JohnnyEnzyme

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YOL-Cm5RmQ

This dance scene is from the sublime, somewhat controversial movie Excalibur (1981), which examined the legendary early mythos of King Arthur, the late Celtic-Romanic king of legend, who might possibly have existed in the 600's-700's AD.

Centuries later, Thomas Malory gave these stories some real wings, and I always loved those stories as a lad. Now, I've seen various productions over time when it comes to the Arthurian mythos, but I've always felt that the Boorman film (1981) was levels above, really.

Would you like to know more? Here's a two-part scene from that... beknighted movie, in which Arthur is a young king, asserting his might--

King Arthur vs. Lancelot:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Af-N8CLLoqU

Excalibur... I call on your power:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2C8fB8p6crY

Sometimes I forget that Disney comics are not just an American thing, but have been thriving in Italy since 1932, specifically via Topolino magazine and associated publications. Interestingly, the output has not been solely Italian nor American, but evidently a mix of original content from both nation's creators.

Here's the published cover above, with thanks to t/dirtyriver for the find:

In recent years France's Glénat publishing house has joined the fun, but has been tending to go in more gonzo directions, not unlike various creators doing guest shots on Lucky Luke.

A little dazed, a little confused, but in good hands in Provincetown, MA. (found injured)

Some will probably kill me for this, but it's from u/Firm_Love3598, and I thought it too good not to share!

Oh, and it really is a Short-eared owl (Asio flammeus). That expression really gets me. ❤️

You can see this from the root page of our community:
https://lemm.ee/c/eurographicnovels

In which the posts that link to Imgur as their thumbnails now display the 'offsite' arrow pointing to the upper-right. Note that all Imgur-based behavior seems otherwise fine, for example you can click on the thumbnail and the full image will properly display, and the contents of the posts themselves seem unaffected.

Browsing around other lemm.ee communities, it seems that all other thumbnail post imagery is functioning normally as long as it doesn't link to Imgur.

Hope I explained that clearly!

Continuing the 'air taxi' theme, here's MajorGrin with a fun comparison between these two cult movies, both of which had Euro roots in one way or another. For example, Heavy Metal magazine was the American counterpart to Métal hurlant, and '5th' was an English-language French film by Luc Besson, with art design by Moebius & Mézières.

I usually find these 'side-by-sides' not too terribly interesting, but in this case the number of parallels really does stretch on(!) See what you think:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XL_Iq57hIB8

Btw, I don't know what's going on with the post thumbnails on this instance. It seems that all images work fine as thumbnails except for Imgur stuff, which is rather unfortunate since that's mainly how I've been uploading the sublemmy's imagery from the beginning. You can see this for yourself if you click on the root level of this community.

Support thread opened:
https://lemm.ee/post/47943331

I could be wrong, but it seems like the "Mezi-cab" above might be a little nod to JC Mézières, who went on to do concept art for The Fifth Element, like this: (more here)

Anyway, "Enki" is Enki Bilal, previously introduced here, which includes a four-page sci-fi story.

To the best of my knowledge, these four Bilal pieces all come from his Nikopol trilogy.

Wings unfurled, a soaring grace,
Through the clouds, a boundless space,
Whispering wind, a gentle guide,
Earth below, where dreams reside.

---unknown

I believe the one above comes from the second book, La Femme Piège, which I suppose translates to "The Woman Trap," or maybe "The Trapped Woman."

Well, whilst bumbling around the net, I happened upon a guy who built a model of that very taxi, even turning it in to a model kit:

Lots more pics and notes on that project here:
https://www.behance.net/gallery/3007525/Enkis-FLYING-TAXI

The upper page seen above and the lower one below are from the first volume, Miss Bangalore. To be clear, this four-volume series recapitulates George Orwell's Animal Farm, but in this case, the animals do more than just resist via passive-aggressive means.

In terms of the 'choose-your-own-adventure' genre (btw, I adore this! one on Android), it's like starting with the Animal Farm premise, but then making a whole bunch of different choices and seeing how they play out.

The two-part page above comes after a bunch of animals were outraged by the fact that one of the hens was accused of stealing its own egg, then promptly executed.

The original page in French looks like this:

When the cat's away, the mice will play. The men have left the place, this once-castle now turned into a farm. Since then, the animals have adopted man's place, his rules, his laws and... his faults. This is how on this sad day, Adélaïde the chicken will be punished with death by the vindictiveness of President Sylvio.

