Autumn programme - STEINKIS GROUPE

AUTUMN PROGRAMME – August, September, October 2015 Foreign rights list

http://www.steinkis-­‐groupe.com/international-­‐rights

ELVIS

A biography Pitch : When he enters Studio Sun in 54 to record his first single, Elvis is far from imagining that he is going to revolutionize music and stir up the youth all around the world.

This comic book tells the story of a young lad coming from nowhere, who is going to become the biggest star in the world. To this day, all those who call themselves rock'n'roll musicians – whatever the kind – owe him a little something.

Elvis's legend will never die…

Auteurs : Philippe Chanoinat Fabrice Le Hénanff

Title: Elvis Pages: 80 Size: 30,2 x 22,8 cm Price: 16,95 € Pub date: 21/10/2015

HIPSTER THAN EVER Humour, one shot

Title: Hipster Than Ever Pages: 112 Size: 18 x 18 cm Price: 14,95 € Pub date: 28 oct 2015

Pitch : Kevin is a hipster – a real one: red beard, large-­‐ framed glasses, an immoderate taste for vintage and underground – and an obsessive fear of anything directly or indirectly linked to the mainstream, that abomina=on. As far as he could remember, Kevin has always been a hipster. He was born this way -­‐on the fringes, out of synch, against the flow. Except there is a problem: how do you remain a hipster if everyone is becoming one too? To avoid the aGacks of the big bad mainstream, you some=mes need to use cunning…

Funny and off-­‐the-­‐wall strips, taken from James's tumblr, Hipster than ever.

Auteur: James, auteur du Tumblr Hipster than Ever

OH, LE JOLI COLLIER DE NOUILLES !

Humour, one shot

Pitch : Here is a book that alternates illustrations and texts to inform you (or remind you) of the best fibs to tell your little cherubs! A funny and colourful book, the perfect gift for parents – newbies or experienced!

“If you pee in the swimming pool, water will turn red!”

“Stop squinting! If there's a gust of wind, you'll remain like this forever!”

Auteur: Esa Tia Bizarra Alicia Jaraba

Title: Oh, le joli collier de nouilles !

Pages: 96 Format : 14 x 20 cm Price: 8,00 € Date de sortie: 16/09/2015

« Grandma’s dog decided to go on a trip… »

« No more chocolates !

A li9le mouse ate them all. »

ENOLA HOLMES

One volume published

Title: Enola Holmes Pages: 56 Size: 23 x 31 cm Price: 12,00 € Pub date: 23/09/2015

Pitch : Those who claim that Sherlock Holmes is the best detective in the world are not aware of the existence of his little sister, Enola !

Enola Holmes is the younger sister of the famous detective, Sherlock Holmes. On her birthday, she discovers that her mother has disappeared – leaving behing her an herbarium and a notebook filled with coded messages. She has only one thing on her mind : investigating on her mother's disappearance and finding her. This is without taking into consideration her two older brothers's determination to send her to boarding school so as to make a real Lady out of her. The cunning and audacious Enola finally manages to elude their surveillance… But nothing can prepare her for what is coming to her. Her path will quickly lead her to the dark and dodgy suburbs of London, and she will find herself involved in the kidnapping of a young Marquis.

Will Enola manage to pull through on her own, and will she find her mother's trail?

8-­‐pages set of illustrations of plants included!

Adapted from the popular novels by Nancy Springer.

Author: Serena Blasco

LE JOURNAL D’AURELIE LAFLAMME One volume published

Pitch : Aurélie is fourteen and she feels out of place everywhere.

Awkward, blundering and whimsical, she feels like she has been forgotten on Earth by extraterrestrials….What does she have in common with her best friend, who seems totally obsessed with boys ? On top of that, since her father's death, her mother has been behaving like a real zombie….

Until she succumbs to the charm of Denis Beaulieu, the director of her high school ! It's a hard knock life, for real !

Luckily, thanks to her sense of humour and a tad of rebelliousness, Aurélie can cope with any situation… What if the handsome Nicolas gave her a good reason to find her place on Earth ?

Adapted from India Desjardins's novels, this new series of comics deals with the ups and downs of the life of an adolescent with a lot of humour.

The first volume of the comic book covers volumes 1 and 2 of the novels.

Titre: Le journal d’Aurélie Laflamme – vol.1 Pages: 80 Size: 19,7 x 27 cm Price: 11,95 € Pub date: 26/08/2015

Auteurs : Véronique Grisseaux Laëtitia Aynié

MISTINGUETTE

On going series -­‐6 volumes published Pitch : ALer moving house, Chloé, AKA Mis=ngueGe, will have to start 8th grade in a new school. As a quite reserved girl with a tendency for blunder, will she succeed in becoming popular by hanging out with the most glamorous, cheekiest girls in middle-­‐school? Will she manage to get the handsome Alexandre to no=ce her?

In this bright and fresh universe, par=cularly easy to iden=fy with for young female readers, Mis=ngueGe is going to evolve as the story goes by and takes her into a new middle-­‐ school, mee=ng new friends, experiencing joy and heartbreaks... but above all things trying to fit in with the other students while s=ll keeping true to herself. The series transmits values such as friendship, tolerance and family...

Authors: Greg Tessier Amandine

Title: Mistinguette vol.6 Pages: 56 Size: 230 x 310 mm Price: 10,45 € Pub date: 28/10/2015 Press rights sold to : Norway, Finland, Sweden, Hungaria, Germany, The Netherlands

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Highlights: • +100 000 copies sold in France !

