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 Sample of Cités obscures, Les

Cities of the Fantastic

Cités obscures, Les

Art: François Schuiten

Script: Benoît Peeters

Status: Ongoing

Genre: Fantasy


1. 1983 44p.Les murailles de Samaris
Original CoverNBM: Stories of the Fantastic #2: The Great Walls of SamarisHeavy Metal #92: 1984 November [+4 magazines]

Bull Stories of the Fantastic #2: The Great Walls of Samaris

By: NBM

ISBN: 9780918348364 (48p.) (2001) Format: Softcover

Bull Heavy Metal #92: 1984 November [+4 magazines]

As: 'The Walls Of Samaris'

2. 1985 94p.La fièvre d'Urbicande
Original CoverNBM: Stories of the Fantastic #3: Fever in UrbicandCheval Noir #1: 1989 #1 [+5 magazines]

Bull Stories of the Fantastic #3: Fever in Urbicand

By: NBM

ISBN: 9780918348869 (96p.) (2002) Format: Softcover

Bull Cheval Noir #1: 1989 #1 [+5 magazines]

As: 'Fever in Urbicand'

3. 1987 104p.La tour
Original CoverNBM: Stories of the Fantastic #4: The TowerCheval Noir #9: 1990 #6 [+5 magazines]

Bull Stories of the Fantastic #4: The Tower

By: NBM

ISBN: 9781561630707 (112p.) (1987) Format: Softcover

Bull Cheval Noir #9: 1990 #6 [+5 magazines]

As: 'The Tower'

Contains (English):

Where Giovanni Battista, Keeper by Trade, Realizes that he has Eaten too many Eggs (13p) (Cheval Noir #9: 1990 #6)

Where we Learn that he who Tries too Hard to Descend often ends up Climbing Higher (15p) (Cheval Noir #10: 1990 #7)

Of Elias Aureolus Palingenius, of the Young Milena and some Mysterious Paintings (15p) (Cheval Noir #11: 1990 #8)

Of Dreams, Star-Gazing, and Certain Other Things about which Decency Requires Discretion (19p) (Cheval Noir #12: 1990 #9)

Of the Loves of Claudius and some Voracious Hounds (13p) (Cheval Noir #13: 1990 #10)

Where we End in such a Strange Way, that it is Better to Remain Silent (18p) (Cheval Noir #14: 1991 #1)

4. 1988 64p.La route d'Armilia
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5. 1992 97p.Brüsel
Original CoverNBM: Cities of the Fantastic #1: Brüsel

Bull Cities of the Fantastic #1: Brüsel

By: NBM

ISBN: 9781561632916 (119p.) (2002) Format: Hardcover

Contains (English):

Fantastic Plastic (16p)

All Problems Go with Freddy DeVrouw (16p)

Electricity is Felicity (16p)

Off the Hospital with Good 'Ole Dersenval! (16p)

Says Doctor Vincent: I'm Quite Content! (16p)

For Death to be Beat, One Last Feat (16p)

6. 1996 149p.L'enfant penchée
Original CoverAlaxis Press: Obscure Cities, The #1: The Leaning Girl

New! Obscure Cities, The #1: The Leaning Girl

By: Alaxis Press

ISBN: 9781628472271 (176p.) (2014) Format: Hardcover

After a freak accident on the Star Express roller coaster, 13 year-old Mary Von Rathen begins to lean. Doctors can not help her, so she is sent by her selfish mother and hen-pecked father to a private school in Sodrovni. Mary escapes and joins the Robertson Circus where she remains for several years, until she hears from newspaper editor, Stanislas Sainclair, that a scientist, Axel Wappendorf, might be able to help her. Wappendorf is working on a rocket to reach a planet that could hold the secret to Mary's trouble. Meanwhile an artist, Augustin Desombres, has run away from the busy world and buys an empty building on the High Plains of Aubrac in the French countryside. He begins painting murals of strange globes. Now as a young woman, Mary decides to join Wappendorf in the rocket. On the alien planet, they discover an area with many globes where she has a chance meeting with the artist.

7. 1999 87p.L'ombre d'un homme
Original Cover
8. 2002 63p.La frontière invisible 1
Original CoverNBM: Cities of the Fantastic #2: The Invisible Frontier 1

Bull Cities of the Fantastic #2: The Invisible Frontier 1

By: NBM

As: 'The Invisible Frontier: Part 1'

ISBN: 9781561633333 (64p.) (2002) Format: Hardcover

9. 2004 67p.La frontière invisible 2
Original CoverNBM: Cities of the Fantastic #3: The Invisible Frontier 2

Bull Cities of the Fantastic #3: The Invisible Frontier 2

By: NBM

As: 'The Invisable Frontier: Part 2'

ISBN: 9781561634002 (71p.) (2004) Format: Hardcover

10. 2007 109p.La théorie du grain de sable 1
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11. 2008 115p.La théorie du grain de sable 2Script: François Schuiten, Benoît Peeters
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1987 63p.L'archiviste
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