L'Heure du serpent

Les Passagers du Vent #4

by François Bourgeon

Pour se venger et fuir, Isa choisit l'exil. Passagère du vent sur les routes océanes, elle subit les guerres, rencontre les prisons et découvre l'horreur des traites négrières qui assurent l'enrichissement des Amériques et des Antilles. A jamais éprouvée par toutes ces expériences, Isa n'en aime pas moins la vie. Elle aimera des hommes. Elle aimera des femmes... et encore plus sa liberté. Elle n'oubliera jamais de demeurer rebelle.

Genres: Bande Dessinée, Comics, Historical Fiction, Graphic Novels, Adventure, 20th Century, Feminism

48 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1982

About the author

François Bourgeon is a French comics artist, author of several noted European comic books. Bourgeon was originally educated as a master stained glass artist, but difficulties in finding employment and a passion for drawing altered his course onto a different career. Getting illustrations published in magazines from 1971 eventually led him to pursue graphic storytelling and to develop his craft over the next few years. When the Les passagers du vent (The Passengers of the Wind) series was serialised in Circus magazine in 1979, it became recognised as one of the most important European comic series of its era. His graphic novels have ranged from nautical and medieval historical fiction to science fiction, and characteristically, within settings of violence and sexuality, epic stories revolve around strong female characters. He lives in Cornouaille in Brittany.
(Source: Wikipedia)

Reviews

[Evert Rutgers]

Series goes from strength to strength. Unlikely nr of near death and yet escapes for the protagonists but plenty of sticky situations ans sticky ends for others. Historical background and the general opinions about slavery still very good and relevant to the story.

[StrictlySequential ArtNarrative]

1st Edition = A.I. January 1986 = 5 Tomes on 4th Plate +
"Aux Editions Casterman : LE SORTILEGE..."

Mary, whom I assume many people find attractive somehow, has always looked very aristo-inbred and as the story has progressed, she's looked increasingly like the more potent incest-variety, but in this tome her genetic facemorphery goes too far because the second panel on the 40th page is a super->close->up of what would happen if she was bred with a few steps back in evolution! Pure slack-jawed neanderthal action with those totally off-balance wandering eyes set <-insanely-> far apart.

What was Bourgeon trying to capture with her look? If he used a model, was she pulled from a cave somewhere with a book of genesis population?

[Paulo Teixeira]

(PT) Em Ouidah, as aventuras de Isa contra aqueles que a querem como troféu de caça, como Viaroux, chegaram aos ouvidos do rei de Abomey, que quer saber quem é essa mulher branca. Depois de a conhecerem, e de assistir a uma execução de mulheres traídas, Isa descobre algumas coisas interessantes sobre os nativos, não sem algumas surpresas.

[Brown Catherine]

The bayou

[Jan]

"Kinderen van de wind: #4"
"Het Uur van de slang"
Nederlandstalige editie 1982
uitgeverij Oberon B.V.
ISBN 90-320-2634-8

[Pascal]

Très beau en graphisme, histoire intéressante à suivre...