Petit Trent

Trent #8

by Rodolphe, Luiz Eduardo de Oliveira (Leo)

Lors d'un voyage vers le pacifique, Trent est chargé de protéger Madame Taylor et son fils Jérémy, de Rodney, son mari. Une lettre d'Agnès à demi éffacée plonge notre sergent dans la perplexité : connaîtra-t-il bientôt les joies de la paternité?...Il imagine déjà un "Petit Trent" auquel il prête les traits de Jérémy. Mais Rodney ne laissera pas de répit au sergent et à ceux qu'il convoie.

Genres: Comics

48 pages, Hardcover

First published October 24, 2000

About the author

Rodolphe Daniel Jacquette (1948–2026), known professionally as Rodolphe, was a French comics writer. A recipient of the Jacques-Lob Prize, he was best known for his work on the series Comanche, Kenya, Amazonia, Namibia, Cliff Burton and Das Reich. He made six comic albums in collaboration with the illustrator Griffo, the last of which was Chagrin from 2026.

Reviews

[Simon Chadwick · Rating 4 out of 5]

other comic tales. Perhaps it is down to its pacing, or maybe the maturity of the subject matter, or it could be the melancholy undercurrent of a man in a rugged, untamed wilderness longing for something meaningful and personal.

Trent may well have found the partner he needs to make his dreams a reality, but the life he leads, and the distances being travelled by them both, mean that they're a long way from achieving a settled and contented existence. While Agnes heads to Europe with her mother, Trent is tasked with escorting a mother and child across Canada to the Pacific ocean. The woman is the former wife of a retired senator whose drunken binges has driven her away. It's a fact he cannot accept.

But at the core of the story here is Trent's longing to be a father at the centre of a family. He receives a letter from Agnes, but before he can read it he is forced to dive into the harbour to save Jeremy, the senator's son. With the letter sodden, it is largely unreadable, but he thinks he can make out the suggestion that Agnes is expecting.

Travelling by steamboat upriver, Trent learns that the senator has boarded the vessel along with some hired help, his intention to take back what he considers is his. Jeremy has no love for his sometimes violent father, and so Trent finds himself being treated as a surrogate – a role he cannot help but embrace. This, though, makes matters with the senator far more personal and dangerous.

As always, the story is evocatively illustrated by Leo. Best of all, it's a strong book to end the series on. If you've not tried a Cinebook title yet then this is a good place to start.

[Czterysta Czterdzieścicztery · Rating 2 out of 5]

Niestety, tym tomem autorzy udowadniają, że wszystko co mieli do opowiedzenia w tej serii już opowiedzieli. Historia o eskortowaniu kobiety z dzieckiem by ochronić ją przed agresywnym i notorycznie pijanym mężem, ani nie wypada szczególnie przekonująco, ani nie wpisuje się zbyt dobrze w tematykę serii. Dobrze wypada właściwie tylko dynamika postaci między Trentem, a małym chłopcem z okładki, która sprawia, że trent zamarzył o własnym synu.

Rysunki: ****
Scenariusz: **

[Krishnakumar Mohanasundaram · Rating 4 out of 5]

The final album of the series! Like other ones, it contains a loose continuation of the previous albums, yet also serves as a stand alone story.

We follow Trent as he follows a mother and child and accompanies them to their distant grandfather while they are in pursuit by the rogue husband/father.

For a very calm storyline this serves as a very good album!!

[Chidambaram · Rating 3 out of 5]

After commanche finished reading another good series. Trent is decent series like Jimmy Stewart kind of soft approach. loved the whole series.