Green Manor

Last updated
Green Manor
Green-manor-vol2.jpg
The second book in the series,
The Inconvenience of Being Dead
featuring the main character.
Publication information
Publisher Dupuis (French)
Cinebook (English)
Genre Graphic novel
Publication date2001-2005
No. of issues3 (in French)
2 (in English)
Creative team
Written by Fabien Vehlmann
Artist(s) Denis Bodart

Green Manor is a Franco-Belgian comics series written by Fabien Vehlmann, illustrated by Denis Bodart and published by Dupuis in French and Cinebook in English. I's a humoristic detective series set in the United Kingdom at the end of the 19th century. [1]

Contents

Volumes

  1. Assassins et Gentlemen - Jan 2001 ISBN   2-8001-3137-3
  2. De l'inconvénient d'être mort - Feb 2002 ISBN   2-8001-3233-7
  3. Fantaisies meurtrières - Apr 2005 ISBN   2-8001-3598-0

Translations

Cinebook Ltd is publishing Green Manor. The last two volumes have been compiled together into one English volume.: [2]

  1. Assassins and Gentlemen - May 2008 ISBN   978-1-905460-53-3
  2. The Inconvenience of Being Dead - Sept 2008 ISBN   978-1-905460-64-9

Reception

The first Cinebook volume was reviewed by who complimented the structure and writing ("These stories get straight to the point and keep you there"), said that "[t]he art is gorgeous," before concluding that "[t]he book might be nearly $14, but the art and the storytelling density make for a better value than what that number looks like on the page." [3]

Awards

The title was nominated for the 2002 Angoulême International Comics Festival Prize for Scenario.

Notes

Related Research Articles

Joann Sfar

Joann Sfar is a French comics artist, comic book creator, novelist, and film director.

<i>Yoko Tsuno</i> Science fiction comic album series by Roger Leloup

Yoko Tsuno is a comics album series created by the Belgian writer Roger Leloup published by Dupuis in Spirou magazine since its debut in 1970. Through twenty-nine volumes, the series tell the adventures of Yoko Tsuno, a female electrical engineer of Japanese origin surrounded by her close friends, Vic Video and Pol Pitron. Their adventures bring them to, among other places, Belgium (Bruges), Germany, Scotland, Japan, Hong Kong, Indonesia and also into outer space. The stories are heavily technology driven, with concepts like robot dragons, suspended animation, time travel, and even an alien species called the Vineans. Despite the often exotic settings and science-fiction plot lines, the stories generally remain realistic on the personal level between the characters and friendship, love and spirituality are some of the key themes of the series. The art is drawn in Ligne claire style, although having originally started out in the Marcinelle style. When depicting real-world settings, Leloup aspires to be as true to reality as possible, with places like Burg Katz or Rothenburg ob der Tauber depicted with almost photographic skill.

Amazing Adventures is the name of several anthology comic book series, all but one published by Marvel Comics.

David Beauchard French comic book artist and writer

Pierre-François "David" Beauchard, also known by the pen name David B., is a French comic book artist and writer, and one of the founders of L'Association.

<i>Blake and Mortimer</i> Belgian comic series

Blake and Mortimer is a Belgian comics series created by the writer and comics artist Edgar P. Jacobs. It was one of the first series to appear in the Franco-Belgian comics magazine Tintin in 1946, and was subsequently published in book form by Le Lombard.

<i>Clifton</i> (comics) Franco-Belgian comics series

Clifton is a Franco-Belgian comics series in the humorous spy-genre, featuring the exploits of Colonel Sir Harold Wilberforce Clifton. It was created by Raymond Macherot in 1959, and has since passed on to other artists and writers. Over the fifty years of publication of the Clifton series, approximately twenty albums and twenty smaller stories have been published, totalling about 800 pages.

<i>Les Tuniques Bleues</i> Belgian comic series

Les Tuniques Bleues is a Belgian series of bandes dessinées, first published in Spirou magazine and later collected in albums by Dupuis. Created by artist Louis Salvérius and writer Raoul Cauvin, the series was taken up by artist Lambil after Salverius' death. It follows two United States cavalrymen through a series of battles and adventures. The first album of the series was published in 1970. The series' name, Les Tuniques Bleues, literally "the bluecoats", refers to the Northern (union) army during the American Civil War. Cinebook has started to print the comics in English as "The Bluecoats" releasing Robertsonville Prison in 2008. It is one of the best-selling series in French-language comics.

Cinebook Ltd is a British publishing company that publishes comic albums and graphic novels. It describes itself as "the 9th art publisher," the 9th art being comics in continental Europe, especially France, Belgium and Italy.

Jean-Philippe Stassen is a Belgian comics creator best known for Deogratias: A Tale of Rwanda.

<i>Papyrus</i> (comics)

Papyrus is a Belgian comic book series, written and illustrated by Lucien de Gieter. The story takes place in Ancient Egypt. It was first published in 1974 in Spirou magazine in the form of episodes.

L'Élève Ducobu is a comic series created by Zidrou (scenario) and Godi (drawing). The series tells the adventures of Ducobu, a comic and eccentric dunce. The series first appeared in September, 1992, in the Belgian comics magazine Tremplin. The first album was published in 1997 by Le Lombard and from this year have appeared in the French comics magazine Le Journal de Mickey.

<i>The Rampaging Hulk</i>

The Rampaging Hulk is a comic book series published by Marvel Comics. The first volume was a black and white magazine published by Curtis Magazines from 1977–1978. With issue #10, it changed its format to color and its title to The Hulk!, and ran another 17 issues before it was canceled in 1981. It was a rare attempt by Marvel to mix their superhero characters with the "mature readers" black-and-white magazine format.

Fábio Moon Brazilian comic book artist (born 1976)

Fábio Moon is a Brazilian comic book artist best known for his work on Casanova. He is the twin brother of fellow comic book artist Gabriel Bá.

<i>Le Scorpion</i>

Le Scorpion is a Franco-Belgian comics series written by Stephen Desberg, illustrated by Enrico Marini and published by Dargaud in French and Dutch, and by Cinebook in English.

<i>IR$</i>

IR$ is a Franco-Belgian comics series written by Stephen Desberg, illustrated by Bernard Vrancken and published by Le Lombard in French and Cinebook in English.

<i>Cédric</i> (comics)

Cedric is a Franco-Belgian comics series written by Raoul Cauvin, illustrated by Laudec and published by Dupuis in French and Cinebook in English.

<i>Orbital</i> (comics)

Orbital is a Franco-Belgian science fiction comics series written by Sylvain Runberg, illustrated by Serge Pellé and published by Dupuis in French, Cinebook in English, Cobolt förlag in Swedish, Splitter in German and ReNoir Comics in Italy.

<i>Pandora Box</i> (comics)

Pandora's Box is a Franco-Belgian comics series written by Alcante, illustrated by several artists and published by Dupuis in French and Cinebook in English.

<i>Insiders</i> (Dargaud)

Insiders is a Franco-Belgian comics series written by Jean-Claude Bartoll, illustrated by Renaud Garreta and published by Dargaud in French and Cinebook in English.

<i>Lady S</i>

Lady S is a Franco-Belgian comics series written by Jean Van Hamme, illustrated by Philippe Aymond and published by Dupuis in French and Cinebook in English.

References