Le Génie des alpages

"Le Génie des alpages" is a comic book series by French comics creator, F'Murr. The series first appeared in "Pilote" on January 11, 1973.Cite web|last=BDoubliées|title=Pilote année 1973|url=http://www.bdoubliees.com/journalpilote/annees/1973.htm|language=French] In 1976 Les Éditions Dargaud started publication of hardcover albums.

ynopsis

The short stories are usually told in one-page segments, and unpredictably follow the lives of the series' cast. This includes the old nameless shepherd, his successor, the young Athanase Percevalve, the Dog Without a Name (an intellectual talking shepherd's dog), and a flock of eccentric, verbal sheep, led by Romuald the black ram. Other unorthodox characters appear, such as the Berthold the stupid St.Berhard, Kattarsis the petite self-conscious sphinx, a lion, a fox, eagles, snakes, and "Death" in the shape of an attractive woman. Some of these recur frequently.

There is usually no apparent plot in any of these stories from the Alps. Instead, they often consist of different dialogs and simultaneous happenings, making the overall impression of a totally absurd and secluded world. Nevertheless, F'murr always manages to maintain a kind of direction and realism in his otherwise pointless universe, and somewhere in between is the humour that his fans find hilarious but inexplicable.

Bibliography

# "Le Génie des alpages" ("Genius of the Mountain Pastures") (1976, ISBN 2205008811)
# "Comme des bêtes" ("Like the Beasts") (1976, ISBN 2205008927)
# "Barre-toi de mon herbe" ("Keep off My Grass") (1977, ISBN 2205011553)
# "Un grand silence Frisé" ("A Big Woolly Silence") (1978, ISBN 220501238X)
# "Les Intondables" ("The Unshaveables") (1980, ISBN 2205015966)
# "Hi-Yo c'est l'écho" ("Hey-Ho It's the Echo") (1981, ISBN 2205019228)
# "Tonnerre & mille sabots" ("Thunder & Thousand Hooves") (1983, ISBN 2205024906)
# "Dans les nuages" ("In the Clouds") (1987, ISBN 2205027646)
# "Après nous le déluge" ("After Us, the Flood") (1989, ISBN 2205036181)
# "Monter, descendre, ça glisse pareil" ("Climbing, Descending, Slipping Anyway") (1992, ISBN 2205039199)
# "Sabotage et paturage" ("Sabotage and Pastures") (1995, ISBN 220504253X)
# "Bouge tranquille" ("Quiet Budge") (1998, ISBN 2205045911)
# "Cheptel maudit" ("Cursed Livestock") (2004, ISBN 2205048872)
# "... Courent dans la montagne" ("... Run in the mountain") (2007, ISBN 2205057140)

ources

* [http://www.bdoubliees.com/journalpilote/series2/geniealpages.htm "Le Génie des alpages" in "Pilote"] BDoubliées fr_icon
* [http://www.bedetheque.com/serie-2895-BD-Genie-des-Alpages-(Le).html "Le Génie des alpages" albums] Bedetheque fr_icon;Footnotes

External links

* [http://dargaud.fr/front/albums/series/serie.aspx?id=1689 Le Génie des alpages official site] on Dargaud fr_icon
* [http://zefranz.free.fr/fmurrr/ Le Génie des alpages] Fan site fr_icon
* [http://zefranz.free.fr/fmurrr/moutons.html Le Génie list of sheep] fr_icon
* [http://bdm.typepad.com/legeniedesalpages/2004/10/les_albums_du_g.html Le Génie des alpages] Album previews fr_icon