01-24-2010, 10:47 PM
My parents bought us (me and my brother) comics to read on the journey abroad. The first of these were from the Alex series. I loved them, at an age when I began to to infected by the Roman virus. Our first albums were not the first in the series, but I daresay the best: The Lost Legions and the Last Spartan. The very best.
Truth be told, when I started collecting comic books I collected everyone of his series (Alex, Tristan, Lefranc, others), and I noticed that although the storyline was always a bit elitist political (not your average adventure), the drawings were good. After Martin reached his 60s, that unfortunately began to change. His later albums were a sad shadow of the artwork produced in the 1970s. But the interest in history remained high throughout.
Martin worked with a lot of people who helped to produce his later albums. One such good student is Gilles Chaillet, I still like his 15th-c. Vasco series.
Truth be told, when I started collecting comic books I collected everyone of his series (Alex, Tristan, Lefranc, others), and I noticed that although the storyline was always a bit elitist political (not your average adventure), the drawings were good. After Martin reached his 60s, that unfortunately began to change. His later albums were a sad shadow of the artwork produced in the 1970s. But the interest in history remained high throughout.
Martin worked with a lot of people who helped to produce his later albums. One such good student is Gilles Chaillet, I still like his 15th-c. Vasco series.
Robert Vermaat
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FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
MODERATOR
FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
