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.

 
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Mutafukaz Tome 5
  $24.00
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Run, Run, Fine in Near Fine slipcase, Ankama, Paris, 2015, 1st, 11 inches, 7.75 inches, 160 pages, color, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

This comic come with a warning it contains: violence, bad language, sex, discrimination, drugs, and original gangsters. Mutafukaz Volume 5: V -...

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Le Syndrome de Stendhal
  $30.00
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Aurelie Herrou, Sagar, Herrou, Aurelie, Sagar, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, Grenoble, Glenat, 2017, 1st, 978-2344022856, 11.7 inches, 8.6 inches, 128 pages, color, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

A beautifully drawn graphic novel set in and around the Georges Pompideau Center in Paris, by two creators working in film. Aurélie Herrou comes from...

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Ink is my Blood - Volume 4
  $50.00
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Apollonia Saintclair, Saintclair, Apollonia, Very Fine, Encre Sympathique, Zurich, Switzerland, 2020, 9783952480397, 11.25 inches, 9 inches, 148 pages, black & white illustrations, Softcover, wraps

From the publisher: Ink is my Blood is a series of artbooks showcasing most of Apollonia Saintclair's graphic work. The Volume 4, first of the new...

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Folles Saisons
  $25.00
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Jean-Francois Chabas, David Sala, Chabas, Jean-Francois, Sala, David, Very Fine, Casterman, Paris, 2013, 1st, 11.75 inches, 12.5 inches, 26 pages, color illustrations, hardcover, pictorial boards, French

An absolutely beautiful children's picture book. From the publisher: Historically, it was understood like this: the seasons change in a given order,...

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Le Joueur d'échecs
  $29.00
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David Sala, Sala, David, Very Fine issued without dustjacket, Paris, Casterman, 2023, 1st, 9782203093478, 12.6 inches, 9.5 inches, 128 pages, color, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

David Sala's fully painted graphic adaptation of Stefan Zweig's 1943 novella "The Royal Game." Plus 16 pages of studies and sketches. From the publisher:...

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Le Tatoueur de Ciel
  $30.00
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Very Fine, David Sala, Ben Kemoun, Hubert, Sala, David, Casterman, 2009, 1st thus, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

David Sala. Ben Kemoun, Hubert. Le Tatoueur de Ciel. [SN31341X] $30Paris: Casterman, 2009. 1st . 4to (11-13"), 13.7 x 9.7, 32 pages, color illustrations,...

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Portfolio David Sala
  $50.00
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David Sala, Sala, David, Very Fine in a Very Fine portfolio, Casterman, Paris, 2015, 1st, 17 inches, 12 inches, color, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

20 large color prints in a hardcover portfolio. From the publisher: Twenty reproductions of the most beautiful images created by illustrator of Le...

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Tony Sandoval, Sandoval, Tony, Limited to 666 numbered copies signed by the artist, Very Fine, Paquet, Geneva, 2015, 1st, 12 inches, 8.75 inches, 144 pages, color and black & white, hardcover, pictorial boards, French

This deluxe edition is limited to 666 copies. Tony's latest graphic novel mixes watercolor painted pages and inked pages which were colored later. This...

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Doomboy (New Edition)
  $29.00
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Tony Sandoval, Sandoval, Tony, Very Fine, Editions Paquet, Geneva, 2012, 1st thus, 11.25 inches, 8.9 inches, 80 pages, color, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

A revised edition of this graphic novel from the artist behind "Le Cadavre et le Sofa" and "Les Betises de Xinophixrox." Doomboy is a lonely teenager. He...

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Interfaces #2: Tony Sandoval
  $30.00
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Tony Sandoval, VF, Sandoval, Tony, Paquet, 1st, pictorial boards, French

Seven artists from around the world - Tony Sandoval, Beatriz Tormo, Pat Ryu, Luis Ledesma, Lilian Coquillaud, Patricio Betteo, and Nemiri - have contributed...

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Tony Sandoval, Sandoval, Tony, Very Fine, Geneva, Paquet, 2014, 12 inches, 8.7 inches, 96 pages, color, hardcover, pictorial boards, French

A new larger format edition of Tony's first graphic novel. A beautiful coming-of-age story by this Mexican comic artist. A teenage boy, a teenage girl,...

