The Adventures of Alix

Alix, or The Adventures of Alix, is a popular Franco-Belgian comics series drawn in the Ligne claire style, by one of the masters of the style, Jacques Martin. The stories revolve around a Gaulish boy named Alix who lives in the era of the Roman Empire.

Publication history

The series was first published in the comics magazine Tintin, on September 16, 1948.^[1] When Tintin ended publication in 1980 after the conclusion of the story L'enfant grec, the stories were exclusively published in books. So far, the series consists of 25 albums, published by Casterman, the publishing house also behind The Adventures of Tintin by Hergé. When Martin retired from drawing due to failing eyesight, he passed on the task to his former assistant, Rafael Morales who now creates the series.^[2]

List of volumes

1. Alix l'intrépide (Alix the intrepid)
2. Le Sphinx d'or (The Golden sphinx)
3. L'ile maudite (The Cursed Island)
4. La Tiare d'oribal (The Sacred Helmet)
5. La griffe noire (The Black Claw)
6. Les légions perdues (The Lost Legions)
7. Le dernier Spartiate (The Last Spartan)
8. Le Tombeau Etrusque (The Etruscan tomb)
9. Le dieu sauvage (The Savage God)
10. Iorix le grand (Iorix the Great)
11. Le prince du nil (The Prince of the Nile)
12. Le fils du Spartacus (The son of Spartacus)
13. Le spectre du Carthage (The Spectre of Carthage)
14. Les Proies du Volcan (The prey of the volcano)
15. L'enfant grec (The Greek Child)
16. La tour de Babel (The Tower of Babel)
17. L'empereur de Chine (The Emperor of China)
18. Vercingetorix
19. Le Cheval de troie (The Trojan Horse)
20. Ô Alexandrie (O Alexandria)
21. Les barbares (The Barbarians)
22. La chute d'Icare (The Fall of Icarus)
23. Le fleuve de Jade (The River of Jade)
24. Roma, Roma (Rome, Rome)
25. C'était à Khorsabad (It was at Khorsabad)

Publications in English

Similar to other Franco-Belgian comics, such as Blake and Mortimer, and Yoko Tsuno, the series has had little publication in English. Only two titles have been translated and are today relatively rare, The Sacred Helmet and The Black Claw.

Sources

Footnotes

External links

• Alix official site on Casterman (French)