Blake and Mortimer is an animated television series, based on the Blake and Mortimer

Blake and Mortimer

Blake and Mortimer is a Belgian comics series created by the Belgian writer and comics artist Edgar P. Jacobs. It was one of the first series to appear in the Belgian comics magazine Tintin in 1946, and was subsequently published in book form by Les Editions du Lombard.The main protagonists of the...

 comic book

Blake and Mortimer

Blake and Mortimer is a Belgian comics series created by the Belgian writer and comics artist Edgar P. Jacobs. It was one of the first series to appear in the Belgian comics magazine Tintin in 1946, and was subsequently published in book form by Les Editions du Lombard.The main protagonists of the...

  by Edgar Pierre Jacobs

Edgar Pierre Jacobs

Edgard Félix Pierre Jacobs, , better known under his pen name Edgar P. Jacobs, was a Belgian comic book creator , born in Brussels, Belgium...

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The series was directed by Stéphane Bernasconi, and produced by Ellipse (France), and shown in 1997.

The first nine stories were used in this series, as well as four brand new stories, devised by the creators: The Viking's Bequest, The Secret of Easter Island, The Alchemist's Will, and The Druid. New writers, mostly connected to the production company as writers, dialogists or translators, were asked to come up with original plotlines which used the characters of Jacobs' stories, respected the magical/scientific Universe, but rang interesting changes.

Episode list

26 episodes were made, with each story consisting of two parts, these stories being:

• Mystery of the Great Pyramid
• The Yellow Mark
• Swordfish Versus Delta Red
• The Atlantis Enigma
• Heavy Weather
• The Infernal Machine
• The Ghost and the Necklace
• Professor Sató's Three Formulae
• The Francis Blake Affair
• The Viking's Bequest
• The Secret of Easter Island
• The Alchemist's Will
• The Druid

The Viking's Bequest

The Viking's Bequest was the first of four brand new stories in the animated television series. In this story, an Icelandic physicist has developed a geothermal energy process. She invites famed professionals to inspect her claims, including Blake, Mortimer and a disguised Olrik, who attempts to steal the new discovery. The British writer and (later) filmmaker Russell Craig Richardson wrote these episodes (as well as translating all 26 episodes for U.S. and Canadian release). Icelandic authenticity was aided by the collaboration of Thor Tulinius, the Reykjavik based actor, playwright and theatre director.

DVD releases

It was released on DVD in France (including English language options), and it was released in the UK in 2006 in a slim-lined box set.

See also

• Carland Cross
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• Night Hood
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• The Adventures of Tintin
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