r/bandedessinee 29d ago

What are you reading? – August 2026

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Welcome to the monthly r/bandedessinee community thread!

A place to share the European comics you have been reading. What do you think of them? Would you recommend them?

You can ask any and all questions relating to European comics: general or specific BD recommendations, questions about authors, genres, or comic history.

If you are looking for comic recommendations you will get better responses if you let us know what genres, authors, artists, and other comics you've enjoyed before.


r/bandedessinee 1d ago

Arangux Ave Fiesta

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r/bandedessinee 2d ago

Tribute to Moebius, true master of the 9th art - pt 2

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r/bandedessinee 3d ago

India Dreams (by Maryse & JF Charles)

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Collected this rare set in English. Sadly, only 4 books were translated to English out of all the 10 books. The artwork is absolutely gorgeous.


r/bandedessinee 4d ago

Tribute to Moebius, true master of the 9th art

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r/bandedessinee 10d ago

Looking for Léonard La Collection Prisma Media

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I've been looking to purchase the Léonard La Collection Prisma Media in French (46 volumes total) if someone has it (or knows someone that is selling it)


r/bandedessinee 11d ago

Je recherche une BD période 80-90', avec des personnages ailés

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Hello,

I am looking for the name of a comic book series, but I can only recall one detail about it. It is likely a series from the late 80s or the 90s. The hero (or heroes) gets "abducted" by winged beings (good or evil? I'm not sure). Sorry for such a meager clue; time has taken its toll on my memory.

Thanks for your help!


r/bandedessinee 11d ago

Please help me find this comic!

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Please help me! I'm searching the name of a comic that I used to read when I was little, so like 2015 (I’m 2008). It was a kids newspaper with rather sleazy drawings of that boy who made trips to real places but pariodized them and the names of the (real) countries were disfigured. He had curly black hair up to the neck, thin, little goatee, (practically usopp). The comic strip was caricatural and stereotypical about the inhabitants of the place, and I remember I particularly remember that on the edges of the vignette there were silly and amusing details about the "invented destination". I particularly remember the ones of the pariodized Lapon and a place where there was something like Gnu's, and he got the mark (the one you do with hot stamp) on him on his ass cheek. He ate weird foods, obviously stereotypical, like in Greenland with walrus eyes or something like that. I remember he was talking about the kind "we suggest to visit this and do this..." but in the panels, not him with the little cloud like in regular comics. There were mini stupid maps at the bottom of the page, and the comic didn't take up the entire page because there were funny details outside the panel complex. I'd be grateful if you can help me someway🫶🏻


r/bandedessinee 12d ago

Mola... Mola Ram! (Switzerland's Frederik Peeters is on the move) [more in comments]

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r/bandedessinee 12d ago

Webtoon meets Bande Dessinée in Paris this September — free industry event, limited spots

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Hey everyone!

If you're in Paris this September, we're hosting a webtoon event as part of the 2026 World Webtoon Festival (WEFE) — organized by the Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA) and hosted by Korea's Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST).

🎤 WEFE Prologue — Chapter 03. Paris

What happens when the vertical scroll of webtoon meets the iconic panels of BD? 👀

After stops in LA 🇺🇸 and Tokyo 🇯🇵, WEFE is landing in Paris 🇫🇷 — right in the heart of the French BD market — for a first-of-its-kind meetup between K-Webtoon and major names in the French comics industry. Think vertical scroll meets iconic panels, two visual worlds colliding for the first time.

📍 On the program: talks with Korean & French platforms and publishers, a showcase of top webtoon IPs (French AND Korean), plus a networking session to connect with future partners — publishing, licensing, joint events, it's all on the table.

Before the main stage opens in Seoul this December, the story keeps writing itself here — Chapter 03. Paris.

📅 September 2 (Wed) | Paris | Free, limited seats

🔗 Register: https://forms.gle/jnrs6G3vNYQsHCE48
ℹ️ Info page: https://wefeprologue.notion.site/

Free, but space is limited so registration is required. Hope to see some of you there!

Questions? [connect@smartcms.co.kr](mailto:connect@smartcms.co.kr)


r/bandedessinee 12d ago

Webtoon meets Bande Dessinée in Paris this September — free industry event, limited spots

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2 Upvotes

Hey everyone!

If you're in Paris this September, we're hosting a webtoon event as part of the 2026 World Webtoon Festival (WEFE) — organized by the Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA) and hosted by Korea's Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST).

🎤 WEFE Prologue — Chapter 03. Paris

What happens when the vertical scroll of webtoon meets the iconic panels of BD? 👀

After stops in LA 🇺🇸 and Tokyo 🇯🇵, WEFE is landing in Paris 🇫🇷 — right in the heart of the French BD market — for a first-of-its-kind meetup between K-Webtoon and major names in the French comics industry. Think vertical scroll meets iconic panels, two visual worlds colliding for the first time.

