Slaine

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Sláine (in older German-language edition Slaine ) is a fantasy or barbarian comic similar to the "Conan" series of the Marvel publishing house and has been published in Great Britain since 1983 as part of the 2000 AD comic series . The latter was initially published by IPC Media, now it is published by Rebellion . Sláine was invented by Pat Mills and his then wife Angie Kincaid , who also drew the first episode. Pat Mills continues to write the series to this day and works with changing artists, including a. with Simon Bisley , Glenn Fabry and Clint Langley . The German editions were published by Bastei-Verlag, by Feest-Verlag , which is affiliated with Egmont Ehapa Verlag , by Egmont Fleetway and, since 2017, by Dantes Verlag . The comic was also translated into other languages.

Plot and background

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The story is told by the dwarf Ukko, who accompanies Sláine on his adventurous journeys. The history of Sláine begins chronologically with the episodes drawn by Kincaid, Belardinelli and McMahon, which are summarized in Sláine - Dawn . According to some critics, the series reaches its graphic climax in the episode The Horned God drawn by Simon Bisley , which was published by Bastei in four separate volumes as 'Simon Bisley's Slaine', in which Sláine was first introduced to a German-speaking audience. The plot of this story, drawn by Simon Bisley, is set in the Tír na nÓg of a mythical prehistory and uses some elements of Irish-Gaelic myths (see also Celtomania ). Sláine is banished from his tribe in his youth, but is chosen by the earth goddess Danu as her champion and bed companion during his wandering, on which he meets the druid pupil Nest, who plays an important role in the further course of the plot. During this time the hostile Celtic tribes are threatened by sea demons, the formors. Sláine succeeds in forging an alliance of four tribes, each guarding a sacred artifact of the earth goddess, and leading them into a victorious battle against the Formors and after the fall of Tír na nÓg to Ireland. Finally, Sláine is appointed high king of these four tribes, the druid caste is deposed and the veneration of Danus is re-established as the supreme goddess. In later volumes Sláine is transported through time leaps into the epoch of the Roman invasion of Britain and into the Middle Ages, where he opposes the Roman occupiers or feudal lords and their god, who is a Lovecraft 's " elder god " thought of as a Demiurge , but not against the Christian God, but against a corrupt church and its representatives who are in the service of the Cythrons. At the end of volume 8 of the new edition of Dantes Verlag it says from Sláine: “Time is meaningless, Marian. We all fight in an eternal war between good and bad. We fight for the Goddess through time and space. It only matters who you are ... and if you listen to the voice in your heart. It doesn't matter if you call yourself 'Christian', 'Pagan', 'Druid' or 'Witch' or 'Hero' ... that's just the name of your sword. "

The fictional character of the protagonist Sláine is based on Cú Chulainn , the hero of the Irish Ulster cycle . Attributes of the Cú Chulainn that are assigned to Sláine are the ríastrad or warp-spasm (translated as " Wellenkrampf" in the older German Sláine versions, "Verwindungskrampf" in the current translation by Dantes Verlag), a rage in the Sláine turns into a monster, as does the Gae Bolga , a barbed spear (reproduced as "Zackenspeer" in earlier German editions; however, Sláine mostly fights with a Labrys of a double ax). Also borrowed from the Ulster cycle is the name of the warrior queen Medb , who in Sláine is an opponent of the hero. The protagonist is named after Sláine mac Dela, the legendary first high king of Ireland . His clan name Mac Roth is the name of the steward of King Ailill mac Máta and Queen Medb of Connacht , two central figures in the saga Táin Bó Cúailnge . The goddess Danu, worshiped by Sláine, and her tribes, the Túatha Dé Danann , come from Celtic mythology. The horned god Carnun, embodied by Sláine as hero, pioneer and temporary companion Danus, was inspired by the Gallic deity Cernunnos . The formors with their leader Balor also come from Irish sagas. David Lloyd , Glenn Fabry and Simon Bisley used the Gundestrup cauldron as a model for the depiction of one of the earth goddess' sacred objects, the Dagda cauldron .

