Yakari
| Yakari | |
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Yakari #1 (1977)
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher |
Le Lombard (French) Cinebook (English) |
| Format | Ongoing series |
| Genre | Graphic Novel |
| Number of issues | 38 (in French) 12 (in English) |
| Creative team | |
| Writer(s) | Job (André Jobin) (1973-2016), Joris Chamblain (2016-) |
| Artist(s) | Derib (Claude de Ribaupierre) |
| Creator(s) | Derib & Job |
Yakari is a Franco-Belgian comic book series, aimed at a younger audience, written by Job and illustrated by Derib, both from Switzerland.
Job has finished working on Yakari. The series will be now written by Joris Chamblain.
Yakari has (on two occasions, 1983 and 2005) been adapted to a cartoon series on television, a movie was announced. Yakari is one of the most well-known Franco-Belgian comics in Europe.
Yakari is a young Sioux Native American who has the ability to understand and speak animal languages. During his adventures, he meets all sorts of North American animals. His best friends are a girl Sioux, "Rainbow", a Sioux boy "Buffalo Seed" and his pony "Little Thunder". He has a totem animal, "Great Eagle", who frequently appears to him to give him critical advice.
The setting is the North American Great Plains, mainly. Horses have already been introduced by the Spanish, but there is no mentioning of white man whatsoever in the series. (In one book, there's even a mention by an old tribesman that there's a mystery how the horse came to the land, and that it hasn't always been there.) It can therefore be assumed that Yakari's adventures take place after the 15th century, but long before the settling rush in the late 18th/19th century.
The comic shows a very positive view of the culture of the Sioux and depicts them as peaceful people who live in harmony with nature.
(English names; original French names in brackets when available)
Humans:
Mounts and wild animals:
Totem animals:
The books have been translated into at least 17 languages including English, Portuguese, German, Scandinavian languages, Finnish, Breton, Indonesian, Polish, Chinese, Turkish, Arabic, Inuktitut and Catalan etc.
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