pilen.be

WALLONIA-BRUSSELS INTERNATIONAL (WBI)

Agency in charge of the international valorization of the talent of francophone Belgian artists living in Wallonia and Brussels.

Belgo Comics 2021 is an initiative of Wallonia-Brussels International, in collaboration with the Wallonia-Brussels Federation and independent Belgian comic publishers.

Contacts WBI: Marie-Eve Tossani (me.tossani@wbi.be) Contacts FWB: Bruno Merckx (bruno.merckx@cfwb.be), Silvie Philippart de Foy (silvie.philippart@cfwb.be) Graphic design: Alexia de Visscher Coordination: Matthias Rozes Translation: Thibault Saillant

Book launches and encounters, books and comics by French-speaking Belgian authors and publishers.

Rue Quincampoix 46, 75004 Paris +33 1 42 71 58 03 Librairie.wb@orange.fr - www.librairiewb.com

ESA ACADÉMIE ROYALE DES BEAUX-ARTS DE LIÈGE

Bachelor and Master in Comics.

Rue des anglais 21, 4000 Liège www.esalv.be

ESA SAINT-LUC BRUSSELS

Bachelor and Master in Comics and Publishing.

Place Louis Morichar 30, 1060 Bruxelles +32 2 533 08 80 http://www.stluc-bruxelles-esa.be

SCHOOL FOR GRAPHIC RESEARCH (ERG)

Bachelor and Master in Comics and Publishing.

Rue du Page 87, 1050 Bruxelles http://www.erg.be

ESA SAINT-LUC LIÈGE

Bachelor in Comics.

Bd de la Constitution 41, 4020 Liège https://www.saint-luc.be

ESA FINE ARTS ACADEMY TOURNAI

Bachelor and Master in Comics.

Rue de l’Hôpital Notre-Dame 14, 7500 Tournai www.actournai.be

NAMUR FINE ARTS ACADEMY

Artistic education with reduced schedule.

Rue du Lombard 20, 5000 Namur academie.beauxarts@gmail.com

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LA 5e COUCHE

Comic books are a contemporary art form among others. La 5e Couche holds it and its readers in high esteem. 5C is interested on everything related to comic book, although it also tends to depart from it. Its

Filmonographie 1974-2019

field of action is, by definition, porous and unlimited.

5C structures. 5C sets up conditions to make creation possible. 5C’s books are its manifesto.

978-2-39008-055-8 36 € 304 pages - CMYK 28,2 × 20 cm October 2020

GEORGES SCHWIZGEBEL Hors collection

For decades, Schwizgebel has been creating an œuvre with a constancy and an obstinacy that have spanned the ages. He has been building a unique universe, one film at a time.

Co-published with Hélice Hélas.

Guerre à la Terre

978-2-39008-066-4 30 € 250 pages - CMYK 18,5 × 23 cm February 2021

978-2-39008-067-1 15 € 52 pages - CMYK 16,5 × 24 cm January 2021

CHARLES MIEUX Collection Extracteur

Guerre à la Terre juxtaposes Ellul’s excerpt on Sparta in his History of Institutions with Herotodus's text on the Scythians of the Black Sea. Haunted by the figure of the stranger, this work is built upon a system of associations stemming from the Christian tradition of typological reading.

Horst

Sexe, mensonges & édition

978-2-39008-068-8 6 € 32 pages - B/W 15,5 × 18,5 cm January 2021

JUDITH FOREST Collection écritures

Judith Forest sharply depicts the social mechanisms at work in an environment she has studied and knows well: that of publishing, in France and Belgium. And it doesn’t look good.

L'art érotique d'Anton Kannemeyer & Conrad Botes

ANTON KANNEMEYER & CONRAD BOTES Hors collection

This collection of original drawings comes primarily from the artists’ notebooks. Some of the illustrations were featured in the first porn magazine to appear in South Africa, a highly traditionalistic Christian country. Collaboration didn’t last long: porn aficionados, as it turns out, have little taste for satire, and even less for political confrontation.

978-2-39008-069-5 15 € 100 pages - B/W 20,5 × 28 cm February 2021

XAVIER MUSSAT

Machini

Collection Extracteur

In geology, geomorphology and physical geography, a horst refers to a raised block of the Earth’s crust that has remained stationary or has lifted while, on either side, neighbouring blocks have subsided.

Xavier Mussat has collected his graphic concretions in four notebooks gathered here in one volume.

978-2-39008-056-5 20 € 120 pages - CMYK 32,5 × 24 cm April 2021

TETSHIM & FRANK MUKUNDAY Hors collection

=+

978-2-39008-064-0 25 € 72 pages - CMYK 21 × 29,7 cm February 2021

LL DE MARS Collection ESSAIM

“=+” is the muted echo of the book Moins par moins - simultaneously published by Editions Rackham . The war described in this visual narrative is noisy, mouthy, bawling, and outrageous, at least in its Parisian version (Published by Rackham).

The Dark Knight returns book one

978-2-39008-070-1 15 € 352 pages - B/W 21,6 × 28 cm March 2021

Ebook Collection ESSAIM

An electronic book, also known as an e-book or eBook, is a book publication made available in digital form, readable on the flat-panel display of computers or other electronic devices.

La 5e Couche - address: Avenue des Tropiques 2, 1190 Bruxelles - email: info@5c.be - website: www.5c.be

For the past ten years, Tétshim and Frank Mukunday have been creating ― with raw materials (pebbles, chalk, rusty objects) ― a formal universe that fits their purpose.

Machini pays homage to their town, the mining city of Lubumbashi. It reveals the deadly consequences of mineral exploitation and tells about the pollution and destruction of man by man in the mine area bordering the city. Co-edited with Africalia, in partnership with Twenty Nine.

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by Créons

CFC-ÉDITIONS

Maison CFC is developing a project with two complementary components: editorial activity and a bookshop's daily life.

Its policy of publishing, distribution and promotion of books as well as the running of the bookshop is reflected in the publication of works and the organisation of events such as exhibitions, conferences, meetings, workshops, guided tours, concerts and performances. Its primary aim is to promote the heritage, creativity and artistic life of Brussels and French-speaking literature.

