I was first introduced to Gibert Jeune as a student in Paris; someplace to buy notebooks, etc. with…read morespecials out front - sort of a Barnes and Noble. I'd never been in the basement to look at the bandes dessinees/comic books and sci fi. Holy %^&^&*! They had a bunch of my favorite French language comic book authors (available used!), and of course recommendations, which is super helpful as there are a LOT of French BD's available. The book-length graphic novels of the lives of Josephine Baker, Olympe de Gouges, etc. looked really interesting (I bought one about Kiki de Montparnasse). Tributes to Goscinny for an Asterix anniversary. A BD about Goscinny himself. Historical BDs (and sure, Gaston Lagaffe, etc.). Inches of Claire Bretecher. I had never seen so many Gotlib albums in one place before (had bought used at other stores in France), and they had a lot of really fascinating-looking stuff, which I was afraid to buy too much of as paper is heavy. If you like French language BDs definitely check this place out.