New Release Books by Lewis Trondheim

"Ralph has a tough time growing up as the village pariah, often getting into trouble because of his innate extra sense that's rather unbelievable, embarrassing, and unfortunate. If that wasn't enough, he can also see spirits of the dead. It all leads to Ralph setting off on a personal quest that may either free him from his endless troubles or end his life permanently. It's a sprawling story filled with magic, action, adventure and Trondheim's trademark dark humor." -- Back cover of volume 1.

In this sprawling adventure by award-winning cartoonist Lewis Trondheim, filled with heavily-guarded castles, apocalyptic red skies, flying beasts, and deep mythos, our protagonist Ralph Azham discovers he has a long-lost sister, Captain Rose Azham. She had a vision that the two siblings will fight to the death sometime in the future. To interrupt the family reunion, a King possessed by the wicked sorcerer Malick declares a vendetta against Ralph, after Ralph’s uncanny power to conjure spirits. Now, guided (and sometimes dragged) by spirits, Ralph and his loyal page Yassou must flee the puppet king’s forces through treacherous mountain passes to hazardous high seas... Nowhere is safe for Ralph and his scrappy entourage. But how long can he run for? And what of the rumors Ralph has been spotted in cities causing more chaos and destruction? The fate of the world, or the end of the world, might depend on Ralph’s next step.

Eisner Nominated, French comic book legend Lewis Trondheim, known for his work on the series Dungeons and multi-award-winning comics with L'Association, is bringing us his adorable kitten, Bludzee in English! Bludzee, a six month old black cat bred with unusually long claws to become an assassin! His adventures begin when his owner goes missing. Left to fend for himself, without much knowledge of the world, Bludzee gets himself into trouble faster than he can get out of it. This comic that started as a daily strip is packed with comedy and adventure thanks to Bludzee's huge personality.

One of the world’s greatest cartoonists, Lewis Trondheim, tells the exciting life story of a common housefly. From the fly’s birth to his inevitable end, we see everything this creature goes through simply to survive... from the fly’s perspective. We guarantee you’ve never looked at your kitchen the way the fly does. While there’s plenty of humor, there’s thrills and chills as well, especially when the fly meets a spider. You may never have liked flies before, but once you meet this little guy, you may be surprised how much you can like a fly.

A personal account of an Iraqi childhood Poppies of Iraq is Brigitte Findakly’s nuanced tender chronicle of her relationship with her homeland Iraq, co-written and drawn by her husband, the acclaimed cartoonist Lewis Trondheim. In spare and elegant detail, they share memories of her middle class childhood touching on cultural practices, the education system, Saddam Hussein’s state control, and her family’s history as Orthodox Christians in the arab world. Poppies of Iraq is intimate and wide-ranging; the story of how one can become separated from one’s homeland and still feel intimately connected yet ultimately estranged. Signs of an oppressive regime permeate a seemingly normal life: magazines arrive edited by customs; the color red is banned after the execution of General Kassim; Baathist militiamen are publicly hanged and school kids are bussed past them to bear witness. As conditions in Mosul worsen over her childhood, Brigitte’s father is always hopeful that life in Iraq will return to being secular and prosperous. The family eventually feels compelled to move to Paris, however, where Brigitte finds herself not quite belonging to either culture. Trondheim brings to life Findakly’s memories to create a poignant family portrait that covers loss, tragedy, love, and the loneliness of exile. Poppies of Iraq has been translated from the French by Helge Dascher. Dascher has been translating graphic novels from French and German to English for over twenty years. A contributor to Drawn & Quarterly since the early days, her translations include acclaimed titles such as the Aya series by Marguerite Abouet and Clément Oubrerie, Hostage by Guy Delisle, and Beautiful Darkness by Fabien Vehlmann and Kerascoët. With a background in art history and history, she also translates books and exhibitions for museums in North America and Europe. She lives in Montreal.

"Ralph has a tough time growing up as the village pariah, often getting into trouble because of his innate extra sense that's rather unbelievable, embarrassing, and unfortunate. If that wasn't enough, he can also see spirits of the dead. It all leads to Ralph setting off on a personal quest that may either free him from his endless troubles or end his life permanently. It's a sprawling story filled with magic, action, adventure and Trondheim's trademark dark humor." -- Back cover of volume 1.

Karmela Krimm was the most promising young detective on the Marseille police force until she volunteered to take the fall for an operation that went sideways. When Karmela lost her job and became a private investigator, her ideals went up in smoke along with her badge. Perhaps for the better: in the troubled waters she now navigates, ideals are a dangerous luxury.

