Aid my search for a French Comic

Melancholy Chinese · Post by **Melancholy Chinese** » Thu Oct 10, 2002 7:14 am

This might be a question for the older members of the forum, but I'm looking for leads on an old French comic I read once way back when I was a toddler. It was stuck amidst the hardcover comics collection in the French embassy, along with Tintin, Asterix, and numerous others I've forgotten, but the one detail that sticks in my mind is the antagonist who literally had a broomhandle for a head.

Well, I'm not sure if it actually was a broom handle, but his head was a knobbed stick of wood with little beady eyes and a toothy evil grin. And he wore a cape, cloak, I don't remember if the rest of his body was wood as well. It was done in the European style, with wonderfully subtle flat coloring, linework, and detail, and it wasn't a children's book either. The protagonist was a redhaired freckled woman and her grandfather. The setting was definitely fantasy, and I didn't understand the plot because it was, afterall, in French.

Any leads would be appreciated.

Ben-D · Post by **Ben-D** » Thu Oct 10, 2002 7:59 am

I am french canadian and I know a lot on euro comic but I don't know what you talking about . If it can help you in your schearch , I know a serie name "Isabelle" who have a red hair protagonist .or maybe "Melusine" who are a witch ...

Or go to http://www.lesitebd.com , if you remember the cover , you can maybe find it .

Reinder · Post by **Reinder** » Thu Oct 10, 2002 10:38 am

This could be "La Quete a'l Oiseau de temps" - Quest for the Timebird, by Loisel and Letendre. The third volume (The Hunter) has an antagonist who looks a bit like you described. I used to have the series, but I sold my copies a few years ago, so I'm going by memory.

Melancholy Chinese · Post by **Melancholy Chinese** » Thu Oct 10, 2002 11:33 am

Yes, that's the one! I did a search for the Time Bird and I remembered the hunting scene with the blue creature and the bird-monsters.

Thank you very much for your help.

McDuffies · Post by **McDuffies** » Thu Oct 10, 2002 3:22 pm

I knew the answer.

Sortelli · Post by **Sortelli** » Thu Oct 10, 2002 3:43 pm

I didn't know the answer, but I just want to bump this thread because French comics rule.

Melancholy Chinese · Post by **Melancholy Chinese** » Fri Oct 11, 2002 5:13 am

I know, let us post scans of random French comics.

McDuffies · Post by **McDuffies** » Fri Oct 11, 2002 12:48 pm

I've got some links on my links page, http://mcduffies.keenspace.com/mclinks.html

Melancholy Chinese · Post by **Melancholy Chinese** » Fri Oct 11, 2002 2:34 pm

Cool stuff.

Okay, I've got another comic, if anyone's up for another guess. Also in the French embassy was a science fiction comic based on the time-travelling adventures of two space-suit wearing aliens who travelled in their bullet-shaped spaceship.

I think in the end the two bought it from a tribe of neanderthals/primitive humans.

Reinder · Post by **Reinder** » Sat Oct 26, 2002 3:03 am

Did the aliens spend most of their time shooting at anything that moved for no good reason at all? It might be a comic by Lewis Trondheim, the name of which I can't remember.

MixedMyth · Post by **MixedMyth** » Sat Oct 26, 2002 10:49 am

Ah me! Asterix, Tintin...*eyes glaze over*

Melancholy Chinese · Post by **Melancholy Chinese** » Sun Oct 27, 2002 2:07 pm

Unfortunately, I don't remember much else about the comic. But thanks for keeping it on your mind that long. Vroom.