Comic books from Belgium
Recommended comic books (5)
Travel the world without leaving your chair.
If you are into comic here are some comic books from Belgium for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge.
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De twee levens van Penelope by Judith Vanistendael NL
Description:
Grafische novelle over de problemen van een moderne vrouw die moeder en echtgenote in België is, maar tevens chirurg in een veldhospitaal in Aleppo.
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Die Schlümpfe 27. Die Schlümpfe machen Urlaub by Peyo DE
Description:
Die Schlümpfe 27. Die Schlümpfe machen Urlaub Die Schlümpfe sind wieder da! Jeder kennt sie, ob aus den Comics oder der 80er-Jahre-Fernsehserie: 100 kleine blaue Wichte leben glücklich und zufrieden, im Einklang mit sich und der Natur wohlbehütet in kleinen, aus Pilzen gebauten Häuschen. Wäre da nur nicht ihr ewiger Widersacher, der Zauberer Gargamel, der gemeinsam mit seinem Kater Azrael immer wieder Jagd auf sie macht!
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The Adventures of Tintin: Volume 1 by Hergé EN
Description:
Three classic graphic novels in one deluxe hardcover edition: Tintin in America, Cigars of the Pharaoh, and The Blue Lotus.
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The Bluecoats Vol. 12: the David by Raoul Cauvin EN
Description:
Even as the sea blockade by the Union Navy slowly strangles the South, the picket ships begin to mysteriously blow up one after another. Lincoln, worried that the war could stretch on too long if the Rebels are resupplied, orders that the Confederates' secret weapon be identified. That means sending spies to Charleston, though, in the heart of the enemy's territory. And who will be the two unlucky fools the brass entrusts with such a dangerous mission...?
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The Other Jerusalem by Michel Kichka EN
Description:
Michel Kichka's newest autobiography tells how a comics-obsessed kid from industrial Belgium became an author and militant media illustrator from Israel. As he shows in the book, the Covid pandemic and resulting lockdown were fertile breeding ground for the creative energy Kichka needed for this intimate and funny traipse around Jerusalem -- and down memory lane.