Dungeon (Donjon) | |
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Created by | Joann Sfar Lewis Trondheim |
Publication information | |
Publisher | Delcourt |
Original language | French |
Genre | |
Publication date | 1998 – Present |
Creative team | |
Writer(s) | Joann Sfar Lewis Trondheim |
Artist(s) | Various |
Dungeon (French title: Donjon) is a series of comic fantasy comic books created by Joann Sfar and Lewis Trondheim, with contributions from numerous other artists. It is originally published in France since 1998 by Delcourt as a series of graphic albums; English editions of a large amount of stories have been released by NBM Publishing between 2002 and 2023 in translations by Joe Johnson, first in a black-and-white periodical version and then as several color graphic novels.
The series is a parody of sword and sorcery conventions in general, and specifically of the role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons . All of the characters are either anthropomorphic animals or other strange creatures. The "dungeon" of the title is, in the original series, a business establishment run by a mild-mannered chicken, where heroes come in search of adventure and treasure and invariably die. The timeline in the main continuity is described as the stages of day; the series that lead up to the dungeon's creation are described in the Potron-Minet (Dawn) segment, the castle's glory days are described as its Zénith (Zenith), and its inevitable decay is described in the Crépuscule (Twilight) stories.
Dungeon is an extremely ambitious work consisting of several sub-series and various side projects. The Zenith books begin at number 1, while Early Years begins at -99 and Twilight at 101, implying that the authors intended to produce an unprecedented number of books.[ citation needed ]
Dungeon Early Years (Donjon Potron-Minet, literally Dawn) describes the events leading up to the creation of the titular dungeon, with art by Christophe Blain, Christophe Gaultier and Stéphane Oiry.
Dungeon Zenith (Donjon Zénith) portrays the golden age of the world of Terra Amata . The first four books are drawn by Lewis Trondheim, and from book five onwards by Boulet.
Dungeon Twilight (Donjon Crépuscule) is a darker series where Herbert the Duck has become the dark overlord of the Dungeon, known as The Great Khan. Marvin the dragon, old and blind, teams with Marvin the Red, a brash rabbit warrior. The first three volumes are drawn by Joann Sfar, the others by various artists.
Dungeon Parade takes place between volumes 1 and 2 of Dungeon Zenith, starring its protagonists Marvin and Herbert. The artists are Manu Larcenet then Alexis Nesme.
Dungeon Monstres (Donjon Monsters) features secondary characters from throughout the story. Stories can be set anywhere in the timeline, and feature occasional appearances by the major characters. There is a wide variety of artists in the numerous volumes of this sub-series.
Two additional series (Donjon Antipodes − and Donjon Antipodes +) explore the distant past and the far future of the other series.
A last sub-series called Donjon Bonus hosts works outside the comics, like the tabletop role-playing game Clefs en Mains
Since the series start, it has grown into quite a large collection of volumes. The place of each book in an orderly timeline is worked out using “levels”. The volume number of books in the main series (Early Years, Zenith, Twilight, Antipodes) is also their level. The Monstres and Parade level numbers are written down in the original books on the first page below the page number.
The following table shows all the French volumes by Delcourt (published since 1998) and information about English-language releases by NBM Publishing (published since 2002 and stopped in 2023 [1] ). The table can be sorted by series, or by chronological order using “levels”. Unless otherwise noted, all the books are written by Lewis Trondheim and Joann Sfar, with various artists.
