Best Selling Books by Victor Santos

Victor Santos is the author of What Makes Us Human (2024), Polar Volume 3: No Mercy for Sister Maria (2016), Polar: The Black Kaiser (2019), Against Hope (2020), Polar: Came From the Cold (2013).

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What Makes Us Human

release date: Mar 05, 2024
What Makes Us Human
Selected for the White Ravens 2023 catalogue, by the International Youth Library in Munich, Germany (Brazilian Portuguese edition) Selected for the dPICTUS Unpublished Picture Book Showcase 4 (2022 edition), receiving 14 votes from a panel of 50 international publishers. Selected for the 2023 Bologna Children’s Book Fair exhibition Beauty and the World: The New Nonfiction Picture Books (March 5, 2023, Bologna) Published in partnership with UNESCO in many editions in association with the UNESCO International Decade of Indigenous Languages A poetic riddle about language, history, and culture, released in partnership with UNESCO in honor of the International Decade of Indigenous Languages (2022-2032). Can you guess what I am? I have been around a very, very long time. You hardly knew me as a baby, but now you cannot get me out of your head. There are thousands of me, all over the globe, and some of those forms are disappearing. I can connect you to the past, present, and future. Who am I—and why am I so important to humanity? Clever and thought-provoking, What Makes Us Human is an accessible introduction to how language connects people across the world. This unique book celebrates all the amazing ways communication shapes our lives, including through text messages on phones, Braille buttons in elevators, and endangered languages at risk of disappearing.

Polar Volume 3: No Mercy for Sister Maria

release date: Aug 30, 2016
Polar Volume 3: No Mercy for Sister Maria
After two years on the run, mob boss Don Cagliostro discovers his young wife, Maria--seeking escape from a life of organized crime--has been hiding in a nunnery in northern Europe. What the don doesn''t know is that his right-hand man, Sullivan, who''s been tasked with bringing the girl back home, is actually an undercover FBI agent seeking out Maria as a star witness in his case against the family. A simple-enough task . . . until info on Maria''s whereabouts leaks. When mobsters, mercenaries, and hit men converge on the convent in the hopes of collecting a reward for bringing Maria to the don, the holy ground becomes a battleground! Victor Santos (Black Market, Sleepy Hollow) closes out his silent web-comic trilogy Polar with this third action-packed season!

Polar: The Black Kaiser

release date: Mar 19, 2019
Polar: The Black Kaiser
Now Netflix Movie with Mads Mikkelsen. A Cold War espionage agent with ice in his veins comes to the United States aiming to take out a political target, but the mission is never what it seems. The Black Kaiser, a name whispered in dark corners amongst power czars across the globe. A cold knife in the dark. A secret agent. Delve into the origin of the most feared assassin as his current mission lands him on American soil and in direct conflict with the nefarious agency known as the Damocles Initiative. New York Times Bestseller Victor Santos (Filthy Rich, Violent Love) takes you back to the beginning with the origin of his iconic character Black Kaiser! A violent and fast-paced thriller. Now a Major Motion Picture. Polar: The Origin of the Black Kaiser from Planeta-de-Agostini comics 2009

Against Hope

release date: Jun 16, 2020
Against Hope
It has been years since an insane family of neo-Nazi''s murdered her boyfriend and almost killed Hope -- now she is tracking them down and exacting her bloody revenge. Raised by a martial arts master, Hope grew from an angry and grieving teenage girl into a cold-hearted bounty hunter. When she discovers the family who brutalized her is now running for public office and controlling a cabal of violent white nationalists from the shadows, Hope gears up and hits the road with the intent to slaughter every single Nazi that gets in her way. Victor Santos (Polar - now a hit Netflix movie) writes and draws a new story with brutal fight scenes and impactful revelations that echo across decades of the main character''s life.

