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Jean-Marc Lofficier


Jean-Marc Lofficier (; born June 22, 1954) is a French author of books about films and television programs, as well as numerous comics and translations of a number of animation screenplays. He usually collaborates with his wife, Randy Lofficier (born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on February 3, 1953), and the reason why credits sometimes read "R.J.M. Lofficier", after the initials of both spouses. Jean-Marc Lofficier was born in Toulon, France in 1954. The son of a serviceman, he moved several times
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-Marc left Credit Lyonnais in 1985 to join Starwatcher Graphics, a new company set up by French artist Moebius and his wife Claudine, then living in Santa Monica. After Moebius returned to France, and Starwatcher Graphics was disbanded in 2000, the Lofficiers started their own company, Hollywood Comics, which advises and counsels comic book professionals in their dealings with Hollywood. Jean-Marc and Randy moved to Chalabre, in the South of France, in 2005. In 1979, the Lofficiers built on Jean-Marc's earlier work
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Harry Dickson


and a number of issues published in 1932. There has been done substantial research bij the Vriendenkring Jean Ray / L'Amicale Jean Ray, who are re-publishing all Harry Dicksons written by Jean Ray in facsimile. Episodes 81, 93 and 163 were translated into English by Jean-Marc Lofficier & Randy Lofficier and collected in "Harry Dickson: The Heir of Dracula" (2009) Black Coat Press, . The brothers followed this collection up with "Harry Dickson: The Werewolf of Rutherford Grange" (2011), "
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Graduating from the Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne University and from ESCP Europe business school in 1978, Jean-Marc Lofficier worked for Barclays Bank in Paris for a year before being hired by Credit Lyonnais and moving to Los Angeles, California, where he met Randy. Jean-Marc and Randy were married the following year. Jean-Marc recalled in 2005 that their writing partnership developed alongside their personal relationship; "Randy always wanted to write... [so] it evolved organically in a mutually complementary working relationship.". Jean
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Homo magi


In the storyline, Justice League member Zatanna is searching for her mother Sindella, along with her father Giovanni "John" Zatara. The "Homo magi" were also featured in the pages of "Secret Origins" (vol. 2) #27 (June 1988) written by Jean-Marc Lofficier (credited as Ehrich Weiss), Randy Lofficier and Roy Thomas. According to the Lofficiers, their story in "Secret Origins" that re-told the origins of the "Homo magi" was revised heavily prior to
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, Jean-Marc has been editor-in-chief of Hexagon Comics. Also for the French comic market, the Lofficiers wrote a trilogy of graphic novels based on the character of Robur created by Jules Verne. Illustrated by Gil Formosa, the first two volumes were nominated for the 2005 Jules Verne Award for Bandes Dessinees. There were published in English in "Heavy Metal". In 1985, the Lofficiers were hired by French artist Moebius to translate and arrange for the publication of his works in English. This led to
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Tales of the Shadowmen


Tales of the Shadowmen is an American annual anthology of short stories edited by Jean-Marc Lofficier and Randy Lofficier, published by Black Coat Press. The stories take place in a fictional world where all of the characters and events from adventure literature, and in particular French adventure literature, actually exist in the same universe. The title and concept of "Tales of the Shadowmen" were inspired by science fiction writer Philip José Farmer's works centering on the Wold Newton family. The concept first emerged in Jean-Marc Lofficier's
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a series of 30+ graphic novels published mostly by Epic Comics until 1995. During that time, the Lofficiers also translated numerous French comics for Dark Horse Comics, co-editing their comic "Cheval Noir", and for Renegade Press, co-editing their comic "French Ice", featuring the series "Carmen Cru" by French artist Jean-Marc Lelong. In 1990, in recognition of their career as writers, translators and editors, the Lofficiers were presented with the Inkpot Award for Outstanding Achievement in Comic Arts
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Batman: Nosferatu


Batman: Nosferatu is a DC Comics comic book and a Batman "Elseworlds" publication. It is the second part of a trilogy based on German Expressionist cinema, preceded by "Superman's Metropolis" and succeeded by "". It was written by Jean-Marc Lofficier and Randy Lofficier, and illustrated by Ted McKeever. The story of "Batman: Nosferatu" is "patterned" after the classic films "Metropolis", "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" and, to a lesser extent, "Nosferatu: A
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Superman's Metropolis


