#L'Aiguille creuse

[walks-the-ages]

Wow.

Not sure what I was expecting when I went into The Hollow Needle.

That was very angsty.

I was expecting one more chapter.

😢

[calimera62]

Isidore Beautrelet : *lets out a cute, genuine, child-like laugh*

Arsène Lupin :

[ownedbybooks]

2022 spring wrap up

Disclaimer: I live in the Southern Hemisphere

Endgame: The Complete Zero Line Chronicles, by James Frey ⭐️⭐️

It was an okay book. Not so much related to the main series, apart from the fact that the characters here knew about the Endgame and are trying to stop it. But honestly in the main series it was only casually cited so I don't know how it's going to be related to the end of the main series, apart from the fact that - yes - the Endgame has to be stopped.

Toda Mafalda, by Quino ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The greatest of the greatest. The one that made me who I am. The south american icon. She's the legend. She IS the moment. A MUST READ!!

L'Aiguille Creuse, by Maurice Leblanc ⭐️⭐️

I was very complexed by this book and I'm beginning to wonder if I'm feeling like this towards the Arsène Lupin series because of the translation, since I'm reading the books from different publishers. Only time will tell. It had a interesting premise, tho.

China Rich Girlfriend, by Kevin Kwan ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I'm living for this series and only for it. I loved how we are now introduced to the mainland Chinese high class and how they can be more frivolous than the Singaporean one. But at the same time it shows how different two cultures can be, even though they came from the same root. It was lighthearted, funny, and filled with east asian pop culture references.

Minha quase irmã: Bernardo, by Mônica Meirelles ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I was afraid of reading this one and being worst then the first. But it was a great surprise for me how the main character worked out his problems. I would even say I liked more this book than the first one, because here we see how much the male lead matures and grow. And I really like this kind of book with lots of character development!

The Pirate Balthasar #5-7, by Dedasaur ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Aaah great GREAT GREAT!!! All the sisters had their happy ending and we are now moving to a more deep layer in Kane's story and leveling up the mediterranean environment and fantastical mood of the comic <3

La Dame aux Camélias, by Alexandre Dumas fils ⭐️⭐️⭐️

I… don't know exactly (till now) how to feel about this particular book. It was nice to read and it had a easy flow. But it was also very predictable. In the end I think I gave it 3 stars more because how well the author rights and make you dive deep into the story, then the actual story lmao

Oscar et la dame rose, by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

It's a very simple story. Kinda christmasy. Written by an child. And very VERY very emotional end. From the start you know what's going to happen, but since we are reading it in the pov of a child, he's kinda processing his life and living every life stage as fast as he can. This was definitely one of my favourite books of the year.

Flamingos, by Clary Avelino ⭐️⭐️

Ok, this one is easy to read, which was great because I was needing to read something easier at the time. But I believe it could be better developed. It's a short book where the main character feels very horny for the male lead, who is a great guy, that had very actual problems (that you will get if you lived in Brazil in the last 4 years), but… The main character also had her own stuff but I didn't felt it was well developed. Or developed at all. There's also other characters who start having a fling together, but we don't know much about it as well. In the end it was just a easy book to read and pass the time.

[alma37]

Ah! But is it hollow? And did a famous gentleman burglar hide the King of France's treasures there?! 😁

Dun Briste sea stack in IRELAND

[machaonreads]

Whumptober 25 : Surgery

Chirurgie, Arsène Lupin

Attention : spoilers pour L'Aiguille creuse

Contrairement à ce que l’on pourrait croire, il n’est pas de meilleur augure de recevoir un appel téléphonique à 4 heures du matin chez les cambrioleurs que chez les honnêtes gens.

Quand il fut tiré du sommeil par la détestable sonnerie, cette nuit-là, Achille savait, avant même de descendre en trébuchant pour décrocher le combiné, que l’expédition prévue avait mal tourné.

Mais, pour autant, il n’était guère préparé à ce qu’il entendit : un coup de feu tiré, le patron blessé, entre la vie et la mort, coincé dans une cave dont on ne pouvait le sortir !

