NEW "TROISIÈME TESTAMENT" PREVIEW

Here is my cover for the upcoming "Troisième testament" graphic novel, again with great interior art by Thimothée Montaigne and colors by François Lapierre. Readers of the series will recognize familiar faces (or rather masks) that will be coming back - big time - in this new installment. Coming this fall!

LE TROISIÈME TESTAMENT : JULIUS II is out!

Thim, Xavier and I will be giving a talk and signing books a the Bercy Fnac in Paris this thursday nov. 8th at 6.30 PM. Details here!

For extras and interviews, upcoming events and signings by Thimothée Montaigne you can visit Glénat's Julius blog.

LE TROISIÈME TESTAMENT coming November 7th

Here comes the sequel to 2010's "Le troisième testament : Julius" with interior art by new artist Thimothée Montaigne. This book takes our characters on a quest for the fabled "Third Testament"- a journey that will put more than their faith to the test, as the roman grasp on Palestine tightens and the end times seem closer than ever...

"Le Troisième testament" returns (oh, and Happy New Year!)

The turn of the new year has been rather busy with Siegfried signings, Angoulême, and completing work on my next book : "Le Troisième testament : JVLIVS II". This one is drawn by Thimotée Montaigne, who's doing a fantastic job on the characters and the many environements of this sequel to 2010's Robin Recht-drawn JVLIVS. More on this very soon, in the meantime here are a few of my color keys as an apetizer.

LE TROISIÈME TESTAMENT coming soon!

Buzy first days of september, as I just spent a couple of days in New York to move out of my 4th Street atelier, to relocate in 3rd Street a couple of blocks away.
The very last days over there were spent finishing the cover to the Troisième testament deluxe edition, an oversized black and white verison of the book, soon to be available at BD Must in a very limited number of copies.

...And here is the finished cover. As usual with my oil paintings, it's about a month's work. It was painted on a sturdy wood panel in order not to let the canvas texture get in the way of details.

...And I did get to work on the details.

More on the "Troisième testament"as we come close to the release on September the 28th !

LE TROISIÈME TESTAMENT Sketches

Although Robin Recht is the artist for the new Troisième testament book, I have been helping him on a few panels of a somewhat delicate nature. Here are some of the quick sketches I did, including a design for a very special kopesh sword...

Troisième testament color keys

Here are color sketches I did for one of the romantic sequences in "Le Troisième testament : Julius". Robin Recht (drawing) and François Lapierre (colors) are wrapping up the book this week. It's exciting to see this whole process finally coming together so beautifuly, thanks to these guy's talents!
Glénat, the publisher, should open a website this month with proper visuals from the book.

LE TROISIÈME TESTAMENT COVER ART REVEALED

Coming 09-29!

"Le Troisième testament" color keys

ANOTHER "TROISIÈME TESTAMENT" COLOR KEY / SET DESIGN

This is the Judean rebel hideout at the end of book 1.

LE TROISIÈME TESTAMENT COLOR KEYS

Inspired by a wonderful time in Barcelona (thanks to Jose & Felix, hi Matteo & Kenny!), I set out to paint a couple of sketches for the troisième testament prequel. The colors of the book will be by the excellent François Lapierre, who he is kind enough to let me contribute with ideas as they come along.

These will also give you a sense of the scale we're going for in this story. More in the next few weeks as we wrap up this epic volume!

Barcelona Signing

On May 6-9, I'll be traveling back to Europe for a few days. I'll be signing my books at the Barcelona comic fair with my two spanish publishers, Norma and Glénat. It will be the first time I meet spanish readers, I hope my spanish isn't too rusty. I'll be sure to visit the Sagrada Famila again, see how the construction has progressed. Last time I was in Barcelona was on my way to Toledo, where I did extensive research for El Tercer Testamento book 2...

(gracias Teobaldo Mulin)

WRITING AN EPIC

I am curently finishing writing and storyboarding my next book, "Julius"- A roman epic four years in the making, and a prequel to "Le Troisième testament".
Drawn by Robin Recht and co-written by Xavier Dorison, book 1 comes out in September.

"Le Troisième testament" Teaser poster

If you attend the Angoulême festival this week, keep an eye out for this...

Le troisième testament II cover preview

Work in progress : this is a close up on the cover of Julius, the upcoming sequel to the trosième testament. The first series was a medieval mistery in the wake of The Name of the Rose, this new cycle is a roman epic on a grand scale- with a twist.

Le troisième testament

One-volume deluxe edition available in France 21.10

LE TROISIÈME TESTAMENT

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1998

1997

Four-parts graphic novel series, 1997-2003

Written by Alex Alice and Xavier Dorison

Optioned by Warner bros. in 2008

Prequel currently in developpement, with art by Robin Recht