Archie Babies Graphic Novel

Na…da freut ihr euch doch bestimmt, eine Archie Babies Graphic Novel!
Bevor ihr gleich anfangt rumzumosern: Mike Kunkel arbeitet an dem Band mit, das Teil kann also nicht schlecht werden.

Archie Babies will be written by Mike Kunkel, who wrote and drew Billy Batson and the Magic of Shazam! for the DC Comics’ DC Kids line. Art Mawhinney is the artist for the project and has worked for DC, Marvel, and Nickelodeon. The book will be distributed by Random House.(Daemonsbooks)

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Ivy HC

Preis 19,95 Euro

Ivy, a teenager from a small town longs to leave and pursue her dream of becoming a painter. But life isn’t easy when you never know the right thing to say. After beginning a long-distance relationship with a kindred spirit, Ivy gets a glimpse of freedom too good to pass up. Only while trying to escape her troubles does she start to understand that while she can leave home, she can’t run away from herself.(Oni Press)

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Pascal Girard - Reunion TP

Preis 18,95 Euro

Reunion is a semi-autobiographical book that recounts the events of the summer of 2009, when Pascal Girard received an invitation to attend his ten-year high school reunion. Initially dismissing the idea of attending, he quickly changes his mind when he receives an email from Lucie Coté, the girl he had a huge crush on in high school. She tells Pascal that she will be at the reunion and wonders if he would like to accompany her. 

Pascal becomes flustered with joy, except two problems remain: he must keep his almost uncontrollable infatuation a secret from his girlfriend, Julie, and he must do something about his weight. At 252 pounds, he frets that his weight will put him in the “loser” category among his former classmates, but most of all, he must do something to impress Lucie. 

He decides on a drastic plan of action: he takes up jogging every day until he reaches his goal of shedding fifty pounds. Three months pass as Pascal dutifully jogs and fantasizes about meeting Lucie, until finally he reaches his weight goal on the eve of the reunion. The now-slender Pascal arrives at the big event, full of fervent anticipation. 

However, one by one, his fantasies of moving into the “winner” category become cruelly deflated with each conversation he has with his former classmates. (Drawn and Quarterly)

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GB Tran - Vietnamerica: A Family's Journey HC

Preis 26,95 Euro

GB Tran is a young Vietnamese American artist who grew up distant from (and largely indifferent to) his family’s history. Born and raised in South Carolina as a son of immigrants, he knew that his parents had fled Vietnam during the fall of Saigon. But even as they struggled to adapt to life in America, they preferred to forget the past—and to focus on their children’s future. 

It was only in his late twenties that GB began to learn their extraordinary story. When his last surviving grandparents die within months of each other, GB visits Vietnam for the first time and begins to learn the tragic history of his family, and of the homeland they left behind. 

In this family saga played out in the shadow of history, GB uncovers the root of his father’s remoteness and why his mother had remained in an often fractious marriage; why his grandfather had abandoned his own family to fight for the Viet Cong; why his grandmother had had an affair with a French soldier. 

GB learns that his parents had taken harrowing flight from Saigon during the final hours of the war not because they thought America was better but because they were afraid of what would happen if they stayed. They entered America—a foreign land they couldn’t even imagine—where family connections dissolved and shared history was lost within a span of a single generation.

In telling his family’s story, GB finds his own place in this saga of hardship and heroism. Vietnamerica is a visually stunning portrait of survival, escape, and reinvention—and of the gift of the American immigrants’ dream, passed on to their children. Vietnamerica is an unforgettable story of family revelation and reconnection—and a new graphic-memoir classic. (Villard Books / Random House)

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Schon Bald Abgeschlossen: Die US- "DMZ" Reihe

DMZ, Vol. 09: M.I.A.

Written by BRIAN WOOD; Art by RICCARDO BURCHIELLI; Cover by JP LEON
After the shattering events of HEARTS AND MINDS, M.I.A. takes Matty to a remote and desolate section of the city. Self-exile forces him to take a good, hard look at himself and his conduct since he entered the DMZ, and he doesn't like what he's seeing. His discovery presents him with an opportunity that he's tempted to take, but is the price too high? This volume collects DMZ #50-54 and includes a pinup gallery with art by Jim Lee, Dave Gibbons, Eduardo Risso and others.
DC / VERTIGO, 128 pgs., color, TP, € 13,95
Available Now!

