French Imports

Stuart Ng Books is the largest importer of French Bande Dessinee (and related art books) in the United States. We select and stock new titles and current releases and source them directly from the French publishers and distributors. We carry the most mainstream publishers such as Casterman, Dargaud, And Dupuis, to boutique publishers such as Comix Buro, Stardom and Bruno Graff. We also buy and sell used, secondhand, and collectible Bande Dessinee and related art books from collectors here and abroad.

 
Le Trombone Illustre
  $70.00
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Limited to 6000 numbered copies, Very Fine, Andre Franquin, Franquin, Andre, Marsu, 2005, 1st, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

A collection of Franquin cartoons for Le Trombone magazine. Franquin created elaborate Aragones-like comic scenes incorporating the magazine title into the...

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Les Doodles De Franquin, Tome 1
  $70.00
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Limited to numbered copies, Very Fine, Andre Franquin, Franquin, Andre, Marsu, 2003, 1st, 9782912536617, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

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Andre Franquin, Very Fine, Franquin, Andre, Dupuis, 1972, 2011 reprint, pictorial boards

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Andre Franquin, Very Fine, Franquin, Andre, Dupuis, 1971, 2011 reprint, pictorial boards

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Un Monstre Par Semaine
  $70.00
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Limited to 6000 numbered copies, Very Fine, Andre Franquin, Franquin, Andre, Marsu, 2005, 1st, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

"A Monster a Week." A collection of Franquin cartoons. Text in French.

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Andre Franquin, Jidéhem, Franquin, Jidéhem, Andre, Very Fine, Dupuis, Marcinelle, 2014, 1st, 12.25 inches, 9.4 inches, 68 pages, color, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

The definitive edition of this 1955 Franquin classic, with Spirou and Fantasio! -A re-mastered version of the 18-page story, newly colored by...

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Greg, Andre Franquin, Jidéhem, Greg, Franquin, Jidéhem, Andre, Very Fine, Dupuis, Marcinelle, 2013, 1st, 12.25 inches, 9.4 inches, 64 pages, color, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

Count Champignac finally manages to extract the toxic residue from his famous elixir X4, which multiplies one's intellectual faculties. Excitedly, he calls...

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Dante 01: Le Storyboard Du Film
  $50.00
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Fred Blanchard & Gess, Very Fine, Marc Caro & Pierre Bordage, Fred Blanchard & Gess, Delcourt, 2007, 1st, French wraps

The complete storyboards for the 2007 French Science Fiction film Dante 01 directed by Marc Caro art of this French artist. Blanchard is a frequent...

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Frezzato Esquisses
  $60.00
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Massimiliano Frezzato, Frezzato, Massimiliano, Fine, issued without dustjacket, Paris, Editions USA, 2001, 1st, 2-914409-11-7, 17.25 inches, 13.5 inches, 86 pages, color, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

Frezzato's Keepers of the Maser Volume 4 This sketchbook presents the original rough pencil pages for all of Volume 4 along with sketches, layouts, and...

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Massimiliano Frezzato, Frezzato, Massimiliano, One of 600 numbered copies signed by the artist, Fine in publisher's shrinkwrap, Paris, Editions USA, 2003, 1st, 2-914409-30-3, 17.25 inches, 13.5 inches, 44 pages, color, Hardcover, spiralbound, French

Frezzato's Keepers of the Maser Volume 5 This collector's album, in A3 format (about 33x44 cm), presents the cover and all the original pages of Volume 5...

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Jean Frisano, Frisano, Jean, Limited to 700 copies, Very Fine in Very Fine slipcase in publisher's shrinkwrap, 9eArt+ éditions / Festival International de la Bande Dessinee, Angouleme, 2020, 1st, 14 inches, 10 inches, color illustrations, French

Jean Frisano (1927-1987) was the subject of a major art exhibition at the 2020 Angouleme Festival: "De Tarzan à Marvel, l'Amérique...

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Bidou, une vie de chien
  $24.00
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Eduardo Damasceno, Luis Felipe Garrocho, Damasceno, Eduardo, Garrocho, Luis Felipe, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, Grenoble, Vents d'Ouest, 2017, 1st, 978-2749308593, 11.75 inches, 8.5 inches, 80 pages, color, hardcover, pictorial boards, French

"A Dog's Life", charmingly illustrated. The animals speak through pictograms; the humans in their occasional scenes speak in traditional word balloons (in...

