Delcourt is a French

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 publishing house

Publishing

Publishing is the process of production and dissemination of literature or information—the activity of making information available to the general public...

 that specializes in comics and manga

Manga

Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...

.

It was founded in 1986 through the fusion of the magazines Charlie Mensuel

Charlie Mensuel

Charlie Mensuel was a French monthly comics magazine. Its publication began in February 1969, and ceased in February 1986.-History:...

 and Pilote

Pilote

thumb|Cover of the first Pilote teaser issue, #0.Pilote was a French comics periodical published from 1959 to 1989. Showcasing most of the major French or Belgian comics talents of its day the magazine introduced major series such as Astérix le Gaulois, Blueberry, Achille Talon, and Valérian et...

. Guy Delcourt, chief editor of the later, named the new publishing house Guy Delcourt Productions.

Delcourt is the third largest publisher of Franco-Belgian comics

Franco-Belgian comics

Franco-Belgian comics are comics that are created in Belgium and France. These countries have a long tradition in comics and comic books, where they are known as BDs, an abbreviation of bande dessinée in French and stripverhalen in Dutch...

, behind Média-Participations

Média-Participations

Média-Participations is a French media concern, controlled by a Belgian holding concern, specialized in Franco-Belgian comics. It has some forty publishers in its portfolio, including Dupuis, Dargaud, Le Lombard and Fleurus.-History:...

 and Glénat

Glénat (publisher)

Glénat Editions SA is a French publisher with its head office in Grenoble. The company publishes many things, including comic books and manga in France, Benelux, and Spain; it was founded by Jacques Glénat. The Spanish subsidiary has its head office in Barcelona. The Benelux subsidiary, Glénat...

, and produces some 480 comics a year.

Delcourt

• A l'Ombre de l'Echafaud (since 2001)
• Aquablue
  Aquablue
  Aquablue is a French science fiction graphic novel by writer Thierry Cailleteau with several artists, Olivier Vatine and Ciro Tota and Stéphane Brangier . An adventure and military-themed series, it also places a lot of weight on interesting characters, ecological themes and criticism of colonial...
  
   (since 1988)
• Amenophis IV (since 2000)
• Asphodèle
• Angela
• Après la Nuit (since 2008)
• Baker Street
• Beowulf
• Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis
  Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis
  Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis is a 2008 French comedy film starring Kad Merad, Dany Boon and Zoé Félix.The film has broken nearly every box office record in France: it debuted as the top film with US$31.67 million at 793 sites. As of 28 February 2010, the film had been seen by 20.5 million people in...
  
  
• C.O.P.S.
  C.O.P.S.
  C.O.P.S. is an American animated television series released by DIC Entertainment and Celebrity Home Entertainment...
  
  
• Ceux qui rampent
• Chasseurs de Dragons
• CryoZone (from 1996 to 2005)
• De Cape et de Crocs
  De cape et de crocs
  De cape et de crocs is an ongoing French comic book swashbuckling series, created by writer Alain Ayroles and artist Jean-Luc Masbou. It is notable for its many references to classical culture and occasional nods to modern references.- Synopsis :...
  
   (since 1995)
• Desk
• Donjon
  Dungeon (comics)
  Dungeon is a series of satirical fantasy comic books created by Joann Sfar and Lewis Trondheim, with contributions from numerous other artists and writers...
  
   (since 1998)
• Felicidad
• Gibier de Potence (since 2001)
• Histoires de Mecs et de Nanas (since 2009)
• Le Dieu Singe
  Sun Wukong
  Sun Wukong , also known as the Monkey King is a main character in the classical Chinese epic novel Journey to the West . In the novel, he is a monkey born from a stone who acquires supernatural powers through Taoist practices...
  
  
• Les lumières de l'Amalou (from 1990 to 1997)
• Okko
  Okko
  Okko is a comic book published in a series of mini-series, or cycles. Originally published in France by Delcourt, Archaia Studios Press started reprinting the series in English in 2006. This series is intended for Mature Readers; it contains adult content, graphic violence, and nudity.Written and...
  
   (since 2005)
• Sillage (Original version, 1998 – present) with Nävis and Les chroniques de Sillage

Series B

• Arcanes (since 1998)
• Arcane Majeure (since 2003)
• Carmen McCallum with Code McCallum (since 1995)
• Carmen+Travis (crossover
  Intercompany crossover
  In comic books, an intercompany crossover is a comic or series of comics where characters published by one company meet those published by another...
  