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DMZ, Vol. 10: COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT

Written by BRIAN WOOD; Art ANDREA MUTTI, NATHAN FOX, DANIJEL ZEZELJ and DAVID LAPHAM; Cover by BRIAN WOOD
In this collection of tales from DMZ #55-59, citizens and soldiers – new characters and old – weather the storm of a brutal "shock and awe" bombing campaign on the DMZ.
Included is a story concerning the enigmatic Wilson, the self-professed protector of Chinatown and confidant to series star Matty Roth who has always said he'd own the DMZ in the end. Now, with the U.S. poised to steamroll its way into the city, it's do-or-die time for the old man. In another tale, Matty lends his Liberty News secure phone line to DMZ citizens to reach out to loved ones outside the city – a direct violation of his contract. Is this the beginning of a new, compassionate Matty looking to atone? Or are more cynical motives at play?
DC / VERTIGO, 128 pgs., Color, TP, € 13,95
Available May 6, 2011

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Nach derzeitiger Planung des Autoren wird die DMZ Comic Book ("Heftchen")-Reihe ca. mit Ausgabe 70 abgeschlossen sein; d.h. maximal ein bis zwei weitere TPs (Tradepaperbacks) -Vol. 11 bzw. 12- wären dann noch möglich!

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DMZ- Autor Brian Wood ist übrigens als nächster Autor der "Supergirl" - Comic Book Reihe im Gespräch (nachdem sein VERTIGO / "Sweet Tooth" Kollege Jeff Lemire bereits sehr erfolgreich -und "Eisner Award"-nominert!- die Abenteuer von "Superboy" schildert.)


Die bisher erschienenen US- Sammelbände von DMZ (aber auch anderen VERTIGO- Serien!) halten wir für Euch im UNFUG bereit!

Brian Wood / Ryan Kelly: DMZ # 08 No Future. Reise ans Ende einer Manhattaner Nacht

Der achte Band der bittersten, weil lebensnahsten Dystopie der letzten Jahre ist erschienen, die Reise ans Ende der Nacht schreitet voran.

Immer tiefer tauchen wir ein in die schwärzesten Unterwelten der Politik.

Reizentzug und Gehirnwäsche, Indoktrination, Sektenbildung im Namen der Rache. Der aktuelle Band übertrifft selbst die bislang wenig zartfühlenden Vorgängerbände.

Aber bevor ich mich zur aktuellen Storyline äußere, will ich noch kurz auf das umfangreiche Bonusmaterial eingehen., welches mit 32 Seiten fast einen Fünftel des Comicumfangs abdeckt.

Neben einer brillant erzählten gehalten Kurzstory von Riccardo Burchielli, dem eigentlichen Stammzeichners der Serie, finden wir dort (unter anderem) eine grafisch sehr eigenständige Geschichte von Fábio Moon und einige Coverartgrossartigkeiten von Hochbegnadeten wie Jim Lee, Lee Bermejo vor.

Und auch zwei Giganten des (gesellschaftskritischen) Comics geben sich ihr Stelldichein - namentlich Eduardo Risso (100 Bullets), Dave Gibbons (Watchmen).

Zum aktuellen Sammelband - der Titel ist Programm, hier existiert keine Zukunft, keine Hoffnung, denn es wird dunkel in Manhattan, dunkler als jemals zuvor.

In einer dreiteiligen Storyline wird im Rückblick erklärt was einen Mann dazu treibt sich im regnerischen Downtown als Suicidebomber zu opfern. Woods erzählerisches Gespür führt uns ein in eine völlig entstellte Gefühlswelt, in die Sphäre eines stillen, kalten Hasses.

Meines Erachtens wächst die Serie nach zwei eher schwächelnden Sammelbände nun über sich hinaus. Galt das Hauptaugenmerk des letzten Teil noch dem orthodoxen politischen Machtspiel, steht in diesem Teil ein perfider Totenkult im Fokus.

Ein Kult, der sich zerstörter, traumatisierter Männern bedient, die man durch konsequenten Sinnesentzug und Manipulation zu tickenden Zeitbomben heranreifen lässt.

Selten habe ich einen auswegsloseren Weg eines Protagonisten mitverfolgt, der Attentäter durchlebt ein sich ständig verschärfendes Traumata, welches durch konsequente Konfrontation mit den Leiden vertieft und forciert wird. Am Ende scheint der Tod der einzige Ausweg zu sein, heraus aus der Hölle der psychomanipulativen Zugriffe.