978-2-87572-066-5 14 € 64 pages - CMYK 16,5 × 22 cm 2021

978-2-87572-065-8 18 € 112 pages - CMYK 18,5 × 23,5 cm 2021

Une langue qui a du chien,

Un ouragan dans la barbe

Petite histoire du bruxellois

NOELIA DIAZ IGLESIAS

BIANCA DALL’OSSO & GUYLAINE GERMAIN

Hugo and his mother pay a visit to his grandfather. Hugo is a bold little boy.

Yet, he is afraid of his grandpa, who impresses him with his long beard and his bad temper. Moreover, the deaf grandfather communicates through sign language which Hugo has difficulty understanding.

However, mutual trust will develop between the old man and his grandson.

This bright-coloured first book is the result of an investigation led by two French students on Brussels’ endangered local language, a city they just recently moved to. We meet with a series of colourful characters who defend an inexorably disappearing language, as the authors tell the complex story of a trilingual country in which Brussels holds a special place.

978-2-87572-061-0 24 € 224 pages – CMYK 22 × 27 cm 2021 L’autre part CRÉONS

For years now, a painted character in the shape of a pencil has taken over the walls of our cities and other spots. Crayon dresses up, changes his attitude according to his moods. Passersby spot it and the city becomes a vast open-air space for creation, at the same time poetic, playful, and critical. Crayon is the work of the artist Créons. This first publication is a silent graphic story featuring this iconic character.

978-2-87572-045-0 12 € 48 pages - B/W 23 × 29 cm 2020 Arbres de Bruxelles à colorier LUDOVIC FLAMANT & GWEN GUÉGAN

A stroll through the streets, the gardens and the most beautiful parks of Brussels, to discover 20 extraordinary trees, whether they’re giants, ancient, or hidden.

This discovery book combines games and fun activities to raise awareness on the importance of trees in the city. With the help of Leo the cat, children will color, draw, imagine and discover all these wonderful trees.

CFC-Éditions - address: Maison CFC (éditions & librairie) Place des Martyrs 14, 1000 Bruxelles - email: info@maisoncfc.be - website: www.maisoncfc.be

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by Berthet & Cossu

Our editorial line is, in a nutshell, ADVENTURE. That is the reason why L'AVENTURE is the title of our quarterly comic book, the showcase of our label. At home, near you, at work, on a desert island, in a distant galaxy, in your garden, in your attic or your cellar, in your bed or in your head, adventure is everywhere! Our stories have only one goal: to transport the reader and excite him/her!

Les Éditions du Tiroir is an organization on a human scale, which masters the entire publishing chain.

Our ambition is to be a link between authors and readers by providing the former with the editorial and distribution tools that enable them to reach the latter as widely as possible.

EDITIONS DU TIROIR

978-2-931027-24-0 16 € 64 pages - CMYK 22,7 × 30,7 cm March 2021

La soupe au sang et autres scènes mortelles du quotidien BENOI

Sometimes everything goes wrong.

Sometimes, tragedy is near, and fear sets in.

Often, when Death is near, one can hear it cringe. It can happen to anyone. In these 8 short, dense and dark stories, we don't always know if there’s a silver lining. This scathing short stories are the “deadly scenes of daily life”.

978-2-931027-23-3 16 € 64 pages - CMYK 22,7 × 30,7 cm March 2021 ADELIN ET IRINA L'épée de la domination NICO

Who is Zark the Sailor?

An inveterate liar?

Maybe… In any case, his tale of a diabolical sword, forged 500 years ago by a cursed wizard for the love of a queen, brings many people in its wake: adventurers, cruel and power-hungry Amazons, mysterious strangers from faraway lands… And, of course, Princess Irina and her slave Adelin!

978-2-931027-28-8 12 € 32 pages - CMYK 22,7 × 30,7 cm March 2021

Fin de bail

BERTHET ET COSSU

Philippe Berthet and Antonio Cossu often worked together in the 1980s, including the creation of the science fiction series Le Marchand d’idées for Glénat Editions. In those days, they also produced short stories published in several comic book magazines.

This publication invites you to (re)discover all these stories with new colorization.

Editions du Tiroir asbl - address: Clos du Champ d’Abeiche 5, 1420 Braine-L’Alleud - email: christian@editions-du-tiroir.be - website: www.editions-du-tiroir.be

978-2-931027-20-2 16 € 64 pages - CMYK 22,7 × 30,7 cm November 2020 MACGUFFIN ET ALAN SMITHEE Summer of love VIAU ET DUGUAY

From Chicago to California, following the legendary Route 66, agents MacGuffin and Alan Smithee cross a disunited America while the Black Panthers clash with members of the Ku Klux Klan.

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by Julie Michelin

L’EMPLOYÉ DU MOI

Founded by comic book artists in Brussels at the turn of the 2000s, L’employé du moi is a publishing house that offers a variety of eclectic projects dedicated to indie comics. From intimate chronicles of wild adventure stories to unbridled science fiction tales,

Mon aventure torride

978-2-39004-073-6 7 € 40 pages - CMYK 15 × 22 cm August 2020

NOAH VAN SCIVER Hors collection

NOAH VAN SCIVER Hors collection

My Hot Date recounts how Noah Van Sciver got his first date while surfing on the ancestor of today’s online chat rooms. A self-deprecating and fiery account of his teenage years back when he lived in a seedy suburb of Phoenix in the late 90s.

Eksploracja

Le Bord du gouffre

978-2-39004-075-0 15 € 112 pages - B/W 18 × 23 cm August 2020

978-2-39004-078-1 25 € 184 pages - CMYK 21 × 28 cm March 2021

To pay his rent and provide for his family, Joe has had no choice but to take as many extra hours as possible at the pizzeria where he works. In just four days, this man's life will turn into a nightmare. A fatalistic portrait of the living conditions of America's needy.

Solstice

978-2-39004-080-4 16 € 128 pages - CMYK 17 × 23,5 cm April 2021

LUCAS SCHOLTES

JULIE MICHELIN

Hors collection

Hors collection

The trail begins at the edge of the forest bordering the surrounding area. As the journey has only just begun, Gus and François meet Ivan in what appears to be the remains of a ruined city. Fascinated by this strange character, both wild and impressive, they decide to stay with him to discover the basics of survival in nature.

