Herakles

HERAKLES

2019 EISNER AWARD NOMINEE

 

BEST U.S. EDITION OF INTERNATIONAL MATERIAL

 

Half-god, but way too human…

Author Edouard Cour revisits one of the greatest Greek myths by painting the often-heroic Herakles as, well . . . somewhat of a jerk. Crude and stubborn at times, in little glimpses we meet a man—half-human, after all—with a psychology more complex than he appears, entangled in guilt over the ghosts who have haunted him since childhood. A mournful sadness seizes him as he crosses the fleeting silhouettes of a woman and her three children.  “Friends or foe, all those who cross his path end up stiff and worm food,” ​​comments Linos, the ghost of his childhood music teacher.

Brimming with pathos and dark humor, this portrait of Herakles is a graphic whirlwind leaving little respite and often revealing beautiful surprises.

Written and Illustrated by: Edouard Cour

3 VOLUMES:

  • Pages: 160 pages each
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Size:  7.25″ x 10.25″
  • Cover Price: $19.99 each

 

BOOK 1:

  • ISBN:  978-1-942367-49-9
  • DOC:  MAY181836
  • RELEASE DATE: July 4, 2018

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BOOK 2:

  • ISBN:  978-1-942367-50-5
  • DOC:  NOV181862
  • RELEASE DATE: January 29, 2019

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BOOK 3:

  • ISBN:  978-1-942367-51-2
  • DOC:  NOV188343
  • RELEASE DATE: July 16, 2019

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About THE CREATORS

Edouard Cour is a graduate of the School of Fine Arts in Paris and holds a Master Section Visual Design at the Institute of Visual Arts of Orleans . HERAKLES is his first published work, which he followed with O SENSEI, the story of Morihei Ueshiba, the founder of martial arts style known as aikido.