The planet Terra Amata, on which Dungeon resides, has stopped turning. On one side, total darkness and absolute coldness; on the other, a searing desert and eternal day. The survivors live on a thin slice of earth where day and night meet. A territory known as TWILIGHT. Welcome to the third facet of the Dungeon world, its dark downfall. Marvin, now old and blind, sensing his end, goes on a long trek to the legendary cemetery of dragons. And then, saved at the last minute from certain death in a duel by his young warrior admirer Marvin the Red, he simply cannot be let to die like he wishes! Whatever he loses, he regains in different powers. He's even become invincible. It's to the point where he'd rather exchange body parts to get back his mortality! But then he is led to a discovery that may make continuing to live actually worth it...

McConey and his buddies can't wait to hit the mountain for winter vacation. Skiing, relaxing, dance parties, and card games... Just what the doctor ordered to get away from it all. Except nothing goes as planned, starting with the mysterious wolf on the prowl that's gobbling up skiers and closing down resorts! A brilliant and off-beat tale to hold you over until your next run down the slopes.

Maggy's got a new man, a new case to solve... and a nice little jackpot of 15,000 pounds. Problem is, the means by which she got said jackpot were perhaps not entirely above board. So, in spite of this sudden change in the wind, Maggy has to act just like nothing ever happened. Most of all, so as not to raise any suspicions in Sheena. Bent cop though she may be, she's still a cop, all the same...

Welcome to Dungeon, the looniest world of horror and heroic fantasy you'll ever be transported into! A spoof of Dungeons & Dragons and all heroic fantasy tropes. This series, a best-seller in many countries, starts with the apogee of Dungeon, a mighty castle filled with monsters, trolls and goblins kept by a wily bird, the Dungeon Keeper, and the object of desire of many an uncouth and disgusting form of life (and afterlife) and Herbert the Timorous Duck is assigned to defend it! Thank goodness, the Dungeon Keeper has assigned Marvin the Dragon, a blood-thirsty, uh, vegetarian, warrior, to his side. 4 full stories in one omnibus volume at a new larger size! (Combines the 1st 2 volumes originally published).

Roland has the perfect vacation planned for Fabienne - everything is organized, booked, and paid for in advance, with the entire itinerary recorded in a notebook. It's going to be a wonderful week where they can discuss their future together. But before they can even get their luggage to their rental, Roland is decapitated in a freak accident. And Fabienne, stunned and alone, has no idea how to process it. So in her daze of denial, she decides to stay and follow the itinerary as planned, as if the tragedy never happened. Ghost-like, she wanders the tourist-filled streets, a passive spectator to the joys of others' lives. Along the way, she meets Paco, a local vendor with some eccentric views on life and death. Being rather private normally, it isn't hard for her to lie about the companion that never seems to be there at that very moment, but Paco soon puts the pieces together. His minor fascination with bizarre deaths has him all too familiar with the tale of the recently decapitated tourist. And he realizes this woman needs a friend right now more than anything else. So they spend a platonic week off and on, neither of them talking about what happened. And that seems to be precisely what she needs to process everything. A moving and mesmerizing look at life, death, and the many different ways we cope with each, written by celebrated author Lewis Trondheim and illustrated by Hubert Chevillard.

In this first story, the Keeper, barely an adult, leaves his family to go find fortune in a time of chaos and darkness...a fun adventure and wry satire. Hyacinthe, Dungeon Keeper to be, continues to render justice in a cloak nightly as The Night Shirt and stumbles upon the one he pines for, Alexandra, an assassin, about to be raped! After his valiant and heroic rescue, his wettest dreams come true...with dire consequences. In the second story which happens quite a few years later, he's married and a poor husband, worse even, a poor lover, until Alexandra plots to gain him back. Cloak and dagger with romantic bravura! And you thought he didn't have it in him. Art by Eisner nominated Blain (Gus) and story by legendary Trondheim and Eisner nominated Sfar (Rabbi's Cat).

It all starts in a school playground, and then it moves to a classroom, where Larcenet's superb graphic camera zooms in on two ten-year-old kids: Gildas and Martina. The pair of them are ever so slightly obsessed with Sci-fi. To the extent they think they're surrounded by robots and aliens. As far as they're concerned, their entire world is made up of false appearances, and they're soon to be the victims of a huge intergalactic plot! You read, you smile, you snigger. But then suddenly, it's all turned on its head...

