Cinebook Ltd is a British publishing company that publishes comic books and graphic novels. It describes itself as "the 9th art publisher," the 9th art being comics in continental Europe, especially France, Italy and Greece.

They typically translate French comics

Franco-Belgian comics

Franco-Belgian comics are comics that are created in Belgium and France. These countries have a long tradition in comics and comic books, where they are known as BDs, an abbreviation of bande dessinée in French and stripverhalen in Dutch...

 into English

English language

English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

 and have also issued an original series about the French Queen Marguerite de Valois

Marguerite de Valois

Margaret of Valois was Queen of France and of Navarre during the late sixteenth century...

, also known as Queen Margot

Queen Margot

Queen Margot or La Reine Margot may refer to:* Margaret of Valois, first wife of Henry IV of France* La Reine Margot , by Alexandre Dumas, based on Marguerite de Valois' life* La Reine Margot , starring Louis de Funès...

. Cinebook works with a team of translators, including native speakers of French

French language

French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...

, British English

British English

British English, or English , is the broad term used to distinguish the forms of the English language used in the United Kingdom from forms used elsewhere...

 and American English

American English

American English is a set of dialects of the English language used mostly in the United States. Approximately two-thirds of the world's native speakers of English live in the United States....

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Titles

So far, the company has published, or plans to publish, the following comic series:

