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Infos Officielles À Propos Du French Spawn Todd McFarlane et Semic présentent ® simonie la “French touch” appliquée à Spawn Depuis 1999, les rapports privilégiés entre Semic et Todd McFarlane Productions ont permis le développement de différents projets. Couverture réalisée par J.Y. Mitton du Spawn # 46, puis un Spawn # 57, (équivalent du Spawn #100 US), accompagné d’une exposition sans précédent en France de planches originales, d’une Nuit Spawn sur Canal Jimmy et de la venue d’Angel Medina au Festival d’Angoulême 2001. Faire plus fort devenait une gageure. Ce sera pourtant le cas en janvier 2003. Non seulement, Todd McFarlane est l’invité du 30e Festival d’Angoulême, mais nous avons aussi son accord pour débuter un projet qui nous tenait à cœur depuis plusieurs mois : la création par une équipe entièrement française d’une aventure de Spawn. Et ceci n’est que le début... Aperçu du crayonné de la jaquette éditée à l’occasion du 30e festival d’Angoulême. Aleksi Briclot : dessin et couleurs, Todd McFarlane encrage. Janvier 2003 Édition limitée de la jaquette Spawn Février 2003 Spawn # 69 Mini-sketchbook du Spawn “made in France” Juin 2003 Simonie 1/2 dans Spawn # 71 Août 2003 Simonie 2/2 dans Spawn # 72 simonie trafics d’objets religieux et L’action se déroule en France, plus particulièrement à Paris dans le quartier historique de Notre-Dame. Les lecteurs de Spawn reconnaîtront sans difficulté la vision de l’Enfer que véhicule le comics Spawn depuis plus de 120 épisodes. L’histoire soumise à Todd McFarlane est écrite par Jean-François Porcherot, qui s’occupe du titre et de l’événementiel autour du personnage depuis son arrivée chez Semic, en 1999. Disposer d’une histoire, c’est bien... Encore faut-il l’animer et l’étoffer en créant des situations dramatiques particulières et des personnages trempés pour L’esprit de Jessica Priest plane sur cette jeune personne dont la décontraction apparente n’est qu’un leurre. rendre justice à un Spawn qui possède une très forte personnalité. C’est à Alex Encore un rough préparatoire en couleurs qui permet à Aleksi de Nikolavitch que revient cette s’imprégner un peu plus de l’ambiance et du caractère du personnage. lourde tâche. Traducteur de HellSpawn, Powers, et Authority pour ne citer que quelques titres, Alex est aussi scénariste d’histoires courtes dans les pockets et va publier, à l’occasion du Festival d’Angoulême, son premier album avec une grosse pointure du dessin, Toni Fejzula. Autre grosse pointure, et il ne pouvait en être autrement, le dessinateur de ce Spawn “made in france”, Aleksi Briclot. Issu du milieu du jeu vidéo où son talent est mis à contribution pour la création de personnages et d’univers, Aleksi Briclot n’a pu dessiner que quelques croquis de Spawn, mais Todd McFarlane a immédiatement été conquis par le style du jeune français. Pour preuve, lorsque nous avons évoqué la possibilité de réaliser une jaquette pour le Spawn #69, Todd a suggéré qu’Aleksi la dessine et la colorise, après que lui l’ait encrée. ® de biens ecclésiastiques Violator, un personnage qui ne sera finalement pas utilisé dans la version française. Les chaînes, la cape, un personnage qui semble indestructible, des signes cabalistiques et des flammes. Autant d’accessoires indispensables à l’univers Spawn. la malédiction de Spawn, faucheuse d’âmes pour l’Enfer L’histoire La malédiction ne connaît ni frontière, ni époque. Les HellSpawn hantent nos contrées depuis fort longtemps, comme en attestent la saga de Lord Covenant (Spawn Dark Ages) ou la rencontre entre un Medieval Spawn et une Medieval Witchblade. La France, au passé culturel et religieux très riche, est un théâtre idéal pour cette aventure moderne de Spawn qui repose sur le trafic d’objets religieux, impliquant un Cogliostro des plus machiavéliques. Les influences À l’opposé de nombreux personnages de comic books, Spawn n’a pas subi beaucoup de modifications au cours de sa carrière. Si Todd McFarlane n’a fait guère plus d’une quinzaine d’épisodes, Greg Capullo en a dessiné quatre-vingt et continue à faire les couvertures. Angel Medina vient de prendre le relais. Sur la version HellSpawn du personnage, c’est Ashley Wood qui a marqué la représentation graphique de Spawn. Aleksi dispose d’un style qui a déjà toute sa personnalité et qui est à la croisée de ces deux influences majeures sur le personnage. simonie les HellSpawn viennent-ils tous de l’Enfer ? ® Le bestiaire de l’univers “Spawn” est certes très fourni, mais il fallait trouver quelques personnages du terroir pour crédibiliser notre récit. À coté de Cogliostro et de Mister D (l’Homme en Blanc), Alex Nikolavitch et Aleksi Briclot nous préparent quelques spécimens de démons et de tueurs psychopathes dans la plus pure tradition du modèle américain ! Tout cela avec la bénédiction de Thierry Mornet, rédacteur en chef de Semic et Todd McFarlane, © 2003 Semic S.A pour la version française. créateur de Spawn. Spawn sans son masque. Mais s’agit-il d’Al Simmons ou d’une autre victime de la malédiction ? Todd McFarlane Productions Inc. Tous droits réservés. Image ®, son logo et symbole Comics Alex Nikolavitch chargé de développer l’histoire et Aleksi Briclot dessinateur croqués par ... Aleksi Briclot. Première approche d’une mise en page mettant en scène un HellSpawn contemplant la ville- lumière du haut d’un monument célèbre. La création chez Semic Tellos avec Didier Crisse, CiroTota, Mauricet et bientôt Bruno Bessadi Alone in the Dark avec Matt Haley et Aleksi Briclot, dont Image Comics a publié le titre aux USA tout comme... Strangers (à partir de Mars 2003)! Pour plus d'informations, n'hésitez pas à contacter : Thierry Mornet ou Jean-François Porcherot / Semic - 45 Rue Broca - 75005 Paris Tel : 01 43 36 32 00 - Fax : 01 43 36 37 96 E-Mail : [email protected] Les illustrations présentées dans ces pages sont réalisées par Aleksi Briclot à titre personnel et n’ont pas de valeur contractuelle. Semic se réserve le droit de modifier ces visuels dans le cadre de la version finale. ® Spawn ®, son logo et symbole sont ™ 2003 Todd McFarlane Productions Inc. Tous les personnages qui s’y rattachent sont ™ 2003.
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