In 1996, with the designer Ted Benoît, he was the prime contractor for the rebirth of Blake and Mortimer thanks to
The Francis Blake affair
.
Jean Van Hamme, nicknamed the “Midas of the comic strip” because everything he touches turns to gold, cheerfully takes over the controls of the legendary Franco-Belgian comic book series which is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year.
And we are looking forward to it.
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With
The Last Swordfish
, the creator of
Largo Winch
and
Thorgal
offers an unexpected sequel to this original adventure of our two British heroes.
As Van Hamme himself confesses, not without humor:
“
The Secret of the Swordfish
is like the first girl we kissed: you never forget such an emotion.
"
With
The Last Swordfish
, Jean Van Hamme offers an unexpected sequel to
Le
Secret de l'Espadon.
Dargaud
It is undoubtedly for this reason that the famous comic scriptwriter ended up plunging back into the Jacobean atmosphere of the diptych of
L'Espadon
when he had sworn to no longer write for
Blake & Mortimer
... you, the heady scent of adventure always tickles the nostrils. When we ask Van Hamme what prompted him to follow up on
The Swordfish
saga
, the screenwriter simply replies:
“Time has passed. I ended up getting used to the idea that I could write a new screenplay… But on condition that I can return to the place of my first enthusiasms. ”
That's done...
The scenario of this new album is based on a historical fact of the Second World War, "Operation Arthur".
The IRA, the Irish Republican Army, had allied with the Germans against their common enemy, England.
The objective of this operation was to blow up Buckingham Palace in order to psychologically destabilize the English.
Van Hamme thus confesses to having
"wanted to revive this strange time by relating this authentic story, but not well known."
If the screenplay is signed by Van Hamme, the drawing is for its part provided by the tandem Peter Van Dongen and Teun Berserik, who made their debut (and with certain success) on the diptych
La Vallée des Immortels
(2018-2019 ).
Taking advantage of the occasion,
Le Figaro
and Dargaud editions are joining forces to pre-publish this unprecedented adventure on the
Figaro.fr
site
from September 30, at the rate of one board per day.
Damned!
Here is a date to mark with a beautiful white stone ...
Discover very quickly on our site the rest of the hectic adventures of Blake & Mortimer, at the rate of one board per day until November 19.
Dargaud
From September 30 and until the national release of the album on November 19, Dargaud and Le Figaro unveil one board per day.
Every day of the week, at 8 a.m., this article you are currently reading will be updated, on weekends regular readers will be able to discover a new board at 11 a.m.
