Joel Parnotte. Balac, LE SANG DES PORPHYRE TOME 1: SOIZIK. [SN24934] $30

Paris: Dargaud, 2006. 1st. 4to (11-13"), 48pp, color illustrations, hardcover pictorial boards. Fine.

Balac's first book after his cult-status series "Sambre."

Frank ("Frank") Pé. PERSONNEL - FRANK. [SN24237] $45

Rennes: Granit Associes, 2003. 1st. Six 7" x 9 1/2" color plates in a cardboard folder, VF/VF.

#324 of 500 copies signed by the artist.

A collection of six original illustrations created expressly for the Personnel series. In this case, Frank has created a series of pin-up girls which form puzzle-like a single image.

Cyril Pedrosa. Chauvel, David. BRIGADE FANTOME 2: LE CHEVALIER BAGÄR. [SN27770X] $25

Marcinelle: Dupuis, 2009. 1st. Small 4to (9-11"), 48pp, color illustrations, hardcover pictorial boards. VF.

"Bagar the Knight."

Cyril Pedrosa. Chauvel, David. RING CIRCUS 4 - LES REVOLTES. [SN21946X] $28

Paris: Delcourt, 2004. 4to (11-13"), 48pp, color illustrations, hardcover pictorial boards. VF.

A small traveling circus in Old Europe. Elephants. Zebras. Romance. Intrigue. A graphic novel. Text in French.

Cyril Pedrosa. Chauvel, David. RING CIRCUS INTEGRALE. [SN26408X] $55

Paris: Delcourt, 2008. 1st. 4to (11-13"), 208pp, color illustrations, hardcover pictorial boards. VF.

The former Disney animator's first French BD series. This integrale edition reprints the entire story (Tomes 1-4) in one volume. Text in French.

From the publisher: "Having managed to stop a fleeing camel, Jérold, a former coat seller, has won two tickets to see the Ring Circus. At the performance he falls deeply in love with the beautiful horseback rider Blanche, who happens to also be the star of the show! Learning that the circus is preparing to travel to Ruskovia, one dark night he and his friend Anthonin sneak into one of the caravans. They are both hired by the circus director – and thus their exciting and dangerous voyage begins...."

Cyril Pedrosa. Chauvel, David. SHAOLIN MOUSSAKA TOME 3: ... À MOLLYWOOD !! [SN21731X] $28

Paris: Delcourt, 2006. 1st. 4to (11-13”), 48pp, color illustrations, hardcover pictorial boards. VF. Pedrosa was a Disney animator before his BD career (Ring Circus, Three Shadows). This slapstick sci-fi series features a motley space crew. This album takes them to tinseltown! Text in French.

From the publisher:

“Master Wang, Magdalena, Justin, Moussaka and Vermouth the shabby chick this time land in Mollywood, film capital of the world. No sooner do they plunge behind the sordid scenes of the seventh art, rubbing shoulders with silicone-enhanced stars, shifty gangsters, laconic Native Americans, servile lackeys, tandoori chicken experts and Cookie the sad cocker spaniel! Third and final installment of the adventures across time and space of comics’ most unlikely band of heroes - 100% hysterical!“ Text in French.

Frederik Peeters. Wazem, Pierre. KOMA TOME 2 - LE GRAND TROU. [SN25570X] $26

Paris: Les Humanoides Associes, 2004. 1st. 4to (11-13”), 48pp, color illustrations, hardcover pictorial boards. VF. Text in French.

Preview the opening pages of this book

Frederik Peeters. Wazem, Pierre. KOMA TOME 3 - COMME DANS LES WESTERNS. [SN25571] $26

Paris: Les Humanoides Associes, 2005. 1st. 4to (11-13"), 48pp, color illustrations, hardcover pictorial boards. VF. Text in French.

Preview the opening pages of this book

Frederik Peeters. Wazem, Pierre. KOMA TOME 4 - L’HÔTEL. [SN25572X] $26

Paris: Les Humanoides Associes, 2006. 1st. 4to (11-13"), 48pp, color illustrations, hardcover pictorial boards. VF.

The final volume in this story arc. Text in French.

Frederik Peeters. Wazem, Pierre. KOMA TOME 5 - LE DUEL. [SN26384X] $26

Paris: Les Humanoides Associes, 2007. 1st. 4to (11-13"), 48pp, color illustrations, hardcover pictorial boards. VF. Text in French.