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BESTiary Sketchbook 1.1
  $25.00
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Armel Gaulme, Gaulme, Armel, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, Editions Caurette, Buhl, France, 2021, 9791096315826, 9.4 inches, 6.7 inches, 104 pages, color and black & white illustrations throughout, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

From the publisher: This incredible little artbook by Armel Gaulme is back but bigger! Brightened up with 8 full-color pages and a few more...

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Dans l'atelier d'Armel Gaulme
  $60.00
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Armel Gaulme, Gaulme, Armel, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, in publisher's shrinkwrap, Buhl, France, Editions Caurette, 2022, 1st, 9782382890271, 11 inches, 8 inches, 340 pages, black & white illustrations throughout with pages in color, Hardcover, cloth spine, pictorial boards, French

"From the studio of Armel Gaulme." An artbook. From the publisher: Accompanied by 40 pages of interviews conducted by Zep, Stan Manoukian, Julien...

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Very Fine, Philippe Geluck, Geluck, Philippe, Casterman, 2006, 1st, 978220315838, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

Single panel cartoons and comic strips of Belgian cartoonist Philippe Geluck's iconic cat, a cultural folk hero going on 27 years. A best-selling series,...

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Very Fine, Philippe Geluck, Geluck, Philippe, Casterman, 2009, 1st, 978220315852, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

Single panel cartoons and comic strips of Belgian cartoonist Philippe Geluck's iconic cat, a cultural folk hero going on 27 years. A best-selling series,...

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Gess, Gess, Gess, Gess, Limited to 1500 copies, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, Paris, Glenat, 2020, 1st, 9782344041512, 14.75 inches, 11 inches, 48 pages, black & white, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

This large format black & white edition reproduces Gess' inked pages prior to the application of color. From the publisher: Conan in the land of a...

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Aero-Artbook
  $45.00
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Very Fine, Christophe Gibelin, Gibelin, Christophe, Paquet, 2009, 1st, 12.6 inches, 128 pages, color illustrations, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French, French

An excellent large format collection of the superb aviation art of Christophe Gibelin! For the last seven years, Gibelin has created digital paintings...

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L'Hiver en été
  $70.00
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Jean-Pierre Gibrat, Gibrat, Jean-Pierre, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, Paris, Daniel Maghen, 2019, 1st, 9782356740564, 14.2 inches, 10.5 inches, 180 pages, color illustrations throughout, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

This large format art book reproduces Gibrat's numerous specialty watercolor pieces based upon his hit bande dessinee series The Reprieve, The Flight of the...

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Jean-Pierre Gibrat, Gibrat, Jean-Pierre, Fine, issued without dustjacket, Futuropolis, Paris, 2008, 9782754801133, 12.5 inches, 9.5 inches, 64 pages, color, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

From the publisher: Never before has Jean-Pierre Gibrat shown such mastery of word and image: a feast for the eyes, a delight for the spirit! With this a...

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Jean-Pierre Gibrat, Gibrat, Jean-Pierre, Fine, issued without dustjacket, Futuropolis, Paris, 2010, 9782754801140, 12.5 inches, 9.5 inches, 80 pages, color, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

The second volume in Gibrat's impressive historical adventure series. From the publisher: Mattéo follows the singular destiny of a man who,...

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Jean-Pierre Gibrat, Gibrat, Jean-Pierre, Fine, issued without dustjacket, Paris, Futuropolis, 2013, 1st, 9782754801157, 12.5 inches, 9.5 inches, 80 pages, color, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

The third volume in Gibrat's impressive historical adventure series. From the publisher: Never before has Jean-Pierre Gibrat shown such mastery of...

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Jacques & Francois Gall, Paul Gillon, Gall, Jacques & Francois, Gillon, Paul, Very Good+ (moderate shelf and cover wear, edges of covers chipped, bindings sound, pages flat, clean), Les Humanoides Associes, Paris, 1981-82, 1st, 10.75 inches, 8.25 inches, 607 + 448 pages, 4139 black & white strips, softcover, color wraps, French

A nice set of two phonebook-sized collections of this French newspaper strip which ran between September 1959 and December 1972. This continuity strip about...

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Fils De Chine
  $60.00
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Fine, Paul Gillon, Lecureux, Roger, Gillon, Paul, Glenat, 2007, Hardcover, pictorial boards

"The Long March of Mao is depicted as seen through the personage of young Tao, water carrier from Canton. "This major historical event of the twentieth...