The complete series from one of the masters of contemporary comics! All four books in Lewis Trondheim's acclaimed MONSTER graphic novel series - 128 pages of comic mayhem with Petey, Jean, and their pet monster, Kriss. It's amazing what happens when monsters get loose... they cause all sorts of unexpected problems!

It's a "lost" 1965 Disney epic, deemed too wild for publication and saved only in tantalizing fragments... or is it? When Pegleg Pete and the Beagle Boys shrink and steal Scrooge's Money Bin, Mickey and Donald must track them down--in what is really a brand-new album-length thriller by comics masters Lewis Trondheim and Nicolas Keramidas: told in an amazing indy style and presented like a treasure suspended in time!

The key to the mystery lies in the past, when the intergalactic confederation decided to organize the genocide of the Tonn Shärs, an alien species ​​whose temporal powers are far too powerful for the taste of other races. Only 88 Tonn Shärs, ​​including the captain of the Infinity 8, were kept alive and under the yoke of the Confederation. In the 30 years since this massacre, the 88 surviving Tonn Shärs pretended to be obedient, but patiently waited for revenge. In this eighth and final reboot, the hour for vengeance has come. The seven previous temporal reboots allowed the captain to drop his mask: caught in a crisis of violence, he puts to death all the previous space liner agents... except for one: Lieutenant Reffo is saved by the time-traveling robot, Hal. Revived by their robot technology, Reffo develops a plan to prevent the captain from destroying the Confederation, by creating an army of the dead, raised from the necropolis itself. This plan will require the six previously-assigned agents: officer Yoko Keren, the impulsive Stella Moonkicker, the marshall Emma O'Mara, Patty Stardust, Ann Ninurta, Leïla Sherad, and even little Douglas. A crack team for a final conflict!

The next temporal reboot in the mind-bending, pulpy, eight-part space opera, we meet the newest recruit in the mystery investigation: regular guy Douglas! By Lewis Trondheim and webcomic superstar Boulet!

The next temporal reboot in the mind-bending, pulpy, eight-part space opera, we meet the newest recruit in the mystery investigation: Officer Leila Sherad of the Art and Antiquities Division. Answers begin to fall into place and questions start to find answers in this sixth chapter in the saga written by the legendary Lewis Trondheim and Emmanuel Guibert and illustrated by Franck Biancarelli!

The city-sized, deep-space cruise ship "Infinity 8" stops halfway in route between the Milky Way and Andromeda, blocked by a massive field of debris containing wreckage and artifacts from countless planets, cultures, and possibly dimensions. The captain of the ship calls upon eight of the ship's top security to investigate the anomaly, each one sent out in a parallel time-loop to collect information which can then be assembled to hopefully discover the truth before disaster erupts. Each time-loop lasts only eight hours, at which point things snap back to the way they were when they started, with no memories of their time in that window. Can the eight agents solve the mystery without making things worse? Danger reveals itself within the interspecies population on the ship, some of whom may know more than they lead on . . . The second in the eight-volume series of pulpy sci-fi adventures, this time by legendary writer Lewis Trondheim and series designer Olivier Vatine themselves. Another venture into the field of debris uncovers some strange artifacts from numerous historical eras . . . including the head of Adolf Hitler! Returning it to the ship for study turns disastrous as their future science restores life and awareness to the head, giving rise to the threat of a brand new Reich made up of robots and fanatics who've lost all understanding of the genocidal agenda the former dictator originally unleashed! Crucial information transmitted by first agent Yoko Keren (at the end of Vol.1) has made the Captain decide to launch a new parallel time-loop and activate a second agent: the impulsive Stella Moonkicker, who will only have eight hours to collect the maximum amount of information possible. Flanked by Bobbie, her boring probation robot, shadowing her since her most recent bout of "unprofessional conduct," she is assigned as security for a group of fanatics who long for the return of the Nazis, not fully understanding exactly what the Nazis actual did or stood for. Their centuries-old impression has become watered down to something like a simple philosophy for peace . . . a far cry from the dangers of their actual original philosophy. But when they find the cryonized head of Adolf Hitler floating in the mysterious wreckage blocking the ship and try to reactivate it, the threat of a Fourth Reich on the Infinity 8 proves to be very serious. Stella and Bobbie will have to confront the reanimated Führer, who is confused by this strange future and hell-bent on taking over the world (again). But if the Captain is killed, no reboot can take place and the advent of the Fourth Reich will become the only time frame to have ever existed . . .