Superman's Metropolis is a DC Comics comic book and a Superman "Elseworlds" publication. It is the first part of a trilogy based on German Expressionist cinema, succeeded by "" and "". It was written by Jean-Marc Lofficier, Randy Lofficier and Roy Thomas and illustrated by Ted McKeever. The story of "Superman's Metropolis" is "patterned" after Fritz Lang's classic film "Metropolis", which had, in fact, been the inspiration for the city of the same name in the Superman
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Wonder Woman: The Blue Amazon


Wonder Woman: The Blue Amazon is a DC Comics comic book and a Wonder Woman "Elseworlds" publication. It is the third - and final - part of a trilogy based on German Expressionist cinema, preceded by "Superman's Metropolis" and "". It was written by Jean-Marc Lofficier and Randy Lofficier and illustrated by Ted McKeever. The story of "Wonder Woman: The Blue Amazon" is "patterned" after the classic films "Metropolis", "The Blue Angel" and "Dr. Mabuse the
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Tintin in America


from the book, and redraw them as Caucasians or Hispanics, because they did not want to encourage racial integration among children. That same year, the original black-and-white version was republished in a French-language collected volume with "Tintin in the Land of the Soviets" and "Tintin in the Congo", the first part of the collection. In 1983, a facsimile of the original was published by Casterman. Jean-Marc Lofficier and Randy Lofficier opined that Hergé had made "another leap forward"
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Tintin and Alph-Art


best-seller. An English language translation was published in 1990. For Michael Farr, "Tintin and Alph-Art" provided "an almost perfect ending to more than fifty years of defying danger, threats to his life and a succession of villains". He believed that it was "full of a vigour and enthusiasm disappointingly absent from the two previous adventures", and that as a result "it promised to be Hergé's most accomplished Tintin story for twenty years". Jean-Marc Lofficier and Randy Lofficier stated
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Vishanti" back-up feature for "Doctor Strange: Sorcerer Supreme", two stories for Clive Barker’s "Hellraiser", and the "Tongue*Lash" series for Dark Horse Comics. From 2000 to 2003, Jean-Marc Lofficier was editor and senior writer of a line of French comic books published by Semic Comics, redeveloping old French characters from the 1960s such as "Wampus", "Kabur", "Phenix", "Homicron", "Dragut" and "Dick Demon" into more modern versions,
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Ghostbusters (1986 TV series)


, is located in "The Fifth Dimension". In a typical episode, Prime Evil uses his magical powers to open up a wormhole to enable one or more of his henchmen to complete a particular scheme that serves to help him take over the world. Famous guest-star ghosts and monsters that appeared on the show include Count Dracula (who is actually a vampire) and the Headless Horseman (who also appeared in an episode of "The Real Ghostbusters" written by Jean-Marc Lofficier's wife, Randy Lofficier)
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Arak (comics)


, "Arak, Son of Thunder", which ran 50 issues (and one 1984 annual) from Sept. 1981 to Nov. 1985. After a few token appearances in other stories, Arak has not appeared in any new adventures since 1988. The "Arak" series was written, in one form or another, by Roy Thomas, joined in later issues by his wife Dann Thomas and by Jean-Marc Lofficier & Randy Lofficier. After penciling the first 12 issues, artist co-creator Colón left the title, replaced
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Ted McKeever


life, which she discovers upon his death. Her investigations lead her into a shocking world of extreme sex and violence. McKeever has produced a number of works exploring alternative realities within the world of DC superhero comics. With Randy & Jean-Marc Lofficier, he has produced an Elseworlds trilogy: "Superman's Metropolis", "" and "", all retellings of the DC mythos. In addition to Milligan and Randy & Jean-Marc Lofficier, McKeever has collaborated with comics creators Dave Gibbons and writer and singer Lydia
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Solomon Kane