   - from 2003 to 2005)
• Golden City with Golden Cup
• Le Grand Jeu
• L'Histoire Secrète
• Météors
• Nash (since 1997)
• Showergate (since 2007)
• Tao Bang (since 1999)
• Travis with Travis Karmatronics (since 1997)
• Zentak (from 1997 to 1999)

Comics (American-British comics)

• 30 Jours de Nuit
  30 Days of Night
  30 Days of Night is a three-issue horror comic book mini-series written by Steve Niles, illustrated by Ben Templesmith, and published by IDW Publishing in 2002. All three parties co-own the property....
  
  
• Black Hole
  Black Hole (comics)
  Black Hole was a twelve-issue comic book limited series written and illustrated by Charles Burns and published first by Kitchen Sink Press and then Fantagraphics...
  
  (French edition, 2007)
• Au Coeur de la Tempête (1991 - French ed 2009)
• Mon Dernier Jour au Vietnam (2000 - French ed 2001)
• Down
  Down (comics)
  Down is a four-issue American comic book limited series published in late 2005 and early 2006, by Top Cow Productions, an imprint of Image Comics...
  
  (2007)
• Echo
  Echo (comic book)
  Echo is an American comic book independently-published by Terry Moore under his Abstract Studio imprint. The first issue was released on March 5, 2008 with silver foil accents not to be included on future printings....
  
  
• Elektra
  Elektra (comics)
  Elektra Natchios, usually referred to only by her first name Elektra, is a fictional character in publications from Marvel Comics.Elektra is a kunoichi – female ninja assassin – of Greek descent. She wields a pair of bladed sai as her trademark weapon. She is a love interest of the superhero...
  
  (formerly - now published by Panini
  Panini Comics
  Panini Comics is an Italian comic book publisher. A division of Panini Group, best known for their collectible stickers, it is headquartered in Modena, Italy...
  
  )
• Les enquêtes de Sam & Twitch
• Fagin le Juif
  Fagin the Jew
  Fagin the Jew is the title of a graphic novel by Will Eisner .In this book, Eisner retells the story of Fagin from Charles Dickens's Oliver Twist from Fagin's point of view...
  
  (2003)
• Fathom
  Fathom (comics)
  Fathom is a comic book created by Michael Turner and originally published by Top Cow Productions. It debuted in 1998 and was Michael Turner's first creator-owned comic book series. Fathom is currently published by Turner's own company, Aspen MLT....
  
  with Fathom Origins
  Fathom (comics)
  Fathom is a comic book created by Michael Turner and originally published by Top Cow Productions. It debuted in 1998 and was Michael Turner's first creator-owned comic book series. Fathom is currently published by Turner's own company, Aspen MLT....
  
  
• Freshmen
  Freshmen (comics)
  Freshmen is a comic book series published by Top Cow, co-created by Seth Green and Hugh Sterbakov. The publication is marketed as "The adventures of college freshmen with extraordinary powers." Issue #1 was dated June 8, 2005....
  
  (2007)
• From Hell
  From Hell
  From Hell is a comic book series by writer Alan Moore and artist Eddie Campbell, originally published from 1991 to 1996, speculating upon the identity and motives of Jack the Ripper. The title is taken from the first words of the "From Hell" letter, which some authorities believe was an authentic...
  
  (2000)
• Girls
  Girls (comics)
  Girls is an American monthly comic book limited series created by Jonathan and Joshua Luna, published by Image Comics between 2005 and 2007....
  
  (2006–present)
• The Goon
  The Goon
  The Goon is a comic book series by Eric Powell. The series has a paranormal slant, with the average story concerning ghosts, ghouls, skunk-apes with an unnatural hunger for pies, extra-dimensional aliens, and mad scientists.-Publication history:...
  
  (since 1999 - French ed since 2005)
• Hard Boiled
• HellBoy
  Hellboy
  Hellboy is a comic book superhero created by writer-artist Mike Mignola. The character first appeared in San Diego Comic-Con Comics #2 , and has since appeared in various eponymous miniseries, one-shots and intercompany crossovers...
  
   with B.P.R.D
• Hunter Killer
  Hunter-Killer (comics)
  Hunter-Killer is a comic book series from Top Cow Productions, Created by Mark Waid and Marc Silvestri. Silvestri provided the art for the first story arc while Eric Basaldua and Kenneth Rocafort drew the remaining issues. The series started in March 2005.The protagonist of the story is a young...
  
