Ablaze Artist Spotlight
Ablaze Artist Spotlight

Author: Bastien Vives

Publisher: Ablaze Publishing

Published: 2024-02-14

Total Pages: 420

ISBN-13:

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ABLAZE is spotlighting some of the incredible creatives under our banner with specially priced collections of their extraordinary works! With our BASTIEN VIVES collection, receive two hardcover volumes that speak to the artist’s mastery of poignance, tenderness, and expression. In A SISTER: Antoine, 13 years old, is on holiday at the seaside with his parents and his younger brother, Titi. Both spend most of their time drawing, at restaurants and on the beach. One night, Antoine discovers another person lying in their bedroom. Hélène is 16 years old; she and her mother came to spend a few days and her presence and behavior will change Antoine's life. In THE BLOUSE: Séverine, a student of Classical Literature, is neither beautiful, ugly, brilliant, nor mediocre. The young woman lives a banal existence, without brilliance but without drama, alongside a companion who pays her less attention than a television series or video game. One day, however, she is given a silk blouse that will mysteriously change her life…

Ablaze Artist Spotlight
Ablaze Artist Spotlight

Author: JP Roth

Publisher: Ablaze Publishing

Published: 2024-05-15

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13:

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As part of their ARTIST SPOTLIGHT series, ABLAZE is proud to present a collected set of two graphic novels by author, dreamer, and wild child extraordinaire JP Roth. Roth is an American Novelist and owner of Rothic Comics, founded in 2012, through which she has produced and published five of her original series. In Ancient Dreams, Cara Wynter is a literature student living with her twin sister, Lily, in Fairhaven, Washington. A daughter of witches, touch brings Cara only pain, and dark visions of pasts and futures she can rarely change. Already fighting to exist in her strange reality, she begins to crumble when the reoccurring dreams of her own death begin. In a desperate attempt to unlock the secrets in the violent images, she finds herself lost in a contest between love and the will of the ancient gods. In Theory of Magic, every hundred years, a Seelie fairy must be human for three days, in that time, the Unseelie can hunt the Seelie Fey for their immortal flame, and the gods would close their eyes. A princess of firelight and next in line for the Seelie throne, Selyara is a girl who wants only freedom. Given no protection, she must face three days as a human, alone.

Ablaze Artist Spotlight
Ablaze Artist Spotlight

Author: Werther Dell'Edera

Publisher: Ablaze Publishing

Published: 2024-06-26

Total Pages: 229

ISBN-13:

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ABLAZE presents two graphic novels featuring Eisner and Ringo Award-winning artist Werther Dell’Edra, collected together for the first time as a special price. In He Who Fights with Monsters, it's World War 2 and the struggle between good and evil is in full force. In Prague, the great Bohemian city is being oppressed by the Nazi occupation and the population lives in terror, while the resistance forces try to organize themselves in the shadows. It is an almost impossible task. With the ruthless SS tightening their grip on every street and neighborhood with overwhelming might, only one hope feeds the struggle. A crazy hope, which rests on the fragile foundations of an ancient, monstrous legend... In The Voices of Water, under a persistent rain, which seems destined to never subside, Stavros lives and moves through the streets of a dark and gloomy nameless city. He has a job and a fiancée; his life is normal. Yet several, different voices talk to him - sometimes whispering, sometimes whining or yelling – whenever he hears the water running. One day, as Stavros wanders the city under a heavy rain, the voices become insistent, revealing his deepest, unspeakable secrets, as well as his dreams and memories. He is tormented by these mysterious voices, perhaps a sign of his madness. Or perhaps of a wider, collective madness, which infects everyone around him, to the point of being transmitted to the entire universe.

Ablaze Artist Spotlight
Ablaze Artist Spotlight

Author: Maria Llovet

Publisher: Ablaze Publishing

Published: 2024-03-20

Total Pages: 329

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ABLAZE is spotlighting some of the incredible creatives under our banner with specially priced collections of their extraordinary works! With our MARIA LLOVET collection, receive two hardcover volumes that speak to the artist’s mastery of romance, fraught storytelling, and the eerie. In EROS/PSYCHE: La Rosa's female boarding school is paradise for young girls...but only if you follow the rules. Because, if you disobey them, you can end up expelled, or even worse, dead. Sara and Silje are two students learning the rules of the school, which includes classes by day...and the casting of curses and spells by night. A love develops between the two, which is tender, but threatens to break under the weight of the dark secret society within La Rosa. In PORCELAIN: Beryl's life in the desert, living with her aunt and her cat, is relatively simple...until the day she finds and enters the Dollhouse. Stuck inside an ever-changing mystery house that hunts children and turns them into dolls, Beryl goes on a psychedelic journey where she must face the notion of her own limitations and move past them...before she becomes the building's newest prey.