To prevent the world from sinking permanently into the abyss, Line and Marlene are sent on a mission light years from home, to an unknown planet. Eksploracja is a science fiction tale that takes us on a frantic adventure that turns our relationship with time and space upside down.

L’employé du moi’s books invariably, but sensitively, address adolescent themes. As if the transition to adulthood, and everything it stands for, would turn into fertile ground for storytelling.

Airpussy New edition

978-2-39004-076-7 13 € 40 pages - CMYK 18 × 18 cm December 2020

ULLI LUST Hors collection

Inspired by the ancient myths of the sacred marriage between divinities, Airpussy is a silent and symbolic tale, which appeals to all our senses.

A Venus 2.0 invites us to accompany her on an erotic stroll through the city. Sold out for some time, this allegorical publication in duotone is available again in a hardcover edition.

Röhner

Menotte & Quenotte

978-2-39004-070-5 16 € 176 pages - B/W 14,5 × 20 cm January 2021

MICHEL ESSELBRÜGGE Hors collection

Left to his own devices in a world of invisible adults, Menotte is an outcast teenager who builds his own mythology. At the heart of this ingenuous utopia, maturity sometimes emerges where it is not expected, through rebellion, fraternity and love. A story about a struggle for emancipation.

978-2-39004-082-8 16 € 216 pages - B/W 14,5 × 20 cm May 2021

MAX BAITINGER Hors collection

P. is a neurotic loner. All aspects of his existence are regulated with great care. So, when Röhner, an old acquaintance, shows up at his house, his life turns into hell. P. then imagines all conceivable scenarios to get rid of this unwanted guest once and for all.

Avant l’oubli

978-2-39004-084-2 24 € 248 pages -CMYK 16 × 22 cm June 2021

LISA BLUMEN Hors collection

The Moon will crash into Earth in ten days. It is unclear if humanity is going to make it. Who cares.

Everyone tries to wind up his affairs.

People try to learn about those around them, to live a little longer, without really thinking of what they’re doing. Everything seems so absurd when you already know the end.

L’employé du Moi - address: Rue du Progrès 409, 1030 Bruxelles - email: info@employe-du-moi.org - website: http://employe-du-moi.org - facebook.com/employe.du.moi

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by Valfret

FRÉMOK

Le Frémok is an associative structure fueled by the energy of its volunteers, a UFO in the domain of graphic literatures, a platform launching the most radical experiments, crossing genre-boundaries, blurring the boundaries between poetry and politics. It fosters new perspectives on the world by

Eldorado

978-2-39022-018-3 34 € 232 pages - CMYK 24 × 30 cm February 2020

978-2-39022-020-6 10 € 40 pages - CMYK 13,5 × 20,5 cm May 2020

TOBIAS SCHALKEN Collection Amphigouri

Tobias Schalken explores the remains of our civilization in a mutating comic book, which surprises us at every page. Paintings, installations and drawings come together and let us wander through a shaken world. The characters’ strange and poetic adventures echo our doubts and tint our nightmares with serenity and sensuality.

Le Chat n’a pas de Bouche vous aime beaucoup New edition DOUBLEBOB

Collection Flore / Expérience Alice

Taking as a starting point the universe of Alice in Wonderland, DoubleBob creates his own imaginary world as absurd as reality.

The characters question us with their eyes, invite us to dance, lead us to a trance. A sardine tin seen through a cat’s eye becomes an enigma, an intimate relationship to drawing and to the voids it creates.

combining visual narration, outsider art, philosophical thinking, youth literature, comics, contemporary art, and demonical serials. It believes in collective work, in life as well as in books, and above all in beautiful books. That is why it will survive the death of book itself.

978-2-39022-019-0 18 € 100 pages - CMYK 14 × 20 cm May 2020

Alice sous la terre New edition

Manuel de Civilité Biohardcore

LEWIS CARROLL Collection Expérience Alice

One summer day, Alice Liddell asks Lewis Carroll to make a book out of the story he improvised for her. Lewis Carroll writes it and enriches it with pen drawings and calligrams. Here is a miraculously restored version of this notebook, where words and images interact.

This unique object draws us into the genesis of a monument of children’s literature.

979-10-92159-23-3 14 € 64 pages - CMYK 20 × 28 cm March 2021

STEPHANE DE GROEF , ANTOINE BOUTE & ADRIEN HERDA Hors collection / coedited with Tusitala

The DIY Apocalypse! This handbook teaches young and old to coax terrorist nettles and radioactive wild boars to create havoc, to turn an SUV into a greenhouse, and many other things, both practical and biohardcore. A hilarious ethnography!

LE CHEIKH

Sauvage

978-2-39022-022-0 20 € 64 pages - CMYK 21 × 26,5 cm January 2021

VALFRET Collection Amphigouri

Through watercolour and gouache painting, Valfret Asperatus processes everything he absorbed: merchandise, riot police, nightsticks, rubbish seen in the street or on the screen. He lives, dreams and vituperates, turns his obsessions into bucolic or primal scenes: cops reenacting Manet’s Luncheon on the Grass, people rediscovering their desires and needs, bodies suffering or climaxing…

Gars et Gus

978-2-39022-021-3 19 € 64 pages - CMYK 18 × 27 cm October 2020

Brynhildr

FRÉDÉRIC COCHÉ Collection Amphigouri

STEFAN VAN DINTHER

Stefan Van Dinther explores the founding myths of comic strip humour, letting his characters play in a two-dimensional space where each line causes a shift in graphic meaning. With clear lines and speech bubbles, these comic strips feature Gars & Gus, a burlesque duo in front of whom everything takes on an unexpected, poetic, and comic meaning.

978-2-39022-024-4 28 € 112 pages - CMYK 29,5 × 20,3 cm April 2021

MARKO TURUNEN FRMK

978-2-39022-023-7 30 € 376 pages - 2 colors 17 × 24 cm March 2021

HYPERACTIF Le Cheikh hyperactif

MARKO TURUNEN

A turbulent storyteller, Marko Turunen opens his toy box to evoke the tragedy of life in the form of an entertaining tale. Warriors, hairstyling ponies and policewomen Barbies track down the hyperactive, impulsive and amnesic Sheikh.