Auch hier entwirft Wood ein mögliches Szenario der neuen Kriegsführung und dies praktiziert er mit einer solchen traumwandlerischen Wirklichkeitsnähe, dass sich wieder einmal Unbehagen und Ekel einstellt.

Kann man etwas besseres über einen Comic mit Botschaft sagen? Ich denke nein - Flaneurempfehlung wegen erzählerischem Mut, politischer Sensibilität und dramaturgischer Grandezza. Käuflich erwerbbar in beiden Filialen für 14,95 Euro

"EISNER AWARDS 2011" - Die Nomierungen

Es ist wieder an der Zeit: Am 22. Juli werden in einer feierlichen Gala die "Oscars der Comic Book Branche", die "EISNER AWARDS" verliehen. Hier eine Auswahl der nominierten Autoren, Künstler, Verlage und Publikationen.

Spitzenreiter bei den Nominierungen ist auch in diesem Jahr wieder DC Comics (inkl. seines Imprints VERTIGO) mit 17 Nominierungen (davon 3 geteilt mit anderen Verlagen, wie etwa TASCHEN), gefolgt von IMAGE und IDW mit je 12, sowie DARK HORSE mit 11 Nominierungen.

Ausführliches zu den EISNER AWARDS auf der offziellen Website (Link oben).


Alle Titel (Comic Books, Sammelbände, Graphic Novels) sind bei uns im UNFUG als US- bzw. UK- Importe erhältlich (bei nominierten Heft-Serien inzwischen z.T. auch die entsprechenden Sammelbände)!

EISNER AWARDS 2011
- Die Nomierungen (Auswahl):

Best Short Story
“Bart on the Fourth of July,” by Peter Kuper, in Bart Simpson #54 (Bongo)
“Batman, in Trick for the Scarecrow,” by Billy Tucci, in DCU Halloween Special 2010 (DC)
“Cinderella,” by Nick Spencer and Rodin Esquejo, in Fractured Fables (Silverline Books/Image)
“Hamburgers for One,” by Frank Stockton, in Popgun vol. 4 (Image)
“Little Red Riding Hood,” by Bryan Talbot and Camilla d’Errico, in Fractured Fables (Silverline Books/Image)
“Post Mortem,” by Greg Rucka and Michael Lark, in I Am an Avenger #2 (Marvel)


Best Single Issue (or One-Shot)
The Cape, by Joe Hill, Jason Ciaramella, and Zack Howard (IDW)
Fables #100, by Bill Willingham, Mark Buckingham, and others (Vertigo/DC)
Hellboy: Double Feature of Evil, by Mike Mignola and Richard Corben (Dark Horse)
Locke & Key: Keys to the Kingdom #1 : “Sparrow,” by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez (IDW)
Unknown Soldier #21: “A Gun in Africa,” by Joshua Dysart and Rick Veitch (Vertigo/DC)

Best Continuing Series
Chew, by John Layman and Rob Guillory (Image)
Echo, by Terry Moore (Abstract Studio)
Locke & Key, by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez (IDW)
Morning Glories, by Nick Spencer and Joe Eisma (Shadowline/Image)
Naoki Urasawa’s 20th Century Boys, by Naoki Urasawa (VIZ Media)
Scalped, by Jason Aaron and R. M. Guéra (Vertigo/DC)


Best Limited Series
Baltimore: The Plague Ships, by Mike Mignola, Christopher Golden, and Ben Stenbeck (Dark Horse)
Cinderella: From Fabletown with Loveby Chris Roberson and Shawn McManus (Vertigo/DC)
Daytripper, by Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá (Vertigo/DC)
Joe the Barbarian by Grant Morrison and Sean Murphy (Vertigo/DC)
Stumptown, by Greg Rucka and Matthew Southworth (Oni)


Best New Series
American Vampire, by Scott Snyder, Stephen King, and Rafael Albuquerque (Vertigo/DC)
iZombie, by Chris Roberson and Michael Allred (Vertigo/DC)
Marineman, by Ian Churchill (Image)
Morning Glories, by Nick Spencer and Joe Eisma (Shadowline/Image)
Superboy, by Jeff Lemire and Pier Gallo (DC)

Best Humor Publication
Afrodisiac, by Jim Rugg and Brian Maruca (Adhouse)
Comic Book Guy: The Comic Book, by Ian Boothby, John Delaney, and Dan Davis (Bongo)
Drinking at the Movies, by Julia Wertz (Three Rivers Press/Crown)
I Thought You Would Be Funnier, by Shannon Wheeler (BOOM!)
Literature: Unsuccessfully Competing Against TV Since 1953, by Dave Kellett (Small Fish Studios)
Prime Baby, by Gene Luen Yang (First Second)


