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Thorgal #1
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Euroopan suosituimpien sarjakuvien kärkijoukkoon kuuluva Thorgal on suuri saaga, jonka päähenkilö on kaukaa avaruudesta Maan kamaralle saapunut viikinkisankari.
Mustanaamio-lehden sivuilta suomalaisille lukijoille tuttu Thorgal on puolalaissyntyisen sarjakuvapiirtäjä Grzegorz Rosinskin ja belgialaisen huippukäsikirjoittaja Jean Van Hammen eeppinen suurteos. Vuonna 1977 Tintin-lehdessä alkanut sarja yhdistelee fantasiaa, scifiä, seikkailua ja huumoria. Thorgalia on ilmestynyt jo 35 osaa ja myyty eri kielillä yli 14 miljoonaa kappaletta. Sarjakuva on Tintin jälkeen suosituin belgialainen sarjakuva. Siitä on tekeillä elokuvaversio, jonka ohjaa Muiden elämä -elokuvallaan Oscarin voittanut Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck.
Mustanaamio-lehden sivuilta suomalaisille lukijoille tuttu Thorgal on puolalaissyntyisen sarjakuvapiirtäjä Grzegorz Rosinskin ja belgialaisen huippukäsikirjoittaja Jean Van Hammen eeppinen suurteos. Vuonna 1977 Tintin-lehdessä alkanut sarja yhdistelee fantasiaa, scifiä, seikkailua ja huumoria. Thorgalia on ilmestynyt jo 35 osaa ja myyty eri kielillä yli 14 miljoonaa kappaletta. Sarjakuva on Tintin jälkeen suosituin belgialainen sarjakuva. Siitä on tekeillä elokuvaversio, jonka ohjaa Muiden elämä -elokuvallaan Oscarin voittanut Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck.
48 pages, Paperback
First published February 1, 1980
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April 21, 2023
От този албум - "Предадената магьосница", започват страхотните приключения на Торгал, които ме забавляват вече над двайсет години и които ми помогнаха да подобря значително знанията си по френски език.
В първата, едноименна новела се запознаваме с Торгал, с любимата му - викингската принцеса Аарисиа и научаваме за пречките, които стоят като стена пред любовта им. Тази история продължава и в следващия том от поредицата.
В "Почти рай", Торгал попада в едно от многото странни места, които правят Севера и митологиите му увлекателни за поколения читатели от цял свят.
Чудесни рисунки и добър сценарий - препоръчвам!
P.S. Надявам се да видим един ден и на български тази чудесна комикс серия.
В първата, едноименна новела се запознаваме с Торгал, с любимата му - викингската принцеса Аарисиа и научаваме за пречките, които стоят като стена пред любовта им. Тази история продължава и в следващия том от поредицата.
В "Почти рай", Торгал попада в едно от многото странни места, които правят Севера и митологиите му увлекателни за поколения читатели от цял свят.
Чудесни рисунки и добър сценарий - препоръчвам!
P.S. Надявам се да видим един ден и на български тази чудесна комикс серия.
February 27, 2017
Story-telling was passable but not super fleshed out (this album is composed of several vignettes). Art was nice, old-school, some lovely compositions, creative paneling and I like the linework. You kind of have to like this style though, maybe some would find it dated but I like it. Looking forward to reading more in this series to get a better feel for what this is about.
October 30, 2021
trois étoiles et demie.
February 4, 2024
3,5 lubie wikingow
April 25, 2017
Although the story starts in media res, and can be a bit hard to follow in the beginning for that reason, it solves itself quickly in the usual style of self-contained vignettes, and ends up being interesting the longer it gets. It's fantasy, but not overwhelmingly so, in the sense that the impression of "real history" is kept throughout, and we're barely made to recall this isn't all pure history. I think I'm going to like this, although I have the feeling the magic will increase in later volumes because of how this first one ended.
I liked Thorgal, very mysterious Viking, this one. And looking at him, he doesn't have a typical Northern appearance but would fit better amongs Southern Europeans. I'm wondering where he is from, because nobody knows whence he came and he has no patronymic nor known place of birth. Instead, he's called Aegirsson, son of the Aegir, the elements. Is he supposed to be divine, as in the child of some god and a mortal or a plain god that somehow ended in Midgard by meddling from some other mortal when he was a baby? Gods know, I'm really curious.
And lastly, the art! Polish artist Grzegorz Rosinski is one of the best artists out there, whatever he does will be impressive, and fortunately for his fans (me amongst them), he's always paired up with excellent scriptwriters! Thank Odin for that. And this old-school style has for once been beautifully coloured as well.