The action is set in a spectacular version of reality, with everything from intimate dramas to Z-series fantasies.

Frémok - address: Rue de l’Instruction 51, 1070 Bruxelles - email: thierry@fremok.org - website: www.fremok.org

This series of 72 etchings illustrates The Ring of the Nibelung, Wagner’s music drama which revived Norse mythology and prefigured fantasy novels. Some scenes were added, some details were erased. Characters are returning to their primitive and irreverent self. Brünhilde, an amputated and abandoned demigoddess, will disrupt the plans of gods and men.

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LES IMPRESSIONS NOUVELLES

The publisher of Aurélia Aurita, Frédéric Boilet and Jimmy Beaulieu, Les Impressions Nouvelles also offers many essays on comics and graphic novels, considered as key tools for a better understanding of the general mechanisms, the history and the cur-

978-2-87449-858-9 12 € 128 pages - B/W 13 × 19 cm March 2021

MARTINE, Une aventurière du quotidien LAURENCE BOUDART

Coll. LA FABRIQUE DES HÉROS

In Martine’s world, there are few, if any, problems, dangers, or misery.

Unless we dare to look at the notion of the epic from the point of view of a child, for whom the everyday is a playground where authentic adventures constantly arise.

978-2-87449-858-9 12 € 128 pages - B/W 13 × 19 cm October 2020

SHERLOCK HOLMES, Détective de l’étrange

XAVIER MAUMÉJEAN Coll. LA FABRIQUE DES HÉROS

To say that Sherlock Holmes influenced the detective novel is a truism. He established the model of the logician detective in the whodunit, both as a source of inspiration and as a constraint for his successors. Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple, Nero Wolfe or Ellery Queen had to shoulder a legacy that still lives on in the form of postmodern rereadings.

rent stakes of visual narrative. Founded in 1985 and having already published more than 350 books, Les Impressions Nouvelles focuses on readability, social and intellectual commitment and the love of attractive vulgarization.

978-2-87449-804-6 20 € 240 pages - B/W 14,5 × 21 cm October 2020

ADAPTATION ET BANDE DESSINÉE Éloge de la fidélité JAN BAETENS

A thorough examination of the many aspects of literary adaptation in comics format, featuring a representative selection of contemporary works. Including Jacques Tardi, Stéphane Heuet, David Sala, David Vandermeulen, Manu Larcenet, Clément Oubrerie, Olivier Deprez, plus a dozen others.

978-2-87449-838-1 28 € 400 pages –CMYK 17 × 24 cm February 2021

PRESSE ET BANDE DESSINÉE Une histoire sans fin

Edited by ALEXIS LÉVRIER and GUILLAUME PINSON

As a medium combining image and text, comics have a shared history with the press. From the beginning, comics exploited news stories, and soon developed characters who were journalists themselves. In this publication, readers will cross paths with hero reporters, immerse themselves in the turbulent history of magazines and discover the many interactions between comics and the press.

978-2-87449-830-5 35 € 160 pages -CMYK 24 × 34 cm February 2021

Emmanuel Guibert, en bonne compagnie Conversations with JACQUES SAMSON

A stunning monograph dedicated to Emmanuel Guibert, the 2020 recipient of the Angouleme Grand Prize. Featuring 150 unpublished illustrations, this volume showcases the wide range of Guibert’s work, from The Photographer to Alan’s war, Ariol, and numerous other publications for all ages.

Collection LA FABRIQUE DES HÉROS

With cheerful erudition, the “Fabrique des Héros” series (“The Heroes’ Factory”) does not seek to look back at the life of a character and is not meant to be a fan’s Bible either. In a hundred pages, each

issue presents itself in the form of an encounter between an author and a pop culture hero or heroine. Simply put, it offers both a journey and a rediscovery.

Les Impressions Nouvelles - address: Avenue de la Jonction 51-53, 1190 Bruxelles - email: info@lesimpressionsnouvelles.com - website: www.lesimpressionsnouvelles.com

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by Wauter Mannaert

DARGAUD

Dargaud Benelux is located in Brussels and directed by Yves Schlirf. The company is a subsidiary of Dargaud editions, founded in 1936 by Georges Dargaud and now managed by Benoit Pollet. As a trade publisher of comic book series and graphic

YASMINA Tome 1 Master-classe

978-2-50508-340-5 9,99 € 48 pages - CMYK 21,8 × 30 cm August 2020

PIERRE-HENRY GOMONT

WAUTER MANNAERT

Appalled by the eating habits of her classmates, Yasmina launches a petition in her school to get cooking and gardening lessons. As for his dad, he decides to open his own food truck… Both will have to be resourceful to promote healthy and sustainable food!

Bartleby, le scribe

La Fuite du cerveau

978-2-50508-360-3 25 € 192 pages - CMYK 22,5 × 29,8 cm September 2020

On April 18th, 1955, Albert Einstein died. Thomas Stolz, the doctor in charge of the autopsy, sees it as an incredible opportunity: he steals the scientist's brain to study it secretly.

Only, Einstein's body follows him home! And this body, which moves and speaks, is fascinated by the idea of examining its own neurons…

A funny and wild road trip.

978-2-50508-618-5 15,99 € 72 pages - CMYK 22 × 28,8 cm February 2021

JOSE-LUIS MUNUERA

Wall Street, New York. Bartleby is hired in a notarial office to copy legal acts. Both conscientious and efficient, he does a tremendous work without ever complaining. However, one day his supervisor assigns him a task which he declines. From this day on, Bartleby will cease to obey orders. A masterful adaptation of Herman Melville’s short story!

Jours de sable

novels, Dargaud Benelux is committed to the promotion of Belgian comics’ patrimony – with series like Blake & Mortimer or XIII – and contemporary creation (Les Vieux Fourneaux, Scorpion, Undertaker, Murena, SHI…).