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Le Serpent d'Eau
  $29.00
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Tony Sandoval, Sandoval, Tony, Very Fine, Geneva, Paquet, 201, 12.7 inches, 9.5 inches, 144 pages, color, hardcover, pictorial boards, French

Tony Sandoval's graphic novels are dream-like, mysterious, fantastic, and personal. This may be his best yet. Two girls, darkhaired Mila and blonde...

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Les Betises de Xinophixerox
  $29.00
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Tony Sandoval, Sandoval, Tony, Very Fine, Geneva, Paquet, 2011, 6.2 inches, 8.5 inches, 144 pages, color, hardcover, pictorial boards, French

This Tony Sandoval book is great! It's a mix of Edward Gorey and David Lynch that is simultaneously charming and creepy and unsettling. This dreamlike...

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Mille Tempetes
  $29.00
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Tony Sandoval, Sandoval, Tony, bumped outer corner to the back cover board otherwise Fine, issued without a dust jacket, Geneva, Paquet, 2015, 1st, 978-2888907114, 12 inches, 8.75 inches, 144 pages, color, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

The full color trade hardcover edition of Sandoval's latest graphic novel.

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Oscuro en Rosa
  $35.00
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Tony Sandoval, Sandoval, Tony, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, Paris, Glenat, 2021, 1st, 9782344041369, 11.6 inches, 8.6 inches, 136 pages, color, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

A new album by fan favorite Tony Sandoval for Glenat's Porn'pop "Erotic" line of graphic novels. While Tony's comics typically have sexual or erotic...

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Volage - Chronique des Enfers
  $40.00
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Stephen Desberg, Tony Sandoval, Desberg, Stephen, Sandoval, Tony, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, Paris, Daniel Maghen, 2022, 1st, 9782356741042, 11.7 inches, 8.7 inches, 144 pages, color, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

"Volage - A Chronicle of the Underworld" Here is Tony Sandoval's vision of Hell. This is likely Tony's most finished (slick) artwork of any of his albums to...

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Banana Sioule, Tome 1: Helena
  $20.00
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Michael Sanlaville, Sanlaville, Michael, Very Fine in Very Fine dustjacket, Grenoble, Glenat, 2022, 1st, 9782344046173, 8.3 inches, 5.8 inches, 208 pages, black & white, Softcover, wraps, French

A new beautifully illustrated graphic novel by the phenomenal Michaël Sanlaville (San-Antonio, Le Fléau Vert, Rocher Rouge). An energetic,...

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Banana Sioule, Tome 2: Soni
  $20.00
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Michael Sanlaville, Sanlaville, Michael, Very Fine, Grenoble, Glenat, 2023, 1st, 9782344051740, 8.3 inches, 5.8 inches, 208 pages, black & white, Softcover, wraps, French

The second volume of this beautifully illustrated new graphic novel by the phenomenal Michaël Sanlaville (San-Antonio, Le Fléau Vert, Rocher...

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Le Fleau Vert
  $30.00
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Michael Sanlaville, Sanlaville, Michael, Fine issued without a dustjacket, Paris, Casterman/KSTR, 2012, 1st, 9782203041158, 11 inches, 7.75 inches, 128 pages, color, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

Michael Sanlavalle, who wrote and illustrated Hollywood Jan (along with Bastien Vives) and illustrated Rocher Rouge (written by Eric Borg), takes both reins...

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Michael Sanlaville, Sanlaville, Michael, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, Paris, Casterman, 2020, 1st, 9782203172722, 12 inches, 9.2 inches, 88 pages, color, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

The sex and action and cartoonish violence are raised to the nth degree in the second volume of this new series written and illustrated by Michael...

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Sketchbook #9: Victor Santos
  $15.00
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Victor Santos, Limited to 150 copies, VF, Santos, Victor, La Grande Ourse, 2009, 1st, wraps

Victor Santos is a Spanish comics artist with a style reminiscent of Bruce Timm, Michael Avon Oeming, and Mathieu Raynes. His sketchbook has a lot of...

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Olivier Schrauwen, Schrauwen, Olivier, Very Fine, Borgerhout, Bries, 2010-2015, 32 pages, color, Softcover, wraps

A Complete Set of Olivier Schrauwen's two mini-comics (to date) about early man: 30000 years of bad luck and 29000 years of bad luck. Great stuff. 30000...

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30th Angouleme Festival Poster
  $40.00
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Francois Schuiten, Schuiten, Francois, Fine, Angouleme, 2003, 23.5 inches, 15.75 inches, color

The official poster for the 30th Annual International Festival of Bande Dessinee at Angouleme held January 23 - 26, 2003. Featuring an original illustration...

