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Thorgal #24
Arachnéa
Séparés des autres membres de leur famille par une tempête, Thorgal et sa fille abordent dans une île de rêve.
Isolée du reste du monde par les Brumes du Néant, cette île paradisiaque est sous la dépendance totale de son immortelle et suprême maîtresse : Arachnéa. En échange des bienfaits dont elle les gratifie, cette redoutable déesse exige que deux fois par an, aux équinoxes d'automne et de printemps, les habitants lui fournissent un jeune homme capable de la féconder et de lui insuffler ainsi l'énergie indispensable pour survivre dans l'éternité...
Isolée du reste du monde par les Brumes du Néant, cette île paradisiaque est sous la dépendance totale de son immortelle et suprême maîtresse : Arachnéa. En échange des bienfaits dont elle les gratifie, cette redoutable déesse exige que deux fois par an, aux équinoxes d'automne et de printemps, les habitants lui fournissent un jeune homme capable de la féconder et de lui insuffler ainsi l'énergie indispensable pour survivre dans l'éternité...
48 pages, Hardcover
First published March 18, 1999
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March 19, 2025
PT Mais uma aventura fantástica!
Isto é fantasia à moda antiga no seu melhor!
Esta dupla de autores está claramente no auge da sua arte, e é difícil imaginar Thorgal a ficar melhor do que isto.
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EN Another fantastic adventure!
This is pure old-school fantasy at its finest!
This duo of authors is clearly at the peak of their craft, and it's hard to imagine Thorgal getting any better than this.
Isto é fantasia à moda antiga no seu melhor!
Esta dupla de autores está claramente no auge da sua arte, e é difícil imaginar Thorgal a ficar melhor do que isto.
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EN Another fantastic adventure!
This is pure old-school fantasy at its finest!
This duo of authors is clearly at the peak of their craft, and it's hard to imagine Thorgal getting any better than this.
September 8, 2021
(4 of 5 for good old Thorgal's adventures)
The less ingenious of Thorgal's stories are still very good even if the backbone of the story is very simple. It's because the world is built very organically, the story is very well told and it works perfectly as whole. As in this classic "stranded castaway until the curse is broken" story. The art is good as always.
The less ingenious of Thorgal's stories are still very good even if the backbone of the story is very simple. It's because the world is built very organically, the story is very well told and it works perfectly as whole. As in this classic "stranded castaway until the curse is broken" story. The art is good as always.
April 3, 2023
Entretenida historia de Thorgal y Loba en Aracnea
November 21, 2017
Arachnéa me rappelle un peu l'album # 5 Au-delà des ombres, en un peu moins bien orchestré et la surprise de la découverte en moins. Sympa quand même de lire un album qui voit évoluer Thorgal et Louve ensemble, eux qui ont été séparés si longtemps jusqu'ici.
November 8, 2009
Kolejny tom koronnej serii Rosińskiego i Van Hamme'a. Mimo wszystko nie zeszli poniżej pewnego poziomu.
March 14, 2020
Na de lange cyclus met Thorgal als Shaigan zonder genade (albums 19 t/m 23) lijkt Van Hamme de weg te zijn kwijtgeraakt. Omdat Thorgal in album 23 besloten heeft het eiland dat sinds album 8 zijn thuis is te verlaten, vinden we zijn gezin ineens in een of andere Griekse omgeving. Van Hamme tuigt een hele eigen mythologie op om dit verhaal enige body te geven (dit achtergrondverhaal beslaat maar liefst drie bladzijden) en dan nog slaat het nergens op. Vooral de rol van Maika raakt kant noch wal. Bovendien is dit zo'n verhaal waarin Thorgal vooral door enorme porties geluk blijft leven, iets wat in het volgende verhaal nog erger zou zijn...