Malgré tout

978-2-50508-150-0 22,50 € 152 pages - CMYK 22,5 × 29,8 cm September 2020

JORDI LAFEBRE

This comic book tells the tale of the platonic but eternal love story between Ana–a charismatic sexagenarian and former mayor– and Zeno, a lifelong bachelor and doctoral student in physics. An impossible love forged through the years, told backwards, from their last to their first encounter.

Blanc autour

978-2-50508-246-0 19,99 € 144 pages - CMYK 21 × 28,2 cm January 2021

WILFRID LUPANO & STÉPHANE FERT

Canterbury, 1832. Prudence Crandall welcomes a young black girl to her school. White residents see this as a danger and threaten to remove their daughters from the facility. Prudence takes their word for it and founds the first school for young black girls in the United States. A story of solidarity and sorority inspired by real events.

978-2-50508-254-5 29,99 € 288 pages - CMYK 19,6 × 26,8 cm May 2021

AIMÉE DE JONGH

Washington, 1937. John Clark, a 22-year-old photojournalist, is hired by the Farm Security Administration, the government agency tasked with helping farmers affected by the Great Depression. His mission: to bear witness, through the evocative power of photography, to the dramatic situation of the Dust Bowl farmers.

Dargaud Benelux - address: 7 Avenue Paul-Henri Spaak, 1060 Bruxelles - email: info@dargaud.be - website: www.dargaud.com

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by Pedrosa & Moreil

DUPUIS

The original publisher of mythical universes such as Spirou, Gaston and Largo Winch, Dupuis is constantly reinventing the comic book by publishing daring titles, aimed at all audiences.

978-2-39034-073-7 5,90 € 48 pages - CMYK 13,5 × 17,2 cm

979-1-03473-801-4 9,90 € 32 pages - CMYK 20 × 26,5 cm

LE FIL DE L’HISTOIRE RACONTÉ PAR ARIANE & NINO, La peste

PETIT POILU Duel de bulles

FABRICE ERRE ET SYLVAIN SAVOIA

CÉLINE FRAIPONT & PIERRE BAILLY

This series of historical books for children dives into the great episodes of human history with a contemporary viewpoint.

Both fun and educational, this comic book series is ideal for helping children to read independently by tackling themes that are part of everyday life. Duel de bulles addresses the theme of competitive spirit.

Le chanteur perdu

978-2-80017-483-9 23 € 184 pages - CMYK 19,5 × 25,8 cm

TRONCHET

This moving and vibrant graphic story raises the question: are we living the life we wanted to live?

A playful and healing investigation that we follow with great pleasure.

LA BÊTE, tome 1

LA BOÎTE À MUSIQUE

979-1-03474-787-0 12,5 € 56 pages - CMYK 21,8 × 30 cm

BARBUCCI & DI GREGORIO

GIJÉ & CARBONE

For her eighth birthday, Nola receives a wonderful gift: her mother’s music box. But on closer inspection, she finds a little girl inside the box, gesticulating and calling for help… Welcome to the mysteries of this enchanted and initiatory world.

979-1-03473-821-2 24,95 € 156 pages - CMYK 24,7 × 28,8 cm

ZIDROU & FRANK PÉ

Captured in the middle of Palombia and sold to traffickers in exotic animals, a marsupilami arrives at the port of Antwerp in the 1950s.

This magnificent adventure tells the story of an extraordinary friendship between a child and an animal.

A superb tribute to the fabulous character created by Franquin.

L’ÂGE D’OR, tome 2

979-1-03473-264-7 32 € 192 pages - CMYK 23,7 × 31 cm

PEDROSA & MOREIL

The second and last opus in the series, which concludes this flamboyant and political medieval saga. A wonderful tale of revolution and utopia in which hope for a better world becomes a promise for the future.

Dupuis - address: 52 rue Destrée, 6001 Marcinelle - email: dumont.s@dupuis.com - website: www.dupuis.com

LES SŒURS GRÉMILLET, tome 1

979-10-347-3697-3 13,95 € 72 pages - CMYK 21,9 × 29 cm

The Grémillet Sisters want to make a photo album for Mother's Day. While searching in the attic, they come across a picture of their pregnant mother. But who is the baby?

LE LOUP M’A DIT, tome 1/2

979-1-03474-790-0 17,50 € 80 pages - CMYK 23,7 × 31 cm

SERVAIS

Amber is a child who grows up from Prehistory to the modern times. The old Louba tells the story of the wolf through the eyes of Amber. This meditative and almost shamanic album is a hymn to ecology, between documentary and fiction.

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by Quentin Pillot

L’APPÂT

L’Appât is an artisanal print studio created in 2013 by Rebecca Rosen and Quentin Pillot, two print-loving illustrators. Using silkscreen and letterpress printing techniques, L’Appât publishes handmade books and prints in limited editions.

During the course of residencies in the print studio, illustrators and cartoonists are invited to participate in every stage of the production process. For many of these artists-in-residence, it is their first experience with artisanal printing. The featured books below are a small sample of the L'Appât catalogue.

20 € 9 pages Monochromatic letterpress and silkscreen 10,5 × 21 cm January 2021

Birds are prey AMMO

The Thing

Pan

15 € 36 pages - Silkscreen 4 colours 16,5 × 22,5 cm August 2020

QUENTIN PILLOT

15 € 24 pages - Silkscreen 3 colours 18 × 18 cm August 2020 15 € 28 pages - Silkscreen 3 colours 15 × 21 cm August 2020

ANISS EL HAMOURI

An illustrated essay by cartoonist Aniss El Hamouri in which he uses scenes from John Carpenter’s The Thing to address some painful personal history.

Limited edition of 300 copies.

A short, colorful comic about a mysterious man's arrival in a small village in the French Alps.

Limited edition of 250 copies.

Saison noire

This leporello features 9 gorgeously detailed illustrations of birds trapped in plastic waste, casualties of our disastrous overconsumption.

A compagnon to Buried at sea, the artist's first book on this theme.

Limited edition of 300 copies.

ZÉLIE DOFFÉMONT

A medieval nightmare inspired by current events. The illustrator reflects on the COVID-19 pandemic and her time in lockdown with a distinctly offbeat drawing style.

Limited edition of 200 copies.

