Books by Jean-David Morvan

Irena Book One: Wartime Ghetto

by Jean-David Morvan, Séverine Tréfouël

The true tale of Irena Sendlerowa, a social worker in the Warsaw ghetto in the early 1940s, during the early days of German occupation. She is credited for saving the lives of 2500 Jewish children by gradually and quietly smuggling them to safety in small groups. While she is eventually arrested by Gestapo, imprisoned, and tortured for her actions, she refuses to reveal her network and is condemned to death. She is ultimately saved from death by other members of her organization. After the war, she retrieved the names of all children she saved (kept in a glass jar buried under a tree behind her house) and attempted to locate each of their parents for reunion. And while most of the parents had been gassed in the Holocaust, she made it her mission to help those orphans find new homes.

Another true SCHINDLER’S LIST scenario, illustrated for a younger audience, but equally moving for adults.

Adieu Birkenau Ginette Kolinka's Story of Survival

by Jean-David Morvan, Ginette Kolinka, Victor Matet, Tal Bruttmann

The graphic memoir of Ginette Kolinka, Holocaust survivor, educator, and "ambassador for the memory" of Auschwitz-Birkenau

It is April 1944. Nineteen-year-old Ginette Kolinka arrives at the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp. Her father and little brother are immediately gassed. Ginette is selected as a worker. She survives.

It is October 2020. Ninety-five-year-old Ginette takes advantage of a lull in the COVID-19 epidemic to accompany a group visiting Birkenau one last time. As a farewell, she brings with her a journalist, France Info's Victor Matet, and a comic strip writer, J-D Morvan.

From this trip a comic book is born. Ginette tells of her life before the war, how she discovered she was Jewish, how her family fled Paris before she and her father were denounced. She tells the story of the c& completely, honestly, without seeking pity. We see her today, how she still shares her story with the world, how she still stands and bears witness.

Ginette tells everything with her trademark liveliness and biting humor. We often laugh, and sometimes we shudder. Because the story she tells is ours, too.

Tezucomi Artists of the World Pay Tribute to the Works of Osamu Tezuka

by Osamu Tezuka, Jean-David Morvan, Victor Santos, Mathieu Bablet, Kenny Ruiz, Elsa Bordier, Valrie Mangin, Florence Torta, Belen Ortega, Mig

"Volume 1 of a special two-volume English language MANGA-SIZED PAPERBACK edition of TEZUCOMI featuring the stories created by artists and authors from Europe to celebrate what would be Tezuka's 95th birthday this November! Presented in traditional tankobon-style paperback, this 300-page volume will read right-to-left, as the material was created. Printed on woodfree paper, this format will feel appropriately familiar to manga fans. TEZUCOMI was a manga magazine produced by Tezuka Productions and published by Micro Magazine in 2018 to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the birth of Osamu Tezuka, widely considered the "Father of Manga and Anime." TEZUCOMI contained numerous works by popular contemporary authors from around the world paying tribute to Tezuka's enormous body of influential work. The stories feature characters from Tezuka's history, such as Astro Boy, Unico, Black Jack, Big X, Dororo, Songoku, Kimba, and many more. It is a celebration of Tezuka's work and the many classic creations that have inspired fans and creators for generations. It ran for 18 issues"--Publisher's description.

Tezucomi Artists of the World Pay Tribute to the Works of Osamu Tezuka

by Osamu Tezuka, Jean-David Morvan, Victor Santos, Mathieu Bablet, Kenny Ruiz, Elsa Bordier, Valrie Mangin, Florence Torta, Belen Ortega, Mig

An anthology of short stories based on some of the many popular creations of legendary Japanese mangaka Osamu Tezuka, as illustrated by a collection of some of the greatest comic creators in Europe. This larger 300-page hardcover edition is presented in traditional manga reading order, right to left.

This second volume includes "Big X" by David Lafuente, based on BIG X; "The Creator and the Destroyer" by Philippe Cardona and Florence Torta, based on ASTRO BOY; "The Last Recital" by Bertrand Gatignol, based on BLACK JACK; "The 3 Richards" by Juan Diaz Canales, based on MESSAGE TO ADOLF; "The Guardian of Mount Moon" by Reno Lemaire, based on KIMBA THE WHITE LION; "Mina's Song" by Luis NCT, based on APOLLO'S SONG; "Heartless" by Joe Kelly and Ken Niimura, based on BLACK JACK; "Princess Knight" by Elsa Brants, based on PRINCESS KNIGHT; and "Team Phoenix" by Kenny Ruiz with Studio Kosen, based on several works of Osamu Tezuka.