Frederik Peeters. Wazem, Pierre. KOMA TOME 6 - AU COMMENCEMENT. [SN26385X] $26

Paris: Les Humanoides Associes, 2007. 1st. 4to (11-13"), color illustrations, hardcover pictorial boards. VF. Text in French.

Pelle. Runberg (Sylvain), ORBITAL 1: CICATRICES. [SN28175X] $28

Marcinelle: Dupuis, 2006. 4to (11-13"), 48pp, color illustrations, hardcover pictorial boards. VF.

Pelle. Runberg (Sylvain), ORBITAL 2: RUPTURES. [SN28176X] $28

Marcinelle: Dupuis, 2007. 4to (11-13"), 48pp, color illustrations, hardcover pictorial boards. VF.

Pelle. Runberg (Sylvain), ORBITAL 3: NOMADES. [SN28177X] $28

Marcinelle: Dupuis, 2009. 4to (11-13"), 56pp, color illustrations, hardcover pictorial boards. VF.

Ruben Pellejero. Zentner, Jorge. LE SILENCE DE MALKA. [SN23003] $25

Paris: Casterman, 1996. 4to (11-13”), 96pp, color illustrations, hardcover pictorial boards. NF (bottom corners bumped).

From Lambiek: "This impressive work relates the story of the Jewish community in Argentina, that fled from the pogroms in Russia after the death of Alexander II." Text in French.

Peyo. LES SCHTROUMPFS TOMES 1-13 (SET). [SN24958] $195

Marcinelle: Dupuis, 1978-1988. 4to (11-13"), 48pp each, color illustrations, hardcover pictorial boards. Fine.

One of Europe's most popular series since its debut in the 1960s, it is known in the US mostly for the 1980s television version re-titled here The Smurfs. The creator Peyo is part of the Belgian school of bigfoot characters.

Matteo Piana. Gualdoni, Giovanni & Gabriele Clima. L'ANNEAU DES 7 MONDES TOME 1 - LE CALME ET LA TEMPETE. [SN27831X] $30

Paris: Les Humanoides Associes, 2003. 4to (11-13"), 56pp, color illustrations, hardcover pictorial boards. VF.

"The Ring of the Seven Worlds." A science fiction fantasy; in its broad strokes, inspired by Miyazaki: a dusty future universe à la Nausicaa; a boy and girl and massive dirigibles à la Castle in the Sky. Intimate action on a vast landscape. With beautiful artwork by Matteo Piana. In addition to his work in comics, the artist works as a graphic designer for advertising agencies in Europe. Text in French.

Matteo Piana. Gualdoni, Giovanni & Gabriele Clima. L'ANNEAU DES 7 MONDES TOME 2 - L'ALLIANCE. [SN26317X] $29

Paris: Les Humanoides Associes, 2004. 4to (11-13"), 56pp, color illustrations, hardcover pictorial boards. NF.

A Miyazaki-inspired science fiction fantasy with beautiful artwork. Text in French.

Matteo Piana. Gualdoni, Giovanni & Gabriele Clima. L'ANNEAU DES 7 MONDES TOME 3 - LES PIRATES D'HÉLIOPOLIS. [SN26318X] $29

Paris: Les Humanoides Associes, 2006. 4to (11-13”), 56pp, color illustrations, hardcover pictorial boards. NF.

A Miyazaki-inspired science fiction fantasy with beautiful artwork. Text in French.

Raymond Poivet. Lecureux, Roger. LES PIONNIERS DE L'ESPERANCE. [SN26897X] $35

Issy Les Moulineaux: Glenat, 2005. 1st. 4to (11-13"), 76pp, color illustrations, cloth spine, hardcover pictorial boards. VF.

A classic French space adventure strip that ran from 1945 though 1973. The international crew of the spaceship L'Esperance defended the Earth from alien enemies and interplanetary catastrophies.

Clearly modeled after Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers, it has the feel of a 1950s or 1960s Dell SF comic. Poivet’s pen & ink style is slightly reminiscent of Graham Ingels. French text.

Cyrille Pomes. A LA LETTRE PRES. [SN23914X] $36

Paris: Albin Michel, 2005. 1st. 4to (11-13"), 76pp, color illustrations, softcover French wraps. VF.

Outstanding artwork. I was just blown away by the style. Text in French.

Jean-Michel Ponzio. PONZIO SKETCHBOOK. [SN26513X] $30

Paris: Comix Buro, 2009. 1st. 8vo (8-9"), 48pp, color illustrations, softcover wraps. VF.