I liked Thorgal, very mysterious Viking, this one. And looking at him, he doesn't have a typical Northern appearance but would fit better amongs Southern Europeans. I'm wondering where he is from, because nobody knows whence he came and he has no patronymic nor known place of birth. Instead, he's called Aegirsson, son of the Aegir, the elements. Is he supposed to be divine, as in the child of some god and a mortal or a plain god that somehow ended in Midgard by meddling from some other mortal when he was a baby? Gods know, I'm really curious.
And lastly, the art! Polish artist Grzegorz Rosinski is one of the best artists out there, whatever he does will be impressive, and fortunately for his fans (me amongst them), he's always paired up with excellent scriptwriters! Thank Odin for that. And this old-school style has for once been beautifully coloured as well.
March 1, 2013
Atmosphärische Wikinger-Abenteuer
Dieser erste Band der Reihe "Thorgal" erinnert mich stark an Conan. Nicht nur die Zeichnungen Rosinskis, die mehr als nur einen Touch von Windsor-Smith haben, nein, auch die Geschichten selber, die von Eisriesen und verlorenen Paradiesen, von Zauberinnen und geheimnisvollen Königreichen berichten.
Der Hardcover-Band enthält die zwei Geschichten "La magicienne trahie" und "Presque le paradis", die Thorgal vorstellen und zeigen, dass es in dieser Reihe nicht hauptsächlich um wilde Kämpfe geht, sondern stark mythologisch angehaucht um die Entwicklung eines Menschen, der sich selbst sucht.
Tolle Zeichnungen (Rosinski hat seinen endgültigen Stil aber noch nicht gefunden) und eine atmosphärische Verortung mit interessanten Handlungen. "Thorgal" ist eine echte Perle der Comicliteratur.
Qualitätsmäßig gibt es auch nichts zu meckern - der übliche stabile Hardcovereinband mit gutem Papier und Glanzdruck. Auch für Französischanfänger sollte dieser Band durchaus verständlich sein.
Dieser erste Band der Reihe "Thorgal" erinnert mich stark an Conan. Nicht nur die Zeichnungen Rosinskis, die mehr als nur einen Touch von Windsor-Smith haben, nein, auch die Geschichten selber, die von Eisriesen und verlorenen Paradiesen, von Zauberinnen und geheimnisvollen Königreichen berichten.
Der Hardcover-Band enthält die zwei Geschichten "La magicienne trahie" und "Presque le paradis", die Thorgal vorstellen und zeigen, dass es in dieser Reihe nicht hauptsächlich um wilde Kämpfe geht, sondern stark mythologisch angehaucht um die Entwicklung eines Menschen, der sich selbst sucht.
Tolle Zeichnungen (Rosinski hat seinen endgültigen Stil aber noch nicht gefunden) und eine atmosphärische Verortung mit interessanten Handlungen. "Thorgal" ist eine echte Perle der Comicliteratur.
Qualitätsmäßig gibt es auch nichts zu meckern - der übliche stabile Hardcovereinband mit gutem Papier und Glanzdruck. Auch für Französischanfänger sollte dieser Band durchaus verständlich sein.
August 31, 2024
My favorite series of Jean Van Hamme, of Rosiński and one of my favorites of all time.
Number 1 in my top 10 Jean Van Hamme :
https://youtu.be/BeMOADBVZcM
September 25, 2019
sexy redhead loves to be nasty
July 5, 2026
Time to plug this shameful gap in my sword & sorcery knowledge as a comic book lover and a Belgian: Thorgal! I can finally hold my head high as a patriot...
Originally a one-off in Tintin magazine (of course, everything flows forth from Tintin) in 1977, its success led to an ongoing with multiple spin-offs, some of which still run to this day.
Thorgal is a bastard who dared to love a chieftain's daughter and is left to drown chained to a lonely obelisk. A one-eyed sorceress rescues him, but demands a year's servitude in payment.
You can tell this was an episodic 30-pager as there's basically a cliffhanger every couple pages (and the short-burst adventures are sometimes hilariously resolved - thanks Sharn the wolf!) and a 16 page back-up story about Thorgal getting stuck in a treacherous Eden to round things out to a full-volume 46 pages.
Rosinski's artwork is breathtaking, so honestly I won't complain about stuff I give Burroughs and Moorcock a pass for.
V funny that the mean chieftain is called "Gandalf le fou"; pop culture references just didn't need to be deep cuts at all in the 70s, I guess! Also v funny that beloved Aaricia is just straight up Brigitte Bardot.
Of course this is essentially a proof-of-concept/pilot ep, but Thorgal himself is a bit of a boring do-gooder so far. I'm also squinting at things being a little PG in terms of the violence and boobery, but I guess that's what a publication in Tintin'll get ya.
Let's see where the series takes it once they develop their own identity, cuz this was a fun start.
Originally a one-off in Tintin magazine (of course, everything flows forth from Tintin) in 1977, its success led to an ongoing with multiple spin-offs, some of which still run to this day.