Polar: Came From the Cold

release date: Dec 24, 2013
Polar: Came From the Cold
Ripped out of retirement by an assassination attempt, the world''s most deadly spy--Black Kaiser--is on a collision course with a stab-happy torture expert and a seductive but deadly redhead. His mission only ends if he dies or kills everyone out to get him, and he''s not in the habit of dying. This webcomic hit has been rescripted for print! * A guns-blazing espionage action-adventure in the grand tradition of Jim Steranko and Frank Miller. * By Victor Santos (Mice Templar)! "A beautiful, if bloody, webcomic... an engaging experiment in color, style, and wordless storytelling."—CBR''s Robot 6

Violent Love

release date: Feb 05, 2020
Violent Love
L’amour, c’est jamais bon pour les affaires... Au début des années 1970, Daisy Jane et Rock Bradley étaient deux des plus célèbres braqueurs des États-Unis, dévalisant banque après banque dans tout le sud-ouest du pays. Ils n’avaient qu’un seul amour : celui des billets verts. Mais petit à petit, une véritable idylle est née entre les deux... Frank J. Barbiere (Five Ghost) et Victor Santos (Polar) lancent une nouvelle série d’action pulp mêlant le frisson du crime à la passion de la romance. Une histoire d’amour sur fond de braquage de banques au cœur de l’Amérique des années 1970, version disco de Bonnie & Clyde !

Rashomon: A Commissioner Heigo Kobayashi Case

release date: Dec 19, 2017
Rashomon: A Commissioner Heigo Kobayashi Case
Victor Santos (Polar, Violent Love) writes and illustrates a crime and mystery story inspired by Ryunosuke Akutagawa’s tales featuring the heroic commissioner Heigo Kobayashi When the body of a skilled samurai is found along the road to Yamashina in feudal Japan, the search begins for his killer. Detective Heigo Kobayashi takes the case but finds only dead-end clues and no firsthand witnesses.

Sukeban Turbo

release date: Jan 11, 2017
Sukeban Turbo
Quand Akira rencontre la série TV Girls... Shelby Buckman, lycéenne newyorkaise de 17 ans, a déjà connu un parcours sulfureux. À la tête d''un gang de filles surnommées les "Sukeban Turbo", référence à un mouvement féminin radical japonais des années 1970, Shelby revend cocaïne, MDMA et amphétamine aux hipsters de Brooklyn pour le compte de Jared, un jeune caïd de 25 ans. Le look branché et la jeunesse de Shelby et ses copines leurs ouvrent toutes les portes des soirées tendances de la ville qui ne dort jamais, et la clientèle qui va avec. Toute son existence, Shelby n’a connu que le chaos. Et elle ne s’imagine pas vivre autrement. Mais bientôt, sa vie va prendre un autre tournant... La rédemption est-elle au bout du voyage ? Sylvain Runberg et Victor Santos vous proposent une plongée dans la jeunesse newyorkaise d’aujourd’hui et les différentes cultures qui la composent, du plus underground et radical à travers le gang de Shelby qui sévit dans Brooklyn, au plus commercial avec les Urban Smile, inspiré du groupe One Direction en passant par Williamsburg, la capitale des hipsters. Sukeban Turbo est la première création originale estampillée Glénat Comics ! Un thriller urbain contemporain et une métaphore sociale sur la rage adolescente. Une immersion dans la jeunesse de New York, ses cultures et ses sous-cultures.

Polar Volume 4: The Kaiser Falls

release date: Apr 02, 2019
Polar Volume 4: The Kaiser Falls
This is the final installment in the Polar quadrilogy. Victor Santos (Mice Templar, Filthy Rich) delivers an epic finale to his espionage action adventure! Part one is now a major motion picture! An indomitable, yet aging spy assimilates to retirement in Miami, until a rookie assassin locates him and challenges him to his crown. Living a simple life down in the Miami sunshine gets complicated when Black Kaiser''s housemaid has some problems involving a local gang. However, resurfacing to maintain the peace, puts him right in the new adversary''s crosshairs. Buckle up because Black Kaiser''s last ride is going to get rough!

Polar Volume 1: Came from the Cold (Second Edition)

release date: Jan 17, 2019
Polar Volume 1: Came from the Cold (Second Edition)
The basis of a Netflix Original Movie! Ripped out of retirement by an assassination attempt, the world''s most deadly spy--the former agent known as Black Kaiser--is a wanted man that''s wanted . . . dead! On a collision course with his former employer, the Damocles Agency, Black Kaiser goes head to head with a stab-happy, psychotic torture expert and a seductive but deadly redhead. His mission only ends if he dies or kills everyone out to get him, and he''s not in the habit of dying. A guns-blazing espionage action-adventure in the grand tradition of Jim Steranko and Frank Miller, this graphic novel by Victor Santos (Mice Templar, Filthy Rich) is a brutal, fast-tempo story of revenge that Newsarama says is "as ice-cold as its name." Originally a silent webcomic, but Santos has crafted a script as hard boiled and intriguing as his art for this hardcover collection.