Ablaze Artist Spotlight
Ablaze Artist Spotlight

Author: Manix Abrera

Publisher: Ablaze Publishing

Published: 2024-04-24

Total Pages: 348

ISBN-13:

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ABLAZE is proud to present two outstanding graphic novels by acclaimed Filipino cartoonist and three-time National Book Awardee Manix Abrera. With his “silent” storytelling, dependent on illustration to direct story and movement, Abrera truly demonstrates the heart and soul of the comics medium. This digital omnibus comes to you at a special price. In “12,” Abrera tells twelve genuinely touching stories, each story with its own charm and intriguing twists – a young man spends his entire life searching for answers but shock awaits when he finally gets that eureka moment; someone finds love that unexpectedly finds somebody else; two men argue over who goes first on an escalator; a mother and daughter fight over a cockroach; a drunk man urinates on a tree and gets a big surprise – making you wonder how these mundane plots can turn out so bizarrely, prompting you to reflect and crave for more! In “14,” a man who mysteriously discovers a 13th floor in his building and finds himself in the middle of a storytelling session among different mythological creatures of Philippine folklore. Together with a partying crowd of supernatural beings, he listens to stories narrated by creatures such as the Manananggal, Diwata, Tikbalang, Kapre, Tiyanak, and even by a White Lady and a Doppelganger.

ABLAZE Kids’ Spotlight
ABLAZE Kids’ Spotlight

Author: Various

Publisher: Ablaze Publishing

Published: 2024-08-28

Total Pages: 351

ISBN-13:

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ABLAZE is shining the spotlight on the wide variety of genres and fantastic works within our catalogue! Our Spotlight on Kids’ Stories includes three comic titles – Family Time, The Nightcrawlers, and Spot It: Double Trouble – bundled together under a specially discounted price. In Family Time: The O'Connell family (Lily age 13; Tyler -age 11; and their parents) are vacationing in Ireland when they encounter an old man with a mysterious crystal that seemingly teleports 1,000 years back in time. Unsure whether they have stumbled into a historical reenactment, the family must befriend Rory, a timid local, battle a medieval tyrant named Ciaran and his henchmen, and figure out how to get back to the present, while Lily learns to use her newfound superpowers. In The Nightcrawlers: When things go bump in the night, they bump back. If you think aliens replaced your teachers or your neighbor might be a vampire, then there's only one group to call for help: The Nightcrawlers. The Nightcrawlers take on their first case when a friend from school believes werewolves replaced his parents. They get more than they bargained for when their investigation leads them into the middle of a confrontation between their caretaker William Jones and a former Nightcrawler out for revenge. This story is about the unlikeliest group of friends coming together to help others...with a spooky twist! A new all-ages, supernatural adventure about a group of supernatural kid detectives, by Eisner Award-winning writer Marco Lopez and artist-on-the-rise Rachel Distler. For fans of Goosebumps, Ghostbusters, The Goonies, and Stranger Things. In Spot It: Double Trouble: Meet Dobbly. He lives in a world filled with wonderful symbols that have power by finding matching pairs. This ne'er-do-well is so excited about his village's Festival of Matching, he can hardly sleep the night before. His impatience gets the best of him, and he finds himself trying to climb the Great Tree that will produce new pairs for the village. He also finds himself falling off the tree and breaking every branch on the way down, ruining the festival. It's now up to the wizard Zadok and his apprentice, the druidess Dea, to find the magical seeds needed to repair the tree. And Dobbly is tagging along for the adventure!