Accused of having taken away from the common good - who steals an egg... , the hen will be torn to pieces by the jaws of a pack of merciless executioners. Miss B. witnesses this massacre, resigned since the death of her husband to undergo the yoke of this so-called Republic which looks more like a dictatorship. Soon, the crowd rumbles and openly revolts: claws against canines, beaks against lips. But it will take more than a mere wave of discontent to overthrow the unbeatable masters. Still, the swell has begun its undermining work. --BDT & Johnny

An earlier, two-page sequence below:

And... I'm not sure if this has ever been published in English. But in terms of quality, it's through the roof, so I certainly hope so. <3

Lots more page samples and a more full overview:
https://www.bedetheque.com/serie-60691-BD-Chateau-des-Animaux.html

EDIT: Oh, it seems maybe it IS in English! :D
(see comment below)

I'll try to get to the main point, but wasn't that some... Shakespearean Henry Vth stuff right there?

Anywhere, here's a proper, full page:

Okay, I'm just trying for a quick-post for now, but I feel like Moreil & Pedrosa's "The Golden Age" is just... an astonishing BD accomplishment.

Least of all, there's Cyril Pedrosa's *wild* color schemes, which routinely take the center-show. Seriously, I'd almost call such a new genre within BD...

But also the script-writer, Roxanne Modeil!
What an enormous, new talent. oO

Yeap yeap, there is MUCH more to say about this series and the creators, but... just wanted t give y'all a taste for now. (kinda busy, I am)

I can't for the world of me remember how I chanced upon this lovely German comic, but I'm rather grateful that I did. It's got that Trondheim™ magic about it, both in imagery and storytelling, and that's about as good as it gets in my world. Okay then, let's look at a full page:

Pimo and Rex are knights. Above all, they are best friends. That day, during their stop at the inn, Rex has big news to announce: he is going to marry Léo and would like Pimo to be their best man. The ceremony is supposed to be a great moment of celebration and an opportunity to put aside the quests of heroism for a while. But between a late witness, two families who struggle to get along and dark forces who take advantage of the opportunity to sow terror, everything does not really go as planned. [more]

Er... the only problem being that... I'm completely illiterate in German!
T_T
Ah, but let's see how Google-Translate can do:

Huh! Well so far, the translation doesn't seem much different from the job it did on my last Gaston post. (remember? the one where he's a secret agent who makes french fries, accidentally ruining the contract papers?)

It's not bad, really, I suppose first and foremost needing some work on text-formatting. Oddly, Google's app version of "Translate" seems to produce smoother text without the funny sizing and 'bolding' issues.

Anyway, pardon me! In terms of the comic itself, I'm not sure I've ever seen something which fits so smoothly in to the Donjon universe.

Here's a different page, this time in French:

Thomas' site:
https://wellmaus.com/

Needles to say, I look forward to seeing much more of Wellman's work in future, and hopefully we can get more English & French translations? (say "yes," please!)

Gatekeeper!
We have travelled too far and lost too many to turn back!
Surrender your blade!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxR-oKkwJLI

NOTE: suggestion to turn on CC/subtitles, as the dialogue is a little muddy in places.

In fact, this is a panel from Silas Corey's The Aquila Network, by two of my long-time BD heroes, Fabien Nury (writer) and Pierre Alary (strips).

Like most of Nury's series, it's ridiculously good, complex, nuanced, humanistic, and all that jazz. Here's a cover:

This is from the classic Les armées du Conquérant / Conquering Armies, by JP Dionnet and JC Gal.

Slight backstory-- publishing house Les Humanoïdes Associés (or "Humanoids") had been established just three years before (in 1974), by Mœbius, Dionnet, Philippe Druillet, and financial director Bernard Farkas. It went on to change the world in terms of BD and comics, I humbly submit.

Now here-- there was a great deal of novel experimentation in this series, which could sometimes feel a bit archaic, yet sometimes feel beweirdingly progressive. In any case, these books are collections of short-story works about a Roman army-type takeover of the known Mediterranean+ world, but one which kept running in to unusual, unexpected, or even unholy problems.

So it's the emperor (conqueror) who kept tripping over his own shoelaces, one might say. But enough ado, here's the story link:

https://imgur.com/gallery/lets-all-raise-glass-to-bosom-friendship-of-alphons-donatus-from-conquering-armies-by-dionnet-gal-mature-bvd3rqL

In terms of pure comics-fandom, a big (maybe controversial) issue is the fact that these works were originally published in blazing, hot-detailed B&W, but recently got colorised like this. Now personally, I had a weird issue with the original B&W's kinda scorching my eyes (even as it highlighted the beautiful, detailed work by JC Gal).

Personally, I like these new colors. They seem tasteful and 'non-extreme.'

If you're curious, you can see below what the originals looked like:
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Armees+du+Conquerant%22+black+white+comic&udm=2