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Paul Gillon, VF, Lapiere, Gillon, Paul, Dupuis, 2005, 9782800137278, pictorial boards

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Ma Vie Mal Dessinee
  $30.00
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Gipi, Gipi, Fine, issued without dustjacket, Paris, Futuropolis, 2009, 1st, 9782754802505, 10.75 inches, 8 inches, 144 pages, color and black & white, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

In this long form graphic memoir, Gipi alternates between expressive pen & ink comic journals and slightly more formal watercolored panel comics, all...

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Very Fine, Charles Gleyre, Lepdor (ed.), Catherine, Gleyre, Charles, 5 Continents Editions, 2006, 1st, 978-88-7439-355-8, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

A retrospective on the Swiss artist (2 May 1806 – 5 May 1874), who painted in Paris and taught and influenced a number of younger artists, including...

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Je suis un autre
  $30.00
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Rodolphe, Laurent Gnoni, Rodolphe, Gnoni, Laurent, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, Toulon, Soleil, 2018, 1st, 978-2302066342, 10.4 inches, 7.9 inches, 140 pages, color, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

Laurent Gnoni adopts a beautiful light impressionistic line for this psychological thriller. From the publisher: Peppo and his brother Sylvio spend...

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Goligo Tome 1: La grande chute
  $25.00
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Gobi, Gobi, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, Grenoble, Glenat, 2013, 1st, 978-2723487399, 9.625 inches, 7 inches, 104 pages, color, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

"Goligo: The Great Fall" written & illustrated by Gobi will remind you of Agito Cosmos and Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea. From the publisher: On...

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Simon Goinard Phelipot, Goinard Phelipot, Simon, Very Good+, issued without dustjacket (corners pushed inward, one spine end pushed inward, otherwise Fine), Paris, Editions Carabas, 2007-2009, 1st, 9782351003015, 9782351005323, 12.5 inches, 9 inches, 192 pages, color, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

French painter and illustrator Simon Goinard Phelipot is better known as a visual development artist for film, TV and games, and as a SF&F Book and...

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La Folie de Ziegfeld
  $10.00
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Olivier Beer, Gérard Goldman, Beer, Olivier, Goldman, Gérard, Fine, issued without dustjacket, Paris, Futuropolis, 1987, 1st, 2-7376-5611-7, 6.75 inches, 9 inches, 24 pages, black & white, hardcover, pictorial boards, French

Ziegfeld's madness. A comic book by Olivier Beer and Gérard Goldman. From the publisher: The hopeless passionate love of Ziegfeld Horowitz for...

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The Black Holes
  $30.00
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Borja Gonzalez, Gonzalez, Borja, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, Paris, Dargaud, 2019, 1st, 978-2205079357, 11.25 inches, 8.5 inches, 128 pages, color, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

A beautiful graphic novel by a Spanish comic book creator. An ancient ghost haunts three girls in the present day. From the publisher: A beautiful and...

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Rene Goscinny, Goscinny, Rene, Limited to 2000 copies, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, in publisher's shrinkwrap, 9eArt+ éditions/Festival International de la Bande Dessinée, Angouleme, 2022, 1st, 13.75 inches, 10 inches, 176 pages, over 200 color illustrations, Hardcover, pictorial boards, English

René Goscinny, Writer, What a Job!" This is the absolutely beautiful catalogue to the museum exhibition mounted for the Angouleme Comics Festival...

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Jean-Claude Gotting, Gotting, Jean-Claude, One of 999 numbered copies signed by the artist, Very Fine issued without dustjacket, Paris, Dupuis, 2020, 1st, 9782390410232, 11.1 inches, 11.6 inches, 120 pages, over 80 full-page and double-page color illustrations, Hardcover, pictorial boards

"Stolen Moments" Gotting's paintings of women, lounging, sleeping, or lost in thought. Entirely art with a 3-page introduction in English and in French. An...

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Limited to 200 copies, Very Fine, Michel Gourdon, Gourdon, Michel, Association des Amis de Michel Gourdon, 2012, 1st, 9782746652873, Softcover, wraps, French

A collection of gouache paintings by Michel Gourdon for French publishers (1950s-1990s) book and magazine covers: horror, espionage, adventure, crime, war,...