May 7, 2018
Dopo le vicende di Shaigan, dopo il commovente (fra le altre cose) ritorno di Thorgal, ecco che torniamo a un episodio auto conclusivo, anche se c’è un’apertura, come sempre nella serie, verso il futuro. Arachnea è una bella storia di fantasy classico, con una maledizione da rompere e un prescelto che riesce dove altri hanno fallito. Raccontata, al solito, benissimo.
June 19, 2025
Interesting continuation from the ending of the previous cycle. It's a difficult one to follow but this volume is a fun albeit formulaic sword and sorcery story, the art feels a little off in some places but others it really shines through. Thorgal's character is also on display much more than previous issues which was great to see.
March 29, 2020
The series goes Greek as a magical island needs Thorgal's help. A cross between Minoan mythos and arachnid designs makes this an enjoyable story. While it feels pulpy and at times cliche, it did connect with me in the end.
July 21, 2021
This one shot album deals with Thorgal on his voyage in the sea with his family after abandoning his island...
As a storm splits the little party, Thorgal and wolfcub are washed ashore on a mysterious island covered by fog and is said to be ruled by the evil half-spider half-woman Arachnea..
As a storm splits the little party, Thorgal and wolfcub are washed ashore on a mysterious island covered by fog and is said to be ruled by the evil half-spider half-woman Arachnea..
May 17, 2022
No es un mal álbum y tiene cosas muy interesantes, pero quizá aquí ya empieza a notarse una cierta sensación de agotamiento en la serie. Obviamente no llega a la calidad de obras anteriores, pero es una lectura entretenida.
September 12, 2022
Mam wrażenie, że autorzy mają na tym etapie jakiś szablon postaci, sytuacji i miejsc, w jakie wrzucają bohaterów. Niby poprawny tom, ale naprawdę przerabialiśmy to już kilka razy - zmienia się jedynie scenografia. Dosyć jałowe
July 8, 2024
Thorgal débarque sur une île coupée du reste du monde et doit affronter une araignée géante imposant son emprise sur des habitants naïfs. Un album dont la qualité de l'écriture s'éloigne de ce que nous a habitué Van Hamme.
February 12, 2018
4.5 stars
The usual: stunning drawings, very catchy story and a really well made world building. I look forward to read more adventures of Thorgal.
The usual: stunning drawings, very catchy story and a really well made world building. I look forward to read more adventures of Thorgal.
June 30, 2018
Thorgal naleće na antiku. Kroz maglu, progonjen strahom za vučicu juri paucima u susret usput s njom ipravlja davnu nepravdu. I dalje visoki standardi se održavaju.
February 11, 2020
Thorgal w pajęczym mieście z pająkami w tle. Kto się ich boi - a kysz ;)
April 23, 2023
1er opus du cycle de 3 tomes: THORGAL : LE VIKING ERRANT (tomes 24-25-26), il se retrouve sur une ile isolée du monde et dominée par la terrible Arachnéa...
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July 3, 2023
One of the best I've read through the first 25!
October 29, 2023
trop bien celui ci !
December 4, 2024
Jak ktoś się boi pająków to po tym komiksie jego arachnofobia pogłębi się trzy-krotnie
January 3, 2025
blizej 3.5
June 9, 2015
Thorgal and family have sailed from their island home in search of a new place to set down roots, but along the way the twin boats run into a storm in which Thorgal and Wolfcub become separated. By the time the sea has calmed the other boat is nowhere to be seen and Thorgal and Wolfcub find themselves caught in a current that is dragging them into some sort of fog bank, on the other side of which is a hidden island with an isolated population ignorant of an outside world.
While escaping up the cliff face from a mass of spiders Wolfcub strays into a cave and is magically prevented from leaving, forcing Thorgal to complete the hazardous climb and step onto the hidden land above. It’s one of fertile soil, good produce and what appear to be contented people, but having no understanding of a wider world they take Thorgal for a demon and he finds himself thrust into a locked cell to await his fate.
