Lisbon, Aug. 20, 2025 (Lusa) - The publication of the last five issues of the Angoulême Collection, dedicated to award-winning international comics, as well as new volumes of cult series, are some of Devir's editorial novelties for the rentrée, until the end of the year.
From Japanese manga to French-Belgian comics, as well as American pop culture classics, Devir's news brings together a programme that crosses genres, styles and audiences, highlighting new volumes of ‘Batman’, ‘The Walking Dead’ and ‘Punpun’, as well as the titles that close the eight-volume Angoulême collection, the publisher announced.
This month sees the arrival of ‘The Blue Notebook’ by André Juillard (Angoulême Best Album Award 1995), a ‘subtle and melancholic narrative’ that ‘crosses art with the silences of everyday life’, about a lonely man who records his thoughts and sketches of his lover in a notebook.
The collection continues in September with ‘Silence’ by Didier Comès (Best Angoulême Album Award 1981), a poetic and dark graphic novel set in the Ardennes, centred on a mute and naive young man, exploited and marginalised by the community.
October will see the publication of ‘Anaïs Nin’ by Léonie Bischoff (Angoulême Audience Prize 2021), which portrays the intimate and creative life of the French-Cuban writer, especially her intense relationship with Henry Miller and June, based on the author's diaries.
The following month brings ‘The Taste of Chlorine’, by Bastien Vivès (Angoulême Revelation Prize 2009), a visual and contemplative narrative, with few dialogues and a watery atmosphere, which follows the development of a relationship between a young man and a woman he meets in a swimming pool.
In December, the Angoulême cycle closes with ‘Kiki de Montparnasse’, by Catel & Bocquet (Angoulême Essential Prize 2008), a comic book biography of the Parisian muse of the 1920s, model and companion of photographer Man Ray, who became a striking figure for her independence and daring.
The first three volumes of the collection, already published by Devir, were the ‘Nikopol Trilogy’ by Enki Bilal, ‘Alack Sinner: Police or Detective’ by Muñoz & Sampaio and ‘Malka's Silence’ by Pellejero & Zentner.
In addition to these titles, all linked to the Franco-Belgian comics tradition, the rentrée also includes new volumes of some of the most popular manga series among Portuguese readers, including ‘Astra Lost in Space’ vol. 4 by Kenta Shinohara, ‘Boa Noite, Punpun’ vol. 4 and 5 by Inio Asano, ‘Crianças do Mar’ vol. 3 by Daisuke Igarashi and “Monster” vol. 6 by Naoki Urasawa, as well as horror titles such as ‘Soichi’ vol. 2 by Junji Ito.
The list of releases is also bolstered by new volumes of some of the most popular manga series among Portuguese readers, including ‘Jujutsu Kaisen’, ‘Chainsaw Man’, “Naruto”, ‘Dragon Ball’, ‘One Piece’, ‘My Hero Academia’, ‘Demon Slayer’, ‘Blue Exorcist’ and ‘Frieren’.
On the North American side, the publisher will continue to publish successful titles such as ‘The Walking Dead’ vol. 6, by Robert Kirkman, and ‘The Beautiful Lake House’ vol. 2, by James Tynion IV and Álvaro Martínez Bueno.
According to the publisher, the DC Comics hero ‘Batman’ returns in force, with the publication of volumes 02 to 06 of the saga written by Grant Morrison, which introduces Damian Wayne as Robin, explores Bruce Wayne's psychological limits and marks the transition of legacy for Dick Grayson.
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