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Didier Graffet, Graffet, Didier, Limited to 500 numbered copies signed by the artist, Very Fine, Paris, Galerie Daniel Maghen, 2013, 1st, 9782356740281, 14 inches, 10 inches, 88 pages, color illustrations, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

This beautiful, full color, clothbound, 88-page art book is signed and numbered to 500 copies, and accompanied by a matching signed and numbered print....

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VF/VF, Fabien Grolleau, Grolleau, Fabien, Delcourt, 2011, 1st, Softcover, wraps with dustjacket, French

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Very Fine (flat, tight, clean), Juanjo Guarnido, Diaz Canales, Juan, Guarnido, Juanjo, iBooks, 2003, 1st, 12.2 inches, 9.1 inches, 55 pages, color, Softcover, wraps, English

This full-size English language edition is out of print and increasingly hard to find. If you want to really appreciate the art, this ibooks edition is...

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Blacksad 2 - Arctic-Nation
  $30.00
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Very Fine, Juanjo Guarnido, Canales, Juan Diaz, Guarnido, Juanjo, Dargaud, 2003, Later, 12.5 inches, 9.5 inches, 56 pages, color, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

The original French edition with a page size twice as big as the Dark Horse edition! The best way to see and appreciate Juanjo's amazing watercolor artwork.

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Blacksad 3 - Ame Rouge
  $30.00
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Very Fine, Juanjo Guarnido, Canales, Juan Diaz, Guarnido, Juanjo, Dargaud, 2005, 12.5 inches, 9.5 inches, 52 pages, color, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

The original French edition with a page size twice as big as the Dark Horse edition! The best way to see and appreciate Juanjo's amazing watercolor artwork.

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Very Fine, Juanjo Guarnido, Canales, Juan Diaz, Guarnido, Juanjo, Dargaud, 2010, 1st, 12.5 inches, 9.5 inches, 56 pages, color, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

The original French edition with a page size twice as big as the Dark Horse edition!  The best way to see and appreciate Juanjo's amazing watercolor...

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Blacksad Promotional Print: Fin
  $20.00
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Juan Diaz Canales, Juanjo Guarnido, Diaz Canales, Juan, Guarnido, Juanjo, Very Fine, Dargaud, Paris, 2020, 1st, 15.75 inches, 11.8 inches, color

A limited edition promotional print produced by the publisher of Blacksad, Dargaud. A beautiful color print on heavy mat stock.

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Juan Diaz Canales, Juanjo Guarnido, Diaz Canales, Juan, Guarnido, Juanjo, Very Fine, Dargaud, Paris, 2020, 1st, 8.25 inches, 15.75 inches, color

A limited edition promotional print produced by the publisher of Blacksad, Dargaud. A beautiful color print on heavy mat stock.

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Juan Diaz Canales, Juanjo Guarnido, Diaz Canales, Juan, Guarnido, Juanjo, Very Fine, Dargaud, Paris, 2020, 1st, 15.75 inches, 11.8 inches, color

A limited edition promotional print produced by the publisher of Blacksad, Dargaud. A beautiful color print on heavy mat stock.

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Juan Diaz Canales, Juanjo Guarnido, Diaz Canales, Juan, Guarnido, Juanjo, Very Fine, Dargaud, Paris, 2020, 1st, 15.75 inches, 11.8 inches, color

A limited edition promotional print produced by the publisher of Blacksad, Dargaud. A beautiful color print on heavy mat stock.

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Juan Diaz Canales, Juanjo Guarnido, Diaz Canales, Juan, Guarnido, Juanjo, Very Fine, Dargaud, Paris, 2020, 1st, 15.75 inches, 11.8 inches, color

A limited edition promotional print produced by the publisher of Blacksad, Dargaud. A beautiful color print on heavy mat stock.

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Fine, Juanjo Guarnido, Diaz Canales, Juan, Guarnido, Juanjo, Dargaud, 2000, 1st, 2205049658, 12.5 inches, 9.5 inches, 48 pages, color, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

A fine condition first printing (in French parlance, an "Edition Originale" or "E.O.") of the first Blacksad book.

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Very Fine, Juanjo Guarnido, Diaz Canales, Juan, Guarnido, Juanjo, Dargaud, 2003, 1st, 2205051997, 12.5 inches, 9.5 inches, 56 pages, color, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

A fine condition first printing (in French parlance, an "Edition Originale" or "E.O.") of the second Blacksad book.

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