  (2005 - French ed since 2006)
• Indiana Jones
  Indiana Jones comic books
  The Indiana Jones franchise has produced a large number of comic books. Marvel Comics initially owned the rights before passing them to Dark Horse Comics in 1990...
  
  
• Invincible
  Invincible (comics)
  Invincible is a superhero in the . Created by writer Robert Kirkman and artist Cory Walker, the character first appeared in Tech Jacket #1 , before graduating to his own self-titled regular series in 2003, as a title in Image's then-new superhero line.Invincible is the teenaged son of Omni-Man, an...
  
  (French edition, 2005 – present)
• I Never Liked You
  I Never Liked You
  I Never Liked You is an autobiographical graphic novel by Chester Brown, dealing with Brown's introversion and difficulty talking to others, especially members of the opposite sex....
  
  Je ne t'ai jamais aimé (French edition since 2010)
• Jinx
  Jinx (Image Comics)
  Jinx is a comic book series published first by Caliber Comics and then Image Comics, written and drawn by Brian Michael Bendis.-Synopsis:...
  
  (2006)
• Love & Rockets
  Love and Rockets (comics)
  Love and Rockets is a black and white comic book series by Gilbert Hernandez and Jaime Hernandez, sometimes cited jointly as Los Bros Hernandez. Their brother Mario Hernandez is an occasional contributor...
  
  
• The Little Man
  The Little Man (comics)
  The Little Man: Short Strips 1980-1995 is a collection of short works by award-winning Canadian cartoonist Chester Brown, published by Drawn and Quarterly in 1998...
  
  Le petit homme (French edition, 2009)
• Madame Mirage
  Madame Mirage
  Madame Mirage is a fictional character, a superheroine from American comics publisher Top Cow Productions. It was created by Paul Dini.-Overview:...
  
  (French edition, since 2009)
• Les Maîtres de l'Évasion
• Martha Washington
  Martha Washington (comics)
  Martha Washington is a fictional character created by Frank Miller, first appearing in the four-issue comic book series Give Me Liberty, published in 1990 by Dark Horse Comics.-Fictional character biography:...
  
  (formerly)
• Necromancer (2006)
• Sandman (formerly - now published by Panini
  Panini Comics
  Panini Comics is an Italian comic book publisher. A division of Panini Group, best known for their collectible stickers, it is headquartered in Modena, Italy...
  
  )
• ShockRockets (formerly)
• Soulfire
  Soulfire
  Soulfire is a comic book produced by Aspen MLT that is one in a line of titles created by Michael Turner. The original characters were created between 2000 and 2002 with Soulfire set to be produced under the Top Cow although that never came to be...
  
  (since 2007)
• Spawn
  Spawn (comics)
  Spawn is a fictional comic book superhero who appears in a monthly comic book of the same name published by Image Comics. Created by writer/artist Todd McFarlane, Spawn first appeared in Spawn #1...
  
  with Les Chroniques de Spawn
• Star Wars (since 1999)
• Savage Dragon
  Savage Dragon
  Savage Dragon is an ongoing American comic book series created by Erik Larsen, published by Image Comics and taking place in the Image Universe. The comic features the adventures of a superheroic police officer named the Dragon...
  
  (since 2010)
• Supreme
  Supreme (comics)
  Supreme is a fictional superhero created by Rob Liefeld and first published by Image Comics, then Maximum Press, and later by Awesome Entertainment...
  
  (since 2003)
• Swamp Thing
  Swamp Thing
  Swamp Thing, a fictional character, is a plant elemental in the created by Len Wein and Berni Wrightson. He first appeared in House of Secrets #92 in a stand-alone horror story set in the early 20th century . The Swamp Thing then returned in his own series, set in the contemporary world and in...
  
  (formerly)
• Tomb Raider
  Tomb Raider (comics)
  The Tomb Raider comic book series are based on the character of Lara Croft, from the games produced by Eidos Interactive and Core Design.-Publication history:...
  
  (1999-2005 - French ed 2009)
• V pour Vendetta
  V for Vendetta
  V for Vendetta is a ten-issue comic book series written by Alan Moore and illustrated mostly by David Lloyd, set in a dystopian future United Kingdom imagined from the 1980s to about the 1990s. A mysterious masked revolutionary who calls himself "V" works to destroy the totalitarian government,...
  
