{"id":117112,"date":"2017-11-09T01:20:06","date_gmt":"2017-11-09T00:20:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mediatoon-foreignrights.com\/thorgal-40-years-young\/"},"modified":"2018-01-02T11:53:21","modified_gmt":"2018-01-02T10:53:21","slug":"thorgal-40-years-young","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mediatoon-foreignrights.com\/fr\/thorgal-40-years-young\/","title":{"rendered":"Thorgal: 40 Years Young"},"content":{"rendered":"

On March 22nd, 1977, after several months of preparation by its authors, the first pages of the series Thorgal<\/em><\/a> were introduced to the public in the Belgian edition of the comics magazine Tintin<\/em><\/a>. Unbelievably, it\u2019s been forty years now since the saga\u2019s launch, with two young unknown authors at the helm: a Polish illustrator passionate about comics and a Belgian salesman drawn to writing<\/p>\n

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Grzegorz Rosinski<\/a> and Jean Van Hamme<\/a> decided to create together a new character and universe for Tintin<\/em> magazine (published by Le Lombard<\/a>), according to several key guidelines. First of all, the story and theme had to be something the magazine\u2019s readers hadn\u2019t already seen before. Secondly, the content of the series had to be in line with the strict censorship in place at the time in Poland. And finally, whatever they created had to be something Rosinski liked to draw! The young illustrator wanted as much as possible to avoid working on a present-day story, because of the difficulty of gathering all of the necessary documentation.<\/p>\n

Given these guidelines, Van Hamme came up with a Scandinavian hero with some loose cultural ties to the Polish Rosinski. He then placed him in the Middle Ages, and built around him a world of science-fiction, romanticism, and mythology. Thorgal<\/em> was born!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00a9 Van Hamme & Rosinkski \/ Cinebook<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Thorgal\u2019s first set of adventures was above all a test for the fledgling series. Titled La magicienne trahie<\/em><\/a> (\u2018The Sorceress Betrayed,\u2019 currently out of print in English), the short 30-page story was published across five issues of Tintin<\/em> in 1977.<\/p>\n

The very first appearance of Thorgal<\/em> was, as mentioned above, in the Belgian edition of Tintin<\/em>, in the March 15th<\/sup>, 1977 issue. But it was just a teaser announcing the imminent arrival of a new hero. The next issue featured the first six pages of La magicienne trahie<\/em>, under the title Le fils des orages<\/em> (\u2018The Son of the Storms\u2019). The same pages would later be published in the French edition of Tintin<\/em> six months later, on September 20th<\/sup>, 1977. Which makes Thorgal<\/em> 40 years old this year!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Cover of ‘Tintin’ magazine, marking the debut of the series ‘Thorgal’ (\u00a9 Le Lombard).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Those looking to find out more about the series\u2019 origins are in luck \u2013 provided French isn\u2019t an obstacle \u2013 thanks to the official Thorgal<\/em> website<\/a>, full of tremendously insightful information about the history and background of the series. For our anglophone readers, we can only suggest that you do yourself the favor of diving into the albums themselves, over 20 of which are currently available through Cinebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Vol. 1 of ‘Thorgal – The Early Years,’ published by Europe Comics in Sept. 2017 (‘La Jeunesse de Thorgal,’ Le Lombard 2013).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Even better, the series is continuing to break new ground today thanks to Les Mondes de Thorgal<\/em> (\u2018The World of Thorgal\u2019), a broad collection of stories that further explore and deepen the Thorgal<\/em> universe. The month of September marks the release of the first volume of\u00a0Thorgal \u2013 The Early Years<\/em><\/a> by Europe Comics, with more to follow in the coming months! So be sure to stay tuned.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, we invite you to take a moment to sit back and appreciate everything that the series has represented and accomplished thus far, pulling us into a universe of endless adventure, dreams, and passions. Happy 40th<\/sup> birthday, Thorgal!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Adapted from \u2018Thorgal a 40 ans<\/em><\/a>\u2018 (\u2018Thorgal Turns 40\u2019) on the official Thorgal<\/em> website<\/a>. Header image: Thorgal<\/em> \u00a9 Van Hamme & Rosinski \/ Le Lombard<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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