Lights of the Amalou
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Rating | : | 4.16 (775 Votes) |
Asin | : | 1631409166 |
Format Type | : | paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 2016-01-21 |
Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
The five-part Lights of the Amalou (Les Lumières d’Amalou), which won the Press Award in 1991, is her only graphic novel series. She has won three awards at the Angoulême Festival. She is guest of honor at the 75th Worldcon (World Science Fiction Convention) in 2017. Christophe Gibelin is a writer, cartoonist, and colorist who studied at the School of Fine Arts in Nîmes and obtained a degree in photography at Angoulême, where he met Claire Wendling. . His other comics credits include the science fiction se
First English translation.Long ago, no living creatures existed in the Legend world, except for a magician by the name of Théo…and a giant oak tree. An epic fantasy drawn by the internationally-renowned illustrator Claire Wendling that won the Press Award at the Angoulême Comics Festival. The world is now populated by a wide array of species, including the human-like Transparents—and one in particular, a young woman named Orane. In exchange, the magician would become immortal. The two beings made a pact: one would imagine and draw the form of the creatures, to which the second would give life. But as time passes, the Great Oak begins to weaken, and Théo wants to acquire its power…and then there are Yz and Meth, two hybrid demons who threaten to turn the world upside down.
His other comics credits include the science fiction series Le Traque-Mémoire and the heroic fantasy Terres d'Ombre, among others. . The five-part Lights of the Amalou (Les Lumières d’Amalou), which won the Press Award in 1991, is her only graphic novel series. She is guest of honor at the 75th Worldcon (World Science Fiction Convention) in 2017. Christophe Gibelin is a writer, carto