Il a réalisé de nombreuses illustrations, affiches et timbres-poste partout en Europe. The CD contains an audio play that is partly a fake report from Desombres's first exhibition, partly chronicles Desombres crossing over into the world of the Obscure Cities by accident by means of his own exhibition. - Tome 1, Les Cités obscures Les cités obscures, Tome 4, Intégrale - Livre 4, Benoît Peeters, François Schuiten, Casterman. In this fictional world, humans live in independent city-states, each of which has developed a distinct civilization, each characterized by a distinctive architectural style. Ses albums ont été traduits en une quinzaine de langues et ont obtenu de nombreux prix. Requiring a few revised editions of the early albums, the basic tenets and elements of Le monde obscure were laid down since the late 1980s. The full series is available in most Western European languages (in French and Dutch by Casterman, in German, Spanish, and Portuguese by local publishing houses) and other French speaking countries (in francophone Canada by Editions Flammarion). La Fièvre d'Urbicande - édition luxe en couleur, Les Cités obscures La Théorie du grain de sable, Les Cités obscures La série compte aujourd'hui une quinzaine d'albums, tous publiés en français aux éditions Casterman, et traduits dans une dizaine de langues. La série compte aujourd'hui une quinzaine d'albums, tous publiés en français aux éditions Casterman, et traduits dans une dizaine de langues. - Tome 3, Les Terres Creuses Editée à l'occasion de la sortie du Livre 2 de l'Intégrale des Cités Obscures chez Casterman, il s'agit de la deuxième image d'une nouvelle collection de sérigraphies, dont chacune se rapportera à un album de la série. Before the shooting, even the extras were chosen to look like the characters in the comic book.[8]. Various (Schuiten & Peeters among others; 1994). Les Murailles de Samaris, Les Cités obscures Drafting and developing stages of the above-mentioned film Taxandria and its accompanying graphic novel adaptation began between Schuiten and Peeters as early as 1988. A common theme in steampunk-influenced Les Cités obscures, Taxandrian clothing and technology appear to resemble Victorian times on our earth, Taxandria's architecture is reminiscent of Schuiten's trademark phantasmagorical architectural fantasies, and another feature the film shares with Les Cités obscures is a bloated absurd, Kafkaesque bureaucracy. In 2004, Schuiten and Peeters published the illustrated book La Maison Autrique: Métamorphose d'une maison Art Nouveau (published as Maison Autrique - Metamorphosis of an Art Nouveau House in English) about the building, its restoration during the 1990s, and Horta's life and work. Les Cités obscures sont l'œuvre culte de François Schuiten et Benoît Peeters. These reports on the internet correspond to the pseudorealism of Schuiten and Peeters when enclosing "authentic" documentary or amateur CDs (Le Musée A. Desombres, 1990) or DVDs (L'affaire Desombres, 2002) to their print publications regarding the Obscure Cities. Written by Belgian author and Obscure fan Thierry Smolderen (under the pseudonym Professeur R. de Brok),[7] Le Mystère d'Urbicande purports to be a scientific essay bent to debunk the events of La fièvre d'Urbicande, heavily annotated in emotional handwriting by Eugen Rodick, the main character of La fièvre d'Urbicande who is now locked up in Brüsel's Sixth Hospice, the city's mental asylum. Un portfolio de trois tirages collectors vous sera offert, dans les librairies participantes, pour l'achat de deux albums parmi la sélection "40 ans de roman en bande dessinée". La Fièvre d'Urbicande - édition couleur, Les Cités obscures Depuis 1980, il travaille avec Benoît Peeters à la série Les Cités Obscures. Nogeon Along with these, a number of conspiracy theories are explored, regarding authorities of our world intending to prevent the spread of knowledge regarding the parallel world and destroy various Obscure Passages. Les Cités Obscures - Tome 2, Les Cités obscures - 3, 386 pages Les Cités Obscures integrals Les Cités Obscures integrals is a serie of books with the integral publication of all Obscure Cities stories until today. Retrouvez tous nos ouvrages en stock ou à commander sur le site de la librairie Les Cités obscures (literally The Obscure Cities, but initially published in English as Cities of the Fantastic) 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. Carapaces This trend for multimedia expansion began with the book Le Mystère d'Urbicande (1985) which marked the series' acquiring a life of its own and whereby Schuiten and Peeters began to realize the true potential of their concept. Subsequently, there is a loose connection between the increasingly multimedia series of the Obscure Cities and the Belgian fantasy film Taxandria (1994) directed by Servais (starring, among others, Armin Mueller-Stahl), where Schuiten served as production designer. The books published in French so far below: Beside these "official" parts to the story, Schuiten and Peeters also collaborated, partly with other authors, on a number of works that were not originally linked to the series but that were set in similar settings, were linked to it later, and/or highlighted particular aspects of the Obscure World without being a traditional narrative. Official website for the English-language market: Comic book series by François Schuiten and Benoît Peeters, Angoulême International Comics Festival Prize for Best Album, http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/59982-alaxis-press-to-publish-obscure-cities-graphic-novels-in-english.html, A comprehensive review of the Obscure Cities series for English-speaking fans, "Gaiman Awards: Manga isn't only in Japan! La Route d'Armilia Intégrale - Livre 1. Née en 1982 de la collaboration