of which include Solomon Kane) while Project Gutenberg Australia has a more complete selection, implying that the stories are unambiguously free from copyright under Australian law, while the possibility of copyright renewal disbars many from Project Gutenberg's inclusion criteria in the United States. Subsequent stories written by other authors are subject to the copyright laws of the relevant time. "Tales of the Shadowmen" is an anthology series edited by Jean-Marc Lofficier and Randy Lofficier, where characters from French adventure literature exist in the same universe. "Tales of
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. In 2003, the Lofficiers created their own small press, Black Coat Press, to translate and publish classics of French pulp literature into English, relying in part on the output of British writer/translator Brian Stableford. In 2005, the Lofficiers started another small press, Rivière Blanche, to publish French science fiction novels in the nostalgic style of the long-defunct "Anticipation" imprint of Editions Fleuve Noir. Lofficier's official website includes a section entitled "Illustrated History of the French Saint Novels", a guide to
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Jean-Marc Lofficier


, "Cinefex", "Heavy Metal" and "American Cinematographer", as well as more focused publications including T. E. D. Klein's "The Twilight Zone Magazine". Overseas, the Lofficiers' work appeared in United Kingdom magazines including Dez Skinn's "Starburst" (the magazine of "Science Fantasy in Television, Cinema and Comix") and "House of Hammer", while in France, they continued to contribute to "L'Ecran Fantastique". The Lofficiers' magazine work, which included short stories, retrospectives
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even gathering a number of them in the mini-series "Strangers" published by Image Comics in 2003. This universe of characters is now gathered as Hexagon Comics. The Lofficiers also wrote "Blood Oath" a crossover between Phenix and Top Cow's Witchblade. Starting in 2010, the Lofficiers started to reprint the "classic" stories from the 1960s and 1970s in a series of black & white trade paperbacks, as well as write new stories, mostly by relaunching the comic-book "Strangers". Since that date
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Josephine Balsamo


of The Countess of Cagliostro"), serialized in "Le Journal" in 1934 and collected in book form by Laffite in 1935. The two books were translated by Jean-Marc Lofficier and Randy Lofficier for a 2010 omnibus volume, "Arsene Lupin vs Countess Cagliostro" (Black Coat Press, ), which includes a new short story by the Lofficiers relating the circumstances of Joséphine's death. Joséphine Balsamo has since appeared in the anthology of literary pastiches, "Tales of the Shadowmen". Her daughter has appeared in
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well, and in an effort to remedy the situation Claudine hired the French/American editor couple Jean-Marc and Randy Lofficier, whom she had met at the summer 1985 San Diego ComicCon, as editors-in-chief for Starwatcher, also becoming shareholders in the company. Already veterans of the US publishing world ("and" Mœbius fans), it was the Lofficier couple that managed to convince editor-in-chief Archie Goodwin of Marvel Comics to publish most of Moebius' hitherto produced work on a wider scale
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Land of Black Gold


its earlier versions contained "not the slightest trace of anti-Semitism", despite allegations that a number of other "Adventures" featuring Jewish characters exhibited anti-Semitic stereotypes. Jean-Marc Lofficier and Randy Lofficier believed that "Land of Black Gold" suffered from having been "rebaked", being "pulled between the 'old' pre-war Tintin and the more modern one." The Lofficiers opined that the story's "clear concern about war and rumours of war" enable it to fit well after "
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Fernando Pasarin


Fernando Pasarin is a Spanish comic book artist. Pasarin got his start in the Franco-Belgian comics market. He pencilled such series as "Strangers" and "Phenix" (written by Jean-Marc Lofficier) for Hexagon Comics, as well as "Les Fils de la Louve" (written by Patrick Weber) for Le Lombard. His breakthrough into the American market occurred in late 2007, when he worked with Greg Tocchini as a fill-in artist for the DC Comics title "Ion: Guardian of the Universe
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Phobos (Marvel Comics)