Malgré les consignes que Lupin avait transmises à ses troupes pour prévenir ce genre de circonstances, la désorganisation était totale. Achille échangea plusieurs fois au téléphone avec Le Ballu, qui se trouvait en Normandie. Dans l’hôtel particulier que le patron habitait sous le nom de Jean d’Enneris défilèrent toute la journée leurs complices en panique, qui surgissaient tantôt par la grande porte, tantôt par l’entrée de service, et parfois par les combles ou la cave, mais qui n’apportaient jamais que des mauvaises nouvelles, ou un surcroît de confusion.

Une réalité se dégageait inexorablement au fur et à mesure que progressait la journée : le patron avait besoin d’être opéré par un excellent chirurgien – sans quoi il ne survivrait sans doute pas jusqu’à l’aube.

Mais comment amener à l’hôpital un patient qui risquait de mourir si on le déplaçait ? Comment déplacer discrètement un criminel aussi célèbre, si toute la police de la région quadrillait le parc où il se terrait ? Et comment accéder à sa cachette avec des brancards ?

Avachis dans le salon, Achille et Grognard, fidèles parmi les fidèles, se cognaient la tête à répétition contre ces obstacles insurmontables et le bois de la table.

« Si le patron était ici… » gémit Grognard, qui parfois portait bien son nom.

Achille soupira. Si le patron était à leur place, et qu’ils étaient blessés, il ferait un miracle. Il mettrait au point l’un de ses stratagèmes audacieux, géniaux dans leur simplicité, qui retournerait le problème et… Achille tressaillit, frappé par une idée brillante.

« Ce n’est pas le patron qu’il faut déplacer, c’est le médecin ! »

Grognard le dévisagea d’un air éberlué.

« Tu crois que beaucoup de docteurs acceptent de faire des visites à domicile pour des gredins comme nous ? Le patron est peut-être un gentleman, mais…

– Justement ! Est-ce que des escrocs de notre envergure s’embêtent à solliciter leur consentement ? On les enlève ! On les fait chanter ! On les menace s’il le faut ! »

Totalement surexcité par le reflux de l’espoir dans son système, Achille bondit de sa chaise et se mit à arpenter le tapis persan à vastes enjambées.

« Qui est le meilleur chirurgien de Paris ? Le type qui a sauvé la famille de ce chasseur, là, comment il s’appelait ? On doit avoir son nom dans les journaux d’hier… »

Galvanisé à son tour, Grognard récupéra la pile des journaux dans le bureau adjacent et ils les épluchèrent frénétiquement.

« Là ! s’exclama Achille. "Nouveau succès pour le docteur Delattre. Cet éminent chirurgien, blablabla, prouesses médicales, tatata, rétablissement inespéré… travaille depuis dix ans au Val-de-Grâce" ! Ah, et il exerce aussi en libéral ! »

Au bas de l’article, le journaliste consciencieux avait précisé l’adresse de la clinique populaire fondée par le praticien.

Il ne restait plus qu’à mettre la main sur ce brave citoyen, et à déterminer le prix auquel ils achèteraient sa coopération et son silence.

Achille ne s’inquiétait pas pour ça : caisse de voleur est toujours pleine.

[arinewman7]

L'élégante à l'Aiguille Creuse

Georges De Feure

[oldtvandcomics]

I didn't want to wait for Pulptober to officially start to get ahead with my reading, this year of Arsène Lupin - L'Aiguille Creuse. I'm going to try to do this whole getting out and reading in fun places at least every other day this year.

Not pictured: The cultural event going on behind my back on the other side of the river. Which is where I originally was reading. Something something appreciation of non-tangible heritage, which would have been nice, but in a way very typical for this country, there were like maybe four stands, and I had the impression that the only people who were listening to the music were the relatives of the orchestra members and a handful of tourists. The steampunk convention last week was bigger, more interesting, and, if you ask me, had more of a cultural vibe to it (there was an artist singing old songs from the 1920s).

