Un hiver de clown

Jeremiah #9

by Hermann Huppen

Jeremiah and Lena are surprised by the first icy winter days on their
journey south. They find refuge on a former luxury steamer inhabited
by dwarves and madmen, a small, grotesque-looking community that
lives by its own laws. But beneath the colorful surface lurks a
deadly secret...

Genres: Comics, Bande Dessinée, Graphic Novels, Dystopia

44 pages, Board book

First published January 1, 1983

About the author

Hermann was born in 1938 in Bévercé (now a part of Malmedy) in Liège Province. After studying to become a furniture maker and working as interior architect, Hermann made his debut as comic book artist in 1964 in the comics magazine Spirou with a four page story. Greg noticed his talent and offered him to work for his studio. In 1966, he began illustrating the Bernard Prince series written by Greg, published in the comic magazine Tintin periodical. In 1969, also in collaboration with Greg, he began the western series Comanche. This appeared at the same time as other western series such as Blueberry.
Hermann began writing his own stories in 1977, starting the post-apocalyptic Jeremiah series, which is still produced today. In the same period, he also made three albums of Nick, inspired by Little Nemo in Slumberland, for Spirou.[1] In 1983 he began a new series, Les Tours de Bois-Maury, which is set in the Middle Ages and is less focused on action than his other works.
Hermann has also created many non-series graphic novels sometimes together with his son Yves H. One of them, Lune de Guerre, with a story by Jean Van Hamme, was later filmed as The Wedding Party by Dominique Deruddere.[2]
Hermann is characterized by a realistic style and stories that are both somber and angry, with a sense of disillusion with regards to the human character in general, and current society more specifically.


http://www.hermannhuppen.com/hermann-...

Reviews

[Hugo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Se sigue despues de que en "Las Aguas de la Ira" Jeremiah y Kurdy rompen relacion y cada quien toma su camino, Jeremiah con Lena, la hija del magnate japones que rescata, la cual odia a Kurdy. En esta historia que podria considerar como un one-shot de Jeremiah, se narra como viajan por un bosque atacado por el invierno y encuentran a un hombre que muere de frio por no tener abrigo. Al investigar encuentran un barco ocupado por payasos, enanos y fenomenos. La historia es bastante buena, pero le hace falta a mi gusto, Kurdy, que es un personaje con mucho peso en la historia.

[Johan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Jeremiah en Lena zijn na het vorige avontuur vertrokken zonder Kurdy Maloy. In een winters landschap worden ze op een dwaalspoor gezet en komen terecht op een schip vol gastvrije dwergen. De gastvrijheid is echter van korte duur.

De dwergen worden opgevoerd als een freakshow, maar het verhaal heeft niet veel om het lijf.

[Math le maudit · Rating 4 out of 5]

Premier album avec uniquement Jeremiah, suite à sa séparation d'avec Kurdy à la fin du tome 8.

Un épisode dérangeant, très "freakshow" dans l'esprit. L'ambiance malsaine monte crescendo jusqu'au final. Un album dérangeant, mais efficace.

[Koen Claeys · Rating 4 out of 5]

Dit album was in 1983 mijn kennismaking met 'Jeremiah'. Ondanks de mottige inkleuring, eigen aan die tijd, heeft dit album na meer dan 30 jaar niets van zijn glans verloren.