Level | Series | French editions | American editions | Artist | ||
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−99 | Early Years | −99 | La Chemise de la nuit | 1 | The Night Shirt Omnibus: The Night Shirt | Christophe Blain |
−98 | Early Years | −98 | Un justicier dans l'ennui | Christophe Blain | ||
−97 | Early Years | −97 | Une jeunesse qui s'enfuit | 2 | Innocence lost Omnibus: The Night Shirt | Christophe Blain |
−84 | Early Years | −84 | Après la pluie | Christophe Blain | ||
−83 | Early Years | −83 | Sans un bruit | 3 | Without a Sound | Christophe Gaultier |
−82 | Early Years | −82 | Survivre aujourd'hui | Stéphane Oiry | ||
1 | Zenith | 1 | Cœur de canard | 1 | Duck Heart Omnibus: The Barbarian Princess | Lewis Trondheim |
2 | Zenith | 2 | Le Roi de la bagarre | Lewis Trondheim | ||
3 | Zenith | 3 | La Princesse des barbares | 2 | The Barbarian Princess Omnibus: The Barbarian Princess | Lewis Trondheim |
4 | Zenith | 4 | Sortilège et Avatar | Lewis Trondheim | ||
5 | Zenith | 5 | Un mariage à part | 3 | Back in Style | Boulet |
6 | Zenith | 6 | Retour en fanfare | Boulet | ||
7 | Zenith | 7 | Hors des remparts | 4 | Outside the Ramparts | Boulet |
8 | Zenith | 8 | En sa mémoire | Boulet | ||
9 | Zenith | 9 | Larmes et brouillard | 5 | Fog & Tears | Boulet |
10 | Zenith | 10 | Formule incantatoire | Boulet | ||
101 | Twilight | 101 | Le Cimetière des dragons | 1 | Dragon Cemetery Omnibus: Cemetery of the Dragon | Joann Sfar |
102 | Twilight | 102 | Le Volcan des Vaucanson | Joann Sfar | ||
103 [2] | Twilight | 103 | Armaggedon | 2 | Armageddon Omnibus: Cemetery of the Dragon | Joann Sfar |
104 | Twilight | 104 | Le Dojo du lagon | Kerascoët | ||
105 | Twilight | 105 | Les Nouveaux Centurions | 3 | The New Centurions | Kerascoët |
106 | Twilight | 106 | Révolutions | Obion | ||
110 [3] | Twilight | 110 | Haut Septentrion | 4 | The End of Dungeon | Alfred |
111 [3] | Twilight | 111 | La Fin du donjon | Mazan | ||
112 | Twilight | 112 | Pourfendeurs de démons | — | — | Obion |
113 | Twilight | 113 | Passation | — | — | Obion |
1.5 | Parade | 1 | Un donjon de trop | 1 | A Dungeon Too Many | Manu Larcenet |
1.5 | Parade | 2 | Le Sage du ghetto | Manu Larcenet | ||
1.5 | Parade | 3 | Le Jour des crapauds | 2 | Day of the Toads | Manu Larcenet |
1.5 | Parade | 4 | Des fleurs et des marmots | Manu Larcenet | ||
1.5 | Parade | 5 | Technique Grogro | — | — | Manu Larcenet |
1.5 | Parade | 6 | Garderie pour petiots | — | — | Alexis Nesme |
−4 | Monstres | 1 | Jean-Jean la terreur | 1 | The Crying Giant | Mazan |
3.5 | Monstres | 2 | Le Géant qui pleure | Jean-Christophe Menu | ||
103 [2] | Monstres | 3 | La Carte majeure | 2 | The Dark Lord | Andreas |
103 [2] | Monstres | 4 | Le Noir Seigneur | Blanquet | ||
−97.5 | Monstres | 5 | La Nuit du tombeur | 4 | Night of the Ladykiller | Jean-Emmanuel Vermot-Desroches |
40 | Monstres | 6 | Du ramdam chez les brasseurs | Yoann | ||
−90 | Monstres | 7 | Mon fils le tueur | 5 | My Son the Killer | Blutch |
−85 | Monstres | 8 | Crève-cœur | 3 | Heartbreaker | Carlos Nine |
75 | Monstres | 9 | Les Profondeurs | Patrice Killoffer | ||
95 | Monstres | 10 | Des soldats d'honneur | 5 | My Son the Killer | Bézian |
−400 | Monstres | 11 | Le Grand Animateur | 6 | The Great Animator | Stanislas |
6 | Monstres | 12 | Le Grimoire de l'inventeur | Nicolas Keramidas | ||
79 | Monstres | 13 | Réveille-toi et meurs | — | — | David B. |
7 | Monstres | 14 | La Bière supérieure | — | — | Bastien Quignon |
−24 | Monstres | 15 | Les Poupoutpapillonneurs | — | — | Juanungo |
−79 | Monstres | 16 | Quelque part ailleurs | — | — | Guy Delisle |
114 | Monstres | 17 | Un héritage trompeur | — | — | Bertrand Gatignol |
115 | Monstres | 18 | Noces de fleurs | — | — | Aude Picault |
−10,000 | Antipodes − | −10000 | L'Armée du crâne | — | — | Grégory Panaccione |
−9,999 | Antipodes − | −9999 | L'Inquisiteur mégalomane | — | — | Grégory Panaccione |
10,000 | Antipodes + | 10000 | Rubéus Khan | — | — | Vince |
10,001 | Antipodes + | 10001 | Le Coffre aux âmes | — | — | Vince |
10,002 | Antipodes + | 10002 | Changement de programme | — | — | Vince |
10,003 | Antipodes + | 10003 | Retour de flamme | — | — | Vince |
— | Bonus | 1 | Clefs en main | — | — | Lewis Trondheim Joann Sfar Writing: Arnaud Moragues |
— | Bonus | 2 | Création et parchemins | — | — | Lewis Trondheim Joann Sfar |
— | Bonus | 3 | Dynastie et magiciens | — | — | Lewis Trondheim Joann Sfar Writing: Arnaud Moragues Pierre Chabosy |
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