• A strong and sweet character to relate to !

• The teenage world • A character who seduce kids as much as their mums !

LES FILLES AU CHOCOLAT

On going series -­‐ 2 volumes published Pitch : As far as she could remember, Skye has felt less attractive than her twin sister Summer. How do you step out of the shadows while staying true to yourself? On Halloween's night, a dark story from the past is going to surface and absorb all of Skye's thoughts. She will be overwhelmed by strange dreams, and she will be obsessed by the ghost of Clara Travers, a family ancestor with a tragic destiny. In her dreams, a boy will come haunting her nights… But who is he? Clara Travers's lover? Skye will do anything to understand how Clara disappeared…

Adapted from the famous series of novels by Cathy Cassidy, Chocolate Boxes. The second volume of the comic book follows the story of the second volume of the novels.

Title: Les filles au chocolat – (Marshmallow skye), vol.2 Pages: 48 Size: 30,2 x 22,6 cm Price: 10,45€ Pub date: 26 /08/ 2015

Rights to the novels have been sold to 16 countries…

Rights to the comics are still available !

Auteurs : Véronique Grisseaux (adapation from Cathy Cassidy’s work) Sébastien / Anna Merli

LES INCOLLABLES One volume published

: Pitch This is a comic book of a very special kind: it is aimed to teach very serious things to kids while remaining funny and playful. Every page answers a very specific question, backing up the answer with fun facts and anecdotes… The questions can be scientific, historical or deal with simple logic. For example: Why do we cry when we peel onions? Why can fly stick to the walls?

All of those questions will find an answer thanks to the adventures of our two iconic (super)heroes: les Incollables! (literaly, « incollable » means : who get all the answers !)

Auteurs : Maxe L’Hermenier Cédrix Vox Title: Les Incollables T1 Pages: 64 Size: 230 x 310 mm Price: 9,90 € Pub date: 16/09/2015

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Highlights: • A strong licence by PlayBac :+ 5 millions of « Incollables » products sold !

• 1 page = 1 question !

• A quizz comic book !

CLUEDO – CLUE GAME

On going series -­‐ 2 volumes published Pitch : Lenoir, the city mayor, invites six of his most influential friends to spend an extraordinary day on his luxurious yacht.

He intends on telling them about his projects for the future, and asking them for their opinions. In order to have more confidentiality, the yacht drops anchor in a desert creek and the crew is asked to leave the boat for a few hours. As everyone seems to be enjoying the pleasures of this short cruise, Lenoir is found dead in his cabin. Once more, the reader is the detective and helps the protagonists of the story to solve the murder.

Auteurs : Barféty Pierre Uong

Title: Cluedo, vol.2 Pages: 48 Size: 30 x 23 cm Price: 10,45 € Pub date: 23 sept 2015

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Highlights: • Based on one of the most famous boardgame of the world !

• YOU are the detective !

• A dedicated website, and goodies in the book to help out the detective.

• An interactive story, 3 possible endings, 1 solution

Bons baisers d’Iran

Graphic novel, one shot Pitch: Iran is opening up to tourism, and Lenaïc and his female companion decide to leave for this land of opportunity, impa=ent to discover the beau=es of Persian culture and ready to get rid of their prejudices once and for all. From the huge Teheran to Ispahan, they follow the “Classic Iran” i=nerary suggested by travel guides. They discover what life is like in an Islamic country. Against all odds, the Iran of the Mollahs and Khomeini is a country that is very much in tune with a lot of aspects of modernity…

Alternately nonplussed and seduced, our two tourists never miss out on an occasion to find themselves stuck in hilarious situa=ons. A funny and cap=va=ng travel diary.

Title: Bons baisers d’Iran Pages: 146 pages Size: 185x240 mm Price: 20€ Pub date: 21/10/2015

Auteur: Lénaïc Vilain

Héros sur canapé

Humour – 2 volumes published Pitch: It all started with one stupid idea… (they’re the best!): let’s lay superheroes down on a therapist’s couch. We are talking about all sorts of heroes, coming from adventure stories, Star Wars and Walt Disney movies or myths of Antiquity…

Indeed, how could we even think that guys who hand out justice wearing a cape and a pair of tights may have nothing to say to a shrink?

Heroes from commercials, TV shows, cartoons or comic books such as: The Transformers, Teenage Mutant Turtles, Where's Waldo, Judge Dredd, Breaking Bad, Doctor Who, The Barbapapa, The Moomins, Winnie the Pooh, Bioman, Musclor…

Come on, let's lay them all down on the couch!

Authors: Wandrille & cie

Title: Héros sur canapé – vol.2 Label: Vraoum Pages: 146 pages Size: 185x240 Retail price: 16 € Pub date: 21/10/2015

“Soooo let’s talk about this bu9on tail… Do you fear to lose it mmmm ?

-­‐The back one ? Not so much. But the front one…”

“ So was für diese Knopf Ihrer Schwanz, haben Sie Angst die zu verlieren ?

-­‐ Die hintene Schwang sorgt mich nicht soviel, sondern die Vordene…“

L’art n’a qu’à bien se tenir Humour, one shot

Pitch: For those who love contemporary art and for those who love to hate it -­‐ A humorous collection that tears to pieces the world of contemporary art and its actors: artists, art dealers, experts, critics, amateurs, laymen, everyone is hauled over the coals – but it is all about tough love after all…

Author: KLUB

Title: L’Art n’a qu’à bien se tenir Pages: 96 pages Size: 14x22cm Price: 14€ Pub date: 30/09/2015