Phobos is the name of two fictional comic book characters appearing in books published by Marvel Comics characters. The first appeared in "Dr. Strange, Sorcerer Supreme" #32 (August 1991) in a story written by Roy Thomas and Jean-Marc Lofficier. The second and current Phobos first appeared in the 2006 "Ares: God of War" mini-series (written by Michael Avon Oeming; art by Travel Foreman). He is the son of Ares, step-brother to Hippolyta, and a member of the
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– meaning without his Western work – collection themselves, this time executed in the standard US comic book-sized format and soliciting the editorial input from Jean-Marc Lofficier who had already done so for the previous efforts. Though much of the contents was essentially a recapitulation of the Marvel/Epic publications, Lofficier made use of the opportunity to add work Mœbius had created after the Marvel/Epic publications had run its course, such as the story "The Man from the Ciguri" (a sequel to "The Airtight Garage
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Jean-Marc Lofficier


and TV program guides alongside journalistic articles, led naturally to them co-authoring a number of non-fiction books about film and television programs. Their first - "The Doctor Who Programme Guide", published by W. H. Allen Ltd in 1981 - arose from their work for French magazine "L'Ercran Fantastique". The pair produced This title in turn led to the Lofficiers producing several novelizations and editing various anthologies of science fiction and fantasy short stories. In 1985, Randy Lofficier completed Harry Love's Animation Writing Seminar at Hanna
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Le Monde d'Edena


five parts, each published as a separate volume, plus a sixth volume containing shorter stories "Seeing Naples", "Another Planet" (="The Still Planet"), "The Repairmen" and "Dying to See Naples", that are outside of the main narrative: In the English language, the series, translated by Jean-Marc and Randy Lofficier, has seen publications between 1988 and 1994 by Marvel Comics (under its Epic imprint), Titan Books, Graphitti Designs, and, at a later
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Cigars of the Pharaoh


original. Jean-Marc Lofficier and Randy Lofficier considered "Cigars of the Pharaoh" to be graphically between "Tintin in America" and "The Blue Lotus", as Hergé was expanding his "visual vocabulary" and making use of "unforgettable moments" such as the dream sequence in the tomb. Although recognising that Hergé was still devising his plot on a week-by-week basis, they thought that the work was an improvement on his earlier stories because of the inclusion of "mystery and fantasy". Awarding
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Tintin and the Picaros


the character of Tintin. Michael Farr stated that "Tintin has changed", as is evidenced by the change in his clothing, however he felt that "such image modernising only succeeds in dating the adventure", adding that "to alter Tintin's appearance at the end of his career was not only superfluous but a mistake". Jean-Marc Lofficier and Randy Lofficier stated that in this story, Alcazar was "a deflated version of what he used to be", noting that by the end of the story he
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The Incal


originally designed in the rewritten sequel "Final Incal" is much darker, grittier; the streets are emptier, less colorful, more muted. He exceled at drawing, but as if he has studied not only Moebius but also the movies that Moebius influenced, directly or indirectly (like "Blade Runner"). "The Incal" was published in three volumes by Epic Comics (a division of Marvel Comics) as a part of their Epic Graphic Novels line, in translations by Jean-Marc Lofficier and Randy Lofficier,
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The Crab with the Golden Claws


"tremendous new potential". He also thought that the dream sequences reflected the popularity of surrealism at the time, and that the influence of cinema, in particular the films of Alfred Hitchcock, is apparent in the story. Jean-Marc Lofficier and Randy Lofficier described the story as "a thinly-disguised remake of "Cigars of the Pharaoh"", an "Adventure of Tintin" which had been first serialised in 1934. Both feature the smuggling of opium, in crab tins and cigars respectively, and "desert
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Phobos (Marvel Comics)


Secret Warriors. Due to the nature of gods in the Marvel Universe, in addition to the retcon surrounding the current Phobos (see below) the relationship between the two has not been explicitly explained. The original Phobos first appeared in the "A Gathering of Fear" storyline in "Dr. Strange, Sorcerer Supreme" #32 (August 1991) written by Roy Thomas and Jean-Marc Lofficier. He reappeared in "The Great Fear" storyline in DS:SS #39 (March 1992). Phobos and his brother
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Transilvane


the Demon Dog and saved Transilvane. The story ended with Superman having decided to reprogram the Transilvanians by replacing the horror movies with projections of "Oklahoma!". Following the "Crisis on Infinite Earths", Transilvane was reintroduced in "Legends of the DC Universe" #22 and #23 (November–December 1999), written by Jean-Marc Lofficier and drawn by José Ladrönn. The origins of Transilvane remained basically unchanged, although the technology now involved nanotechnology and a miniaturization field inside which the Planck constant had been
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Action Comics