German editions

  • Slaine, Lord of the Sun Realm. Bastei-Verlag 1990–1993. (Text: Pat Mills; drawings: Simon Bisley; content identical to the four volumes by Simon Bisley's Slaine published by Feest Comics )
  • 2000 AD presents: Slaine. Egmont Fleetway 1999-2001. (Text: Pat Mills)
    • 2000 AD presents 2: Slaine (1): The Lord of the Beasts ( ISBN 1-85386-351-3 ; drawings: Rafael Garres, Paul Staples)
    • 2000 AD presents 5: Slaine (2): Queen of the Serpents ( ISBN 1-85386-354-8 ; Drawings: Paul Staples; Siku)
    • 2000 AD presents 15: Slaine (3): The Secret Alliance (1) ( ISBN 1-85386-376-9 ; Drawings: David Bircham)
    • 2000 AD presents 16: Slaine (4): The secret alliance (2) ( ISBN 3-7704-2850-1 ; drawings: David Bircham)
    • 2000 AD presents 17: Slaine (5): The secret alliance (3) ( ISBN 3-7704-2851-X ; drawings: David Bircham)
    • 2000 AD presents: Slaine (Exhibition Special 2000) (Drawings: Glenn Fabry, Jim Murray)
  • Sláine. Dantes publishing house since 2017
    • Sláine 1 - Dawn, 2017, ( ISBN 978-3-946952-02-2 , text: Pat Mills and Angie Kincaid, drawings: Massimo Belardinelli, Angie Kincaid and Mike McMahon, translation: Jens R. Nielsen)
    • Sláine 2 - Drachenbeute, 2017, ( ISBN 978-3-946952-03-9 , text: Pat Mills, drawings: Mike McMahon and Massimo Belardinelli, translation: Jens R. Nielsen)
    • Sláine 3 - The Time Killer, 2018, ( ISBN 978-3-946952-04-6 , text: Pat Mills, drawings: Glenn Fabry, David Pugh and Bryan Talbot, translation: Jens R. Nielsen)
    • Sláine 4 - The Crypt of Terror, 2018, ( ISBN 978-3-946952-15-2 , text: Pat Mills, drawings: Glenn Fabry, David Pugh, David Lloyd and Nick Williams, translation: Jens R. Nielsen)
    • Sláine 5 - Der König, 2018, ( ISBN 978-3-946952-25-1 , text: Pat Mills and Angie Kincaid, drawings: Glenn Fabry, Mike Collins and Mark Farmer, translation: Jens R. Nielsen)
    • Sláine 6 - The Horned God, 2019, ( ISBN 978-3-946952-26-8 , text: Pat Mills, drawings: Simon Bisley, translation: Jens R. Nielsen)
    • Sláine 7 - The Witch Queen, 2019, ( ISBN 978-3-946952-38-1 , text: Pat Mills, drawings: Glenn Fabry, Dermot Power, Greg Staples and Massimo Belardinelli, translation: Jens R. Nielsen)
    • Sláine 8 - The Fool Prince, 2020, ( ISBN 978-3-946952-50-3 , text: Pat Mills, drawings: Clint Langley, Greg Staples and Jim Murray, translation: Jens R. Nielsen)

Adaptations

So far there have been two adaptations of the novel :

In 2007 a rulebook for a sláine role-playing game within the RuneQuest universe was published:

In 1987 a Sláine computer game was released for the C64 and Amstrad CPC , which was available in Great Britain and Germany:

  • Sláine, the Celtic Barbarian. (Manufacturer: Martech; Developer: Creative Reality)

Popular culture

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Michale Hochhaus: The Best Comics 2019. Accessed April 14, 2020 .
  2. ^ Tobias Reckermann: Sláine - Comics in German first edition. Retrieved April 14, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Pat Mills, Massimo Bellardinelli: dragons prey - Part I . In: Josua Dantes (ed.): Slaine . tape 1 . Dantes Verlag, Mannheim 2017, p. 85 .
  4. ↑ Pat Mills, Simon Bisley: The Horned God . In: Josua Dantes (ed.): Sláine . tape 6 . Dantes Verlag, Mannheim 2019.
  5. ↑ Pat Mills, Glenn Fabry, Dermot Power: The Witch Queen . In: Josua Dantes (ed.): Sláine . tape 7 . Dantes Verlag, Mannheim 2019, p. 29-125 .
  6. ↑ Pat Mills et al. a .: The fool prince . In: Jousa Dantes (ed.): Sláine . tape 8 . Dantes Verlag, Mannheim 2020.
  7. ↑ Slaine (1987) (also: Sláine, the Celtic Barbarian) , on ifwizz.de, accessed on February 22, 2020
  8. ↑ Interview with The Lord Weird Slough Feg. enslavedbymetal.com, archived from the original on March 3, 2008 ; accessed on May 11, 2017 .