Graphic novel — PANACHES Culture

Graphic novel 2015 17 Albums

Corto Maltese

Corto Maltese is a sailor and adventurer who travels the world in the early 20th century, moving between distant ports, political conflicts, wars, and territories still shaped by colonial powers. Independent, ironic, and difficult to define, he repeatedly becomes involved in affairs that go far beyond his own interests: treasures, revolutions, espionage, secret societies, and struggles for influence. Throughout his …

• Adventure
• Historical

Graphic novel 2007 4 Albums

Long John Silver

Lady Vivian Hastings, the wife of an explorer who disappeared in the Amazon, learns of a vast treasure hidden deep within a largely unknown territory. Determined to find her husband and claim the fortune, she organizes a sea expedition and turns to Long John Silver, a feared, manipulative, and unpredictable pirate. Aboard a ship where everyone is pursuing their own interests, the crew faces storms, rivalries, betray…

• Adventure
• Historical

Graphic novel 2005 9 Albums

Les Druides

In the 5th century, as Christianity gradually spreads across the Celtic lands and threatens ancient traditions, several monks are found murdered under mysterious circumstances. The evidence appears to point toward the druids, leading the monk Gwénolé to seek the help of Gwenc’hlan, one of the last representatives of the old religion, and his young apprentice Taran. Their investigation takes them across Armorica and …

• Fantasy
• Mystery
• Historical

Graphic novel 2005 17 Albums

Samurai

In a medieval Japan infused with fantasy, Takeo is a taciturn samurai searching for the truth about his origins and the reasons why he was raised in a monastery before being abandoned by his brother. Accompanied by his young disciple Shiro, he becomes caught in a vast conspiracy involving the powerful General Akuma, the Emperor, and the mysterious figure of the Thirteenth Prophet. Throughout his journey, Takeo faces…

• Adventure
• Historical
• Martial arts

Graphic novel 2001 13 Albums

Djinn

In the early 1960s, Kim Nelson travels to Istanbul in search of the truth about her grandmother Jade, a mysterious woman who was once the Sultan’s favorite and whose fate remains surrounded by secrets. Her quest leads her to reconstruct a story that began several decades earlier, during the final years of the Ottoman Empire, amid harems, political intrigue, and struggles for influence. As she uncovers Jade’s past, K…

• Adventure
• Drama
• Historical

Graphic novel 1997 12 Albums

Murena

In Imperial Rome during the 1st century, Lucius Murena, a young patrician close to Nero, becomes caught in the struggles for power surrounding the succession of Emperor Claudius. As Agrippina schemes to place her son on the throne and eliminate those who threaten her ambitions, Murena sees his own family struck by the intrigues of the imperial court. His fate then becomes closely tied to Nero’s, whose rise gradually…

• Drama
• Historical
• Political

Graphic novel 1977 55 Albums

Léonard

During the Renaissance, Léonard is an inventor convinced that he is the greatest genius of his time. In his workshop, he constantly imagines new machines, inventions, and experiments, often far ahead of their era. To test them, he regularly relies on Basile, his lazy and unlucky apprentice, who inevitably becomes the first victim of his creations. Between anachronisms, scientific disasters, and absurd rivalries, the…

• Historical
• Humour

Graphic novel 1972 68 Albums

Les Tuniques Bleues

During the American Civil War, Sergeant Chesterfield and Corporal Blutch serve in the Union Army despite having completely opposite personalities. Chesterfield is disciplined, patriotic, and convinced of the importance of his mission, while Blutch mainly tries to avoid fighting and survive the often absurd decisions of their superiors. Sent to different fronts and repeatedly caught up in battles, dangerous missions,…

• Historical
• War
• Humour

Graphic novel 1961 41 Albums

Astérix

In 50 BC, all of Gaul is occupied by the Romans… except for one small village that continues to resist the invaders thanks to a magic potion that grants superhuman strength. Asterix, a clever and courageous warrior, undertakes numerous missions alongside his inseparable friend Obelix, who fell into the potion when he was a child. Between clashes with Roman legionaries, journeys across the Roman Empire, and encounter…

• Adventure
• Historical
• Humour