Fahrenheit 451

release date: Jul 15, 2024
Fahrenheit 451
Guy Montag ist Feuerwehrmann, aber in Fahrenheit 451 besteht seine Aufgabe nicht darin, Brände zu löschen, sondern Bücher zu verbrennen, ein Gegenstand, der verboten ist, weil er Zwietracht und Leid verursacht. Der mechanische Jagdhund der Feuerwehr, bewaffnet mit einer tödlichen Injektion, begleitet von Hubschraubern, ist bereit, Dissidenten aufzuspüren, die noch Bücher aufbewahren und lesen. Víctor Santos, Autor von Polar, einem Werk, das auf Netflix verfilmt wurde, fängt in seiner Zeichnung die von den Medien versklavte Zivilisation und den Konformismus von Ray Bradburys dystopischem Klassiker ein.

Bad Girls

release date: Dec 03, 2019
Bad Girls
In this heart-pounding, starkly colored, and visually stunning “noir comic not to be missed” (CrimeReads), three women are running out of time to get out of Cuba with six million dollars on the night of New Year’s Eve 1958. Gangster’s moll Carole, jazz singer Taffy, and mambo queen Ana all have their reasons for needing to escape the El Eden Casino in Havana. And on the tumultuous night of New Year’s Eve, when Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista flees the country and the nation falls to Fidel Castro, they get their chance...with the help of six suitcases filled with stolen dirty money. Of course, it’s one thing to get the cash...and quite another to get off the island alive... Acclaimed creators Alex de Campi and Victor Santos weave an unforgettable and glittering noir thriller—all wrapped up in the humid, fateful Caribbean night that marked the very end of the great mob casinos. “Readers will revel in this fast-paced noir, embracing both its elegant period detail and pulpy genre roots” (Publishers Weekly).

Polar Volume 2 Eye for an Eye

release date: Apr 28, 2015
Polar Volume 2 Eye for an Eye
Left adrift in arctic waters with a gunshot wound to the head, adrift in arctic waters, Christy White was rescued from an icy death by a mysterious man. She craved retribution, and he taught her how to get it--how to make sense of her past and how to kill. They tried to freeze her out, but they should have finished the job, because now she''s back with a vengeance! Collecting the second year of the bloody and beautiful silent webcomic by Victor Santos (The Mice Templar, Furious), this rage-fueled revenge story features new noir dialogue crafted by Santos for this edition.

Witch & Wizard

release date: Jan 01, 2011
Witch & Wizard
When Whit and Wisty Allgood recieve a clandestine proposal from a member of the New Order''s inner circle to help them oust the New Order''s leader from power, the siblings question whether they should trust such a man.

Tezucomi 1

release date: Nov 01, 2023
Tezucomi 1
An anthology of short stories based on some of the many popular creations of legendary Japanese mangaka Osamu Tezuka, as illustrated by a collection of some of the greatest comic creators in Europe. This larger 300-page hardcover edition is presented in traditional manga reading order, right to left. This first volume includes "The Mouse" by Sourya, based on AYAKO; "The Moon Rabbit" by Brice Cossu and Valerie Mangin, based on BUDDHA; "A Taste for Blood" by Philippe Cardona and Florence Torta, based on DORORO; "The Cursed" by Mathieu Bablet, based on METROPOLIS; "The Eyes of Pandora" by Victor Santos, based on MW; "Love at First Sight" by JD Moravn and ScieTronc, based on MIDNIGHT; "Doppelganger" by Belen Ortega and Victor Santos, based on BARBARA; "The Parchment of the Cat" by Kenny Ruiz, based on MY SONGOKU; and "Catalante" by Mig, based on UNICO.

Moon eaters

release date: Jan 01, 2022
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