[walks-the-ages]

[ID: A charcoal illustration from the Arsène Lupin novel "The Hollow Needle / L'Aiguille Creuse" showing the young man, Isidore Beautrelet , standing with his bike at his side on a cliff overlooking a sea, on a road leading to the town of Étretat, with the Étretat needle in the distance, a cliff face that arches into the ocean before rising again in a large, pointed outcropping. The entire illustration is done in shades of black, white, orange-brown and tan. End ID]

Isidore my little boy💔

It was drawn on kraft paper, with charcoal, white charcoal and sanguine charcoal technique (I didn't have a sanguine pencil so I had to use a tiny tip from my friend's sanguine pencil lol)

[transparentgentlemenmarker]

Étretat, France 🇲🇫

Est une commune française située dans le département de la Seine-Maritime en région Normandie. Jadis modeste village de pêcheurs, Étretat devient au xixe siècle une station balnéaire de renom. Jacques Offenbach ou Guy de Maupassant y organisent des fêtes pour leurs cercles d'amis. Ce bourg se trouve au nord du Havre, sur le littoral de la Manche, sur la côte d'Albâtre qui fait partie du pays de Caux. Ses falaises de craie blanche et ses plages de galets grisâtres en ont fait un des lieux du tourisme international avec plus de trois millions de visiteurs par an, exposé aux même risques que d'autres grands sites mondiaux, avec trois chutes mortelles en 2022, le tourisme de masse dégradant le site. Des peintres comme Albert Marquet, Gustave Courbet, Eugène Boudin ou encore Claude Monet ont contribué alors à sa publicité, tout en en immortalisant la spécificité. Des écrivains normands comme Maupassant et Gustave Flaubert furent des fidèles du lieu. Maurice Leblanc, qui y vécut, contribua au mythe entourant le site entretenu dans une aventure d'Arsène Lupin intitulée, l'Aiguille creuse.

[orange-cheetah]

The Thief and the Phantom's First Meeting

Undead Girl Murder Farce: Volume 2, Chapter 0

[Disclaimer: Translated from Chinese text. Some lines taken from the subtitles of the anime.]

"Good morning, Erik."

Upon waking up, he hears a friendly voice calling him.

The man groans, getting up awkwardly. Both of his hands are tied behind him.

He is in an unfamiliar, strange room. The walls and ceiling are bare stone, though a lavish dining table laden with desserts or fruit trays sits in the middle of the room. He can hear faint sounds of water.

On the chair before him sits a young man with his legs crossed.

"Your face without the mask is unexpectedly quite handsome, you know."

The man realizes that the mask he likes using has been taken away, to be put on the table. Hurriedly lowering his head, he tries to cover his face with his white hair. The young man smiles and says: "Don't be so shy."

The young man is about twenty-five or -six years of age. Beautiful golden hair and a fierce[1] gaze leave a deep impression; a tuxedo hugs his slender body, draped in a black cloak. The buttons on his jacket are probably real emeralds. His expression, dress and attitude overflow with considerable confidence; instead of a king, he gives one the sense that his style is more of a prince's. And a capricious, playboy prince at that. The man instinctively feels that this person is of the sort completely opposite to himself.

"Right, how do you feel, Erik? Because you've been unconscious for about half the day. Want to drink anything?"

"How do you know my real name?"

"Investigating in advance is the basics of the work. Oh, I know lots of things. You're from Persia. You were born with your white hair and disfigured face. Your singing voice is an unparalleled tenor. You live 23 floors beneath the Paris Opera. You've evaded capture for the past 20 years, elusive as though a specter; the nickname you were given was 'the Phantom of the Opera.' Am I right, our shy gentleman."

While listing out all sorts of information unceasingly, the young man plays with a large ruby with one gloved hand.

Right, he's beginning to recallーーit was a splendid night like any other. As it was the closing night of Don Carlos[2], the opera house had been very lively; the man was watching the opera from Box 5 of the second floor. But something strange had happened while Act 3 was in progress: this phantom thief had descended from the skies, stealing the ruby worn by the female vocalist. As it was the singer he adores, he had gone after the thief. After pursuing him to the top level of seats he had been hit by a counterattack from the enemy, and thenーーwhen he woke up he was already here.

"What is this place?"

"L'Aiguille Creuse[3]," the young man replies with a phrase he's never heard before. "Though I'm still working on it. It's a tad uncomfortable to stay in for the moment."

"Why did you kidnap me?"

