Green Manor is a Franco-Belgian comics

Franco-Belgian comics

Franco-Belgian comics are comics that are created in Belgium and France. These countries have a long tradition in comics and comic books, where they are known as BDs, an abbreviation of bande dessinée in French and stripverhalen in Dutch...

 series written by Fabien Vehlmann

Fabien Vehlmann

Fabien Vehlmann is a French comics writer best known for Green Manor and Seuls. Yvan Delporte dubbed him "The René Goscinny of the third millennium".-Biography:...

, illustrated by Denis Bodart and published by Dupuis

Dupuis

Éditions Dupuis S.A. is a Belgian publisher of comic books and magazines.Based in Marcinelle near Charleroi, Dupuis was founded in 1922 by Jean Dupuis, and is mostly famous for its comic albums and magazines. It is originally a French language publisher, but publishes many editions both in French...

 in French and Cinebook in English.

Volumes

1. Assassins et Gentlemen - Jan 2001 ISBN 2800131373
2. De l'inconvénient d'être mort - Feb 2002 ISBN 2800132337
3. Fantaisies meurtrières - Apr 2005 ISBN 2800135980

Translations

Cinebook Ltd

Cinebook Ltd

Cinebook Ltd is a British publishing company that publishes comic books and graphic novels. It describes itself as "the 9th art publisher," the 9th art being comics in continental Europe, especially France, Italy and Greece....

 is publishing Green Manor. The last two volumes have been compiled together into one English volume.:

1. Assassins and Gentlemen - May 2008 ISBN 9781905460533
2. The Inconvenience of Being Dead - Sept 2008 ISBN 9781905460649

Reception

The first Cinebook volume was reviewed by who complimented the structure and writing ("These stories get straight to the point and keep you there"), said that "[t]he art is gorgeous," before concluding that "[t]he book might be nearly $14, but the art and the storytelling density make for a better value than what that number looks like on the page."

Awards

The title was nominated for the 2002 Angoulême International Comics Festival Prize for Scenario

Angoulême International Comics Festival Prize for Scenario

This Prize for Scenario is awarded to comics authors at the Angoulême International Comics Festival.As is the customary practice in Wikipedia for listing awards such as Oscar results, the winner of the award for that year is listed first, the others listed below are the nominees.-1990s:* 1993:...

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