Sillage
Sillage (French for " wake ") is a French comic series by cartoonists Philippe Buchet and Jean-David Morvan (scenario), which was first published in 1998. It is about the young human girl Nävis, who grows up on a wild jungle planet after the crash of her spaceship and is finally picked up by Sillage, a huge space convoy comprising thousands of ships.
In Germany, Sillage was published by Carlsen Verlag , among others in the Magic Attack magazine , but mainly in album form.
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The young human girl Nävis lives peacefully with his best friend, the giant cat Houyo, on a wild jungle planet where her spaceship crashed when she was a toddler. Their peace is disturbed when the huge space convoy Sillage, made up of countless spaceships and peoples, crosses their path: the Hottarde Madjestot Heiliig, whose race is threatened with extinction in their ships due to an epidemic, wants to transform the planet into a desert world, a new home for to create his people.
Nävis takes up the fight against Heiliig, who is increasingly deviating from the line of the leaders of Sillage and no longer respects his own laws. Houyo is killed, and in the end there is a near-fatal duel, which is interrupted by security forces. Heiliig is arrested and sentenced to life-long forced labor, while his great goal is achieved: the Hottards move into their new home and declare him a folk hero.
Meanwhile, Nävis is taken to Sillage and placed under government protection. As she is the only living being in the convoy who is immune to the telepathic abilities of all other species, she begins to work as a special agent for the guides of Sillage after completing her training. In this way, she hopes to meet other people in the convoy at some point.
Nävis is used in various areas and develops into a super agent over the course of the series. She fights both corruption and other criminal activities in the Sillage convoy. Again and again she receives references to her own people and meets people twice; however, both encounters end tragically. At the same time, Nävis has to recognize more and more how much the leadership of Sillage is eaten up by corruption and lust for power, and finally turns openly against them.
The Consul Akutsau increasingly appears as her opponent and occasionally her ally. Akutsau, who initially had a huge harem, found a great deal of pleasure in Nävis, which she did not reciprocate. When she uncovered the machinations of conspirators, she found herself, together with the mysterious consul's pupil, also a human being, targeted by a caste of elite warriors who wanted to take revenge for the death of their comrades-in-arms. The eighteenth volume tells of the collaboration of the protagonists' last surviving elite warrior in the face of a man-made biological weapon that threatens to destroy the entire convoy.
Comic books
Sillage
Almost every band tells a self-contained adventure that always fits into the overall story. Volumes 13 and 14, which tell a coherent story, are an exception.
| No. | German title | Original title | Appearance in Germany | ISBN |
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| 1 | Fire and ashes | À feu et à cendres (1998), 46 pages | Carlsen, 1999 | ISBN 978-3-551-74191-2 |
| 2 | Hidden thoughts | Collection privée (1999), 46 pages | Carlsen, 2000 | ISBN 978-3-551-74192-9 |
| 3 | The gear train | Engrenages (2000), 54 pages | Carlsen, 2000 | ISBN 978-3-551-74193-6 |
| 4th | The mark of the demons | Le signe des démons (2001), 46 pages | Carlsen, 2002 | ISBN 978-3-551-74194-3 |
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(2002), 46 pages
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Carlsen, 2003 | ISBN 978-3-551-74195-0 |