The great talent behind the new comics generation in Europe pours his heart out in funny snippets of everyday life. Trondheim's paranoia, little annoyances, big annoyances, chasing of rainbows, love of comics, travel impressions, thoughts on kids and being a kid are all here and highlight the little aspects of life in a way that shows such instances in a new light. The third volume of Trondheim's entertaining blog entries is sure to delight fans of the series and newcomers alike.

"Originally published in France under the original title Infinity 8. Romance et macchabâees."

Patty Stardust is deep, deep undercover in a group of revolutionary hippies: the Symbolic Guerrillas. The cult leader, Ron Digger, promises an artist movement like his 837 million blog followers have never seen, and she has to decide whether to stop it or get as far away from it as possible . . . The fourth arc in the eight-part space opera introduces Patty Stardust, an undercover agent sent to infiltrate a cult of free-spirited artists with an eye toward spectacle. Written by series co-creator Lewis Trondheim and fan-favorite writer Kris and illustrated by celebrated artist Martin Trystram, this trippy, sci-fi caper is as cool as it is hot!

Part Five in the eight-part pulp sci-fi epic INFINITY 8, this standalone adventure takes readers on a zombie-filled rollercoaster ride in deep space! Filled with high-tension thrills, fast-paced action, and wry humor like the best grindhouse space flicks, this tale by writers Lewis Trondheim and Davy Mourier and illustrator Lorenzo De Filici follows a single mother and security agent, Ann Ninurta, as she is drawn into one of eight parallel timelines initiated by the captain of the starship in his attempt to discover the origin of the mysterious galaxy-sized rubble field that they are trapped in. But as close as agent Ninurta comes to finding the secret to this mystery, her daughter's safety puts her duty in question... as well as the safety of the entire population of the ship (and possibly the entire universe)! While this tale stands on its own, it provides even more pieces to the ultimate puzzle behind this madcap space opera.

The third arc in the eight-part space opera introduces Marshal Emma O'Mara, an independent peace officer who also dedicates her life to the teachings of the Tholmanist space-church. When the Infinity 8 cruise ship is stopped by the mysterious floating barricade of debris, she sees an opportunity to retrieve a fabled, sacred artifact and uses her network of contacts in the criminal mercenary underworld to negotiate a plan to find it. But when you gather mercenaries with different agendas, things rarely go your way . . . there is no honor among thieves. Mix in a deadly bodyguard robot locked on its last set of unclear commands and the stakes reach a real life-or-death level . . . Written by series co-creator Lewis Trondheim and award-winning writer Fabian Vehlmann (Beautiful Darkness, Last Days of an Immortal), and illustrated by celebrated artist Olivier Balez, this sci-fi treasure hunt pits antihero vs antihero vs logic-driven robot in a caper that could unveil a secret so big, the universe itself could teeter on the brink of chaos!

Six-year-old King Ethelbert, with his whims and outrageous demands, creates havoc around the palace and tries the patience of his servants and subjects alike.

The next 2 chapters in the decline of Dungeon. Terra Amata has exploded and the Dark Fortress of the Grand Khan needs to master the nitro tech. To that end, they hire Marvin the Red even as others plot malevolently... In the second episode, Marvin the dragon and Marvin the Red are trapped on a quickly revolving piece of the exploded planet, and must constantly run or fall off into oblivion!

The great saga detailing the end of Dungeon has come to a close. All four books are featured here in one specially priced set. The planet Terra Amata, on which Dungeon resides, has stopped turning. On one side, total darkness and absolute coldness; on the other, a searing desert and eternal day. The survivors live on a thin slice of earth where day and night meet. A territory known as Twilight. Welcome to the third facet of the Dungeon world and its dark downfall.

The groundbreaking Trondheim autobio graphic novel: finally collected and released in English.

A collection of six comics featuring King Ethelbert, a six-year-old tyrant who expects odd things from the people of his kingdom.

A darkly funny satire of fantasy that brings together the first two volumes of the Early Years, this collection relates the origins of the vast world of Dungeon. In this first story of the Early Years, the Keeper leaves his family to go find fortune in a time of chaos and darkness and becomes the Night Shirt--a misguided vigilante who renders justice nightly. In the second story, the Night Shirt stumbles upon Alexandra, the one he pines for, about to be raped and comes to her valiant and heroic rescue with romantic bravura. Perfect for lovers of heroic fantasy and dark humor, this two-volume set is the complete run of this subseries of Dungeon.