  (1990 - Formerly)
• Walking Dead
  The Walking Dead
  The Walking Dead is a monthly black-and-white US comic book series published by Image Comics beginning in 2003. The comic was created by writer Robert Kirkman and artist Tony Moore, who was replaced by Charlie Adlard from issue #7 onward, although Moore continued to do the covers through issue...
  
  (since 2007)
• Wanted
  Wanted (comics)
  Wanted is a comic book limited series written by Mark Millar, with art by J. G. Jones. It was published by Top Cow in 2003 and 2004 as part of Millarworld...
  
  (2008)
• WitchBlade
  Witchblade
  Witchblade is an American comic book series published by Top Cow Productions, an imprint of Image Comics, from 1995 until present. The series was created by Top Cow editors Marc Silvestri and David Wohl, writers Brian Haberlin and Christina Z, and artist Michael Turner.The series follows Sara...
  
  since #70 (French edition, 2008 – present)

Manga (Delcourt/Akata)

• Accords parfaits
• Amours Félines
• Après l'Amour
• Au bord de l'eau
  Yokoyama Mitsuteru Sangokushi
  is a Japanese anime series based on the Sangokushi manga by Mitsuteru Yokoyama, itself based on Eiji Yoshikawa's retelling of the Chinese literary classic Romance of the Three Kingdoms.-Shu Han: -Cao Wei: Cao hong...
  
  
• Ayako
• Baki
  Baki the Grappler
  Grappler Baki , or Baki the Grappler, is a manga series written and illustrated by Keisuke Itagaki. It was originally serialized in the Weekly Shōnen Champion from 1991 to 1999, lasting 42 collected volumes...
  
  
• Barbara
• Beck
  BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad
  BECK is a manga by Harold Sakuishi published by Kodansha in Monthly Shōnen Magazine. It was adapted as an anime television series with the title BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad...
  
  
• BX
• Ceux qui ont des ailes
• Charisma
• Comme Elles
• Suppli
  Suppli
  is a manga series by Mari Okazaki. It is published by Shodensha, and has been running in the magazine Feel Young since 2004. It ended its serialisation in the December 2009 issue, and a sidestory to Suppli also ran in the magazine. It has been collected in seven volumes so far, and is published in...
  
   (Complément affectif)
• Coq de Combat
  Shamo (manga)
  is a Japanese action manga with a dark theme. It was discontinued because Weekly Manga Action went out of business but it is now being serialized in Evening. It tells a story of a boy who killed his parents and turned himself into a cold-blooded martial artist. The manga inspired a Hong Kong film...
  
  
• Déclic Amoureux
• Demain les oiseaux
  Birdman Anthology
  is a manga by Osamu Tezuka that began serialization in 1971.-Plot:In the future, birds have taken over Earth and replaced human kind as the dominant species. With the assistance of bird-like aliens, the birds of Earth gained increased intelligence and began to attack humans...
  
  
• Démons et chimères
• Dernier Soupir
• Dororo
  Dororo
  is a Japanese manga series from the critically acclaimed manga creator Osamu Tezuka in the late 1960s. The anime television series based on the manga consists of 26 half-hour episodes. It was made into a live-action film in 2007....
  
  
• Effleurer le Ciel
• L'Empreinte du mal
• Enfant Soldat
• L'Etrange petite Tatari
• La Femme défigurée
• Les Fils de la Terre
• Flic à Tokyo
• La Force des Humbles
• Fragment
• Fruits Basket
  Fruits Basket
  , sometimes abbreviated , is a Japanese shōjo manga series written and illustrated by Natsuki Takaya. It was serialized in the semi-monthly Japanese magazine Hana to Yume, published by Hakusensha, from 1999 to 2006. The series was also adapted into a 26-episode anime series, directed by Akitaro...
  
  
• Girlfriend
• Global Garden
  Global Garden
  is a manga by Saki Hiwatari, who is best known as the creator of Please Save My Earth.The series was published in Hakusensha's Hana to Yume which comes out bi-weekly in Japan. The series is completed at 8 volumes.-Story:...
  
  
• Gogo Monster
• Gokinjo
• Heads
• Histoires d'Asie et d'Ailleurs
• Histoires pour tous
• Imbéciles heureux !
• L'Incident de Sakai et Autres Récits Guerriers
• Initiation
• Intrigues au Pays du Matin Calme
• Inugami
• Je ne suis pas mort
• Je ne suis pas un ange
• Jornada
• Journaliste
• Kajô
• Karakuri Circus
• Ki-itchi !!
• Kiômaru
• Kirihito
• Kurozakuro
  Kurozakuro
  is a manga series by Yoshinori Natsume. The series was ended after seven volumes.-Plot:Sakurai Mikito is a high school student and is bullied everyday, but doesn't fight back, as he dislikes violence. One day a mysterious orb works its way into his bag and whilst Mikito sleeps the orb bounces to...
  
