01-23-2010, 08:50 PM
French author and illustrator Jacques Martin has passed away aged 88
He was the cartoonist who worked on the Tin Tin series and more recently as the creator of 'The Adventures of Alix' and 'The Voyages of Alix' books, with many of the stories set in Ancient Rome. These also included visits to many ancient sites such as Pompeii, Petra and Carthage with numerous re-constructions of ancient buildings and costumes. The books also include two volumes on ancient shipping.
Tin Tin aside he was perhaps better known to non English speakers as the Alix series of books are sold throughout continental Europe but rarely in the UK and were not translated into English. Nevertheless they often show the ancient world in a more accurate, colourful and sometimes brutal way than many books produced in this country.
Graham.
He was the cartoonist who worked on the Tin Tin series and more recently as the creator of 'The Adventures of Alix' and 'The Voyages of Alix' books, with many of the stories set in Ancient Rome. These also included visits to many ancient sites such as Pompeii, Petra and Carthage with numerous re-constructions of ancient buildings and costumes. The books also include two volumes on ancient shipping.
Tin Tin aside he was perhaps better known to non English speakers as the Alix series of books are sold throughout continental Europe but rarely in the UK and were not translated into English. Nevertheless they often show the ancient world in a more accurate, colourful and sometimes brutal way than many books produced in this country.
Graham.
"Is all that we see or seem but a dream within a dream" Edgar Allan Poe.
"Every brush-stroke is torn from my body" The Rebel, Tony Hancock.
"..I sweated in that damn dirty armor....TWENTY YEARS!', Charlton Heston, The Warlord.
"Every brush-stroke is torn from my body" The Rebel, Tony Hancock.
"..I sweated in that damn dirty armor....TWENTY YEARS!', Charlton Heston, The Warlord.