Best Anthology
The Anthology Project, edited by Joy Ang and Nick Thornborrow (Lucidity Press)
Korea as Viewed by 12 Creators, edited by Nicolas Finet (Fanfare•Ponent Mon)
Liquid City, vol. 2, edited by Sonny Liew and Lim Cheng Tju (Image)
Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard, edited by Paul Morrissey and David Petersen (Archaia)
Trickster: Native American Tales, edited by Matt Dembicki (Fulcrum Books)

Best Reality-Based Work
It Was the War of the Trenches, by Jacques Tardi (Fantagraphics)
Picture This: The Nearsighted Monkey Book, by Lynda Barry (Drawn & Quarterly)
Special Exits: A Graphic Memoir, by Joyce Farmer (Fantagraphics)
Treasury of XXth Century Murder: The Terrible Axe Man of New Orleans, by Rick Geary (NBM)
Two Generals, by Scott Chantler (McClelland & Stewart)
You’ll Never Know Book 2: Collateral Damage, by Carol Tyler (Fantagraphics)

Best Graphic Album—New
Elmer, by Gerry Alanguilan (SLG)
Finding Frank and His Friend: Previously Unpublished Work by Clarence ‘Otis’ Dooley, by Melvin Goodge (Curio & Co.)
Market Day, by James Sturm (Drawn & Quarterly)
Return of the Dapper Men, by Jim McCann and Janet Lee (Archaia)
Wilson, by Daniel Clowes (Drawn & Quarterly)

Best Graphic Album—Reprint
The Amazing Screw-on Head and Other Curious Objects, by Mike Mignola (Dark Horse)
Beasts of Burden: Animal Rites, by Evan Dorkin and Jill Thompson (Dark Horse)
Motel Art Improvement Service, by Jason Little (Dark Horse)
The Simpsons/Futurama Crossover Crisis, by Ian Boothby, James Lloyd, and Steve Steere Jr. (Abrams Comicarts)
Tumor, by Joshua Hale Fialkov and Noel Tuazon (Archaia)
Wednesday Comics, edited by Mark Chiarello (DC)

Best Adaptation from Another Work
Dante’s Divine Comedy, adapted by Seymour Chwast (Bloomsbury)
The Little Prince, by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, adapted by Joann Sfar (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
The Marvelous Land of Oz, by L. Frank Baum, adapted by Eric Shanower and Skottie Young (Marvel)
7 Billion Needles, vols. 1 and 2, adapted from Hal Clement’s Needle by Nobuaki Tadano (Vertical)
Silverfin: A James Bond Adventure, adapted by Charlie Higson and Kev Walker (Disney/Hyperion Books)


Best Archival Collection/Project—Strips
Archie: The Complete Daily Newspaper Strips, 1946–1948, by Bob Montana, edited by Greg Goldstein (IDW)
40: A Doonesbury Retrospective, by G. B. Trudeau (Andrews McMeel)
George Heriman’s Krazy Kat: A Celebration of Sundays, edited by Patrick McDonnell and Peter Maresca (Sunday Press Books)
Polly and Her Pals Complete Sunday Comics, vol. 1, by Cliff Sterrett, edited by Dean Mullaney (IDW)
Roy Crane’s Captain Easy, vol. 1, edited by Rick Norwood (Fantagraphics)


Best Archival Collection/Project—Comic Books
Dave Stevens’ The Rocketeer Artist’s Edition, edited by Scott Dunbier (IDW)
The Horror! The Horror! Comic Books the Government Didn’t Want You to Read!, edited by Jim Trombetta (Abrams Comicart)
The Incal Classic Collection, by Alexandro Jodorowsky and Moebius (Humanoids)
Lynd Ward: Six Novels in Woodcuts, edited by Art Spiegelman (The Library of America)
Thirteen “Going on Eighteen,” by John Stanley (Drawn & Quarterly)

Best U.S. Edition of International Material
It Was the War of the Trenches, by Jacques Tardi (Fantagraphics)
The Killer: Modus Vivendi, by Matz and Luc Jacamon (Archaia)
King of the Flies, Book One: Hallorave, by Mezzo and Pirus (Fantagraphics)
The Littlest Pirate King, by David B. and Pierre Mac Orlan (Fantagraphics)
Salvatore, by Nicolas De Crécy (NBM)

Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia
Ayako, by Osamu Tezuka (Vertical)
Bunny Drop, by Yumi Unita (Yen Press)
A Drunken Dream and Other Stories, by Moto Hagio (Fantagraphics)
House of Five Leaves, by Natsume Ono (VIZ Media)
Naoki Urasawa’s 20th Century Boys, by Naoki Urasawa (VIZ Media)


Best Writer
Ian Boothby, Comic Book Guy: The Comic Book; Futurama Comics #47–50; Simpsons Comics #162, 168; Simpsons Super Spectacular #11–12 (Bongo)
Joe Hill, Lock & Key (IDW)
John Layman, Chew (Image)
Jim McCann, Return of the Dapper Men (Archaia)
Nick Spencer, Morning Glories, Shuddertown, Forgetless, Existence 3.0 (Image)

Best Writer/Artist
Dan Clowes, Wilson (Drawn & Quarterly)
Darwyn Cooke, Richard Stark’s Parker: The Outfit (IDW)
Joe Kubert, Dong Xoai, Vietnam 1965 (DC)
Terry Moore, Echo (Abstract Studio)
James Sturm, Market Day (Drawn & Quarterly)
Naoki Urasawa, Naoki Urasawa’s 20th Century Boys (VIZ Media)

Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team
Richard Corben, Hellboy (Dark Horse)
Stephen DeStefano, Lucky in Love Book One: A Poor Man’s Story (Fantagraphics)
Rob Guillory, Chew (Image)
Gabriel Rodriguez, Locke & Key (IDW)
Skottie Young, The Marvelous Land of Oz (Marvel)
Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (interior art)
Lynda Barry, Picture This: The Nearsighted Monkey Book (Drawn & Quarterly)
Brecht Evens, The Wrong Place (Drawn & Quarterly)
Juanjo Guarnido, Blacksad (Dark Horse)
Janet Lee, Return of the Dapper Men (Archaia)
Eric Liberge, On the Odd Hours (NBM)
Carol Tyler, You’ll Never Know Book 2: Collateral Damage (Fantagraphics)

Best Cover Artist
Rodin Esquejo, Morning Glories (Shadowline/Image)
Dave Johnson, Abe Sapien: The Abyssal Plain (Dark Horse); Unknown Soldier (Vertigo/DC); Punisher/Max, Deadpool (Marvel)
Mike Mignola, Hellboy, Baltimore: The Plague Ships (Dark Horse)
David Petersen, Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard (Archaia)
Yuko Shimizu, The Unwritten (Vertigo/DC)

Best Coloring
Jimmy Gownley, Amelia Rules!: True Things (Adults Don’t Want Kids to Know), Amelia Rules!: The Tweenage Guide to Not Being Unpopular, by Jimmy Gownley (Atheneum/Simon & Schuster)
Metaphrog (Sandra Marrs and John Chalmers), Louis: Night Salad (Metaphrog)
Dave Stewart, Hellboy, BPRD, Baltimore, Let Me In (Dark Horse); Detective Comics (DC); Neil Young’s Greendale, Daytripper, Joe the Barbarian (Vertigo/DC)
Hilary Sycamore, City of Spies, Resistance, Booth, Brain Camp, Solomon’s Thieves (First Second)
Chris Ware, Acme Novelty Library 20: Lint (Drawn & Quarterly)


Best Lettering
Darwyn Cooke, Richard Stark’s Parker: The Outfit (IDW)
Dan Clowes, Wilson (Drawn & Quarterly)
Jimmy Gownley, Amelia Rules!: True Things (Adults Don’t Want Kids to Know), Amelia Rules!: The Tweenage Guide to Not Being Unpopular, by Jimmy Gownley (Atheneum/Simon & Schuster)
Todd Klein, Fables, The Unwritten, Joe the Barbarian, iZombie (Vertigo/DC); Tom Strong and the Robots of Doom (WildStorm/DC); SHIELD (Marvel); Driver for the Dead (Radical)
Doug TenNapel, Ghostopolis (Scholastic Graphix)
Chris Ware, Acme Novelty Library 20: Lint (Drawn & Quarterly)

Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism
Alter Ego, edited by Roy Thomas (TwoMorrows)
The Beat, produced by Heidi MacDonald (www.comicsbeat.com)
ComicBookResources, produced by Jonah Weiland (www.comicbookresources.com)
ComicsAlliance, produced by Laura Hudson (www.comicsalliance.com)
The Comics Reporter, produced by Tom Spurgeon (www.comicsreporter.com)
USA Today Comics Section, by Life Section Entertainment Editor Dennis Moore; Comics Section Lead, John Geddes (www.usatoday.com/life/comics/index)