Series	Writer(s)	Artist(s)
Aldebaran Aldebaran (comics) Aldebaran and its sequel Betelgeuse is a Franco-Belgian science-fiction comic series written and illustrated by Léo and published by Dargaud in French and Cinebook in English.... (and its sequel Bételgeuse)	Léo Luiz Eduardo de Oliveira Luiz Eduardo de Oliveira , more famous under his artist name Léo is a Brazilian comics creator.-Biography:...	Léo Luiz Eduardo de Oliveira Luiz Eduardo de Oliveira , more famous under his artist name Léo is a Brazilian comics creator.-Biography:...
Alpha Alpha (Lombard) Alpha is a Franco-Belgian comics series written by Pascal Renard, illustrated by Youri Jigounov and published by Le Lombard in French and Cinebook in English.-Volumes:#L'échange - 05/1996 ISBN 2-8036-1204-6#Clan Bogdanov - 05/1997 ISBN 2-8036-1248-8...	Renard	Jigounov
The Bellybuttons The Bellybuttons The Bellybuttons is a French Canadian comic book series written by Maryse Dubuc and illustrated by her husband, Marc "Delaf" Delafontaine...	Maryse Dubuc Maryse Dubuc Maryse Dubuc is a Canadian comics writer, known particularly for The Bellybuttons which she creates together with artist Delaf.-Biography:She was born in Sherbrooke, Quebec, growing up at a dairy farm...	Marc Delafontantaine ("Delaf")
Billy and Buddy Boule et Bill Boule et Bill is a popular comic, created in 1959 by the Belgian writer-artist Jean Roba in collaboration with Maurice Rosy. In 2003 the artistic responsibility of the series was passed on to Roba's former assistant Laurent Verron...	Jean Roba Jean Roba Jean Roba was a Belgian comics author from the Marcinelle school. His best-known work is Boule et Bill.-Biography:...	Jean Roba Jean Roba Jean Roba was a Belgian comics author from the Marcinelle school. His best-known work is Boule et Bill.-Biography:...
Blake and Mortimer Blake and Mortimer Blake and Mortimer is a Belgian comics series created by the Belgian writer and comics artist Edgar P. Jacobs. It was one of the first series to appear in the Belgian comics magazine Tintin in 1946, and was subsequently published in book form by Les Editions du Lombard.The main protagonists of the...	Edgar P. Jacobs	Edgar P. Jacobs
The Bluecoats Les Tuniques Bleues Les Tuniques Bleues is a Belgian series of bandes dessinées , first featured in Spirou and later published by Dupuis. Created by Louis Salverius, the series was taken up by artist Willy Lambillotte and writer Raoul Cauvin. It follows two United States cavalrymen through a series of battles and...	Cauvin Raoul Cauvin Raoul Cauvin is a Belgian comics author and one of the most popular in the humorist field.-Biography:Raoul Cauvin was born in Antoing, Belgium in 1938. He studied lithography at the Institut Saint-Luc in Tournai, but upon leaving school found that there no jobs available for lithographers...	Lambil Lambil Lambil is a Belgian comic-book artist, best known for the series Les Tuniques Bleues, which has been published in English as "The Blue Tunics" and "The Bluecoats".-Biography:Willy Lambillotte was born in Tamines, Belgium in 1936...
Buck Danny Buck Danny Buck Danny is a Franco-Belgian comics series about a military flying ace and his two sidekicks serving in the United States Navy or the United States Air Force. The series is noted for its realism both in the drawings and the descriptions of air force procedures as part of the storyline. In...	Francis Bergèse	Francis Bergèse
Cedric Cédric (comics) Cedric is a Franco-Belgian comics series written by Raoul Cauvin, illustrated by Laudec Laudec and published by Dupuis in French and Cinebook in English....	Cauvin Raoul Cauvin Raoul Cauvin is a Belgian comics author and one of the most popular in the humorist field.-Biography:Raoul Cauvin was born in Antoing, Belgium in 1938. He studied lithography at the Institut Saint-Luc in Tournai, but upon leaving school found that there no jobs available for lithographers...	Laudec
The Chimpanzee Complex The Chimpanzee Complex The Chimpanzee Complex is a Franco-Belgian comics series written by Richard Marazano, illustrated by Jean-Michel Ponzio and published by Dargaud in French and Cinebook in English.-Volumes:# Paradoxe - Apr 2007 - ISBN 9782205059038...	Richard Marazano Richard Marazano Richard Marazano is a French comics artist and writer.His work has been published in many European countries including France, England, Germany, Spain, Holland, Belgium, Swiss as well as world wide in the U.S.A...	Jean-Michel Ponzio
Clifton	De Groot Bob de Groot Bob de Groot was born on 26 October 1941 in Brussels, to Dutch and French parents and is a Belgian comics artist and writer.-Biography:While still a young art student de Groot got his first comics experience as an assistant to Maurice Tillieux on Félix. He began creating shorter work for the comics...	Turk
Crusade	Jean Dufaux Jean Dufaux Jean Dufaux is a Belgian comic book writer. Initially beginning his professional career as a journalist for "CINÉ-PRESSE", Dufaux started writing comic books in the 1980s...	Philippe Xavier
Darwin's Diaries	Sylvain Runberg	Ocaña Ocaña Ocaña may refer to:*Ocaña, Colombia, a city in Norte de Santander department*Ocaña, Spain, a town in the province of Toledo, site of:**Battle of Ocana, during the Peninsular War*Luis Ocana, a Spanish cyclistSee also:...
Ducoboo	Zidrou	Godi
