Thorgal The Three Elders of Aran - [THIS SERIES IS SO GOOD!]

[@jolaola1987]

My mum has the whole series, started collecting it nearly 30 years ago 😍🍌🍍

[@ZiemowitP]

Rosinski is Polish and Van Hamme is Belgian. This is an awesome series and keeps on going with last release few years ago.

[@UnqualifiedComics]

I am really enjoying this series, it's fantastic!

[@ZiemowitP]

@@UnqualifiedComics They sure are. I have 35 books in Polish and uncensored.

[@streglof]

I've been reading these books since childhood. Believe me, they get better and better. Would definitely recommend reading the follow-up to"The Black Galley", which is "Beyond the Shadows." One other issue with a very haunting story is "Alinoë", which is one issue before "The Archers" Another series I'm very fond of is "Bernard Prince" by Hermann and Greg, which is completely different but definitely worth checking out.

[@UnqualifiedComics]

The Black Galley is excellent. I need to review Alinoe and Archers.

[@streglof]

@@UnqualifiedComics Looking forward to it!

[@FlorisDVijfde]

Thorgal is one of the great European comics. My favorites are the more dark fairy tale like stories. Definitely worth collecting the main series, at least up until 32. You should also absolutely check out Don Lawrence's Storm it is a MUST. Really that's the only one that trumps even Thorgal.

[@FolkloreIreland]

Good call!

[@comicKkrakK]

One of my all time favourites. Think I’m 11 volumes in and I’m still loving it. My first volume was #4, and it had me hooked immediately

[@UnqualifiedComics]

Is that the Archers? I heard that story is amazing. It's on route to my place and I can't wait to read it.

[@comicKkrakK]

@@UnqualifiedComics yeah man, that’s the one. The first story “Alinoe” is one of my favourites of the series so far.

[@RelativeStrengthFit]

Thorgal is so addictive, I finished reading it in German and Spanish even though they are not my native languages. The very last issues come out first in French, so I started learning it. So so good. The villains are epic.

[@mateusznowinski718]

Rosiński is painter from Poland❤

[@system-error]

I can't get enough of your Franco-Belgian comic reviews Dan! Keep em coming, and the other stuff too. You might be interested in XIII (roman numeral thirteen) which is a spy thriller by the same writer as this, Jean Van Hamme. It even got adapted into a pretty cool videogame. And 'Blake and Mortimer' is another cool spy one, high quality stuff from the WW2 era, with some similarities to Tintin and Dan Dare. That one is also interesting because it's a Belgian comic about British characters but it never got sold in Britain at all, it's completely unknown to the British. And yet Tintin, who is actually a Belgian, is a very well-known iconic character in Britain.

[@eveahn9595]

Yeah, thanks for reviewing all sorts of comics Dan.

[@UnqualifiedComics]

Yeah I think XIII and some Disney Comics were up next on my BD reviews. I'm pretty addicted to Thorgal right now though.

[@eveahn9595]

@@UnqualifiedComics addicted, huh? Haven't heard that word used when speaking about modern comics for a while.

[@scottpickering2382]

If you haven’t already, you should checkout Blacksad, film noir with anthropomorphic animals, art by Juanjo Guarnido who was a lead animator for Sabor from Tarzan and translated by Dark Horse Comics.

[@toeimoviefan2978]

Emiya is a Mattel equivalent of GI Joe's Destro and Emiya Shirou, Mattel equivalent of Cobra Commander.

[@SamGuthrie1977]

The art in Thorgal is beautiful. These look awesome. I'll buy them one day. I'm fine with great comics just staying comics and not becoming movies. I think it sometimes takes the best aspects, appeal, and charm of the comics and loses it in translation - especially when aimed towards a mass global audience. I'm all for more people seeing how cool comics are; but honestly I kinda hate the geek culture that's grown up around the American superhero movie and TV show, because I think it's hurting Western comics in multiple different ways. But I know I'm in the minority on this - and I'm willing to be proven wrong. I do think Japan has it right. It's like we were talking on another video about how healthy Manga is, and it has somehow become even more robust of an industry while its anime translations exist right alongside it. So clearly there's a difference between Japanese comics/movies and American comics/movies that I don't understand. Sorry - getting off topic. LOL Keep rocking, dood - great videos.

[@UnqualifiedComics]

I hear ya Sam. I think it begins with someone coming up with a sustainable means of creating and distributing comics to everyone and not just people with a lot of money or people lucky enough to be near a comicbook shop

[@eveahn9595]

@@UnqualifiedComics preach on compressed stories more, especially when reviewing Alterna. Their life depends on this format.

[@UnqualifiedComics]

I actually don't really need to. Pete Semeti, the owner of Alterna is a big fan of the old school of storytelling.

[@eveahn9595]

@@UnqualifiedComics well, I don't see him implementing it as an editor in books that are published in Alterna.

[@UnqualifiedComics]

@@eveahn9595 Because Alterna doesn't own the books. He published them but, the books belong to the creator. It's up to creators to bring back the classic storytelling.

[@axilleaskazuya5370]

I liked the art and the story in the child of the stars, but from the first page on this volume you see the level change

[@johnnyeverest9756]

Rosiński to Polak

[@rds4629]

This is an awesome series. Thorgal is kind of a Lawful-Good version of Conan... Great story and even some of the irritating characters like Shania are redeemed.

[@i3osco717]

I would have been ok reading it in English, but weirdly we have more of the story translated to Swedish than English.

[@eveahn9595]

>"I can't recommend this comic enough" Booo, unsubbed >"This is a compressed story" Finally, a compressed BD >"We are talking about an underage girl trying to get with an older man" Good thing our boi Thorgal is not a libertarian >"This would be a sick movie or series" No. It will remain a comic. Period. Anyway, seeing all these books I sometimes regret that we studied English and not French in school

[@UnqualifiedComics]

Haha, you should check it out! I know you like Thomas/Buscema Conan, you'll like Thorgal.

[@eveahn9595]

@@UnqualifiedComics I'm sure I will. At least, I want to.

[@SamGuthrie1977]

"Good thing our boi Thorgal is not a libertarian." ....or half of the male teachers when I was in high school.

[@eveahn9595]

@@SamGuthrie1977 man...