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Jean-David Morvan

    November 28, 1969

    Jean-David Morvan is a French comic author, renowned as the creator of the Sillage series. After studying arts, he initially pursued graphic art before dedicating himself to writing. His significant works include the 'Spirou and Fantasio,' 'Sir Pyle,' and 'Merlin' series, all collaborations with José Luis Munuera, as well as 'Sillage,' created with Philippe Buchet.

    Jean-David Morvan
    Off-world Blues
    Zaya
    Muhammad Ali, Kinshasa 1974
    The Monkey God
    Cixin Liu's The Devourer
    Wartime ghetto
    • 2022

      Humanity must rally together to save the Earth when its existence is threatened by a ruthless alien empire that consumes every planet it comes across.

      Cixin Liu's The Devourer
    • 2021

      In a post-Apocalyptic future, all traces of technology have seemingly disappeared from the surface of the Earth. Two surviving bands face off against each other in tribal combat, while the Patriarch of the larger clan plans his attack to destroy the "infernal machine" designed by his opponent. Because he remembers how technology made humanity weak, and how it almost wiped us out 100 years before... Flashback to the year 2052, An unexplained and unexpected natural phenomenon causes electricity itself to simply fail. And in its disappearance, civilization falls to its knees, almost instantaneously. A cautionary, post-apocalyptic tale told from both sides of the downfall.

      Ashes, Ashes
    • 2021

      Muhammad Ali, Kinshasa 1974

      • 136 pages
      • 5 hours of reading
      3.8(61)Add rating

      This graphic novel offers a unique portrayal of Muhammad Ali, blending comic book artistry with an engaging narrative. It explores not only his legendary boxing career but also his cultural impact and personal struggles. The vivid illustrations and dynamic storytelling provide an immersive experience that highlights Ali's charisma and resilience, making it a fresh and compelling tribute to one of history's most iconic figures.

      Muhammad Ali, Kinshasa 1974
    • 2019

      Off-world Blues

      • 168 pages
      • 6 hours of reading

      This political Sci-Fi action adventure sees the survivors of a peacekeeping spaceship forced to make planet-fall on the alien world they had seemingly left at peace.

      Off-world Blues
    • 2019

      The tale of Irena Sendlerowa, a social worker in the Warsaw ghetto in the early 1940s, during the early days of German occupation. She is credited for saving the lives of 2500 Jewish children by gradually and quietly smuggling them to safety in small groups. While she is eventually arrested by Gestapo, imprisoned, and tortured for her actions, she refuses to reveal her network and is condemned to death. She is ultimately saved from death by other members of her organization

      Wartime ghetto
    • 2014

      Zaya

      • 232 pages
      • 9 hours of reading
      3.3(139)Add rating

      Zaya tells the story of secret agent in the distant future who left her post to seek a normal life as an artist and mother. When a biomechanical threat destroys an orbiting colony station and former fellow agents start dying, she is called back into the field to find and stop the danger. Her investigation leads to many questions about her own past, filled with explosive revelations.

      Zaya
    • 2014

      Excerpted from "Journey to the West," one of the Four Great Classic Novels in Chinese literature, comes the supernatural adventure story of the Monkey God. 500 years after being imprisoned by the Buddha, Sun Wukong, the Monkey God, has been freed. The Bodhisattva Guanyin (a Buddhist who has reached Enlightenment) is on a pilgrimage from China to India to retrieve an ancient Buddhist text, and has enlisted Sun Wukong to protect him on his journey in exchange for his freedom. Guanyin's safety on the journey will be under constant threat from bandits, demons, and other supernatural beings.

      The Monkey God
    • 2014

      Bramble

      • 144 pages
      • 6 hours of reading

      An ecological detective story told amid a backdrop of fantasy and science-fiction.

      Bramble