Guillaume Bianco

1976-

Country: France

Site: guillaumebianco.blogspot.com

Billy Fog #1: The Gift of Trouble Sight

By: Archaia Studio Press

As: 'Billy Fog 1'

ISBN: 9781936393398 (144p.) (2012) Format: Hardcover

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Like some other kids his age, Billy Fog has to wear glasses. But Billy has the gift of Trouble Sight, so when he takes his glasses off, he sees all the things that other kids can't-ghosts and ghouls, vampires and monsters, a world of darkness and danger and above all the thing that kids aren't supposed to see: death. Is Trouble Sight a gift, then, or a curse? A new kind of graphic novel-part storybook, part fable, part gazetteer and bestiary of the horrible and fantastic, inspired by the likes of Tim Burton and Lemony Snicket.

Billy Fog #2: Malevolent Nursery Rhymes

By: Archaia Studio Press

ISBN: 9781936393503 (144p.) (2012) Format: Hardcover

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There are thirteen Malevolent Nursery Rhymes in total. Their origins are uncertain and mysterious; some even say they were written by the Devil himself, to punish disobedient children. Four of them have been transcribed and translated here by Guillaume Bianco: "The Fatal Host," "The Lament of the Daughter of the Water," "The Little Princess Who Did Very Bad Things to People" and "Imhotep.

Billy Fog #3: The Little Boy Who No Longer Believed in Santa Claus

By: Archaia Studio Press

ISBN: 9781936393770 (112p.) (2014) Format: Hardcover

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Ernest and Rebecca #1: My Best Friend is a Germ

By: Papercutz

ISBN: 9781597072861 (48p.) (2011) Format: Hardcover

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Rebecca is a six and a half year-old girl who is out of luck - her parents are on the verge of divorce and she is always getting sick due to a weak immune system. One rainy day Rebecca's luck changes when she meets a magical microbe named Ernest, who becomes her best friend! Ernest is no regular germ-he's about the same height as Rebecca and he can talk. Can Rebecca keep her parents together with the help of her new friend? And can anyone really have a friend who belongs in a Petri dish?

Ernest and Rebecca #2: Sam the Repulsive

By: Papercutz

ISBN: 9781597072991 (48p.) (2012) Format: Hardcover

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Life isn't easy for 6-year old Rebecca. Rebecca's parents are at each other's throats; her big sister is totally absorbed with her own problems, and her uncle is intent on Rebecca taking her medicine. It's a hard luck life! Complicating things further, her health isn't so good and her parents keep her home all the time. Ernest, the bacterium who's become her best friend, hopes to reconcile her parents. But things get complicated when a new virus named Sam shows up and threatens Rebecca's health!

Ernest and Rebecca #3: Grandpa Bug

By: Papercutz

ISBN: 9781597073530 (48p.) (2012) Format: Hardcover

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Rebecca and her older sister Coralie are sent to spend the summer in the countryside with their grandparents, away from their mother and father, without Ernest. Lost and scared without her friend, Rebecca misses her parents, experiences nightmares, and misbehaves in order to deal with her anxieties. Things begin to change when Rebecca begins spending time with a dog named "Missile" and her "Grandpa Bug," both of whom want nothing more than to be her friend. The only way for Rebecca to break out of her misery is to accept their offer of friendship and learn to live without Ernest.

Ernest and Rebecca #4: The Land of the Waking Stones

By: Papercutz

ISBN: 9781597074001 (48p.) (2013) Format: Hardcover

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Rebecca is spending time in the country with her father, and Ernest of course, when things begin to change. Rebecca befriends a boy who is her age, and she sees her sister leave to return to the city on her own. Will Ernest & Rebecca's friendship survive?

Ernest and Rebecca #5: The School of Nonsense

By: Papercutz

ISBN: 9781629910451 (48p.) (2014) Format: Hardcover

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Rebecca's cold is gone and along with it, Ernest, her microbial best buddy. Rebecca wants him to come back so much. But at school, there's another virus threatening the children, a zombie virus: the flu! Will Ernest return to save Rebecca and her classmates?