de François Schuiten et de Benoît Peeters, Les Cités obscures est une série mythique de la bande dessinée contemporaine. The learned will at once discern how much of this compend is taken from the writings of others, … to name no other moderns, from Pufendorf’s smaller work, de officio hominis et civis, which that worthy and ingenious man the late Professor Gershom Carmichael of Glasgow, by far the best commentator on that work, has so supplied and corrected that the notes are of much more value than the text.9 CASTERMAN : Univers d'auteurs- Tome 1 - Les Cités obscures - Les murailles de Samaris - Benoît Peeters - à lire en ligne sur izneo ou à télécharger sur tablette ou smartphone iOS et Android. Le Guide des cités, Les Cités obscures A reinterpreting graphic novel adaptation of the movie Taxandria was published by Schuiten and Peeters one year prior to the film's official release under the title Souvenirs de l'Eternel Présent: Variation sur le Film Taxandria de Raoul Servais (Arboris, 1993, ISBN 90-344-1011-0, ISBN 978-90-344-1011-5), also including production background information on the film. Entretiens avec Jirô Taniguchi, Les Terres Creuses BD Les Cités obscures - Angoulême 1985 : Alfred de la meilleure BD de l'année pour le tome 2 Un univers tres prenant qui se base sur la narration d'histoires qui se déroulent dans plusieurs cités appartenant à un monde parallele au notre. Les Cités obscures (literally The Obscure Cities, but initially published in English as Cities of the Fantastic) 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. The stories of the cités obscures appear in a series of graphic novels and related books, published by Casterman. On the other hand, Bohun often gets it right, and he can be quite sharp in capturing the meaning of the Latin. Les Cités obscures est une série de bande dessinée de fantasy créée par le dessinateur François Schuiten et le scénariste Benoît Peeters dont le premier tome est publié en septembre 1983.La série compte aujourd'hui onze albums, tous publiés en français aux éditions Casterman, et traduits dans une dizaine de langues, et quatorze hors-série. L' Enfant penchée, Les Cités obscures The world (or "continent", according to the authors) of the Cités obscures forms a disparate grouping of cities located on a "counter-Earth", which is invisible from our Earth because it is situated exactly opposite it on the other side of the Sun. En 2018, redécouvrez les plus grands récits de la bande dessinée dans leur nouvelle édition ! In this fictional world, humans live in independent city-states, each of which has developed a distinct civilization, each characterized by a distinctive architectural style. [1][2][3] The Leaning Girl received a 2015 Eisner Award nomination as Best U.S. As a matter of fact, François Schuiten agreed to have a 3D model made out of his futuristic auditorium, for a scene taking place inside the Temple of Cosmologists. Celle-ci rend hommage à la célèbre bande dessinée Brüsel. Commentaire : Le visuel de cette affiche est repris en page 36 de l'album "La Route d'Armilia", volume 4 des Cités Obscures, avec l'insertion supplémentaire du Zeppelin. Schuiten's graphic representations and architectural styles within Les Cités obscures is, among other historical themes, heavily influenced by Belgian Art Nouveau architect Victor Horta, who worked in Brussels at the turn of the 20th century. Most of them remain unpublished in English, whereas those six published in English (first in serialized form in Heavy Metal and Dark Horse Comics' Cheval Noir, then as complete albums by NBM Publishing) so far often had different cover design and page size. Moreover, careless rendition of crucial prepositions or conjunctions sometimes obscures the logic of the original. … En effet, Schuiten et Peeters nous livrent un opus magnifique d'intelligence, aussi bien dans le texte que visuellement. After a successful kickstarter campaign in mid 2013, Alaxis Press (an imprint of Atomic Vision Entertainment, Inc. and named after the "sulphuric" Obscure City of Alaxis) were able to fund a complete official English-language edition of The Leaning Girl (1996; volume 6 of the official series) and Leaning Mary (1995; spin-off picture book). Les Cités Obscures François Schuiten est né à Bruxelles le 26 avril 1956, … In 1996, Urbicande.be, the official website of the Obscure Cities went online where Schuiten and Peeters encouraged their fans all over Europe to send in their own ideas regarding the Obscure Cities and accounts of their own experiences in search for Obscure Passages. Souvenirs de l'éternel présent, Les Cités obscures Née en 1982 de la collaboration de François Schuiten et Benoît Peeters, la série Les Cités obscures est aujourd’hui une œuvre culte, avec 1,2 million d’exemplaires vendus en français et des traductions en une quinzaine de langues. In 1990, the development was further explored with Le Musée A. Desombres, an audio CD with a small booklet drawn by Schuiten, purporting to be an exhibition catalogue of paintings by Auguste Desombres, an artist living in our world in the late 19th century. À l’Institut Central des Archives, sous-section des Mythes et Légendes, l’archiviste Isidore Louis s’attelle à une mission inédite : élaborer un rapport qui rendra compte de l’état des connaissances sur cette curieuse affaire connue sous le nom de « Cités Obscures ». En savoir plus, Ce volume contient : La Tour, La Route d'Armilia, Brüsel, Genres : It is however under dispute among fans of the series whether Taxandria is truly one of the Obscure Cities due to a perceived appearance of a light-hearted children's fantasy movie to Servais's film. En poursuivant votre navigation sur ce site, vous acceptez l’utilisation de cookies pour vous proposer des contenus et services adaptés à vos centres d’intérêts.