Welcome to the Hexagon Universe
History
New Books
KABUR #8: THE BRIDE OF OLYAZABAD. Story by Jean-Marc Lofficier, Julien Caldironi, Romain d'Huissier; art by & cover by José Luis Ruiz Pérez. 7x10 squarebound comic, 104 pages b&w. US$14.95.
While crossing the perilous Tasun Mountains Kabur is forced to stop in the ruins of what was once the fabulous city of Olyazabad, now ceded by its unworthy king to a handful of demons. In spite of himself, he becomes involved in a desperate attempt to save its princess, promised in marriage to one of the demons... After crossing the mountains, Kabur arrives in the city of Ra'Gundu, under the thumb of the mysterious "Blood Queen", whose monstrous pets decimate its inhabitants. Accompanied by a motley group of mercenaries, the Prince of Thule travels into the depths of the jungle to defeat this new and mysterious adversary.....
Creators
For the first quarter of the 1900s, the United States was the world’s leading producer of comics. European cartoonists were nation‑confined and did not achieve international recognition until the middle of the 20th century. By then, the universal popularity of comic books had opened unlimited opportunities. No longer was the newspaper the only platform for cartoonists. Comic books were being originated in every country and their publishers began to find international markets. Despite the emergence of great European talents, American talent, benefiting from America's "head‑start", managed to retain a position of preeminence. So creators like Jack Kirby, Lou Fine, Jack Cole, Harvey Kurtzman, and Stan Lee became standards against which all comics world wide were measured. In Europe there arose strong innovators who gained international acclaim and those artists who remained loyal to the conventions upon which the earlier comics depended. HEXAGON COMICS brings to America the work of creators from French and Italian studios that were published by Editions Lug, and who labored for decades to create popular series in the mold of their American counterparts...
TO BUY HEXAGON SPOTLIGHT ON... ALFREDO MACALLCharacters
The HEXAGON UNIVERSE of characters is a library of approximately 3000 comic books consisting of over 250 characters created and published over the past 70 years that have sold over 400 million units, in France, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Turkey and, through Image Comics and Black Coat Press, in the United States. There is no comparable library of comic book properties of this size and depth available in the world today.These characters encompass all genres and have been successfully established in Europe for well over five decades. Like the Marvel Comics and the DC Comics characters, the Hexagon characters exist in the same, integrated universe. That universe encompasses heroes from ancient times, such as the sword-wielding barbarian Kabur (portrayed above), pirates and corsairs such as Dragut, knights and soldiers who fought under Napoleon or in the British Raj, cow-boys and gunslingers, World War II heroes, superheroes of all kinds, and even a number of futuristic, space opera characters...
