Ante Genesem

Prophet #1

by Xavier Dorison, Mathieu Lauffray

Een profeet zal Ik hun verwekken uit het midden van hun broederen, zoals gij zijt; Ik zal mijn woorden in zijn mond leggen, en hij zal alles tot hen zeggen, wat Ik hem gebied. De man, die niet luistert naar de woorden welke hij in mijn naam spreken zal, van die zal Ik rekenschap vragen.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Bande Dessinée, Horror, Fantasy, Graphic Novels Comics, Mythology

48 pages, Hardcover

First published August 31, 2000

About the author

Xavier Dorison est né en 1972 à Paris et passe trois années en école de commerce, où il organise le festival BD des Grandes Écoles, puis travaille chez Barclays Corp. Dès 1997, il écrit le premier tome du Troisième Testament, série co-scénarisé et dessiné par Alex Alice qui remporte un succès immédiat. Il publie ensuite deux séries aux Humanoïdes Associés : Prophet avec Matthieu Lauffray et Sanctuaire avec Christophe Bec. Il co-scénarise, avec Fabien Nury, le film Brigades du Tigre, qui sera également adapté en bande dessinée aux éditions Glénat avec Jean-Yves Delitte au dessin. Il co-scénarise, toujours avec Fabien Nury, le western fantastique W.E.S.T. mis en image par Christian Rossi. Et lance début 2007 une fresque pirate : Long John Silver. En 2008, il crée la série Les Sentinelles et participe au projet XIII Mystery, en scénarisant l'album sur La Mangouste. En 2008 également, il écrit Le Syndrome d'Abel pour son comparse Marazano, de retour au dessin. En septembre 2010, il s’associe à nouveau avec Alex Alice et commence la publication de l’antésuite du Troisième Testament, intitulée Julius, toujours chez Glénat. En mars 2012, paraît chez Dargaud le premier tome d’Asgard, série dans l’univers des vikings, dessinée par Ralph Meyer. En 2013 paraîtra chez Glénat une série coécrite avec son frère Guillaume Dorison.

Reviews

[Melissa ♥ Dog/Wolf Lover ♥ Martin · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a buddy read with my MacHalo’s, although they started this one before me.





Jack is an idiot. When someone tells you not to tell, don’t tell. That’s all I’m sayin!

Mel 🖤🐶🐺🐾

[Ashley Marie · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars

I like the artwork, it puts me in mind of Batman or the DC Noir series. Not a fan of our MC Jack, but I don't know if I'm supposed to be? I like the demon thing and the pretty lady. Hopefully they come back in Vol 2.

brought to you by the Picture Boxxx in the MacHalo Mansion of Mayhem and Murder

[Maraya21 (The Reading Dragon) · Rating 3 out of 5]

⚛️ Dun Dun Dunnnnn BR with Shrimpy & Hoopla Kitty ⚛️

🌟 3.5 Stars 🌟

Liked the Gotham vibes, had an issue with the lettering.

Also Jack is an idiot 😂

[Mirnes Alispahić · Rating 3 out of 5]

Dorison already wrote one hommage to Lovecraft in his Sanctum and this is another shot at it. Takes a bit of "At the Mountains of Madness" and expands on it with other elements of Lovecraft's works. I got a bit of Ice vibes with mysterious girl from his dream being chased over the ice as well as strong Dylan Dog vibes, not sure why. I guess it has to something with the art.

[✘✘ Sarah ✘✘ (former Nefarious Breeder of Murderous Crustaceans) · Rating 4 out of 5]

🖼️ Prettey Picturz Plz Buddy Read (PPPBR™) with Fluffy and The Hoopla Kitty 🖼️

Well this was quite unexpectedly fun and entertaining and very slightly enjoyable and stuff. Okay, so I have to admit I thought the story was kinda sorta meh at first—archeologists on a expedition in a faraway land, a mysterious fortress in the mountains and blah blah blah, aka not the most original stuff—but then the plot started focusing on “an ancient civilization that cultivated evil to its zenith” and all of a sudden I was all,



Another issue I had initially is that, although the action is set in the early 2000s, the art has an old-school, classic 50s comic vibe/feel whatever. This is not a problem it itself, since I actually lurves that kind of moderately archaic and somewhat antiquated stuff. It's just that I had to keep reminding my easily-perplexed and oft-confused self that this was a modern-day thingie and not a sort-of-antediluvian one as I was reading.