L’Appât - address: Rue de Laeken 122, 1000 Bruxelles - email: lappatelier@gmail.com - website: https://lappatelier.com

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by Thomas Vermeire.

BRUMEVILLE

One day, when there was nothing left to drink, Docteur Lunet, Thomas Vermeire and Aniss El Hamouri got lost in the fog. Ever since, there have been rumors of a city arising from the mist. Brumeville is not a city characterized by the anecdotes crawling between its buildings, but rather by the rhythm of its breath, undetectable, federating, chaotic. It is the ground for all kinds of rumors that birth strange urban legends.

Since 2017 Brumeville is publishing stories, dreams, visions, and conspiracy theories, mostly in comic books. It will be dissolved in 2023 for reasons that are still unknown.

Archipel

12 € 80 pages - Digital 20 × 29 cm May 2021

THOMAS VERMEIRE

Overnight, everyone was asked to leave for an island. So, I have to go.

Why? Because it's over. It's over, that's it. I'll have to take my pack and get on my way. Is she going too? Will I have a good internet connection to call her?

Will this pack of pasta save my life?

Brumeville - address: Avenue Everard 35, 1190 Bruxelles

email: allobrumeville@gmail.com - facebook: facebook.com/brumeville

8 € 32 pages - Digital 17 × 24 cm July 2020 ILS BRÛLENT - III. Blessure ANISS EL HAMOURI

We can repair what has been broken, we can wash what has been soiled, we can heal who has been injured...

But what has been burnt will remain in ashes forever.

The third episode of a comic book series by Aniss El Hamouri.

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by Loïc Gaume

LES DÉTAILS

Les Détails is a small Brussels-based publishing house, dedicated to contemporary comics and picture books.

Created by Loïc Gaume in 2010 with the will to publish outside the box, Les Détails aims to accompany both

978-2-930622-10-1 (opus 11) From 4,50 € to 12 € 8 to 36 pages - Offset 14 x 19 cm Collection Wafel

978-2-930622-11-8 20 € 40 panels - Offset 10 × 30 cm

LOÏC GAUME

37 piers

These autobiographical short stories associate illustration and writing and give a detailed and introspective account of Loïc Gaume's trajectory from art school to the beginning of his working life. With a light touch, these stories - segmented by locations - talk about the author's relationships with partners, friends and family.

This leporello lists an inventory of the 37 seaside piers in England.

These structures were built at the beginning of the 19th century and have been converted for recreational use. Loïc Gaume draws these architectural sites with a great level of detail.

LOÏC GAUME

demanding and personal projects. Priority is given to the process – whether narrative or graphic – and to illustrated stories and inventories.

Ribambelles

978-2-930622-12-5 15 € 48 pages - 2 colors 25 × 30 cm

LOÏC GAUME

An illustrated inventory of some forty facades from Brussels.

Half-timbered or brick houses, of Flemish, neoclassical or Art Nouveau style, these houses’ frontages are seen through the lens of Loïc Gaume.

The inside notebook features the inventories of 8 invited authors.

Les Détails - website:http://lesdetails-editions.blogspot.com/

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by Romane Armand & Eléonore Scardoni

LOÏC GAUME Coédition asbl Mont des Arts Kunstberg vzw / festival Picture!

Faithful to his favourite subjects – inventory and architecture – Loïc Gaume produced an imaginary inventory of scale-free architectural constructions, inspired by multiple sources – cabins, barns, capitals, cathedrals, scaffolds, amusement parks, mansions, footbridges, or water towers.

FORGERIES - EN 3000 ÉDITION

Our desire to publish comes from the will to put on paper collective dreams, stories to (better) live together, narratives of hope, which will help us to live in different ways on the planet. Through fiction, it is possible to escape the real, to make some space for imagination and to reinvent both reality & present

time. En 3000 édition (In year 3000 edition) tosses our ideas and our possibilities around; it’s not about denouncing or fleeing the cracks of the world. We must propose, invent stories and project ourselves into the future in order to have a different perspective on the present.

TIKI #1 à la recherche de l’Atlantide

FORGERIES N°2

ANTOINE CARCANO

ROMANE ARMAND, ÉLÉONORE SCARDONI, ANTOINE CARCANO & LOÏC PERILLIER

Variation catabatique

From island to island, from vahines to tropical banana cocktails, tikizine is on a quest to find Atlantis.

Archipelagos, encounters, ruins and explorations: these are magic words.

Collaboration avec Jacques-Yves Baumann & Antonin Lefilleul

TIKI – L’odyssée ANTOINE CARCANO

13 € & 17 € 20 to 72 pages - ComColor 15 × 21 cm July 2020, March 2021

Constructions

978-2-930622-13-2 10 € 48 pages 14 × 18,5 cm

Sauley and Poulet have arrived on the archipelago: there they find surprising things, before discovering a labyrinth of connected ruins. Our heroes have been island hopping to find the object of their quest, and now they wander between unexpected encounters and stunning discoveries!

978-2-96022-421-4 25 € 176 pages - CMYK 19 × 27 cm January 2020

2049: the Bent base is still in operation. A never seen before atmospheric anomaly strikes Antarctica. Now completely selfsufficient, the inhabitants of the Bent Base must find new energy and technological solutions in order to develop the astroport. A new generation of explorers arrives, transforming and polarizing the Mission.

Forgeries - address: Rue Cervantès 66 Bte 6, 1190 Bruxelles - email: forgeries.eras@gmail.com - website: https://forgeries.be - instagram et facebook: @forgeries.eras

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by Benjamin Monti

IMAGES

IMAGES is a publishing company in joint venture dedicated to theoretical imagery. It was founded in 2018 by Annabelle Dupret, on the will to merge the iconic semeîon and the semiotic eikôn. Its periodi-

Rupture (fragments)

978-2-39008-071-8 20 € 136 pages - B/W 21 × 14,8 cm May 2021

2684-5970 8 € 2 pages - CMYK 59,4 × 42 cm 2021

OR BOR # 6 Jacques Lennep

BENJAMIN MONTI avec un essai de JEAN-CHARLES ANDRIEU DE LEVIS

ANNABELLE DUPRET

Co-edition La Cinquième Couche

In Rupture, Benjamin Monti does not think of himself as a “narrative being” but rather as a “perceptive being” who, therefore, cannot tell about himself in a linear way but has to address his intimate story in fragments of consciousness, in scraps of life. From this emerges a deep sincerity, at times disarming or mysterious.

cal is OR BOR: 1 A2 offset double-sided on Munken 150g paper. 8 issues per year. 1 issue = 1 artist / 1 article / 1 biography (fr/en) / 1 artwork in front cover + 6 artworks.