"I stole you." Immediately corrected. "Along with this ruby. Things should be organized and collected to one place. I can't bear to see this passionate jewel never be more than some stage prop, and it's no fun to have a true phantom living in obscurity beneath an opera house. They should both belong to me; it feels more coordinated this way."

"Enough chatter. What are you after?"

The young man shrugs. "There's a job I'd like to do in London, but my subordinates have all ran off, so I'm a little short-staffed at the moment."

So he wants to find someone to help with this job? What an unorthodox way of recruitment. The man carefully asks: "What are you planning on stealing?"

"'The Penultimate Night.'"

"...Phileas Fogg's?"

"That's right."

"Are you mad?" No wonder all his subordinates ran. "I have heard of the jewel of the Fogg mansion, but it's impossible to obtain. That mansion's security is impregnable. And in London, there's Sherlock Holmes."

"Here, there's Arsène Lupin."

The young man touches the ruby to his chest.

If heard only from the sidelines, it would feel nothing more than a very arrogant statement. But behind the tone, one can feel an inexplicable majesty that is different from the common bluffing or exaggerated fantasies of fools. As though certain of the future.

The man senses the abnormality.

What His Royal Highness exudes is not confidence.

It's conviction.

Breaking through the mansion security that others would quail before, prevailing over the famous detective coined 'the best in the world'; these are all established matters in his mind and are to be expected. The plan is already perfect and flawless, all hypotheticals accounted for, leaving no rate of failure to speak of ー where would one even spare the time to be arrogant. It may well be madness talking, yetーー

Meeting Lupin's gaze once more. Golden eyes as though the sun.

"Any chance of winning?"

"I wouldn't have invited you here if there weren't."

Stepping into the Phantom's heart as though heat waves of summer. The life spent hiding under the opera house until now, the self-isolation imprisoned by the ugly right face; all of this is easily melted by the sun. Guided by that light, a foolish feeling surges up. As though wanting to cause a scene on the stage of a farce, a young and energetic impulse.

After a while, he stands up. At the same moment, the ropes that had been tying his hands together fall to the ground.

"You have other special skills besides singing?" Lupin says. "When did you undo them?"

"Around the time you said 'unexpectedly quite handsome'. I've always been good at handling ropes."

"I admire you even more now. So, what are you going to do? Go home?"

"I was stolen, wasn't I? I'll follow my owner's orders."

Strictly speaking, it's his loss this time. Even if he's unwilling to, he could only agree to a contract.

The Phantom approaches the table to pick up his mask, putting it on the right side of his face, experiencing the sense of coordination that had been mentioned in their conversation just now.

Bowing respectfully to his owner, he recites a line from an opera: "La Juive[4], Act 2. 'But come! Be it heaven or earth, the self-same fate and destiny awaits the two of us.'" [5]

"Though you've done well to quote these lines." Lupin surveys the surroundings of the hideout with an expression as though suppressing laughter. "I'm afraid, Erik, we are at sea."

Footnotes:

强悍 (qiáng hàn): strong, powerful

Based on conflicts in the life of Carlos, Prince of Asturias (1545–1568). Though he was betrothed to Elisabeth of Valois, part of the peace treaty ending the Italian War of 1551–59 between the Houses of Habsburg and Valois demanded that she be married instead to his father Philip II of Spain. It was commissioned and produced by the Théâtre Impérial de l'Opéra (Paris Opera) and given its premiere at the Salle Le Peletier on 11 March 1867. (wikipedia)

The Hollow Needle.

The Jewess. Tells of an impossible love between a Christian man and a Jewish woman. (wikipedia)

Act 2, Scene IV. Presumably taken from two separate sections, and I couldn't find any mention of 'heaven or earth'. You can read it here (pp. 19)

LEOPOLD. I know! But come! Let thine heart be mine, Let love enchain us, and Jew or Christian, Thy lot is mine. Let heaven's wrath o'erwhelm me. Thy love wants mine, The rest is nothing, I regret not.

