A few weeks before the launch of the new edition of the FIBD, The Pathfinder looks back at three works to read from the official selection.
1 Sea workersby Michel Durand
Adapted from a great novel by Victor Hugo, Sea workers follows the journey of a young boy determined to recover a ship’s engine in the hopes of marrying the young woman he loves. Artist Michel Durand offers an adaptation with a dazzling visual style, all hatching and black and white, which brings Victor Hugo’s characters to life and allows you to immerse yourself in this great, exhilarating human adventure.
Sea workers is, for Victor Hugo, the conclusion of a trilogy devoted to the human being and the three obstacles that Man encounters: religion with Notre-Dame of Paristhe company with The miserableand nature with Sea workers. The album is published by Éditions Glénat and appears in the official competition of the 2025 selection of the Angoulême Festival.
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2 The ogre kitchenJean-Baptise Andreae and Fabien Vehlman
Featured in the albums selected for the Fnac France Inter 2025 BD Prize, The ogre kitchen (Rue de Sèvres) is at the Angoulême Festival in the youth category of the official selection. The comic strip by Jean-Baptise Andreae and Fabien Vehlman takes on the timeless myth of ogres, eaters of young children and terrifying creatures that roam the night. In a style reminiscent of the richness of the tales of yesteryear, The ogre kitchen invites the reader to discover the daily life of the monsters in the heart of the mysterious Dent du Chat massif, while they taste the most delicate dishes.
A young orphan, Blanchette, captured by ogres to be devoured, challenges the reaper in the hope of saving herself and her friends. Benefiting from subtle writing and a dreamlike atmosphere despite the fear caused, The ogre kitchen achieves the subtle balance between wonder and horror, suitable for young people.
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3 Review Comancheby Romain Renard
Review Comanche is a comic strip published by Le Lombard and featured in the Fauve Polar SNCF Voyageurs selection at the Angoulême Festival. Written and drawn by Romain Renard (American Seasons, Melvile), it immerses the reader in the state of Wyoming in the United States, while an ancient legend of the lonely corner meets a young woman in search of assistance.
Using the principle of the ancient legend coming out of retirement to face the present and the ghosts of the past, Review Comanche is also an exploration of a unique place in the United States, between modernity and tradition, city and wilderness.
