La fièvre d'Urbicande
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Graphic novel
A graphic novel is a narrative work in which the story is conveyed to the reader using sequential art in either an experimental design or in a traditional comics format...
by Belgian comic artists François Schuiten
François Schuiten
Baron François Schuiten is a Belgian comic book artist. He is best known for drawing the series Les Cités Obscures.-Biography:François Schuiten was born in Brussels, Belgium in 1956....
and Benoît Peeters
Benoît Peeters
Benoît Peeters is a comics writer, novelist, and critic. He has lived in Belgium since 1978.His best-known work is Les Cités Obscures, an imaginary world which mingles a Borgesian metaphysical surrealism with the detailed architectural vistas of the series' artist, François Schuiten...
, the second volume of their ongoing Les Cités Obscures
Les Cités Obscures
Les Cités obscures is a graphic novel series set on a Counter-Earth, started by the Belgian comics artist François Schuiten and his friend, writer Benoît Peeters in the early 1980s...
series. It was first published in serialized form starting in 1983 in the Franco-Belgian comics magazine
Franco-Belgian comics magazines
Belgium and France have a long tradition in comics. They have a common history for comics and magazines.In the early years of its history, magazines had a large place on the comics market and were often the only place where comics were published. Most of them were kids-targeted.In the 1970s,...
À Suivre
À Suivre
or was a Franco-Belgian comics magazine published from February 1978 to December 1997 by the Casterman publishing house....
(#68-73), and as a complete volume first in 1985 by Casterman
Casterman
Casterman is a publisher of Franco-Belgian comics, specializing in comic books and children's literature. The company is based in Tournai, Belgium.Founded in 1780, Casterman was originally a printing company and publishing house...
. In English, it was published as Fever in Urbicand (Cities of the Fantastic) in 1990 by NBM Publishing
NBM Publishing
NBM Publishing is an American publisher of graphic novels. The company specializes in non-superhero comic genres and has translated and published over 150 graphic novels from Europe and Canada, as well as several works by Americans...
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In French
- La fièvre d'Urbicande, 1985, Casterman
- La fièvre d'Urbicande, 1993, Casterman
- La fièvre d'Urbicande, 1996, Casterman
- La fièvre d'Urbicande, 2002, Casterman
External links
- The Fever of Urbicande: A French Masterpiece You Probably Haven't Read, a detailed examination of the book by Julian Darius
- The city of a thousand bridges, introduction to La Fièvre d'Urbicande by François Schuiten and Benoît Peeters
- Fever in Urbicande, short review by Ville Forss
- La Fièvre d'Urbicande, review
- Series overview on A comprehensive review of the Obscure Cities series for English-speaking fans
- Les Cités Obscures by Juliani Darius on The Continuity Pages