  
• Les Lamentations de l'Agneau
  Lament of the Lamb
  is a horror manga, OVA series and live action film about Kazuna, a boy with a mysterious illness which turns out to be vampirism. "Hitsuji no Uta" literally means "Song of the Sheep"...
  
  
• Larme Ultime
  Saikano
  is a manga, anime, and OVA series by Shin Takahashi, creator of Iihito and Kimi no Kakera. Saikano was originally serialized in Shogakukan's Big Comic Spirits magazine....
  
  
• Last Quarter
• Le Cocon
• La Légende de Songoku
  Alakazam the Great
  is a 1960 Japanese anime film, based on the Chinese novel Journey to the West, and was one of the earliest anime films to be released in the United States. Based on the manga by Osamu Tezuka, he was named as a director of the film by Toei Company. However, Tezuka later stated that the only time he...
  
  
• Lollipop
• Love Tic
• Lovely Complex
  Lovely Complex
  , also known as Lovely Complex, is a romantic comedy shōjo manga by Aya Nakahara. It was published by Shueisha in Bessatsu Margaret from 2001 to 2006 and collected in 17 tankōbon volumes. The series is about the romance between a tall girl and a short boy who are treated as a comedy duo by their...
  
  
• Magic
• Magie intérieure !
• Maka-Maka
• Le Manoir de l'Horreur
• Mes voisins les Yamada
  My Neighbors the Yamadas
  is an anime film directed by Isao Takahata and released by Studio Ghibli on July 17, 1999. The movie is a family comedy that is presented in a comic strip style which is unusual since all the other Studio Ghibli movies are presented in the traditional anime style of Studio Ghibli...
  
  
• Mirai no Utena
• Le Monde de Misaki
• Les Mystères de Taishô
• Nana
  Nana (manga)
  is a Japanese shōjo manga series written and illustrated by Ai Yazawa, serialized in Cookie published by Shueisha. The manga derives its title from the name of the two main characters, both of whom are called Nana. Nana Komatsu is a small town girl who goes to Tokyo to follow her boyfriend and...
  
  
• Nés pour cogner
• Nico Says
• Niraikanai
• Onmyôji
• Otomen
• Le Pacte des Yôkai
• Pékin, années folles
• Persona
  Shin Megami Tensei: Persona
  Shin Megami Tensei: Persona, known in Japan as is a series of role-playing video games developed and published by Atlus. The series is a spin-off of the Megami Tensei series which focuses on demon summoners. However, the Persona series centers around groups of teenagers who have the ability to...
  
  
• Ping pong
• Réincarnation
• Rivage
• Romance d'outre-tombe
• Sans Compromis
• Satsuma
• Sayûkiden
• Shibuya Love Hotel
• Sing "Yesterday" for Me
• Sous la bannière de la liberté
• Subaru
• Sweet Relax
• Switch Girl !!
• Tajikarao
• Tengu
• Tennen
• Togari
• Tsuru
• Tueur !
• Twinkle stars 星は歌う
  Hoshi wa Utau
  , also known as Twinkle Stars, is a Japanese shōjo manga by Natsuki Takaya, the author of Fruits Basket. It was serialized by Hakusensha from 5 June 2007 to 20 January 2011 in the manga magazine Hana to Yume, with serial chapters collected in eleven tankōbon volumes under the Hana to Yume Comics...
  
  
• Un Destin Clément
• Un drôle de père
• Une sacrée mamie
• Vague à L'âme
• Les Vents de la Colère
• La Voix des fleurs
• Yakitate!! Japan
  Yakitate!! Japan
  is a manga, authored by Takashi Hashiguchi, serialized in Shogakukan's Shōnen Sunday, which has been adapted into a television anime series by Sunrise. The manga has spanned 25 tankōbon volumes, as of January, 2007, while the weekly serialization of the manga has ended as of January 10, 2007...
  
  
• Zatoïchi
  Zatoichi
  is a fictional character featured in one of Japan's longest running series of films and a television series set in the Edo period. The character, a blind masseur and swordmaster, was created by novelist . This originally minor character was developed for the screen by Daiei Studios and actor...
  
  

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