The adventures of Alix: A graphic comic-book series about the late Roman Republic

[Thorn777]

So I just got my hands on all 27 comic-books from the Alix series by Jacques Martin, and I thought I might introduce it to my fellow RS history buffs.

Its renowned for its historical accuracy, and captured me by its beautiful and detailed drawings. For any fan of the time-frame and open minded for the realistic style of old school European comic-books its an absolute must.

The story is about a Gallic boy who is a slave of Gracchus and follows him on his campaign to Parthia. From there the story evolves, and covers 200 years of Roman history quite accurate and entertaining.

Its also excellent to introduce your kid brother/sister or perhaps children to Roman history. At least that did it for me.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Alix

So has anyone read these or might be interested?

[Abreas]

That looks interesting . . . a bit more historical than . . . say Frank Miller's 300

Might have to check it out. Me likey pictures

[Lupus]

Very nice, indeed! Thanks for sharing.
Sometimes (?) old school is the only school.......lol

[Paedric]

Yeah, these books are great.
I advise them to any comics fan, and also to history fan.

[Sandrus Castus]

I have two of them in Dutch... quite nice reads yes.

[Charontas]

Yeh, I remember those when I visisted the Carrefour I think, he even to other places like Greece etc.

[cherryfunk]

Were they ever printed in English? I only see versions a la francaise on Amazon.

[Thorn777]

Were they ever printed in English? I only see versions a la francaise on Amazon.

I only realized this after posting: there are only 2 titles in English published in 1971, but both considered very rare because of that. So they cost...

The publisher: Wardlock & Co
The titles: The Sacred Helmet and The Black Claw