Anyway and stuff, the graphics are pretty cool. I really like thin, horizontal panels in comics and there are some decidedly yummilicious ones here:





But hey, there are slightly awesome vertical ones, too:



Oh, and another thing I like is that different locations/situations/scenes/whatever have different color schemes. There's stuff like this:



And stuff like this:



WHOOSH!!!!!!!

And also stuff like this:



YUM.

Oh, and another other thing I wanted to mention: I think I found myself a new girlfriend.



Oh, and another other, other thing I wanted to mention: I think I found myself a new boyfriend.



Pretty hot, huh?

👋 To be continued and stuff.

P.S. This volume has a miserable 3.45 average star rating which seems to indicate that most people read it very wrong indeed. How surprising and stuff.

· Vol. 2: Infernum in Terra ★★★

[Carey Healy · Rating 2 out of 5]

The story of this book offers nothing but unanswered questions. As a start to the series it would be acceptable if it gave the reader a reason to care about the main character or any insight to the world that is being developed. Instead we receive a bland character (are we suppose to hate or like him - it is entirely unclear) and a revelations inspired apocalypse that is far too ambiguous to provide for a satisfying plot.

The book is partially saved by the art. The artist's depictions of vast barren landscapes paired with strong layouts are easily the volume's best assets. The comic aspect is good with excellent word-to-panel ratios, strong colorings, and effective shading.

Unfortunately, the story is not strong enough to prop up the art.

[coty ☆ · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.5 for the story, rounded up to three because i really like the art. asgard has been one of my favorite comics of the year, so i was really interested in reading more of dorison, but the introduction to this series is just... weird. i'm not really a fan of how it's been set up, and the dialogue feels really off. hopefully the following volumes really flesh out the plot, and actually provide context, because i don't feel like i really know what's supposed to be happening

[Daniel Hipkiss · Rating 2 out of 5]

Kindle unlimited has been trying to ram this down my neck for months... So here we go.

So, within 51 pages, here's what happens...
-Main character and friend find something BIG in the himalayas.
- Friend randomly dies, no reason why.
- Main characters partner/wife leaves him.
- Manhattan has a boat crash into it.
- Main character randomly finds himself in another world.
- What looks like the devil starts pursuing him.
- Random creatures, and lots of em, show up.
The end. This all happens within 51 pages. What the hell? No character development, no building of intrigue to the initial discovery, and a rush of random things happening. I get the impression the authors mindset is throwing everything at the wall and coming back for part two to find out more. No thanks.
The art looks nice.

[Andrew · Rating 5 out of 5]

I will admit that I am sucker for epic horror and apocalypse stories and this series has them in abundance.

Like all great horror stories of this genre you have the classic tropes including challenging senior professional peers, prophecies and references to Lovecraft's Miskatonic University.

If here were tick boxes they would all be filled by now. And so the saga kicks off and I have to say that the artwork really help give it an air of mystery. The fact that the date set is 2006 you could easily miss it and assume we are looking at the graphical representation of something from the 1920.

These are the separate installments - consisting of 2 shorter chapters. So very much a case of the book ends just as it starts getting really weird.

[Johan · Rating 4 out of 5]

I got this series via a Humble Bundle. I had no idea what to expect, but then I read the first line, "I, Jack Stanton, professor at Miskatonic university, ...", and had a good look at the drawings on the first page of the first volume. OMG, a Lovecraftian horric comic, most likely inspired by the "Mountains of Madness". I felt so excited and the excitement remained with me while reading the entire series. It is a Lovecraftion horror comic done right, even though the ending is very un-Lovecraftian. That is all I can say without spoiling it for you.

