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Exclusive Preview: Destination Antarctica: The Frozen Continent Bursting with Life

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Have you ever dreamed of visiting the White Continent? Jump aboard Marc’s motorboat as the expedition guide leads a group of schoolchildren on an unforgettable learning adventure. Navigate through icy waters and sparkling icebergs, meet curious penguins, playful seals, majestic whales, and discover all the tiny creatures that make this unique ecosystem thrive.

Merging the excitement of a graphic novel with fascinating real-life science, Destination: Antarctica teaches young readers about the wonders of this frozen world–and why it’s so important to protect it. Fun, educational, and beautifully illustrated, it’s an adventure that brings the icy continent to life from a child’s perspective.

Destination Antarctica: The Frozen Continent Bursting with Life is written by Guillaume de Remacle, with art by Adrienne Barman, translated by Jeffrey K. Butt, and published by Helvetiq. Out now in shops, get your copy on Bookshop or from your local comic or book store.

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Destination Antarctica: The Frozen Continent Bursting with Life

Exclusive Preview: Flight 111

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On September 2, 1998, Swissair Flight 111 departed John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City, bound for Geneva, Switzerland. Less than an hour later, while flying over the Atlantic near Peggy’s Cove in Nova Scotia (Canada), the aircraft encountered smoke in the cockpit and ultimately crashed into the ocean, killing all 229 passengers and crew aboard.

In Flight 111, Swiss comic artist Talel Aronowicz confronts the unspoken tragedy that has shaped her life. For decades, her grandparents’ deaths in that crash were a taboo–never spoken of, never understood. Through evocative artwork, journal-like reflections, and intimate storytelling, she explores grief, memory, and the long shadow of loss, bringing readers along as she pieces together what really happened and what it meant. This memoir blurs history and personal discovery into a moving graphic novel that touches the heart while shedding light on a real-world tragedy.

Published by Helvetiq, Flight 111 is out now in shops. Get your copy on Bookshop or from your local comic or book store.

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Flight 111

Flight 111: A Graphic Memoir is an interesting look at the impact of trauma on family

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Stylistically reminiscent of Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis, this is a poignant, deeply personal graphic memoir that turns tragedy into a powerful journey of memory and healing.

On September 2, 1998, Swissair Flight 111 departed John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City, bound for Geneva, Switzerland. Less than an hour later, while flying over the Atlantic near Peggy’s Cove in Nova Scotia (Canada), the aircraft encountered smoke in the cockpit and ultimately crashed into the ocean, killing all 229 passengers and crew aboard.

In Flight 111, Swiss comic artist Talel Aronowicz confronts the unspoken tragedy that has shaped her life. For decades, her grandparents’ deaths in that crash were a taboo—never spoken of, never understood. Through evocative artwork, journal‑like reflections, and intimate storytelling, she explores grief, memory, and the long shadow of loss, bringing readers along as she pieces together what really happened and what it meant. This memoir blurs history and personal discovery into a moving graphic novel that touches the heart while shedding light on a real‑world tragedy.

Story: Talel Aronowicz
Art: Talel Aronowicz

Get your copy now at your local comic shop or digitally and online with the links below.

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Helvetiq provided Graphic Policy with a FREE copy for review
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Who Is Afraid of Onions?: A Graphic Novel About Phobias is entertaining and educational

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Aviophobia, agoraphobia, alliumphobia, social phobia, emetophobia, peladophobia, sesquippedaliophobia, phone phobia: a wildly original graphic novel that dives headfirst into the very real world of phobias, including the author’s own inexplicable fear of onions.

Swiss graphic novelist Michaël LaMonnaie offers a unique blend of humor, heart, and psychology as he examines his own lifelong terror of onions. Told through a mix of fictional vignettes and poignant real-life testimonies, the book explores a wide range of anxiety disorders: agoraphobia, school phobia, arachnophobia, and even more surprising fears like bald people or long words.

Rather than mock or minimize these experiences, LaMonnaie offers empathy and understanding, using comedy as a lens to normalize the strange and scary things that live in our heads. Perfect for teens and adults alike, this is an essential, accessible look at mental health—one that makes you laugh, think, and maybe even feel a little less alone.

Story: Michaël LaMonnaie
Art: Michaël LaMonnaie
Translation: Jeffrey K. Butt

Get your copy now! To find a comic shop near you, visit http://www.comicshoplocator.com or call 1-888-comicbook or digitally and online with the links below.

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Helvetiq provided Graphic Policy with a FREE copy for review
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The Roots of My Hair Explore the Intersection of Race, Beauty, and Belonging

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The Roots of My Hair follows Rose, a mixed-race young woman from Réunion Island, as she navigates the pressure to “tame” her natural hair in a society shaped by Eurocentric beauty standards. When she moves to mainland France to study and later to work, Rose experiments with straightening techniques, visits beauty salons, and learns to blend in—until she begins to question what lies beneath those habits. Through humor, honesty, and vulnerability, her coming-of-age journey explores identity, race, colonial history, and the search for belonging, offering a deeply personal yet widely relatable story of learning to love oneself from the roots up.

The Roots of My Hair is by Lou Lubie, translated by Makedah Hughes, and being published by Helvetiq.

After sweeping France’s most prestigious honors—including the France Info News & Reportage Prize—this bold, funny, and highly-anticipated graphic novel will finally available in English on May 5, 2026 and is available for pre-order now. 

The Roots of My Hair