Best Comics-Related Book ("Sekundärliteratur")
Doonesbury and the Art of G. B. Trudeau, by Brian Walker (Yale University Press)
Fire and Water: Bill Everett, the Sub-Mariner, and the Birth of Marvel Comics, by Blake Bell (Fantagraphics)
The Oddly Compelling Art of Denis Kitchen, by Denis Kitchen and Charles Brownstein, edited by John Lind and Diana Schutz (Dark Horse Books)
Shazam! The Golden Age of the World’s Mightiest Mortal, by Chip Kidd and Geoff Spear (Abrams Comicarts)
75 Years of DC Comics: The Art of Modern Mythmaking, by Paul Levitz (TASCHEN)


Best Publication Design
Dave Stevens’ The Rocketeer Artist’s Edition, designed by Randall Dahlk (IDW)
Polly and Her Pals Complete Sunday Comics, vol. 1, designed by Lorraine Turner and Dean Mullaney (IDW)
Return of the Dapper Men, designed by Todd Klein (Archaia)
75 Years of DC Comics: The Art of Modern Mythmaking, designed by Josh Baker (TASCHEN)
Two Generals, designed by Jennifer Lum (McClelland & Stewart)

Hall of Fame,
Judges’ Choices:
Ernie Bushmiller
Jack Jackson
Martin Nodell
Lynd Ward

Hubert & Kerascoeut: Fräulein Rühr-Mich-Nicht-An #03 - Der Märchenprinz [Reprodukt] Es wird wieder düsterer in Paris ...

... denn Blanches Konkurrentinnen im Pompardour greifen zu sinistren Praktiken um der inzwischen landesweit bekannten Attraktion ihres Hauses zu schaden.

Niemand weiss genau wie und wo dieser Höllenritt enden wird, denn die Autoren beweisen auch im dritten Teil dieser Ausnahmeserie (eine ausführliche Rezension zu Teil #01 & #02 findet ihr hier) ihr Talent für gelungene Cliffhanger.

Blanche lernt im aktuellen Band die Liebe kennen. Antoine, einer ihrer Kunde schleicht sich in ihr früh verhärmtes Herz ein. Aber ihre tragische Geschichte wäre nicht glaubhaft, wenn sich nun alles in einer pastellfarbigen, fluffigen Idylle auflösen würde.

Fräulein Rühr-Mich-Nicht-An bleibt eine pechschwarze Serie in strahlenden Farben.

Neben dem neuen Gefühl der Hingezogenheit zu einem jungen, vermögenden Mann kommt Blanche auch wieder mit ihrer Mutter in Kontakt. Diese trat die Reise in die Metropole an um die beiden Schwestern zu besuchen - ohne Wissen vom grausamen Tod eines ihrer Kinder.

Aber trotz aller emotionalen Öffnung bleibt Blanches Leben in Paris eine Qual. Ihr neuer Schwarm kokettiert mit ihrem Ruhm als unberührbare englische Lady vor seinen begüterten Freunden, stellt sie aus und demütigt sie - vielleicht unbewusst, dennoch ist Blanche tief gekränkt.

Ihre Mutter erweist sich als geldgierige, sexversessene Parasitin, die sich in Blanches kleiner Wohnung zunehmend selbstgefällig gebärt. Hier herrscht kein Rückhalt, sondern reine Selbstbedienungsmentalität.

Aber auch Antoines Mutter erweist sich als Hindernis, sie will eine Vermählung zwischen ihrem Sohn und der Prostituierten wider Willen unter allen Umständen verhindern und verscheut dabei auch nicht die härtesten Bandagen.

Trotz aller Probleme versucht Blanche ihre Lebensfreude zu erhalten, jedoch zerbricht sie fast daran als Antoine spurlos verschwindet. Es bleibt spannend und auch erhellend, denn die präzisen, wachen und kritischen soziologischen Miniaturen finden sich auch in der aktuellen Fortsetzung wieder, die Serie erweist sich als stets wachsender Qualitätsgarant.

Eine Leseprobe findet ihr - wie von Reprodukt gewohnt - hier. Erwerbbar ist Der Märchenprinz in beiden Filialen für 12,00 Euro - ihr werdet diese (mögliche) Kaufentscheidung nicht bereuen.