Marquis of Anaon the Vol. 4: the Beast
By (Author) Fabien Vehlmann
Illustrated by Matthieu Bonhomme
Cinebook Ltd
Cinebook Ltd
7th July 2016
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
741.5
Paperback
52
Width 217mm, Height 287mm, Spine 3mm
Isere, on the marchesof France.A regiment of dragoons enters a seemingly deserted village to find severalbadly mangled bodies and evidence of an attack by a wild animal. Survivorsspeak of a massive beast with almost human eyes, of a werewolf...The thing'strail leads over the border with the Duchy of Savoy, and the commander of thedragoons takes a small detachment, in civilian clothes, after it. With them is hiscousin: Jean-Baptiste Poulain...
Fabien Vehlmannproved his mettle with such hits as GreenManor and a Spirou one-off, before becoming in 2009 the new official team forDupuis' flagship series with Yoann.His series Alone (Seuls) with Bruno Gazzotti has garneredcritical and popular acclaim and earned two Youth Awards at the AngoulemeFestival, as well as two Grand Prix from Le Journal de Mickey. Matthieu Bonhomme has been an artistfor Spirou magazine and several children books. He's worked with some big namessuch as Fabien Vehlmann and Lewis Trondheim, but also solo: his firstbook L'age de la Raison received the 2003 Alph'Art award in Angouleme, and his series Le Voyage d'Esteban has been met with great success.