RACHEL AND LEOPOLD. Let thine heart be mine, Let love enchain us and, Jew or Gentile, Thy love is mine. For us the self-same fate and destiny

[daughterofhecata]

Once again I aimed for complete blackouts on @batmanisagatewaydrug's and @macrolit's reading bingos and this time, I actually succeded! (Even if I took some liberties with the term 'novel' on the macrolit one, mostly focused on the 'classics' aspect.) Lowkey proud of myself ngl.

Titles for both under the cut, full reading list here.

batmanisagatewaydrug:

graphic novel: Christopher Tauber, Hanna Wenzel: Rocky Beach. Eine Interpretation. [no english title]

horror: Jáchym Topol: Die Teufelswerkstatt [org. title: Chladnou zemí/engl. title: The Devil’s Workshop]

author you’ve never read before: David Henry Hwang: M Butterfly

translation: Władysław Szlengel: Was ich den Toten las [org. title: Co czytałem umarłym/engl. title: What I Read to the Dead]

poetry collection: Richard Siken: Crush

a book recommended by a friend: James Oswald: Natural Causes. An Inspector McLean Novel.

verse novel: Alexander F. Spreng: Der Fluch [no english title]

novella: Thomas Mann: Der Tod in Venedig [engl. title: Death in Venice]

a book w/ vampires: Michael Scott: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel #2. The Magician.

book w/ a cover you think is cool: Cornelia Funke: Tintenwelt #4. Die Farbe der Rache. [engl. title: The Color of Revenge]

2023 release: Jonathan Kellerman: Unnatural History. An Alex Delaware Novel

book w/ an animal on the cover: Faye Kellerman: Der Zorn sei dein Ende [org. title: The Hunt]

book published before 1980: Josef Bor: Die verlassene Puppe [org. title: Opu��těná panenka/engl. title: The Abandoned Doll]

science fiction: Ursula K. Le Guin: The Dispossessed

romance: Akwaeke Emezi: You made a Fool of Death with your Beauty

historical fiction: Alena Mornštajnová: Hana [org. title: Hana/engl. title: Hannah]

450+ pages: James Ellroy: Die Schwarze Dahlie [org. title: The Black Dahlia]

memoir: Jeanette McCurdy: I‘m Glad My Mom Died

re-read a book from school: Frank Wedekind: Frühlings Erwachen [engl. title: Spring Awakening]

short story collection: John Barth: Lost in the Funhouse

non-fiction: Vera Schiff: The Theresienstadt Deception. The Concentration Camp the Nazis Created to Deceive the World.

book w/ a movie adaption: Vladimir Nabokov: Lolita

book published in your birthday month: Jan T. Gross: Neighbors. The Destruction of the Jewish Community in Jedwabne, Poland.

anthology: Alain Locke: The New Negro

macrolit:

Classic Author A/B/C: James Baldwin: Giovanni‘s Room

Published between 2000-2023: Kim Newman: Professor Moriarty. The Hound of the D‘Urbervilles

Philosophy or Literary Criticism: [various books and essays for three literature courses]

Harlem Renaissance: Claude McKay: Harlem Shadows

Children’s Literature: [various Three Investigators books]

Fan Fiction: [various works]

Essays or Satire: Mark Thompson: Leatherfolk. Radical Sex, People, Politics and Practice.

Book of Short Stories: John Barth: Lost in the Funhouse

Classic Author G/H/I: Lorraine Vivian Hansberry: A Raisin in the Sun

LGBTQ+ Author: Ocean Vuong: Time is a Mother

Published before 1940: Friedrich Schiller: Maria Stuart

Classic Author J/K/L: Ursula K. Le Guin: The Dispossessed

Detective, Horror, or Suspense: Maurice Leblanc: Arsène Lupin und der Schatz der Könige von Frankreich [org. title: L'Aiguille creuse/engl. title: The Hollow Needle]

Classic Author M/N/O: Vladimir Nabokov: Lolita

Classic Author S/T/U: J.D. Salinger: The Catcher in the Rye

Poetry or Play: Arthur Schnitzler: Reigen [engl. title: La Ronde]

Biography or Non-Fiction: Peter Hallama: Nationale Helden und jüdische Opfer. Tschechische Repräsentationen des Holocaust. [no english title]