Green Manor Green Manor Green Manor is a Franco-Belgian comics series written by Fabien Vehlmann, illustrated by Denis Bodart and published by Dupuis in French and Cinebook in English.-Volumes:#Assassins et Gentlemen - Jan 2001 ISBN 2800131373...	Vehlmann Fabien Vehlmann Fabien Vehlmann is a French comics writer best known for Green Manor and Seuls. Yvan Delporte dubbed him "The René Goscinny of the third millennium".-Biography:...	Bodart
Insiders Insiders (Dargaud) Insiders is a Franco-Belgian comics series written by Jean-Claude Bartoll, illustrated by Renaud Garreta and published by Dargaud in French and Cinebook in English.-Volumes:#Guérilla tchétchène - 09/2002 ISBN 2-205-05372-8...	Jean-Claude Bartoll	Renaud Garreta
IR$ IR$ (comics) IR$ is a Franco-Belgian comics series written by Stephen Desberg, illustrated by Bernard Vrancken and published by Le Lombard in French and Cinebook in English.-Story:...	Stephen Desberg Stephen Desberg Stephen Desberg is a Belgian writer of comics. In 2010, he was the 10th bestselling author of comics in France, with 412,000 copies of all his comics together sold that year.-Biography:...	Bernard Vrancken
Iznogoud Iznogoud Iznogoud |French]] accent) is a French comics series featuring an eponymous character, created by the comics writer René Goscinny and comics artist Jean Tabary...	Goscinny René Goscinny René Goscinny was a French comics editor and writer, who is best known for the comic book Astérix, which he created with illustrator Albert Uderzo, and for his work on the comic series Lucky Luke with Morris and Iznogoud with Jean Tabary.-Early life:Goscinny was born in Paris in 1926, to a family...	Tabary Jean Tabary -Biography:Tabary was born in Stockholm and made his comics debut with Richard et Charlie published in the comics magazine Vaillant on November 5, 1956...
Lady S Lady S Lady S is a Franco-Belgian comics series written by Jean Van Hamme, illustrated by Philippe Aymond and published by Dupuis in French and Cinebook in English.-Volumes:# Na zdorovié, Shaniouchka! - Oct. 2004 ISBN 2-8001-3608-1...	Jean Van Hamme Jean Van Hamme Jean Van Hamme is a Belgian novelist and comic book writer. He has written scripts for a number of Belgian/French comic series, including Histoire sans héros, Thorgal, XIII and Largo Winch.-Early years:...	Aymond
Largo Winch Largo Winch Largo Winch is a Belgian comic book series by Philippe Francq and Jean Van Hamme, published by Dupuis.The principal character is Largo Winch whose birth name is Largo Winczlav. Other important characters include Nerio Winch , senior Group W executives John D. Sullivan and Dwight E...	Jean Van Hamme Jean Van Hamme Jean Van Hamme is a Belgian novelist and comic book writer. He has written scripts for a number of Belgian/French comic series, including Histoire sans héros, Thorgal, XIII and Largo Winch.-Early years:...	Philippe Francq Philippe Francq Philippe Francq is a Belgian comic book artist, best known for the series Largo Winch.-Biography:Philippe Francq was born in Etterbeek in 1961. He was since his youth an ardent comic reader, who grew up with the comics from Tintin magazine from the 1950s...
Long John Silver Long John Silver (comics) Long John Silver is a Franco-Belgian comics series written by Xavier Dorison, illustrated by Mathieu Laufray and published by Dargaud in French and Cinebook in English.-Volumes:#Lady Vivian Hastings - 05/2007 ISBN 978-2-205-05683-9...	Xavier Dorison	Mathieu Lauffray
Lucky Luke Lucky Luke Lucky Luke is a Belgian comics series created by Belgian cartoonist, Maurice De Bevere better known as Morris, the original artist, and was for one period written by René Goscinny...	Goscinny René Goscinny René Goscinny was a French comics editor and writer, who is best known for the comic book Astérix, which he created with illustrator Albert Uderzo, and for his work on the comic series Lucky Luke with Morris and Iznogoud with Jean Tabary.-Early life:Goscinny was born in Paris in 1926, to a family...	Morris Morris (comics) Maurice De Bevere , better known as Morris, was a Belgian cartoonist and the creator of Lucky Luke. His pen name is an alternate spelling of his first name.-Biography:...
Melusine Mélusine (comics) Mélusine is a Belgian comic strip created by artist Clarke and writer Gilson and features short, humorous stories that centre around the life of a young witch who lives as an au pair in a castle and studies at a witches’ school .The strip first appeared in Spirou magazine in 1992...	Clarke	Gilson François Gilson François Gilson is a Belgian comics author. Signing his work simply as Gilson, he is best known for Mélusine.-Biography:...
Orbital Orbital (comics) Orbital is a Franco-Belgian comics series written by Sylvain Runberg, illustrated by Serge Pellé and published by Dupuis in French and Cinebook in English.-Volumes:# Cicatrices - April 2006 ISBN 9782800137967# Ruptures - June 2007 ISBN 9782800139272...	Sylvain Runberg	Serge Pellé
Pandora Box Pandora Box (comics) Pandora's Box is a Franco-Belgian comics series written by Alcante, illustrated by several artists and published by Dupuis in French and Cinebook in English.-Volumes:# L'Orgueil - Jan 2005 ISBN 2-8001-3627-8...	Alcante Alcante Alcante, pen name of Didier Swysen , is a Belgian comics writer, best known for his series Pandora Box.-Biography:...	(multiple)
Papyrus Papyrus (comics) Papyrus is a Belgian comic book series, written and illustrated by Lucien de Gieter. The story takes place in Ancient Egypt. It was first published in 1974 in the Spirou magazine in the form of episodes....	De Gieter	De Gieter
