Years
| Comic | |
|---|---|
| title | Years |
| Original title | Xan Jhen |
| country | Belgium |
| author |
Jacques Martin Hugues Payen Jean-Luc Cornette Jerry Frissen |
| Illustrator |
Jean Pleyer's Thierry Cayman Paul Teng |
| publishing company | Lombard |
| magazine | Tintin |
| First publication | 1978 - ... |
Jhen is a Franco-Belgian comic created by copywriter Jacques Martin and illustrator Jean Pleyer .
action
At a time when English armies are fighting France on French soil, Jhen Roque travels through the country with his assistant Parfait Létoile. As a builder, he took orders from noblemen and got into mysterious machinations. His paths cross several times with those of the infamous Gilles de Rais .
background
Jacques Martin wrote the medieval adventure series. Jean Pleyers was responsible for the drawings . After a hiatus of several years, Hugues Payen took over as a copywriter. The new draftsman Thierry Cayman took turns with the previous draftsman. Casterman released the albums.
In the German-speaking area Feest published the first five stories between 1987 and 1989. From November 2020, the Kult Comics publishing house will publish a complete German edition of the series.
Stories
| No. | title | year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Deadly gold | 1978/79 |
| 2 | Joan of France | 1980 |
| 3 | The flayers | 1983 |
| 4th | Bluebeard | 1984 |
| 5 | The Cathedral | 1985 |
| 6th | Le Lys et l'ogre | 1986 |
| 7th | L'Alchimiste | 1989 |
| 8th | Le Secret des Templiers | 1990 |
| 9 | L'Archange | 2000 |
| 10 | Les Sorcières | 2008 |
| 11 | La Sérénissime | 2009 |
| 12 | Le Grand Duc d'Occident | 2011 |
| 13 | L'Ombre des Cathares | 2012 |
| 14th | Draculea | 2013 |
| 15th | Les Portes de fer | 2015 |
| 16 | La Peste | 2017 |
literature
- Patrick Gaumer : Dictionnaire mondial de la BD . Larousse, Paris 2010, ISBN 978-2-03584-331-9 .
Web links
- Xan on lejournaldetintin.free.fr