Bastien Vivès

" Alex and Carole, friends since childhood, are now (literal) partners in crime. But the heist - to steal the Ingres painting The Grande Odalisque from the Louvre in Paris - is too much for the duo to handle, so they bring in Clarence, a bureaucrat's son with a price on his head by a Mexican drug cartel and, more importantly, an arms dealer. Next is Sam, a stunt motorcyclist and boxer by trade, who proves trigger happy with tranquilizer darts. Using...

A coming of age story in the tradition of Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis, Tillie Walden's Spinning, and Mariko Tamaki's This One Summer. Antoine, a teenager, is on holiday at the seaside with his parents and his younger brother, Titi. Both spend most of their time drawing, at restaurants and on the beach. But one day He le`ne and her mother come to spend a few days with the family and her presence will change Antoine's life. In A Sister, Bastien...

Ablaze is spotlighting some of the incredible creatives under our banner with specially priced collections of their extraordinary works! With our Bastien Vives collection, receive two digital volumes that speak to the artist's mastery of poignance, tenderness, and expression. In A Sister: Antoine, 13 years old, is on holiday at the seaside with his parents and his younger brother, Titi. Both spend most of their time drawing, at restaurants and...

Against all odds, Adrian Velba has won the Valley of the Kings tournament...but he's been betrayed by his partner, Richard Aldana! Now the hunt is on, but as Adrian and his mother Marianne travel through the Rift into unknown lands to find Richard, they'll soon discover that nothing is as they expected.

WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE! Over ten years have passed since Adrian, Marianne, and Richard made their fatal return to the Valley of the Kings. Young Adrian is presumed dead after his fall back into the rift, and now stuck in the Valley, Richard has been a fugitive ever since. When a friend from Richard's past finds him and shows him proof that Adrian is alive and continuing his fighting legacy, worlds will collide as the passageway between realms is opened....

Meet Alex, Carole, and Sam: the most notorious trio of cat burglars of the 21st century, starring in this graphic novel sequel. Alex, Carole, and Sam use technology, know-how, and some serious chutzpah bordering on hubris to reinvent a profession that has lost much of its fun and insolence since the early 20th century. After successfully stealing Le Grande Odalisque by Ingrés from the Louvre, the art thieves have a new mission: nab Édouard Manet's...

Some of the world's greatest creators have each written and drawn an original story that explores the key moment when a clear-cut split occurs, a mutation, a personal revolt or a large-scale revolution that tips us from one world into another, from one life to an entirely new one: The Tipping Point. From slice-of-life tales and science fiction adventures, to amusing asides and fantastical fables, witness these major (and minor) changes and evolution...

14 international creators--all renowned and all unique--present 13 short stories in this love letter to the endless possibilities of sequential art in all its forms. PUBLICATION IN 2 VOLUMES - COMPLETED WORK. Some of the world's greatest creators have each written and drawn an original story that explores the key moment when a clear-cut split occurs, a mutation, a personal revolt or a large-scale revolution that tips us from one world into another,...