The Adventures of Alix

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Alix, or more correctly The Adventures of Alix, is a popular French comic book series drawn in the Ligne claire style, by one of the masters of the style, Jacques Martin. When he retired from drawing, the books passed on to an assistant, who now produces the books. The series was first published in Tintin magazine, in 1948 and later the stories were produced as books. So far, the series consists of 25 albums. The books are published by Casterman, the same publishing house which is behind The Adventures of Tintin by Hergé.

The stories revolve around a Gaulish boy called Alix who lives in Roman times, and the stories are considered historically accurate.^{[citation needed]}

1 List of volumes
2 Publications in English
3 References
4 External links

[edit] List of volumes

Alix l'intrepide (Alix the intrepid)
Le Sphinx d'or (The Golden sphinx)
L'ile maudite (The Cursed Island)
La Tiare d'oribal (The Sacred Helmet)
La griffe noire (The Black Claw)
Les légions perdues (The lost legions)
Le dernier Spartiate (The last Spartan)
Le Tombeau Etrusque (The Etruscan tomb)
Le dieu sauvage (The Savage God)
Iorix le grand (Iorix the Great)
Le prince du nil (The Prince of the Nile)
Le fils du Spartacus (The son of Spartacus)
Le spectre du Carthage (The Spectre of Carthage)
Les Proies du Volcan (The prey of the volcano)
L'enfant grec (The Greek child)
La tour de Babel (The Tower of Babel)
L'empereur de Chine (The Emporer of China)
Vercingetorix (Vercingetorix)
Le Cheval de troie (The Trojen Horse)
O Alexandrie (O Alexandria)
Les barbares (The Barbarians)
La chute d'Icare (The Fall of Icarus)
Le fleuve de Jade (The River of Jade)
Roma, Roma (Rome, Rome)
C'était à Khorsabad (It was at Khorsabad)

[edit] 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.