ABLAZE Spotlight on Science Fiction
ABLAZE Spotlight on Science Fiction

Author: Andy Diggle

Publisher: Ablaze Publishing

Published: 2024-07-24

Total Pages: 410

ISBN-13:

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ABLAZE is shining the spotlight on the wide variety of genres and fantastic works within our catalogue! Our Spotlight on Science Fiction includes three comic titles – Life Zero, Promethee 13:13, and Children of the Black Sun Vol. 1 – bundled together under a specially discounted price. In Life Zero: As a mysterious cloud passes through the world’s population centers, people die…then they return to life as shambling, ravenous monsters. When a team is sent into the fray to break Captain Derek Shako from prison, they soon discover that he has his own agenda that takes precedence over any other grand schemes. The completion of any mission, however, requires escape from the beleaguered, infected city… In Promethee 13:13: Darla Clemenceau has been plagued by apocalyptic visions ever since she was abducted by a UFO as a child. Now, she's ready to put it all behind her and move on with her life. But what if it's all true? A dangerous cult militia is prepping for the end of the world, and they see Darla as the key to their survival... In Children of the Black Sun: Over the years, a black sun has risen twice, dark dawn whose rays have done terrible things to people's minds, driving them to all sorts of horror. Twelve years have passed since the last time, and the world still fears the return of that inexplicable phenomenon. But fear is not the only legacy of those terrible days. All the women who got pregnant under the influence of the black sun have given birth to babies with some... peculiarities. White hair, ashy skin, abnormal proportions, and eyes as red as fire: the Children of the Black Sun."

Ablaze Artist Spotlight Collected Set - Bastien Vivès
Ablaze Artist Spotlight Collected Set - Bastien Vivès

Author: Bastien Vivès

Publisher: Ablaze

Published: 2024-02-27

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781684972661

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ABLAZE is spotlighting some of the incredible creatives under our banner with specially priced collections of their extraordinary works! With our BASTIEN VIVES collection, receive two hardcover volumes that speak to the artist's mastery of poignance, tenderness, and expression. In A SISTER: Antoine, 13 years old, is on holiday at the seaside with his parents and his younger brother, Titi. Both spend most of their time drawing, at restaurants and on the beach. One night, Antoine discovers another person lying in their bedroom. Hélène is 16 years old; she and her mother came to spend a few days and her presence and behavior will change Antoine's life. A coming of age story in the tradition of Tillie Walden's Spinning. The inspiration for the critically acclaimed film Falcon Lake, directed by Charlotte Le Bon. "superbly crafted debut"--Variety. In THE BLOUSE: Séverine, a student of Classical Literature, is neither beautiful, ugly, brilliant, nor mediocre. The young woman lives a banal existence, without brilliance but without drama, alongside a companion who pays her less attention than a television series or video game. One day, however, she is given a silk blouse that will mysteriously change her life... "A true director, he conceives like films, with tragic tension, erotic power, without ever falling into the vulgar." --PARIS MATCH "[Bastien Vives] is the new prince of intelligent sensitive and funny comics."--Vanity Fair

Ablaze Artist Spotlight Collected Set - Zerocalcare
Ablaze Artist Spotlight Collected Set - Zerocalcare

Author: Zerocalcare

Publisher: Ablaze

Published: 2024-12-10

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781684973774

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ABLAZE is spotlighting some of the incredible creatives under our banner with specially priced collections of their extraordinary works! With our ZEROCALCARE collection, receive three hardcover volumes that explore the artist's experiences through humorous observation and biting self-examination. In Forget My Name: When the last vestiges of his childhood are taken from him, Zerocalcare discovers unsuspected secrets about his family. Torn between the soothing numbness of the innocence of youth and the impossibility to elude society's ever-expanding control over people's lives, he'll have to understand where he really comes from, before he understands where he is going. In Tenatacles at my Throat: Three friends, their schoolgrounds, and a secret. And fifteen years later, the discovery that they all thought there was only one secret, but each had their own. And there was one more, bigger than the others, that none were aware of... In The Armadillo Prophecy: Zerocalcare's debut OGN, the story of how he coped with learning too late that a dear friend from his childhood had died, all while a giant armadillo represents his imaginary conscience.

Polina
Polina

Author: Bastien Vivès

Publisher: Random House

Published: 2014-01-16

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 1448130123

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As a very young girl, Polina Oulinov is taken on as a special pupil by the famous ballet teacher Professor Bojinsky. He is very demanding and refuses to adapt his standards to the talents of his pupils, and Polina has to work hard and make great sacrifices in order to reach the level Bojinsky senses she has the talent for. When she graduates and is admitted to the official theatre school, she discovers that Bojinsky’s view of ballet is only one of many and that she can’t adapt to new rules, new visions. She flees Russia for Berlin, where she meets a group of drama students. Together they create a new form of theatre – and conquer the world. Brilliantly drawn, Polina is a moving and intimate story of self-discovery. It confirms Bastien Vivès as one of the most exciting talents at work in the graphic novel field today.