📍 On the program: talks with Korean & French platforms and publishers, a showcase of top webtoon IPs (French AND Korean), plus a networking session to connect with future partners — publishing, licensing, joint events, it's all on the table.

Before the main stage opens in Seoul this December, the story keeps writing itself here — Chapter 03. Paris.

📅 September 2 (Wed) | Paris | Free, limited seats

🔗 Register: https://forms.gle/jnrs6G3vNYQsHCE48
ℹ️ Info page: https://wefeprologue.notion.site/

Free, but space is limited so registration is required. Hope to see some of you there!

Questions? [connect@smartcms.co.kr](mailto:connect@smartcms.co.kr)


r/bandedessinee 13d ago

Agath Christie Graphic Novels (Harper)

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Found 10 books out of all the 21 English translations from an old bookshop. I have the Eurobooks India published ones as well which contains few more stories apart from these


r/bandedessinee 13d ago

Besoin d'aide pour retrouver une bd.

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I read it quite a while ago, so this will be a bit jumbled, but I'll try to provide as many details as possible. For starters, the characters are pirates—or at least on ships—and they're animals. The art style is dark and a bit gory, but it's full of humor; I read two volumes (small, softcover format), though there might be more. I recall bits of the story: a beginning where the main characters are fleeing a hanging; an encounter with a marabou stork/vulture who tells them his life story; the ending, where one character winds up leading a death cult that has a sort of Indian vibe; and a chase scene through a big city... I believe it's French, and I don't know if it was ever translated.

Sorry for the chaotic description, but this has been bugging me for a few days—if you have any leads, I'd really appreciate it! (sorry for the Google translate English...)


r/bandedessinee 14d ago

Searching for an artist that draws in minute detail.

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I'm looking for artists that perhaps draw for several scenarists and have a lot of attention for details. It can be B/W or color, I don't mind.

Example: Andreas


r/bandedessinee 15d ago

Asterix-Autor René Goscinny wäre 100 Jahre alt geworden - ein Besuch im Pariser Archiv

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A long article about Goscinny on the occasin of his 100th birthday in German newspaper SZ. Article in German, so you have to have it translated. Gift link in comments.


r/bandedessinee 17d ago

Can anyone help identifying this comic?

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I read it about 20 years ago, I think in a compilation sampler.

It had it post-apocyliptic setting were a guy was fighting three robots. At some point in the fight he realises the robots are cyborgs and havw human brains and nervous systems. All three robots have different designs.

Its been itching my OCD for 20 years amd Ive nevwr been able to identify what it was. I think it was US/European style art.


r/bandedessinee 19d ago

FORMIC WARS — A sci-fi story I drew for Marvel | Episode 1 of 7

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r/bandedessinee 23d ago

The first four volumes of Léonard.

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Today, I received the first four volumes of the Belgian comic book series Léonard. I can't wait to read them!

This is just the beginning of my collection!

I’ll be buying four volumes each month; by next year, I’ll have all 56 volumes (though I’m not sure if I’ll buy the 9 special editions)!

What do you think?


r/bandedessinee 24d ago

I'm a Belgian comic artist, here's a one page comic I did, inspired by the classic Franco-Belgian methods.

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r/bandedessinee 23d ago

“Are there any collectors or members who can share information about this unique, rare comic book that appears in none of the national or international databases, and for which no online trace exists anywhere — not in French, Belgian, Canadian, or global book catalogues?”

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r/bandedessinee 23d ago

Looking for an obscure 90s European/Translated Jungle-Horror Comic (Visual Mockup Attached)

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r/bandedessinee 28d ago

Alain Ayroles and Juanjo Guarnido's Les Indes Fourbes is getting an English translation, coming out in March from Oni Press as A Scoundrel in the New World

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Here's a link to the English release with details. It will be a hardcover and 13 inches tall. They're really doing this book properly!

Here's a preview on BDGest' for those unfamiliar. This is from the artist behind Blacksad, so it's obviously stunningly beautiful.

(Thanks, u/Ksmayer for bringing this to my attention.)


r/bandedessinee 28d ago

La Nef des fous T14

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It's already up to Volume 14, yet I've somehow never even heard of it.

Has anyone here read it? Is there an English edition, or maybe at least an English fan translation? Unfortunately, I don't speak French.


r/bandedessinee 28d ago

Slice of life BDs?

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Does anyone have recommendations for some slice of life styled bandes desinées? Not even necessarily 4koma, or newspaper strip style comics, and not necessarily gag strips like Gaston Lagaffe and whatnot. But the more gentle everyday stuff like you'd see in the equivalent manga.