Shadowmen 2: Heroes and Villains of French Comics

Shadowmen #2

by Jean-Marc Lofficier, Randy Lofficier

Discover classic characters of French comics, from 1925's Zig & Puce, which influenced Tintin, to sexy Barbarella, Jodelle, Felina and Arabelle, the Last Mermaid, the Frankenstein Monster and the fearsome Wampus, Zembla and Durga Rani, King and Queen of the Jungle, superheroes Fantax, Fulguros, Mikros, Photonik, Satanax and Salvator, the starships Space Girl and Hope, which boldly went where no Frenchman had gone before, swordsmen Thorkael, Kabur of Ultima Thule and Prince Kaza of Mars, fearless Tom X and Jacques Flash, cult favorites such as Druillet's Lone Sloane and Pichard's Submerman, and even a French-produced Super Boy Shadowmen 2 is an indispensable companion to Shadowmen, and of special interest to science fiction, pulp literature, and comic book fans. The book includes bibliographies and story synopses of 45 French comics characters, biographies of the authors, over 330 black & white illustrations and an index.

319 pages, Paperback

First published March 10, 2004

About the author

Jean-Marc Lofficier is a French author of books about films and television programs, as well as numerous comic books and translations of a number of animation screenplays. He usually collaborates with his wife, Randy Lofficier

Reviews

[Travis · Rating 4 out of 5]

This volume focuses on the heroes of French comic books. Nice variety of characters, as it starts with lots of boy adventurers and sci-fi heroes than progresses to super heroes.

Some great characters, shame there are so few reprints/ translations available in the US.

Interesting history of the French comic history and getting to see their take on the classic archetypes/genres.