Thomas Le Petit-Corps is in charge of Lila and the dirty kids factory[1], the new youth comic strip that he has originally developed in audio format over the Internet. Here he teams up with the Italian designer Antonello Dalena with whom he gives new life to a story inspired by his own experience. According to him, the author of Dina and the Millimonde, Ernest & Rebecca, finds its perfect presentation in supercharged images. The author confides that he drew on his own teenage memories to create this series, where we discover this first episode which announces a “Mega-tastrophe” straight ahead for you, dear readers of Le Lombard editions.
The school for dirty kids
Ah, what a joy to return to class and meet up with friends!
In any case, that’s what Lila thought before learning that her father had just been appointed director of a college for his work and that his family had to move.
Lila also learned that she would be studying at this new establishment, which is considered “the worst college in the universe,” she says.
In this place the most terrible students land. Those who did such stupid things that no school wants them anymore. It is for this reason that the former director Mr. Dubalai left his position before being replaced by Lila’s father.
Not wanting her classmates to know that she is the daughter of the new director, Lila wants to go unnoticed and decides to pass herself off as a bad kid.
To do this, there is nothing better than forming an alliance with the four clan leaders of this “dirty kid factory” in order to overcome the two supervisors who are terrorizing the students. With the help of her new friends, Samuelle and Bernard, Lila will meet smart Clara, leader of the Manufacturers; by Jimmy Roublard, leader of the Cheaters; Doriane Tamal, delegate of the Dispensés; and finally Big Ben, the boss of the Cadors.
Will she succeed in carrying out her project?
Reda Benkoula
[1] Lila and the Dirty Kid Factory, Volume 1. Mega-tastrophe straight ahead! | Thomas Le Petit-Corps (Scenario), Antonello Dalena (Drawing) | The Lombard | 2026 | 80 pages