Classic Author P/Q/R: Sylvia Plath: The Bell Jar

Graphic Novel: Christopher Tauber, Hanna Wenzel: Rocky Beach. Eine Interpretation. [no english title]

Published between 1940-1999: Hanna Krall: Dem Herrgott Zuvorkommen [org. title: Zdążyć przed Panem Bogiem/engl. title: Shielding the Flame]

Classic Author D/E/F: Bret Easton Ellis: American Psycho

Young Adult: Kathy Reichs: Virals #1. Tote können nicht mehr reden. [org. title: Virals]

Gothic Fiction: E.T.A. Hoffmann: Nussknacker und Mausekönig [engl. title: The Nutcracker and the Mouse King]

Classic Author V/W/X/Y/Z: Frank Wedekind: Frühlings Erwachen [engl. title: Spring Awakening]

[walks-the-ages]

[ID: a gif from The Princess Bride, showing a man dressed all in black like a highway man as he dramatically rolls down a steep hill. end ID]

Isidore Beautrelet fainting dead away in excitement after making a grand discovery about one of Arsène Lupin's hideouts.

[krinsbez]

Pulptober Roundup, 12th-14th

I am not best pleased with myself, but I am very pleased with our participants!

Pulptober 12th: the Character is The Punisher, the Theme "Veteran Justice". Two pieces today:

-@themailedfist-blog shared a though on and art of the day's Character.

-@haldrada-art created an excellent original art of the day's Character.

Pulptober 13th: The Character is Hellboy, the Theme "Hero With Good Publicity". Again, two pieces today:

-@themailedfist-blog shared some lovely arts of the day's character.

-@haldrada-art provided us with a wonderful original art of the day's character.

Pulptober 13th: the Character is Arsene Lupin, the Theme "The Lawless Bringing Law". Four pieces today!

-@oldtvandcomics noted that they had completed the Arsène Lupin -L'Aiguille Creuse (Arsene Lupin: The Hollow Needle), a Lupin novel by Maurice Leblanc

-@themailedfist-blog shared some art and a thought about The Goon, who fits the day's Theme.

-@haldrada-art continues to put me two shame by once again giving us two separate original arts. One of the day's Character, and another of The Goon and Franky, who fit the day's Theme.

Thank you to everyone!

[barxlupin]

Maurice: HSR Combat

Rarity: 4☆

Path: The Nihility

Damage Type: Lightning

Leblanc's weapon in combat is a zap cane - a walking stick with a hidden built-in stun gun mechanism to deliver powerful electric shocks to paralize and knock out his opponents as fast as he can (or make it easier for his 'allies' to take them down faster). As such, his abilities are centered around causing Shock DoT and weakening enemies' Toughness by inflicting them with "Guard Down", allowing his allies to deal more damage.

His fighting style can be described as 'boring but practical', he doesn't care for fancy moves, only straightforward blows to deal as much damage as he can.

Abilities:

Basic ATK (Single Target): Le Bouchon de Cristal - deals minor Lightning DMG to a single foe, with a 30% base chance of inflicting Shock.

Enhanced Basic ATK (Bounce): Le Cabochon d'Émeraude - enhanced after using Skill twice or Ultimate once, lasts for 2 turn(s); deals medium Lightning DMG to a single target, then additional minor Lightning DMG 2 extra times to 1 or more random foes. 45% base chance of inflicting Shock. Inflicts enemies with "Guard Down", lasting for 2 turns(s).

Skill (Blast): L'Eclat d'Obus - deals medium Lightning DMG to a single target, and minor Lightning DMG to up to 2 adjacent foes. 50% base chance of inflicting Shock, inflicts all target enemies with "Guard Down", lasting for 3 turn(s).

Ultimate (AoE): Les Huit Coups de l'Horloge - deals high Lightning DMG to all targets, with a 75% base chance of inflicting Shock DoT. Inflicts all enemies with "Guard Down", lasting for 3 turn(s).

Talent (Follow-Up Attack): L'Aiguille Creuse - triggered if there's at least 1 Weakness Broken enemy on the field at the end of an ally's turn (in case of more, the one with the lowest HP left will be targeted), deals a medium amount of Lightning DMG, with a 100% base chance of inflicting Shock DoT.