[J · Rating 2 out of 5]

A promising start that cribs directly from Lovecraft's "At the Mountains of Madness" gives way to some kind of post apocalypse story. Art and a narrative that jumps around in sometime incoherent fashion bogs the story down. A protagonist who continues to gripe about his lost chances for fame and fortune due to the deaths of 5 billion humans at the hands of demonic monsters and the rapid mutations of the survivors. It's a mess but I'll finish the series just to see where it all goes.

[Tristan · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is part one of a four part story and not a self contained narrative. It’s currently available on Kindle Unlimited, an English translation of a French graphic novel for the US market. The story is intriguing if a little jaded, not particularly original, and the art is good, quite stylised but still clear with a sense of narrative over sensation, quite typical of European sensitivities. In order to make sense of it all, I’ll have to read on.

[Heidy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well I’m very intrigued and can’t wait to read the rest of the series. This graphic novel reminded me of Indiana Jones, The mummy and ancient Aliens, and since I like those shows, this book captured my interest immediately. The story ends in a cliffhanger, right now is like following the bread crumbs, I don’t know where this is going, but I tell this you, I definitely want to read where it leads. 4 stars.

[Robert]

Good read so far

Interesting and mature work that is kinda confusing as it throws a lot at you, but not hard to follow. Good art throughout. As a Mormon, got a kick out of that scene though could tell you the writer has not one clue about the church or it's members. Big laugh for me. Recommended

[Willem van den Oever · Rating 2 out of 5]

An intriguing beginning of this book - though a clear Lovecraftian rip-off - leads to an otherwise messy first entry in what is supposedly the creators' magnum opus.
Might read the second part to see if things get a little better.

[Macky Santiago · Rating 3 out of 5]

What was that...

Crazy ride from start to finish. But certainly leaves one wanting more. It isn't the kind of benign cliffhanger that leaves you satisfied but wanting more. It's full on "I need part.2 yesterday". So... Part two it is.

[Stephen Theaker · Rating 3 out of 5]

After losing a colleague in the midst of making a remarkable archaeological discovery, an adventurer writes a book about his experiences. Warned to keep everything secret, he ignores the advice and New York is plunged into a nightmare. It is all very Lovecraftian, like Hellboy without the heft.

[Mr Douglas Jarvis · Rating 3 out of 5]

One star for the story 2 for the art which is lovely . It's darted very very well was an interesting concept but I found it tailed off the later into the book it got and became a confusing mess with good art

[Nate · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good

Very loose with the panels, they don’t show much and what little they do show only leads to ,ore questions. Any context in the beginning would have been nice but good story so far

[David Schwan · Rating 3 out of 5]

The main character is part of a group that is looking for something in the Himalayas. They find something unexpected and our character is the only group member who returns. Our character then delves into why is is the only survivor. Nice graphics.

[Dimi Tsioubris · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a really good comic novel, i wish i could find the second vol.

[Stacie · Rating 2 out of 5]

Made no sense, the dialog was bad and the main character, unlikeable... but at least the visuals were interesting.

[Jacq · Rating 4 out of 5]

Un buon primo volume: storia introduttiva, ma piuttosto interessante (si introducono i misteri da dipanare nei tre volumi successivi). Ottimi i disegni. Voto: 7,5/10.

[Joey · Rating 3 out of 5]

Meh.

[Freya LaRouge · Rating 3 out of 5]

Odd

It was hard to follow the story and so much happened so quickly that I just felt lost more then anything. The concept was good but more details were needed.

[Sophie Harbour · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fascinating: Aesthetic & Story

Both the plot & the visuals are surprising & exciting.
A page Turner in a world you feel sucked into.
The use of scale is superb

[Gwen · Rating 3 out of 5]

It’s ok not my thing

[A · Rating 2 out of 5]

Very Lovecraftian. The story and character development are quite poor, but the drawings are nice. I want to see if there is an improvement in the next volume.

[Jelena Gurbaj · Rating 3 out of 5]

Odlican crtez👌

[Cookie · Rating 3 out of 5]

A mysterious quick read that hooks your interest but not much happens in here to really give you a sense of the character or story...