2684-5970 6 € 2 pages - CMYK 59,4 × 42 cm 2020

OR BOR # 5

Thierry Tillier No Future ANNABELLE DUPRET

Also known as an art historian and alchemy specialist under the name of Jacques van Lennep. In 1972, he founded the CAP: an international group in which he developed the principles of a relational art of which the narrative relation, intentional and oriented, is an essential element.

Since 1977, collage artist Thierry Tillier has been exhibiting rips and dislocations with both constancy and imperfection. His work indicates a scale where his fragmentations no longer rule.

2684-5970 8 € 2 pages - CMYK 59,4 × 42 cm 2021

OR BOR # 7 Valfret

ANNABELLE DUPRET

2001 was undoubtedly Valfret’s most important year of his life. Fleeing the military service, he went to Belgium to study primitive art from Wallonia.

His wild watercolors strip off eyes in troubled waters without fearing of projecting them.

ImageS - address: Rue de la Victoire 146, 1060 Bruxelles - contact: Annabelle Dupret +32 476 77 34 08 - email: annabelledupret@gmail.com - website: orbor.wordpress.com

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MAISON DU ROCK

After creating Maison du Rock, an association aimed at the preservation of the cultural heritage of rock music, Stella Di Matteo launched in 2011 La Gazette du Rock, with the help of a few friends. This biannual collective fanzine covers the history of rock music through comics, illustrations, and chronicles. Each issue comes with a gift. Stella, Jean Bourguignon and Jampur Fraize form the central core of the fanzine. Featured authors include Fifi, Sisca Locca, Anne Citron, Jürg, L’Empereur Patrice, Potopoto, Benoît Barale, Joan…

Maison du Rock ASBL - address: Stella Di Matteo - 30 rue Laurent de Koninck 4000 Liège - Contact: +32 494 058 443 - email: maisondurock@gmail.com website: www.facebook.com/maisondurock

6 € 48 pages - CMYK 21 × 29,7 cm September 2020

8 € 32 pages - Digital 17 × 24 cm July 2020

LA GAZETTE DU ROCK The “plaid shirt” issue

LA GAZETTE DU ROCK The “craziness” issue

COLLECTIF

COLLECTIF

Comics by Fifi, Sisca Locca, Jean Bourguignon, Jampur Fraize, Anne Citron, Benoît Barale, Potopoto, Smash Camilla, Aurélio, L’Empereur Patrice, Eco, Thierry Bouäert. Interview from Vincent Patar & Stéphane Aubier.

Chronicles and texts by: Jacques de Pierpont, Clotilde Delcommune, Fred Bodysway.

Comics by Fifi, Sisca Locca, Jean Bourguignon, Jampur Fraize, Anne Citron, Benoît Barale, Potopoto, Smash Camilla, Aurélio, Eco, Thierry Bouäert. Interview from Jean Louis Costes by Niko St James.

Chronicles and texts by: Jacques de Pierpont, Clotilde Delcommune, Cat, Georges Vicq.

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by Noelia Diaz

MAISON AUTRIQUE

The Maison Autrique, Victor Horta’s first building of note, is a milestone in Brussels architectural heritage. For a century, it remained a private dwelling.

Maison Autrique owes its complete restoration and opening to the public to comics. Indeed, the image-

COLLECTION KRONIKAS

Kronikas is a publication dedicated to cultural heritage in all its forms, but more especially to the fictions and reveries that emerged from the relationship one has with its architectural, musical, social, historical environment… Kronikas invites you to an imaginary inventory.

KRONIKAS #3

978-2-9601963-3-7 10 € 184 pages – CMYK 21,5 × 27 cm September 2019

ry of The Obscure Cities series created by F. Schuiten & B. Peeters presided over the rebirth of the building.

Based on this specific example, we have designed publications dedicated to cultural heritage in all its forms, seen through the lens of the comic book medium.

KRONIKAS #4

978-2-9601963-4-4 10 € 192 pages - CMYK 21,5 × 27 cm September 2020

COLLECTIF

COLLECTIF

While being fully aware of the serious studies and academic publications devoted to comic book culture, we have sought to make our own unassuming contribution by introducing a dimension that is certainly imaginary, but is nonetheless based on realities.

Defending cultural heritage by means of the comics format is always a struggle. Our fourth issue is no exception. We didn’t give up despite this year’s difficulties. We persisted with our little illustrated stories, whether in Havana, Moscow or Brussels.

Maison Autrique - address: Chaussée de Haecht 266, 1030 Bruxelles - contact: +32 2 215 66 00 - email: info@autrique.be - website: www.autrique.be

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by Philippe Sadzot

POIL DANS LA MAIN

Editions Poil dans la main is a self-publishing structure based in Liège since 1999. It primarily publishes fanzines from authors or collectives, of all sizes and all shapes, autobiographical or simply graphic. At Poil dans la main, the handmade and the singularity prevail, with limited book editions and a variety of screen-printed artefacts.

In 2021, the publishing house reinvents itself thanks to two extensive projects.

Les années Zines

14 € 80 pages – Silkscreen A6 2021

FIFI

Poil dans la main - address: 30 rue Jolivet, 4000 Liège - Contact: Philippe Sadzot +32 494 058 443 - email: atelieranous@skynet.be - instagram: @philippesadzot

A user's guide for fanzines taking the form of a comic book, encased in a box set edition featuring 10 notebooks. Each of the notebooks focuses on one aspect of the fanzine’s production: formats, printing, page layout, binding…

Accessible for all ages, this technical and educational tool provides a great introduction to the wonderful world of the fanzine and gives all the info to create your own publications.

