1. Introduction
2. Barbarella: Inventing comics for adults (1964-1968)
3. Flash Gordon and the transatlantic construction of a ninth art heritage (1968)
4. Astérix and the million-copies comics industry (1966)
5. Sharks, pirates, and ghosts. Authorship and the challenge of transmedia storytelling (Tintin et le lac aux requins, 1973)
6. Alternative comics publishing: Futuropolis and the artification of comics publishing
7. The author as publisher: Claire Bretécher, Les Frustrés, 1975
8. Casterman and the birth of the French-language graphic novel
9. Conclusion.