Dragomol

What a start to the new term for Matilda and her best mate Pola: their secondary school has been turned into a dazzling school of magic! But… talk about rotten luck: because they wear glasses, our heroines are dumped in the “four-eyes” class, stuck doing grammar and dictation while everyone else zooms about on griffon-back…

 

 

Then a tiny, lost dragon blunders into their lives: Dragomol can’t breathe fire, knows nothing about magic, but he’s mad about chocolate and, above all, he needs help to find his way back to his own kind. To save him, Matilda and Pola will have to break into the enchanted school—and take on those who are determined to turn the magical world into hard cash. In Dragomol, you’ll find the odd, offbeat spirit of great children’s classics - think Roald Dahl with Quentin Blake’s illustrations, or William Steij. These tales of school and magic also, of course, bring Harry Potter to mind - just enough to make it clear the reader won’t be putting this book down anytime soon.

A brimming, feel-good children’s epic. The lively, detail-packed line - reminiscent of the great Anglo-Saxon storytellers (Quentin Blake, William Steig) - conjures a world where wild, untamed fantasy rubs shoulders with the small cruelties of the playground and social unequalities.

Stock up on Chocoulax, don’t forget your pongy socks, and jump aboard a bonkers, brilliantly colourful, big-hearted adventure!

 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

 

Born in Paris in 1983, Simon Liberman graduated from the École Estienne, then from the illustration workshop at Strasbourg’s Decorative Arts school, in 2009. He developed a passion for publishing fanzines before founding Éditions 2024 with Olivier Bron and has since worn many hats there—publisher, exhibition curator, production manager, graphic designer, and even boss.
With Dragomol, he makes a refreshingly new foray into children’s comics. Oh—and I almost forgot: Simon Liberman wears glasses.

 

IN THE MEDIA

 

"Middle school, socks, dragons, and spells: Simon Liberman has cooked up a wild graphic novel for young readers. Yay, we're in for a lot of fun!" - Comix Trip