Dungeon (comics)
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Dungeon (Donjon) |
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| Created by |
Joann Sfar Lewis Trondheim |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Delcourt |
| Formats | Original material for the series has been published as a set of graphic novels. |
| Original language | French |
| Genre | |
| Publication date | 1998 – 2014 |
| Creative team | |
| Writer(s) |
Joann Sfar Lewis Trondheim |
| Artist(s) | Various |
| Creator(s) |
Joann Sfar Lewis Trondheim |
| Reprints | |
| The series has been reprinted, at least in part, in English. | |
Dungeon (French title: Donjon) is a series of comic fantasy comic books created by Joann Sfar and Lewis Trondheim, with contributions from numerous other artists. It was originally published in France by Delcourt as a series of graphic albums; English translations of the first several stories have been released by NBM Publishing, first in a black-and-white periodical version and now as several color graphic novels.
The series is a parody of sword and sorcery conventions in general, and specifically of the role-playing game Dungeons and Dragons. All of the characters are either anthropomorphic animals or other strange creatures. The "dungeon" of the title is, in the original series, a business establishment run by a mild-mannered chicken, where heroes come in search of adventure and treasure and invariably die. The timeline in the main continuity is described as the stages of day; the series that lead up to the dungeon's creation are described in the Potron-Minet (Dawn) segment, the castle's glory days are described as its Zénith, and its inevitable decay is described in the Crépuscule (Twilight) stories.
Now mostly available in English, the French Donjon is an extremely ambitious work consisting of three sub-series and various side projects.
With art by Christophe Blain and Christophe Gaultier, the five volumes of this series take place in an earlier era, describing events leading up to the creation of the titular dungeon. In English translation, the Dawn series is called Early Years.
DZ portrays the "golden age" of the world of Terra Amata . Albums 1 to 4 are drawn by Trondheim, 5 and 6 by Boulet.
In this darker series, of 8 volumes, Herbert the Duck has become the dark overlord of the Dungeon, known as The Great Khan. Marvin the dragon, old and blind, teams with Marvin the Red, a brash rabbit warrior. The first three volumes are drawn by Sfar, the others by various artists.
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