Technique (Impair): Le Triangle d'Or - creates an electric field that paralizes enemies caught in it; upon entering combat, applies "Guard Down" on all enemies on the field.

[thewul]

Du rôle des énigmes dans cette série? C'est un point important Professeur, il y a une continuation avec Le Secret de la Licorne, cependant nous plaçons la résolution de ces énigmes auprès d'autres protagonistes, Rackham Le Rouge dans Le Mystère de L'Aiguille Creuse, et également Rascar Capac dans Grantley Hall Voila, et quoi d'autre? Une diversification du rôle de principal protagoniste, oui ce sont les aventures de Tintin, mais nous avons d'autres personnages qui prennent le devant, en somme nous exploitons le capital que Hergé nous a légué, la bande habituelle est présente dans la plupart de ces albums, parfois elle ne l'est pas, comme dans Le Mystère de L'Aiguille Creuse vu le contexte historique de l'album Nous avons des albums ou ces autres personnages sont les stars absolues et elles le méritent, c'est la qualité des personnages de Hergé qui veut cela, Rackham Le Rouge, Rascar Capac, Mitsuhirato, Rastapopoulos, Omar Ben Salaad ou Abdallah ont de la matière, sont des personnages a part entière Et vous proposez 2 nouveaux personnages? C'est le challenge Professeur, Herr X et La Veuve Noire, ajouter a l'existant, que ce soit la diversification des personnages principaux ou l'introduction de nouveaux personnage cela n'est possible que dans le cadre de cette série, cela fait partie de ses chantiers Un autre chantier essentiel est de faire la liaison entre les nouveaux albums et les précédents, notamment au niveau des personnages secondaires, il faut exploiter de manière extensive la liste des personnages existants, pour les inclure ce qui crée une continuité entre la première série et la seconde Y en aura t il une troisième? On ne sait pas Professeur, réussir cette seconde série me paraissent déjà un chantier et un travail énormes, des scénarios fouillés de qualité issus d'un travail collégial, qui essentiellement continuent le narratif existant des personnages principaux et secondaires, des artistes de la ligne claire pour un rendu esthétique sans accrocs, un travail graphique de haute qualité car l'histoire et les planches, savoir créer les atmosphères qui sont également la marque de fabrique de Hergé, le danger, le mystère, l'intrigue, la découverte, le dénouement, les amitiés, les convictions, criminelles chez certains, les états d’âmes Mitsuhirato qui pleure de remords d'avoir sauvé Tintin dans Tintin au Japon, et alla barakati llah comme on dit chez nous Avec la bénédiction de Dieu! Par ou commencer? Excellente question Professeur, il y a des albums pour lesquels nous avons plus de matière c'est certain, cependant pour rester fidèles a l'esprit d'Hergé il faut tout mettre a plat, ces albums ne doivent pas être des épisodes isolés Il existe une trame a dégager entre ces différents albums, trame qui est la continuation des albums existants, cette trame doit devenir visible car tout découle de la Il nous faut dans un premier temps obtenir cette vue d'ensemble détaillée qui liste et fait intervenir les différents personnages, le comment et le pourquoi, qui continue les albums existants, donc par ou commencer, par tous, sans autres impératifs de temps ou de production que d'amener des albums dignes d'Hergé Bravo! Merci Professeur, notre storyboard concerne 12 albums, et par extension 24 albums, c'est pour cela que l'on parle du monde d'Hergé, c'est le sens de son oeuvre et la raison de sa réticence a ce que ces albums continuent, nous allons dessiner un nouvel album, l’exécution graphique n'est que la partie visible, il faut reprendre la trame des 12 albums existants, excepté peut être l'Alph Art pour aboutir, et cela Hergé ne l'a pas dit mais il fallait le comprendre

[wilwywaylan]

We can finally reveal the drawing we made for Obscur_échange, the french exchange about rare fandoms !

My drawing was for @calimera62 who asked for a meeting between Arsène Lupin and Isidore Beautrelet. I used Bjorn Andresen, the most beautiful boy in the world, as his faceclaim. Arsène was harder because he’s NOT DESCRIBED AAAAAAH, so I did my best.

That was fun ! :D