| 6th | toy | Artifices (2003), 46 pages | Carlsen, 2004 | ISBN 978-3-551-74196-7 |
| 7th | The revolt | QHI (2004), 46 pages | Carlsen, 2004 | ISBN 978-3-551-74197-4 |
| 8th | Human nature | Nature humaine (2006), 46 pages | Carlsen, 2006 | ISBN 978-3-551-74198-1 |
| 9 | infiltration | Infiltrations (2007), 46 pages | Carlsen, 2007 | ISBN 978-3-551-74199-8 |
| 10 | The return of the flames | Retour de flammes (2007), 46 pages | Carlsen, 2009 | ISBN 978-3-551-76570-3 |
| Retour de flammes - Édition spéciale (2007), 46 pages | ||||
| 11 | The floating world | Monde flottant (2008), 46 pages | Carlsen, 2010 | ISBN 978-3-551-76571-0 |
| 12 | The free zone | Zone franche (2009), 46 pages | Carlsen, 2011 | ISBN 978-3-551-76572-7 |
| 13 | Controlled spin | Dérapage contrôlé (2010), 46 pages | Carlsen, 2012 | ISBN 978-3-551-76573-4 |
| 14th | Total liquidation | Liquidation Totale (2011), 46 pages | Carlsen, 2013 | ISBN 978-3-551-76574-1 |
| 15th | Hunting ground | Chasse gardée (2012), 46 pages | Carlsen, 2013 | ISBN 978-3-551-76575-8 |
| 16 | The evil in the blood | Liés par le sang (2013), 48 pages | Carlsen, 2014 | ISBN 978-3-551-76576-5 |
| 17th | Frost zone | Grands froids (2014), 48 pages | Carlsen, 2016 | ISBN 978-3-551-76577-2 |
| 18th | Psycholocaust | Psycholocauste (2015), 48 pages | Carlsen, 2017 | ISBN 978-3-551-76578-9 |
| 19th | Time out | Temps mort (2016), 48 pages | Carlsen, 2018 | ISBN 978-3-551-76579-6 |
| 20th | Update | Mise à jour (2019), 48 pages | Carlsen, 2020 | ISBN 978-3-551-76580-2 |
The Chronicles of Sillage
The chronicles tell short stories by various authors, including from Nävis childhood.
- 2004 Les Chroniques de Sillage 1 (Morvan / Buchet / Bengal et al., 45 pages) The Chronicles of Sillage 1 (Carlsen Volume 1, 2005)
- 2005 Les Chroniques de Sillage 2 (Morvan / Labourot / Bengal et al., 46 pages)
- 2005 Les Chroniques de Sillage 3 (Morvan / Buchet / Colombo et al., 46 pages)
- 2006 Les Chroniques de Sillage 4 (Morvan / Buchet / Bengal et al., 46 pages)
- 2008 Les Chroniques de Sillage 5 (Morvan / Buchet / Bengal et al., 46 pages)
- 2008 Les Chroniques de Sillage 6 (Morvan / Buchet / Picault et al., 46 pages)
Nävis
This five-part series tells stories from the youth of the main characters and also shows the beginnings of the friendship that Nävis makes with the big predator Houyo. In the comic series, which was intended as a prequel for the Sillag series, characters appear that have not been seen or mentioned before, including the robot "Nisob", who is a carer and friend of Nävis, as well as some animals with whom Nävis lives together.
In Germany the first two volumes were published by Carlsen Verlag , and in 2014 the series was completed by Finix Comics . In addition to Morvan and Buchet, the series was also designed by José Luis Munuera and Christian Lerolle .
| No. | German title | Original title | Appearance in Germany | ISBN |
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| 1 | Houyo | Houyo (2004), 48 pages | Carlsen, 2005 | ISBN 978-3-551-78491-9 |
| Houyo - Édition spéciale noir et blanc (2004), 48 pages | ||||
| 2 | Girodouss | Girodouss (2005), 46 pages | Carlsen, 2006 | ISBN 978-3-551-78492-6 |
| 3 | Latitzoury | Latitzoury (2007), 46 pages | Finix Comics, 2014 | ISBN 978-3-945270-04-2 |
| 4th | Do you still have energy? | Il vous reste de l'énergie? (2008), 47 pages | Finix Comics, 2015 | ISBN 978-3-945270-05-9 |
| 5 | Princess Nävis | Princesse Nävis (2009), 47 pages | Finix Comics, 2015 | ISBN 978-3-945270-06-6 |
Background information
- In German and Czech the title was adopted, in English the series is called after the English word for wake wake . In other countries titles like Konvoi or Armada were chosen.