Queen Margot Queen Margot (comics) Queen Margot is a Franco-Belgian comics series written by Olivier Cadic and François Gheysens, illustrated by Juliette Derenne and published by Chapeau Bas in French and Cinebook in English.-Volumes:...	Cadic & Gheysens	Derenne
The Rugger Boys	Beka Beka * Beka is the Oromo name for a boy, meaning "He knows or the one who knows or God Knows " It is African name for oromo/ Ethiopian /East African name...	Poupard
Scared to Death	Vanholme	Mauricet
The Scorpion Le Scorpion The Scorpion is a Franco-Belgian comics series written by Stephen Desberg, illustrated by Enrico Marini and published by Dargaud in French and Cinebook in English.- Summary :...	Stephen Desberg Stephen Desberg Stephen Desberg is a Belgian writer of comics. In 2010, he was the 10th bestselling author of comics in France, with 412,000 copies of all his comics together sold that year.-Biography:...	Enrico Marini Enrico Marini Enrico Marini is an Italian comics artist.Famous works include Gipsy with writer Thierry Smolderen and Le Scorpion with writer Stephen Desberg.-Biography:...
Spirou et Fantasio Spirou et Fantasio Spirou et Fantasio is one of the most popular classic Franco-Belgian comic strips. The series, which has been running since 1938, shares many characteristics with other European humorous adventure comics like Tintin and Asterix...	Tome Philippe Vandevelde Philippe Vandevelde, working under the pseudonym Tome , is a comic strip script writer. He is known for collaborations with Janry on Spirou et Fantasio and Le Petit Spirou, and with Luc Warnant and later Bruno Gazzotti on Soda...	Janry Jean-Richard Geurts Jean-Richard Geurts, perhaps better known under his pseudonym Janry , is a comics artist. With Tome he created Le Petit Spirou and made several Spirou et Fantasio albums.-Biography:...
Thorgal Thorgal Thorgal is a critically acclaimed Belgian comic book series by the Belgian writer Jean Van Hamme and the Polish graphic artist Grzegorz Rosiński. It first appeared in serial form in the "Tintin" magazine in 1977, and has been published in hardcover volumes by Le Lombard from 1980 on...	Jean Van Hamme	Rosiński Grzegorz Rosinski Grzegorz Rosiński is a Polish comic book artist. He is best known for the series Thorgal.-Early life:Grzegorz Rosiński was born in Stalowa Wola in 1941...
Valerian and Laureline	Pierre Christin Pierre Christin - Biography :Christin was born at Saint-Mandé in 1938.After graduating from the Sorbonne, Christin pursued graduate studies in political science at SciencesPo and became a professor of French literature at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City. His first comics story, Le Rhum du Punch, illustrated...	Jean-Claude Mézières Jean-Claude Mézières Jean-Claude Mézières is a French comic strip artist and illustrator. Born and raised in Paris, he was introduced to drawing by his older brother and influenced by comics artists such as Hergé, Andre Franquin and Morris and later by Jijé and Jack Davis...
Western Western (comics) Western is a Franco-Belgian one shot comic written by Jean Van Hamme, illustrated by Grzegorz Rosinski and published by Le Lombard in French and Cinebook in English.-Story:...	Jean Van Hamme	Grzegorz Rosiński
Wind in the Willows	Michel Plessix	Michel Plessix
XIII	Jean Van Hamme	William Vance William Vance William Vance, the pen name of William van Cutsem, born 8 September 1935, is a Belgian comics artist widely known throughout a long career for his distinctive style and work in Franco-Belgian comics.- Biography :...
Yakari Yakari Yakari is a Franco-Belgian comic book series, aimed at a younger audience, written by Job and illustrated by Derib....	Job Job (comics) Job is a Swiss francophone comics creator. He is probably best known for his western children's comics series Yakari, of which he has written the scenario since 1973.-Biography:...	Derib Derib Derib is a Swiss francophone comics creator, one of the most famous in Europe, who started his professional career at Peyo's studio...
Yoko Tsuno Yoko Tsuno Yoko Tsuno is a comic book series created by the Belgian writer Roger Leloup published by Dupuis and in Spirou since its debut in 1970. Through twenty-five volumes, the series tell the adventures of Yoko Tsuno, a female electrical engineer of Japanese origin surrounded by her close friends, Vic...	Roger Leloup Roger Leloup Roger Leloup is a Belgian comic strip artist, novelist, and a former collaborator of Hergé. He is most famous for the Yoko Tsuno comic series.- Biography :...	Roger Leloup

Awards

Olivier Cadic was given the French National Order of Merit, according to the Birmingham Mail

Birmingham Mail

The Birmingham Mail is a tabloid newspaper based in Birmingham, UK but distributed around Birmingham, The Black Country, Solihull, Warwickshire and parts of Worcestershire and Staffordshire. The newspaper, which was re-branded from the Birmingham Evening Mail in October 2005, is one of the biggest...

this award is:

a vindication of his work to make an important part of French culture available in the English-speaking world through Cinebook, as the ambassador himself noted when noting the publisher had now printed twice as many Lucky Luke books in the last three years as had been published in the previous fifty.