Any tips on getting shipments from Belgium or the Netherlands without crazy postage fees? I'm a Dutchman in the UK, with a big collection of Dutch languages BD, but I have many holes I want to fill in my collection and there is only so much I can carry on the few trips to the country that I manage to do.

Pretty much pointless to pay £2.99 for some secondhand BD and then to get slapped with a £15 delivery fee. Hahaha. Is there really no shop with better rates or some method I am not considering?

Also; Long shot, but is there a UK swap group maybe?

Welcome to the monthly r/bandedessinee community thread!

A place to share the European comics you have been reading. What do you think of them? Would you recommend them?

You can ask any and all questions relating to European comics: general or specific BD recommendations, questions about authors, genres, or comic history.

If you are looking for comic recommendations you will get better responses if you let us know what genres, authors, artists, and other comics you've enjoyed before.

Collected this rare set in English. Sadly, only 4 books were translated to English out of all the 10 books. The artwork is absolutely gorgeous.

I've been looking to purchase the Léonard La Collection Prisma Media in French (46 volumes total) if someone has it (or knows someone that is selling it)

Hello,

I am looking for the name of a comic book series, but I can only recall one detail about it. It is likely a series from the late 80s or the 90s. The hero (or heroes) gets "abducted" by winged beings (good or evil? I'm not sure). Sorry for such a meager clue; time has taken its toll on my memory.

Thanks for your help!

Please help me! I'm searching the name of a comic that I used to read when I was little, so like 2015 (I’m 2008). It was a kids newspaper with rather sleazy drawings of that boy who made trips to real places but pariodized them and the names of the (real) countries were disfigured. He had curly black hair up to the neck, thin, little goatee, (practically usopp). The comic strip was caricatural and stereotypical about the inhabitants of the place, and I remember I particularly remember that on the edges of the vignette there were silly and amusing details about the "invented destination". I particularly remember the ones of the pariodized Lapon and a place where there was something like Gnu's, and he got the mark (the one you do with hot stamp) on him on his ass cheek. He ate weird foods, obviously stereotypical, like in Greenland with walrus eyes or something like that. I remember he was talking about the kind "we suggest to visit this and do this..." but in the panels, not him with the little cloud like in regular comics. There were mini stupid maps at the bottom of the page, and the comic didn't take up the entire page because there were funny details outside the panel complex. I'd be grateful if you can help me someway🫶🏻

Hey everyone!

If you're in Paris this September, we're hosting a webtoon event as part of the 2026 World Webtoon Festival (WEFE) — organized by the Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA) and hosted by Korea's Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST).

🎤 WEFE Prologue — Chapter 03. Paris

What happens when the vertical scroll of webtoon meets the iconic panels of BD? 👀

After stops in LA 🇺🇸 and Tokyo 🇯🇵, WEFE is landing in Paris 🇫🇷 — right in the heart of the French BD market — for a first-of-its-kind meetup between K-Webtoon and major names in the French comics industry. Think vertical scroll meets iconic panels, two visual worlds colliding for the first time.

📍 On the program: talks with Korean & French platforms and publishers, a showcase of top webtoon IPs (French AND Korean), plus a networking session to connect with future partners — publishing, licensing, joint events, it's all on the table.

Before the main stage opens in Seoul this December, the story keeps writing itself here — Chapter 03. Paris.

📅 September 2 (Wed) | Paris | Free, limited seats

🔗 Register: https://forms.gle/jnrs6G3vNYQsHCE48
ℹ️ Info page: https://wefeprologue.notion.site/

Free, but space is limited so registration is required. Hope to see some of you there!

Questions? [connect@smartcms.co.kr](mailto:connect@smartcms.co.kr)

Hey everyone!

If you're in Paris this September, we're hosting a webtoon event as part of the 2026 World Webtoon Festival (WEFE) — organized by the Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA) and hosted by Korea's Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST).

🎤 WEFE Prologue — Chapter 03. Paris

What happens when the vertical scroll of webtoon meets the iconic panels of BD? 👀

After stops in LA 🇺🇸 and Tokyo 🇯🇵, WEFE is landing in Paris 🇫🇷 — right in the heart of the French BD market — for a first-of-its-kind meetup between K-Webtoon and major names in the French comics industry. Think vertical scroll meets iconic panels, two visual worlds colliding for the first time.

📍 On the program: talks with Korean & French platforms and publishers, a showcase of top webtoon IPs (French AND Korean), plus a networking session to connect with future partners — publishing, licensing, joint events, it's all on the table.

Before the main stage opens in Seoul this December, the story keeps writing itself here — Chapter 03. Paris.

📅 September 2 (Wed) | Paris | Free, limited seats

🔗 Register: https://forms.gle/jnrs6G3vNYQsHCE48
ℹ️ Info page: https://wefeprologue.notion.site/

Free, but space is limited so registration is required. Hope to see some of you there!

Questions? [connect@smartcms.co.kr](mailto:connect@smartcms.co.kr)

Found 10 books out of all the 21 English translations from an old bookshop. I have the Eurobooks India published ones as well which contains few more stories apart from these

I read it quite a while ago, so this will be a bit jumbled, but I'll try to provide as many details as possible. For starters, the characters are pirates—or at least on ships—and they're animals. The art style is dark and a bit gory, but it's full of humor; I read two volumes (small, softcover format), though there might be more. I recall bits of the story: a beginning where the main characters are fleeing a hanging; an encounter with a marabou stork/vulture who tells them his life story; the ending, where one character winds up leading a death cult that has a sort of Indian vibe; and a chase scene through a big city... I believe it's French, and I don't know if it was ever translated.

Sorry for the chaotic description, but this has been bugging me for a few days—if you have any leads, I'd really appreciate it! (sorry for the Google translate English...)

I'm looking for artists that perhaps draw for several scenarists and have a lot of attention for details. It can be B/W or color, I don't mind.

Example: Andreas

A long article about Goscinny on the occasin of his 100th birthday in German newspaper SZ. Article in German, so you have to have it translated. Gift link in comments.

I read it about 20 years ago, I think in a compilation sampler.

It had it post-apocyliptic setting were a guy was fighting three robots. At some point in the fight he realises the robots are cyborgs and havw human brains and nervous systems. All three robots have different designs.

Its been itching my OCD for 20 years amd Ive nevwr been able to identify what it was. I think it was US/European style art.

Today, I received the first four volumes of the Belgian comic book series Léonard. I can't wait to read them!

This is just the beginning of my collection!

I’ll be buying four volumes each month; by next year, I’ll have all 56 volumes (though I’m not sure if I’ll buy the 9 special editions)!

What do you think?

Here's a link to the English release with details. It will be a hardcover and 13 inches tall. They're really doing this book properly!

Here's a preview on BDGest' for those unfamiliar. This is from the artist behind Blacksad, so it's obviously stunningly beautiful.

(Thanks, u/Ksmayer for bringing this to my attention.)

It's already up to Volume 14, yet I've somehow never even heard of it.

Has anyone here read it? Is there an English edition, or maybe at least an English fan translation? Unfortunately, I don't speak French.