Le Désert Sans Lumière

Comanche #5

by Greg, Hermann Huppen (Illustrator)

Graphic art

Genres: Comics, Westerns, Bande Dessinée

48 pages, Board book

First published January 1, 1976

About the author

Pseudonym of Michel Regnier, who also published as Michel Denys and Louis Albert. He legally changed his name to Michel Greg in 1975.

The series for which Greg is best known, Achille Talon, began in 1963 in Pilote magazine, also the source of comics such as Asterix. Regnier became editor-in-chief of Tintin magazine in 1966 and remained so until 1974. He introduced a more adult genre, with less perfect heroes and more violence. He created some of his most famous series like Bruno Brazil and Bernard Prince in this period, and introduced artists like Hermann to the magazine. In 1975 he became literary director for the French publisher Dargaud and launched Achille Talon magazine.
As "Greg", Regnier was one of the most prolific creators of Franco-Belgian comics, working in all genres and collaborating with many other European artists and scriptwriters. Well known for working with artist Hermann, Greg also worked with André Franquin, Eddy Paape (Luc Orient), Dany, Albert Uderzo and René Goscinny, and many others. It is estimated that he contributed as a writer and an artist to some 250 comic albums.
Hergé asked him to remake two of The Adventures of Tintin — The Seven Crystal Balls and Prisoners of the Sun — into a script for one long animated movie, Tintin and the Temple of the Sun. He also wrote the script for Tintin and the Lake of Sharks.

Reviews

[Frédéric · Rating 5 out of 5]

Released from prison for eliminating Russ Dobbs, Red Dust must return to civilian life but that’s easier said than done.

Underneath this simple plot summary Greg manages to develop the ins and outs of Dust's new life very quickly - and very well - not forgetting, of course, to include a very good new threat leading to action scenes enhanced by the ever-excellent Hermann

[Matti Karjalainen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Perusvarmaa lännensarjakuvaa.

[Timo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Kyllä päässytkin unohtumaan, miten hyvää länkkäriä nämä Comanchet ovet.

[Sanna-Mari · Rating 4 out of 5]

Red Dust vapautuu vankilasta ja palaa muuttuneeseen kylään palvottuna, joskin sheriffen tarkkaan silmällä pitämänä, sankarina. Taidokkaasti Redin nuutunutta ja pakkotyössä kuihtunutta ruumista kuvaava albumi. Synkkää kuvitusta, vettä ja silmittömiä murhaajia...ja tilanteen pelastaa tuhkista nouseva sankari?

[Walter · Rating 5 out of 5]

After almost 2 years, most of it spent on the chain gang, Red dust arrives back at the triple 6 ranch. A lot had changed during his absence, will he be able to adjust.
When the town comes under siege of a band of robber and murderers, the local sheriff deputizes Red.
Does he still have the nerves and the steady hand to deal with the outlaws.
This series keeps getting better.

[Patrick Scholz · Rating 5 out of 5]

Das Beste was es aus Welt der Comics gibt
10 von 5 Sternen

[Math le maudit · Rating 5 out of 5]

Album magistral ! La déchéance d'un homme brisé par le pénitencier que ses amis ne reconnaissent plus. Qui doit renoncer aux armes qui jusqu'alors lui avaient fait gagner sa vie, et subir les humiliations des fanfarons qui raillent le gentil garçon qu'il est devenu sûrs qu'ils sont de ne rien risquer puisque la moindre frasque le replongerait en prison.

Jusqu'au jour où on se retrouve à avoir besoin d'un homme sachant manier une arme...

Sans doute le meilleur album de Comanche, le plus travaillé au niveau psychologique, le plus désespéré aussi. Une réussite.