, #563, and #565. "Action Comics" #579, written by Jean-Marc Lofficier and drawn by Giffen, featured an homage to Asterix where Superman and Jimmy Olsen are drawn back in time to a small village of indomitable Gauls. Schwartz ended his run as editor of the series with issue #583 (September 1986) which featured the second part of the "" story by Alan Moore and Curt Swan. Following the events of "Crisis on Infinite Earths", writer/artist John Byrne relaunched
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King Ottokar's Sceptre


the story had the atmosphere of Franz Lehár's "The Merry Widow", with "added touches" from the films of Erich von Stroheim and Ernst Lubitsch. Fellow biographer Benoît Peeters thought that it exhibited "a political maturity" and "originality". Further, he felt that Hergé was able to break free from the "narrative limits [of] ... too much realism" by the use of Syldavia as a setting. Jean-Marc Lofficier and Randy Lofficier called "King Ottokar's Sceptre" "a Hitchcockian thriller
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Nyctalope


writers, "The Nyctalope Steps In" (2011) and "Night of the Nyctalope" (2012). Shadowmen: Heroes and Villains of French Pulp Fiction: Published in 2003, by Jean-Marc Lofficier and Randy Lofficier, published by Black Coat Press is an encyclopedic guide to some of the most important characters from French Fiction, including Nyctalope. The Nyctalope is one of the main characters in Serge Lehman's "Chimera Brigade" comic book (2009-2010), set just before World War II. He
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Jean-Marc Lofficier


for fanzines and French magazines - including "Lunatique" and "L'Ecran Fantastique", for which he wrote a combination of articles, reviews and short stories - and began working as "film journalists" for a variety of "cinema/sf pro magazines." Covering the Hollywood-based film industry (and particularly those aspects with a Sci-Fi or Fantasy bent), the Lofficiers wrote for a number of magazines created both for American and overseas audiences. Their work appeared in such mainstream U.S. publications as "Starlog"
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Tintin in Tibet


in Tibet" is well received by critics from the comics and literary fields. Farr calls it "exceptional in many respects, standing out among the twenty-three completed "Tintin" adventures ... an assertion of the incorruptible value of bonds of friendship." Jean-Marc Lofficier and Randy Lofficier laud it as "the ultimate "Tintin" book", reaching "a degree of perfection, both in its story and in its stunning art, that has rarely been equaled, before or since" and "arguably the best
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The Castafiore Emerald


" it had not become one of the most popular "Adventures of Tintin", something that he thought was "unjust". Jean-Marc Lofficier and Randy Lofficier, co-authors of the book, "The Pocket Essential Tintin", described Hergé's depiction of Castafiore in the story as "a force of nature", praising the way that he depicted her many outfit changes. They described Mr Bolt as being both a "Godot-like character" and as being akin to Basil Fawlty from the British sitcom
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Judex


Provocateurs": Published in 2011, Judex appears in two short stories, "Judex vs Belphegor" by John Gallagher and "The Affair of the Necklace Revisited" by Jean-Marc Lofficier & Randy Lofficier "Night of the Nyctalope": Published in 2012, Judex appears in one short story, "Justice and Power" by Christofer Nigro "The Shadow of Judex": Published in 2013. Contains all the above Judex short stories and 16 additional ones. Shadowmen: Heroes and Villains of French Pulp Fiction: Published in
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Doctor Omega


tried to appeal to a more juvenile audience. A reprint of the first edition was published by Albin Michel in 1949, with illustrations by Rapeno. In 2003, Los Angeles's Black Coat Press published an edition "adapted and retold" by Jean-Marc Lofficier and Randy Lofficier, with a cover by Gil Formosa. does not contain any illustrations; (Collector's Edition) contains a selection of illustrations by Bouard from the first edition. This edition is a free translation, or adaptation, of the first French edition.
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The Seven Crystal Balls


of Calculus, "Hergé had allowed himself to step for a moment into Haddock's shoes and to be autobiographical". Jean-Marc Lofficier and Randy Lofficier believed that the two-story arc represents "one more leap forward in Hergé's graphic and narrative skills" as a result of the transition to full colour double pages as the initial means of publication. They noted that "The Seven Crystal Balls" is "bathed in the surreal atmosphere that Hergé knew how to create so well", with Tintin confronting "a
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Prisoners of the Sun


at the end"; although he thought that, unlike "Red Rackham's Treasure", it "successfully transfers the fear of its unknown adversaries from the first part of the adventure into the second". He also thought that, despite all the tribulations Hergé faced while creating it, "the pacing, the retention of suspense right to the end, and the fine balance of humour and drama" do not betray the story's troubled development. Jean-Marc Lofficier and Randy Lofficier believed that the two-story arc
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The Calculus Affair