Meanwhile, within the heart of the island, Wolfcub is pushed deeper inside by her fear of the spiders, until an elderly woman commands them to leave her alone. She appears taken with Wolfcub and proceeds to tell her a tragic tale of a love lost, in which the gruesome details reveal a black and heartless curse that sees a young princess transformed into a hideous spider-like creature to which the populace must sacrifice her a husband each equinox by thrusting him into her labyrinth beneath their city.
It’s into such a maze that Thorgal is destined to be thrown, but he’s a man of courage and resourcefulness so he doesn’t go in unarmed even if he can’t exactly be prepared. It’s here among the cobwebs that he must restore some sort of normality to the people of the island if he’s to hope of seeing Wolfcub and his other family members again.
If you found Shelob’s lair one of the more skin-crawling moments of Lord Of The Rings then you’ll have something of an idea of what Rosinski and Van Hamme have planned here, although it’s a very different tale, feeling more like a missing Greek myth with its tragedy and monstrous beast. Van Hamme consistently manages to tell a cracking good tale regardless of the genre he’s working in, and Thorgal remains one of his best books with its inventive mash-up of the historical and fantastical, something that Rosinski seems the perfect choice to visualise each and every time. Sixteen volumes in and I still get the same buzz when I begin reading a new one - can’t be bad.
While escaping up the cliff face from a mass of spiders Wolfcub strays into a cave and is magically prevented from leaving, forcing Thorgal to complete the hazardous climb and step onto the hidden land above. It’s one of fertile soil, good produce and what appear to be contented people, but having no understanding of a wider world they take Thorgal for a demon and he finds himself thrust into a locked cell to await his fate.
Meanwhile, within the heart of the island, Wolfcub is pushed deeper inside by her fear of the spiders, until an elderly woman commands them to leave her alone. She appears taken with Wolfcub and proceeds to tell her a tragic tale of a love lost, in which the gruesome details reveal a black and heartless curse that sees a young princess transformed into a hideous spider-like creature to which the populace must sacrifice her a husband each equinox by thrusting him into her labyrinth beneath their city.
It’s into such a maze that Thorgal is destined to be thrown, but he’s a man of courage and resourcefulness so he doesn’t go in unarmed even if he can’t exactly be prepared. It’s here among the cobwebs that he must restore some sort of normality to the people of the island if he’s to hope of seeing Wolfcub and his other family members again.
If you found Shelob’s lair one of the more skin-crawling moments of Lord Of The Rings then you’ll have something of an idea of what Rosinski and Van Hamme have planned here, although it’s a very different tale, feeling more like a missing Greek myth with its tragedy and monstrous beast. Van Hamme consistently manages to tell a cracking good tale regardless of the genre he’s working in, and Thorgal remains one of his best books with its inventive mash-up of the historical and fantastical, something that Rosinski seems the perfect choice to visualise each and every time. Sixteen volumes in and I still get the same buzz when I begin reading a new one - can’t be bad.
February 18, 2017
#GettingGraphic
April 28, 2015
my roommate brought me this comic book as a gift. Apparently he got it as a gift as well, but gave it to me. I read it and was easily drawn to the mythological qualities of the story. Thorgal's character is easily appraised as an anti-hero, and the love he has for his family is what pushes the story forward.
Very simple story, but expertly executed. I was not expecting the twist at the end, and then I was like 'duh'!
Made me want to read more stories by Rosinski.
Very simple story, but expertly executed. I was not expecting the twist at the end, and then I was like 'duh'!
Made me want to read more stories by Rosinski.
May 2, 2021
Det här var en av de första fantasy serierna jag läste som blandade in science fiction i allt det magiska. Det var en ögonöppnande upplevelse som gjort det här en mycket minnesvärd serie! Har den åldrats? Absolut, men jag kan inte låta bli att älska den trots detta.
July 29, 2011
Un album qui s'affranchit de la mythologie nordique pour s'offrir une incursion dans les mythes gréco-romain. Louve tient un rôle important, et ceci pour une des toutes premières fois.
February 3, 2016
Slabsi pribeh na motivy minotaura.
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