Thorgal is a bastard who dared to love a chieftain's daughter and is left to drown chained to a lonely obelisk. A one-eyed sorceress rescues him, but demands a year's servitude in payment.
You can tell this was an episodic 30-pager as there's basically a cliffhanger every couple pages (and the short-burst adventures are sometimes hilariously resolved - thanks Sharn the wolf!) and a 16 page back-up story about Thorgal getting stuck in a treacherous Eden to round things out to a full-volume 46 pages.
Rosinski's artwork is breathtaking, so honestly I won't complain about stuff I give Burroughs and Moorcock a pass for.
V funny that the mean chieftain is called "Gandalf le fou"; pop culture references just didn't need to be deep cuts at all in the 70s, I guess! Also v funny that beloved Aaricia is just straight up Brigitte Bardot.
Of course this is essentially a proof-of-concept/pilot ep, but Thorgal himself is a bit of a boring do-gooder so far. I'm also squinting at things being a little PG in terms of the violence and boobery, but I guess that's what a publication in Tintin'll get ya.
Let's see where the series takes it once they develop their own identity, cuz this was a fun start.
July 15, 2019
Yorumumu tüm seri için yapayım:
Ben çocukken Türkiye Çocuk mu, Tercüman Çocuk mu bir dergi vardı; Milliyet Çocuk’a alternatif olarak çıkardı. Thorgal’ın maceralarını ilk orada okumuştum ve yıllarca unutamadım. Renkli çizimleri ve tuhaf bir atmosferi olduğunu net hatırlıyorum. Şimdi, kırkımı geçmişken, Thorgal’ın bu ilk macerasını yeniden okuma fırsatı buldum ve etkilenmekte ne kadar haklı olduğumu gördüm.
Karlarda, buzlarda geçen, büyünün ve Viking mitolojisinin eksik olmadığı bu seri ile, Belçikalı efsane çizgi roman yazarı Van Hamme ve Polonyalı grafiker Rosinski bence harika bir iş çıkarmışlar. 1980-2006 arasındaki 29 sayıda ikilinin iş birliği 26 yıl boyunca devam etmiş. 30. İle 36. arasındaki sayıların yazarı farklı, ancak çizer olarak yine Rosinski’yi görüyoruz.
Thorgal bir ozan-savaşçı; Vikingler onu çocukken denizde bir sala bağlı bulmuşlar. Tek isteği bir yuva kurup barış içinde yaşamak, ama bu pek mümkün olmuyor. Sondaki açıklayıcı bilgilerden anlıyoruz ki, Vikingler’de okur yazarlık az olduğu için, Thorgal gibi ozanlara büyük değer veriliyormuş. Ancak çizgi romanda, savaşma becerilerine rağmen sürekli "yufka yürekli ozan" diye diğer vikingler tarafından aşağılanıyor. Yani bir bakıma, bir başka çocukluk kahramanım olan Barbar Conan’a alternatif barışçı bir Kuzeyli kahraman gibi düşünülebilir, ama hikâyelerin tekinsiz atmosferi Conan’dan aşağı kalmıyor.
Ben Avrupa işi, eski usül çizgi romanları daha çok seviyorum, ama caf caflı süper kahraman veya her karede aksiyon arayanlara hitap etmeyebilir…
Ben çocukken Türkiye Çocuk mu, Tercüman Çocuk mu bir dergi vardı; Milliyet Çocuk’a alternatif olarak çıkardı. Thorgal’ın maceralarını ilk orada okumuştum ve yıllarca unutamadım. Renkli çizimleri ve tuhaf bir atmosferi olduğunu net hatırlıyorum. Şimdi, kırkımı geçmişken, Thorgal’ın bu ilk macerasını yeniden okuma fırsatı buldum ve etkilenmekte ne kadar haklı olduğumu gördüm.
Karlarda, buzlarda geçen, büyünün ve Viking mitolojisinin eksik olmadığı bu seri ile, Belçikalı efsane çizgi roman yazarı Van Hamme ve Polonyalı grafiker Rosinski bence harika bir iş çıkarmışlar. 1980-2006 arasındaki 29 sayıda ikilinin iş birliği 26 yıl boyunca devam etmiş. 30. İle 36. arasındaki sayıların yazarı farklı, ancak çizer olarak yine Rosinski’yi görüyoruz.