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Francois Schuiten, Schuiten, Francois, Very Fine, Casterman, Paris, 2014, 1st, 16.5 inches, 11.75 inches, 36 pages, 25 illustrations in color or black & white, Softcover, wraps

"From the Obscure Cities to the City of Light" is a beautiful large format picture book collecting for the first time, 25 unpublished images of Paris by...

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l'Ombre d'un Homme
  $30.00
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Very Fine, Francois Schuiten, Peeters, Benoit, Schuiten, Francois, Casterman, 1st revised, 9782203020948, 2203020946, Softcover, wraps, French

A newly-married insurance agent begins to suffer nightmares, after which his shadow begins to behave very oddly. As his strange condition worsens,...

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Francois Schuiten, Schuiten, Francois, Fine in Fine dustjacket, Brussels, Casterman, 2015, 1st, 978-2-203-09850-3, 13.8 inches, 9.5 inches, 48 pages, 52 color and black & white illustrations, Hardcover, cloth spine, pictorial boards, French

A beautiful art book collecting 52 of Schuiten's paintings and illustrations of the steam engine La Douce. September 25, 2015 the museum Train World in...

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Machines à dessiner
  $40.00
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Benoit Peeters, Francois Schuiten, Peeters, Benoit, Schuiten, Francois, Fine, issued without dustjacket, Paris, Casterman, 2016, 1st, 9782203120143, 13.75 inches, 9.75 inches, 96 pages, over 150 color illustrations, Hardcover, cloth spine, pictorial boards, French

The beautifully designed, fully illustrated catalog for the Machines à dessiner (Drawing Machines) exhibition at the Musée des Arts et...

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Benoit Peeters, Francois Schuiten, Peeters, Benoit, Schuiten, Francois, Very Fine, Musée des Arts et Métiers, Paris, 2016, 1st, 23.75 inches, 15.75 inches, color

Schuiten created this fantastic poster for the Machines à dessiner (Drawing Machines) exhibition at the Musée des Arts et Métiers...

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Revoir Paris - L'Exposition
  $100.00
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Benoit Peeters, Francois Schuiten, Peeters, Benoit, Schuiten, Francois, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, in publisher's shrinkwrap, Casterman, Paris, 2014, 1st, 13.5 inches, 9.5 inches, 98 pages, color and black & white illustrations, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

The out-of-print catalog of the great exhibition at la Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine. This exhibition explored the urban...

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Revoir Paris, Tome 1
  $29.00
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Benoit Peeters, Francois Schuiten, Peeters, Benoit, Schuiten, Francois, Very Fine, Paris, Casterman, 2014, 12.75 inches, 9.5 inches, 64 pages, color, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

The creators of Les Cités Obscures offer us their vision of Paris in the future. February 2156. Kârinh was born in the Ark, a space colony...

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Benoit Peeters, Francois Schuiten, Peeters, Benoit, Schuiten, Francois, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, Paris, Casterman, 2016, 1st, 9782203097261, 12.75 inches, 9.5 inches, 64 pages, color, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

The conclusion of this two part story wherein the creators of Les Cités Obscures imagine a Paris of the future. From the publisher: A wonderful...

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The Beauty
  $30.00
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Francois Schuiten, Schuiten, Francois, Very Fine, Paris, Casterman, 2015, 1st, 978-2203098510, 12.5 inches, 9.5 inches, 88 pages, black & white, Hardcover, pictorial boards, English

Translated into English by Stephen D. Smith (publisher of The Leaning Girl). From the publisher: The Beauty, Leon knows her well. He can anticipate...

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The Book of Schuiten
  $125.00
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Benoit Peeters, Francois Schuiten, Peeters, Benoit, Schuiten, Francois, Very Fine in Near Fine dustjacket (light wear), Paris, Casterman, 2004, 1st, 978-2203343191, 12.3 inches, 10.3 inches, 136 pages, color and black & white illustrations, Hardcover, cloth

This English language art book on the Belgian comics artist is long out-of-print. A 16-page French translation is appended at the end of the book. Though...

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Yann, Olivier Schwartz, Yann, Schwartz, Olivier, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket (mild wear to covers, otherwise new and unread), Marcinelle, Dupuis, 2018, 1st, 978-2800173948, 12.75 inches, 9.5 inches, 56 pages, color, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

A beautiful new series by the team that brought us Gringos Locos and Spirou et la femme léopard. A post-war period piece featuring feisty detectives...

