Silex and the City
| Silex and the City | |
|---|---|
| genre | Comedy |
| Comic | |
| country | France |
| author | Jul |
| Illustrator | Jul |
| publishing company | Dargaud |
| First publication | 2009-2016 |
| expenditure | 7th |
| Television broadcast | |
| German title | Silex and the City |
| Original title | Silex and the City |
 | |
| Country of production | France |
| original language | French |
| year | 2012 |
| length | 3 minutes |
| Episodes | 81 in 2 seasons |
| production | Caroline Benjo, Jimmy Desmarais, Barbara Letellier |
| music | Antoine Berjeaut, Alexis Pecharman |
| First broadcast | September 3, 2012 on Arte |
| German-language first broadcast |
September 3, 2012 on Arte |
Silex and the City is a French comic series by the illustrator and writer Jul . The cartoon deals with current social issues, adapted to the Stone Age. The title was chosen based on the television series Sex and the City , the term Silex is a synonym for flint .
content
The series tells of the experiences of the Dotcom family in the Paleolithic . The family, consisting of Father Blog, Mother Spam, Daughter Web and Son Url, grapple with everyday problems that are very similar to today's.
publication
The Dargaud publishing house is responsible for the publication of the previous seven volumes. About 160,000 copies of the first two volumes Avant notre ère (2009) and Réduction du temps de trouvaille (2010) were sold. The third volume was published in August 2012 under the title Le néolithique, c'est pas automatique .
Television series
For the television station Arte , Haut et Court TV and Je suis Bien Content produced an eponymous cartoon series with 40 episodes per season based on the comic . The 5th season is currently running. Each episode is about 3 minutes long. Directed by Andrey Brun and Jeremie Hoarau, the producers were Caroline Benjo, Jimmy Desmarais and Barbara Letellier. The screenplay was written by Nicolas Livet and the music is by Antoine Berjeaut and Alexis Pecharman.
The series was first shown in German and French on September 3, 2012 on Arte . Mediatoon Distribution took over the international sales.
synchronization
| role | French speaker | German speaker |
|---|---|---|
| Blog | Franck Ekinci | |
| Spam | Noémie de Lattre | |
| Web | Camille Serceau | Anita Hopt |
| Url | Fabien Limousin | Constantin von Jascheroff |
| More voices | José Valverde |
Web links
- Silex and the City on arte.tv
- Silex and the City on Dargaud.com (French)
- Silex and the City in the Internet Movie Database (English)