One of the first 900 copies which are numbered & signed by the artist.

A wonderful collection of sketches, drawings, designs, and color renderings by the artist. Short bio and bibliography. Minimal text in French.

Max Poosch. Trautzl, Viktor. MAX VON POOSCH: LEBEN UND WERK. [SN13729] $20

Salzberg/Stuttgart: Das Bergland-Buch, 1958. 8vo (8-9”), 28pp + plates, 6 color and 55 b&w illustrations, hardcover cloth. NF/VG+.

20th century German painter.

Miguelanxo Prado. NOSTALGIES DE BELO HORIZONTE. [SN24275X] $40

Paris: Casterman, 2005. 4to (11-13"), 88pp, color illustrations, hardcover pictorial boards. VF.

From the publisher:

"Miguelanxo Prado invites us on a surprising voyage to Brazil: welcome to Belo Horizonte, the capital of the state of Minas Gerais, with nearly three million inhabitants, whose history was based on the extraction of iron. The faithful fans of Prado will not be disappointed." Beautiful widescreen color images on every other page. Text in French.

Miguelanxo Prado. FANTASMAGORIE. [SN25783X] $25

St. Egrève: Mosquito, 2000. 1st. Square 8vo (8-9"), 96pp, color illustrations, softcover wraps. VF.

An excellent collection of Prado’s illustrations for book and magazine covers, postcards, posters, etc. Outstanding works in a variety of color media. Personally I find these single images much more compelling than his comics work. Text in French and Spanish.

Hugo Pratt. BALLADE DE LA MER SALEE - EDITION SPECIALE ANNIVERSAIRE. [SN27726X] $140

Paris: Casterman, 2007. 1st. Folio (13" x 17"), 172pp, b&w, pictorial cloth. VF. Limited edition.

The first Corto Maltese adventure, the Ballad of the Salten Sea, appeared in 1967. To celebrate the fortieth anniversary of this work, Casterman created this new edition of the Ballad of the Salten Sea printed in a large size (13" x 17") on fine quality paper. Text in French.

Hugo Pratt. CARNET DE LA CAMBUSE. [SN24253X] $36

Paris: Casterman, (no date). Small 8vo (7.5-8"), color illustrations, spiral bound pictorial boards. VF.

"The recipes of Corto Maltese." A real cookbook.

Beautifully designed to resemble a travel notebook. With frequent annotations and watercolors and sketches on every page by Pratt. Text in French.

Hugo Pratt. Ongaro, Alberto. L'OMBRE. [SN24276X] $45

Paris: Casterman, 2004. Small 4to (9-11"), 232pp, b&w, hardcover pictorial boards. VF.

From the publisher: "L'Ombre (The Shadow) is in the great tradition of masked avengers. As any good superman, he has a secret identity of course and has a paralyzing gas panoply, truth drugs, flying machines, hyper-powerful cars... His principal enemy, "the General", seeks all the gold cargoes of the world. This super-villain (also in the tradition of the black legends of the comics) is assisted by a band of killers and an armada of strange robots and radio-controlled miniatures."

Contains three adventures of l'Ombre. Text in French.

Hugo Pratt. TANGO (CORTO MALTESE). [SN24254X] $29

Paris: Casterman, 2001. 4to (11-13"), 64pp, b&w, with 3pp in color, softcover wraps. VF.

A Corto Maltese album (from 1957) reproduced in b&w. The mass market editions of the Corto Maltese albums are colored, however the stories in their original releases appeared in b&w and Pratt's masterful use of black is highlighted in these b&w editions. Text in French.

Hugo Pratt. MU (CORTO MALTESE). [SN23938X] $36

Paris: Casterman, 2001. 4to (11-13"), 176pp, b&w, softcover wraps. VF.

Pratt's lovely artwork reproduced in b&w. Text in French.

Hugo Pratt. MORGAN. [SN23937X] $35

Paris: Casterman, 1999. 4to (11-13"), 80pp, b&w, softcover wraps. VF.

Pratt's lovely artwork reproduced in b&w. Text in French.

Ptiluc. PACUSH BLUES 9: REFLECTURE DU MYTHE DE FRANKENSTEIN. [SN13424] $15

France: Vents d'Oest, 1996. 1st. 4to (11-13”), 60pp, color illustrations, hardcover pictorial boards. Fine. Graphic novel. Text in French.