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Yann, Olivier Schwartz, Yann, Schwartz, Olivier, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, Dupuis, Marcinelle, 2020, 9791034737987, 12.7 inches, 9.5 inches, 56 pages, color, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

The Atom Agency is a fun detective thriller incomprehensible if one cannot read French, but the artwork is the zenith of the modern clear-line bande...

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Midi-Minuit
  $30.00
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Doug Headline, Massimo Semerano, Headline, Doug, Semerano, Massimo, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, Marcinelle, Dupuis, 2018, 1st, 978-2800174617, 10.25 inches, 8 inches, 176 pages, color, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

A garishly colorful, beautifully illustrated graphic novel. From the publisher: "Midi-Minuit" is a high-voltage mystery that mixes fiction and reality...

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Serpieri Éros
  $40.00
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Paolo Eleuteri Serpieri, Serpieri, Paolo Eleuteri, Very Fine in Very Fine dustjacket in publisher's shrinkwrap, Grenoble, Glenat, 2023, 1st, 9782344056660, 12.6 inches, 9.4 inches, 120 pages, color illustrations throughout, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

A dusjacketed hardcover with 111 pages of art and just 9 pages of text. From the publisher: An ode to women EROS celebrates the "soft" erotic...

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Citadine
  $30.00
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Ood Serriere, VF, Jactance, Serriere, Ood, Soleil, 2011, color wraps

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One of 999 numbered copies signed by the artist, Very Fine, Al Severin, Severin, Al, Several Pictures, 2000, 1st, 12 inches, 8.5 inches, 56 pages, black & white, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

Al Severin is a Belgian artist whose work is a wonderful throwback to an earlier era. His work has a surplus of charm and wit and his relaxed ink...

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#16 of 30 copies signed by the artist with an original sketch, Very Fine, Al Severin, Severin, Al, Editions Michel Deligne, 1985, 1st, 786864419, 160 pages, black & white, Softcover, color wraps

An early work by Al Severin: a group of three inter-related short stories about a group of grunts. Text in French. In 2008, 30 copies were signed and...

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Al Severin, Severin, Al, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, Marcinelle, Dupuis, 2016, 1st, 9782800169040, 9.5 inches, 12.5 inches, 48 pages, color, hardcover, pictorial boards, French


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Gratin
  $30.00
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Al Severin, NF (mild shelf wear), Severin, Al, Edition Michel Deligne, 1985, 1st, pictorial boards, French

An early graphic novel by the great Belgian artist Al Severin. The art is a bit crude and the reproduction a bit murky in this future war story. Text in...

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Al Severin, Severin, Al, Near Fine (light cover wear, sharp corners, ), Editions Claude Lefrancq, Brussels, 1992, 1st, 12.2 inches, 9.25 inches, 56 pages, color, hardcover, pictorial boards, French

The first edition of Severin's graphic novelization of H.G. Wells' The Time Machine. Wonderful art & color by the great Belgian artist. Text in...

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Fine (bright, clean, and unread), Al Severin, Severin, Al, Claude LeFrancq, 1995, 1st, 11.75 inches, 8.75 inches, 48 pages, color, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

A beautiful graphic novel by an amazing Belgian artist with a loose fluid style influenced by Frank Godwin's Rusty Riley and Alex Raymond's Flash Gordon....

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Al Severin, Limited to 500 numbered copies signed by the artist, VF, Severin, Al, Enigma, 2003, 1st, color wraps, Dutch

A serialized reprinting of a 1995 graphic novel by Severin: Harry Sauve la Planete - "La Conquete" with extra pages and other new material added. Text in...

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Al Severin, Limited to 500 numbered copies signed by the artist, VF, Severin, Al, Enigma, 2004, 1st, color wraps, Dutch

A serialized reprinting of a 1995 graphic novel by Severin: Harry Sauve la Planete - "La Conquete" with extra pages and other new material added. Text in...

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Le Petit Theatre de Spirou
  $40.00
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Al Severin, Severin, Al, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, Dupuis, Marcinelle, 2018, 978-2800174884, 14 inches, 10 inches, 48 pages, color, Hardcover, cloth spine, pictorial boards, French

The latest album written and illustrated by the phenomenal Belgian artist Alec, or Al, Severin, one of my favorite artists. This features Severin's...

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One of 950 numbered copies signed by the artist, VF, Al Severin, Severin, Al, Several Pictures, 2002, 1st, Softcover, wraps, French

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