Adèle's International Links
[all confirmed active as of October 8, 2005]
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Éditions Casterman
This publisher prints the adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec in both French and Flemish, and is probably the largest bande dessinée publisher in Europe. |
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Dark Horse Comics
This American publisher included some of the Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec in its outstanding Cheval Noir Euro-comics series (1989-1991). |
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Things From Another World
This Oregon-based online store specializes in comic books, bandes dessinées, and other popular paraphernalia. It also supplies most of the Cheval Noir back issues in which the English versions of the Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec were originally serialized.
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Adèle Blanc-Sec
Link here to visit the official Adèle Blanc-Sec pages housed at the Éditions Casterman website. The pages are very worth a look, as there are plenty of image scans and interesting links. There is also a link to the day-by-day installments of the latest Adèle adventure Le mystère des profondeurs (1998), which appeared originally in the magazine La Libération in serial form. |
Other Adèle Blanc-Sec Links
(I'm looking for others. If you know of any sites whose content is devoted largely or entirely to Adèle Blanc-Sec, please email me.)
Pazuzu - in French. A dictionary of all things Adèle.
Cool French Comics - in English. Website of the accomplished French graphic novelist Jean-Marc Lofficier who co-translated Adèle's adventures into English. Naturally, it includes a section on Adèle Blanc-Sec.
Les aventures extraordinaires d'Adèle Blanc-Sec - in French. Very detailed Adèle website.
French Bande Dessinée Webpages
Bande-dessinée.org - in French. Extensive and authoritative information on a variety of authors, series, and publishers. Has a long list of links and a BD search engine.
BDCentral - in French. News-oriented website.
BDNet - in French. Search engine and many features.
BDParadisio - in French. General interest website includes many files, author biographies, webpage links, and many, many special features on French bandes dessinées. BD Paradisio's search engine, accessible from its site, is the largest bande dessinée search engine known to man (and my page is happily listed there). Also has a limited supply of BDs which may be purchased online, from a Belgian supplier.
BDRêve - in French. Site has a section on the work of Jacques Tardi, including information on the Adèle series.
Comicsavenue - in English. Large listing of BD-oriented websites, by topic.
EuroBD - in French. The homesite of the Bande Dessinée webring. Many interersting features and affiliated sites.
Exploring French Comics with Gun and Camera - Listing of French bande dessinée series, designed for the American neophyte. Compiled by Mark Rosenfelder.
Publisher Webpages
Éditions Dargaud - in French. Webpage of the publishing house responsible for (among other series) Astérix and Lucky Luke. Many pages on individual authors and series, with news on new and forthcoming releases.
Éditions Dupuis - in French, English, and German. Dupuis publishes the adventures of Spirou & Fantasio and other bandes dessinées geared mostly toward children.
Other Characters
Tintin - in French, English, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, and more! Tintin's official homepage, maintained by the Fondation Hergé.
Tintin - "A la découverte de Tintin." In French, English, and Spanish. Excellent Canadian site.
Astérix - in French. The official website of those goofy Gauls.
Spirou - in French. Official website. Dedicated domain with multimedia presentation.
Spirou et Fantasio World - in French. All about the adventures of Spirou and Fantasio.
Lucky Luke - in French. Official website of Goscinny & Morris' sad and lonesome cowboy.
Lucky Luke - in French. News-filled website.
Lucky Luke - in French. "Independent website of the fans of Lucky Luke."
Ordering Online
NOTE: When ordering BDs in French from North America, try a North American supplier first to save on the cost of SHIPPING.
Marché Du Livre - This is the website for the shop Le Marché du Livre, in Québec. It has an exhaustive and very helpful search engine, and may be the easiest way to order Franco-Belgian comics from the United States. I highly recommend this shop.
Amazon.com - Not surprisingly, Amazon.Com carries both Beast and Demon in English NBM edition.
Marsimport - The American comic book seller Marsimport has almost all Adèle's adeventures available in French, and also Beast and Demon in English.
Norma Editorial - The Spanish publisher Norma Editorial has the Adèle series en español available for online purchase.
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