Thorgal bir ozan-savaşçı; Vikingler onu çocukken denizde bir sala bağlı bulmuşlar. Tek isteği bir yuva kurup barış içinde yaşamak, ama bu pek mümkün olmuyor. Sondaki açıklayıcı bilgilerden anlıyoruz ki, Vikingler’de okur yazarlık az olduğu için, Thorgal gibi ozanlara büyük değer veriliyormuş. Ancak çizgi romanda, savaşma becerilerine rağmen sürekli "yufka yürekli ozan" diye diğer vikingler tarafından aşağılanıyor. Yani bir bakıma, bir başka çocukluk kahramanım olan Barbar Conan’a alternatif barışçı bir Kuzeyli kahraman gibi düşünülebilir, ama hikâyelerin tekinsiz atmosferi Conan’dan aşağı kalmıyor.
Ben Avrupa işi, eski usül çizgi romanları daha çok seviyorum, ama caf caflı süper kahraman veya her karede aksiyon arayanlara hitap etmeyebilir…
January 24, 2026
I've always wanted to try Thorgal and it did not disappoint. On some level it's a very simple story, but I like the exploration of morality based in no way on the Christian one with one's word, honour, blood fraternity being tested especially against each other. The other story in the volume I've read was even more straightforward but very bittersweet in a way I enjoyed.
June 27, 2025
Begin jaren 80 was ik als tiener fan van Thorgal. Jeugdsentiment, nostalgie, etc …
Nu herlezen, en het bevalt me zo goed dat ze allemaal opnieuw ga doorlezen. Misschien wel een aanzet naar de nieuwe reeksen.
Nu herlezen, en het bevalt me zo goed dat ze allemaal opnieuw ga doorlezen. Misschien wel een aanzet naar de nieuwe reeksen.
April 26, 2025
Old-school in a cool way.
July 21, 2021
OMG, it's such an old-school comic book! :)
The linework is very 1980s, the captions the same (they're even sometimes hard to read).
It's been an interesting experience... I don't know if I want to continue ;)
The linework is very 1980s, the captions the same (they're even sometimes hard to read).
It's been an interesting experience... I don't know if I want to continue ;)
February 4, 2021
W młodości byłem zafascynowany Thorgalem. Ten pierwszy zeszyt to w zasadzie dwie historie: tytułowa "Zdradzona czarodziejka" oraz "Prawie raj". Ta druga to taki spin off, który nie ma chyba znaczenia dla innych historii. Jednak pierwsza historia przedstawia Thorgala, jego ukochaną oraz fakt, że nikt nie wie kim on jest.
September 11, 2024
2,5/5. Il y a longtemps que je voulais tenter le coup avec cette série. Ce ne fut malheureusement pas un succès. Un style (tant visuel que narratif) trop classique (pour ne pas dire vieux), une intrigue prévisible et d’une autre époque. J’espérais aimé, mais ce ne fut pas le cas, je ne poursuivrai pas l’aventure.
February 4, 2026
Dit was mijn eerste Nederlandse boek: een stripboek. Best ironisch eigenlijk, want het is een Belgisch stripboek, gemaakt door een Belgische schrijver en getekend door een Poolse tekenaar. Ik ben zelf een Pool die in België woont en graag Nederlands leert.
May 13, 2017
Jarenlang dit album niet meer in handen gehad (1988 las ik het voor het eerst).De tekeningen ogen nu een beetje oud (gewoon de tijd die voorbij gaat), maar niet veel, het voelt nog steeds goed. Rosinski kan gewoon mooi verbeelden en Van Hamme vertellen!
Aan het eind is er het verhaal 'Een hof van Eden' vind ik nog steeds een heel mooi kort verhaal.
Aan het eind is er het verhaal 'Een hof van Eden' vind ik nog steeds een heel mooi kort verhaal.
February 9, 2020
Przygodę z Thorgalem czas start! :)
December 11, 2021
Awesome story about Vikings and amazing magical atmosphere 😍
July 7, 2023
Wreszcie dałem się namówić na Thorgala.
Mam nadzieję, że mnie nie zrujnuje finansowo kompletowanie całości :)
Mam nadzieję, że mnie nie zrujnuje finansowo kompletowanie całości :)
February 24, 2024
4,25. Nie spodziewałam się, że tak mnie to zaciekawi. Drugie opowiadanie trochę bardziej mi się podobało niż pierwsze.
May 27, 2025
Totally worth reading. The whole series were excellent und memorable!!!
June 25, 2025
3,5 - prawdziwy klasyk komiksu
October 31, 2025
mogły być 2 gwiazdki ale za zwierzęta jest 1
December 18, 2025
Love this first issue. I like the Nordic infuences and Norse mythology.
I also like Rosinski's art work, it evokes a real mood throughout the book.
I also like Rosinski's art work, it evokes a real mood throughout the book.
October 23, 2021
Quite old school but that is something that really works here, if you consider what Thorgal is all about.
June 8, 2020
This comic book series seriously defined my taste in comics and books, and I guess, life in general. Great concept and execution of mixing viking methodology and space travel. Returning to it now, I ordered the last one in this series.
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