HEXAGON COMICS CELEBRATES BARBARELLA’S 60TH ANNIVERSARY!

 HEXAGON COMICS USA / MARCH 2023 RELEASES:

Hexagon Comics USA now offers translations of selected titles from the catalog of this 70-year-old French comics publisher. Books can be purchased on amazon or through the website www.hexagoncomics.com. Retailers can purchase them at a 40% discount from distributor Ingram or from the publisher at the website above.

The legendary comic strip Barbarella created by Jean-Claude Forest first appeared in the French magazine V, in 1962, concluding the following years, before being reprinted in a hardcover graphic novel by publisher Eric Losfeld in 1964.

Today, before Euphoria star Sydney Sweeney takes on the role created in 1968 by Jane Fonda, just as Barbarella returns for a brand new comic book series published by Dynamite Entertainment, written by Sarah A. Hoyt and drawn by Riccardo Bogani, Hexagon Comics celebrates the 60th anniversary of the Queen of the Galaxy by releasing two entirely new books by her creator, Jean-Claude Forest:

BABY CYANIDE

Story & art by Jean-Claude Forest adapted by Randy & Jean-Marc Lofficier; cover by Jean-Claude Forest; 

48 pages 

color. 

US$15.95. 

ISBN 978-1-64932-213-5.

In the 53rd century on the planet Venus, Baby Cyanide and her younger brother have just escaped from the orphanage where they lived when they find themselves involved in a strange quest for a mysterious treasure chest pitting rival space clans against each other…

Baby Cyanide was the second major character created by Forest, just after Barbarella. Originally published in 1965, this colorful, planetary fantasy tale of two orphans stranded in a whimsical universe, relying only on their wits to survive the most extravagant adventures, became an instant classic which has never been out of print since.

This first ever English-language edition, introduced and translated by the award-winning team of Randy & Jean-Marc Lofficier, is presented here as the first of two books released jointly by Black Coat Press and Hexagon Comics to celebrate Barbarella’s 60th anniversary.

THE ILLUSTRATED SHAMBLEAU

Story by Catherine L. Moore; illustrated by Jean-Claude Forest; cover by Jean-Claude Forest. 

40 pages 

b&w. 

US$10.95. 

ISBN 978-1-64932-211-1.

Shambleau was the first in a series of stories featuring the proto-Han Solo character, Northwest Smith, who wanders through the Solar System, and which originally appeared in the November 1933 issue of Weird Tales. Its author, Catherine L. Moore, was among the first women to write in the science fiction and fantasy genres, becoming a major award-winning figure in the field.

In 1955, a French translation of Shambleau was published in the French magazine “V”, fully illustrated by Jean-Claude Forest, then one of France’s premier science fiction artists. It was that November 1933 issue of Weird Tales. Its author, Catherine L. Moore, was among the first women to write in the science fiction and fantasy genres, becoming a major award-winning figure in the field.

In 1955, a French translation of Shambleau was published in the French magazine “V”, fully illustrated by Jean-Claude Forest, then one of France’s premier science fiction artists. It was that regular Hexagon Comics release:

THE LORDS OF THE DEPTHS #3: OCEANIA

Story & art by Leone Frollo & Perluigi Sangalli; cover by Mike Hoffman. 

88 pages 

b&w. 

US$12.95. ISBN 978-1-64932-186.2.

Underwater heroes and amphibian characters from Jules Verne’s famous rogue submariner, Captain Nemo and his myriad imitators, to Marvel’s Sub-Mariner and DC’s Aquaman (1941), have always proved popular with comic book aficionados. Hexagon Comics introduced their own “Lords of the Depths” in six series, which we have sampled here in three issues. This is the third and last. In this volume, meet: 

Oceania (1972), drawn by Leone Frollo, in which two members of the Bathy teams, Alan Foster and Robin Mallet, discover an Atlantean outpost and help its inhabitants fight an evil tyrant. 

Marino (1974), drawn by Pierluigi Sangalli, is a young orphan who discovers that he can breathe underwater. This is his very first adventure in which, prior to joining the group Kidz, he meets two young Atlanteans, and fights alongside them against the Sirenids.