978-2-9602741-0-3 6 € 90 pages - CMYK 15 × 21 cm 2021

Confinement, déconfinement, en route vers un monde meilleur PHILIPPE SADZOT

A chronicle on the passage of time during the COVID pandemic, featuring comic stories and drawings. With a lively and spontaneous style, the author gives a poetic, funny and sometimes dark portrayal of this odd period we live in.

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LA BOITE À ZINES

ESPACE DE LITTÉRATURES ILLUSTRÉES

La Boite à Zines is a small publishing venture from Brussels. Since 2013, they have been publishing Rhizome. This 20-page comics fanzine features contributions by the four founding members and a special guest. The starting point of every issue is a haiku, and the riso print gives the zine its unique look. Although Rhizome is at the center of La Boite à Zine’s production, they carry out several other projects, the first of which was Ex nihilo in 2016.

Ex nihilo 2

Rhizome 23

6 € 36 pages – Risography 28 × 20 cm February 2021

COLLECTIF

After a long hiatus due to COVID, Rhizome is back with its 23rd issue.

An issue between sun and rain, based on the following the following haiku by Kobayashi Issa:

Since 2017, the ELI association (Espace de Littérature Illustrée) has been bringing together the actors of Brussels’s graphic design scene. ELI is located within the Camille Lemonnier house, along with two libraries and an exhibition space. The association’s members organize meetings, workshops or other activities related to their profession as authors, publishers and artists. At the heart of this project, the “Ateliers du Toner” (Toner’s Workshops) are a cooperative self-edition space dedicated to coeducation, the transmission of knowledge and the sharing of resources, enabling authors to self-edit by participating in the making process. After a brief training session, members have access to equipment allowing them to produce a publication from A to Z (computers, scanners, printers, engraving materials, paper cutters, gluing machines, staplers, etc.).

12 € 72 pages - B/W 28 × 20 cm June 2021

COLLECTIF

This expanded sequel to Ex nihilo keeps on the "cosmic" theme, but this time with no less than a dozen comics authors, including the contrasting and dynamic work of Louis Joos. Climb aboard for a galactic journey from micro to macro! Not to be missed!

“Paratoner” is Toner’s distro. It displays the workshop’s creations in festivals and book fairs, from fanzines to reviews, comic books to oddities.

Public gatherings being limited this year, the projects were more diverse than ever before. They included the making of the newspaper Petit Pangolin Illustré; off-site drawing sessions called “corona­ drawings”; TV Carbone, a TV show for the confined micro-publishers, produced in collaboration with the Carbon Papier Festival in Charleroi; and the POENSOUSOUFLOUZFLAPPEN project, in collaboration with Vite Editions.

Despite the pandemic, ELI managed to maintain their four customary residences, providing organization, financing, and supervision.

A day of spring wherever any water is, in darkness lingering La Boîte, Zines - address: Rue de l’Ermitage 8, 1050 Ixelles - email: laboiteazines@gmail.com - websites: https://laboiteazines.wixwebsite.com/rhizome https://laboiteazines.wixwebsite.com/ ex-nihilo

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by David Wautier

ÉDITIONS VITE

Vite is a publishing house for young authors, exploring any visual and narrative art. Our focal point is the field where literature and drawing meet up; this grey area has become our playground and source of inspiration. Vite focuses on the joy of creating, therefore

our books feature a set of eclectic visual languages and intense individuality, reflecting facets of one common theme. We are here to offer artists the agonizing independence of creation.

Robe fluide et pédalo rouillé

30 € Box set featuring six 20-pages booklets ComColor, Laser, Risography & Linocut printing September 2020

ÉLISE MUMBER Print Residency #7 at the Toner’s Workshop

Vite, rideau

978-90-82073-62-1 18 € 32 pages - Digital color 21 × 29,7 cm February 2021

COLLECTIVE

The theme of this collective publication is the curtain. It is meant as an invitation to discover textiles, to cut, weave, assemble and paint.

This edition introduces a series of international artists and their unique environment.

Vers les Glaciers

20 € 82 pages - Digital color 24 × 32 cm January 2021

DAVID WAUTIER

David has been cycling hills for years. During his travels, he draws magnificent landscapes in watercolours, while climbing the icy peaks.

Gilgamesh

30 € 182 pages - 2 colors 21 × 29 cm March 2021

Fleur-vie TOM LOMBARDO

Print Residency #6 at the Toner’s Workshop

DENNIS MARIEN, CECILIA VALAGUSSA, MARIE-BRUNE DE CHASSEY & AUDREY CARPENTIER

In collaboration with Obriart editions, this experimental 8-handed comic book is based on the Epic of Gilgamesh. This Bronze Age hero turns into a woman and sets off in search of eternal life.

Éditions Vite - contact: Dennis Marien vite.un.contact@gmail.com - website: http://editionsvite.tumblr.com

10 € Risography & ComColor printing 15 × 20 cm February 2020

This short story narrates a celebration where burial and revolts intermingle in collective joy. The hymn-like text gives rhythm to the strolling of the characters in landscapes of wilderness and fires.

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POENSOUSOUFLOUZFLAPPEN

5 € 45 pages Risography, ComColor & Laser 18 × 10 cm November 2020

A collaboration between VITE Editions and the Toner’s Workshop, following an invitation by DISPARATE (36 participants).

To solve all your money problems, Vite Editions and the Toner’s Workshop invite you to discover a selection of artists’ banknotes!

[ Open Loop *

50 € 172 pages, Risography,Laser, ComColor, Laser & Litography 24,7 × 18,4 cm January 2021

This box set is an illustrated adaptation of the play Pink boy and old ladies, written by Marie Henry and staged by Clément Thirion.

a visual Odyssey, in NewYork city… a dreamy exploration in tribute to Joseph Cornell ANNE-SOPHIE TRITSCHLER Print Residency #8 at the Toner’s Workshop

This photographic work is a visual Odyssey set in New York City…

A dreamy exploration in tribute to American artist Joseph Cornell.

The project was initiated during a residency at the International Center of Photography in New York in 2015.

Espace de Littératures Illustrées - address: Chaussée de Wavre 150, 1050 Bruxelles - contact: +32 222 568 828 - email: contact@ateliersdutoner.com - website: http://ateliersdutoner.com/