"the atmosphere of a spy novel worthy of John Buchan or Eric Ambler". Similarly, Farr described "The Calculus Affair" as "one of Hergé's finest creations". Biographer Pierre Assouline stated that the "illustrations and the scenario are vibrant and rich; the story thread holds from beginning to end". Jean-Marc Lofficier and Randy Lofficier stated that the introduction of Jolyon Wagg and Cutts the butcher represented "yet another turning point in the series", praising the characterisation of Jolyon Wagg as "bitter and
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Airtight Garage


book-length version appeared first in the original French and with the original black and white art, and only later in a US edition in English and in color. The US edition, published by Marvel Comics' Epic imprint in 1987 (as the third volume in a series devoted to the collected works of Moebius), used a new translation, by Jean-Marc Lofficier and Randy Lofficier, different from the "Heavy Metal" serialisation, and presented the work with the pages colored. This version, along with most
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Destination Moon (comics)


the French magazine "Paris Match" commissioned him to produce a short comic documenting the Apollo 12 landings. Jean-Marc Lofficier and Randy Lofficier believed that the two-part story "belongs" to Calculus, because his "cosmic vision moves the story forward". They further expressed the opinion that Wolff was a unique character in the "Adventures of Tintin", suggesting that he is akin to a character from a John le Carré novel. They felt that the Moon adventure was "Hergé at his best... a triumphant
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Rork


the "Rork" series: The Rork stories were originally serialized in "Tintin" magazine in 1978; after the Belgian edition was cancelled in 1980 the series continued in the French and Dutch edition of the magazine. The first five Rork stories were translated by Jean-Marc Lofficier & Randy Lofficier. They were first serialized in black & white in Dark Horse's "Cheval Noir" comic, then published as graphic novels by NBM. Capricorn is an astrologer and crime-fighter whose real identity is unknown. Ably assisted by
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Lone Sloane


which features H.P. Lovecraft's space nightmares mixed with M.C. Escher's influences. The first eight stories were translated into English by Jean-Marc Lofficier and Randy Lofficier. They were first serialized in black and white in Dark Horse's "Cheval Noir" comics anthology, then published as graphic novels by NBM Publishing. The rest of the stories have been translated into English by the magazine "Heavy Metal", some of them serialized in the magazine ("Gail" in 1977 and 1978, "Salammbo" in 1980 and 1981
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Lieut. Gullivar Jones: His Vacation


Allan Poe in Jean-Marc Lofficier & Randy Lofficier's novel, "Edgar Allan Poe on Mars: The Further adventures of Gullivar Jones" (2007). In the fourth volume of the "Tales of the Shadowmen" anthology, in the short story "Three Men, a Martian and a Baby," Gullivar Jones is briefly encountered by Doctor Omega. Dynamite Entertainment's "Warriors of Mars" comic series crosses over Gullivar Jones with the Barsoom setting. In the comic, Jones' lover Princess Heru went on to
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Jean-Marc Lofficier


-Barbera, which led the Lofficiers to write a number of animation scripts for television series such as "The Real Ghostbusters" and "Duck Tales". They also began to write numerous scripts for a variety of comic books, often in collaboration with other writers, notably Roy Thomas and Marv Wolfman, for both Marvel Comics and DC Comics. Their best-known works include a trilogy of DC "Elseworlds" based on German Expressionism cinema incorporating characters such as Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman, the "Book of the
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C. Auguste Dupin


Edgar Allan Poe on Mars" (2007) by Jean-Marc Lofficier & Randy Lofficier. In "Murder in the Madhouse" (1935), the first of Jonathan Latimer's series of screwball crime novels starring detective William Crane, Crane presents himself in the sanitarium as C. Auguste Dupin. The story contains more oblique references in the form of stylistic elements (offstage murders, Crane's theories of deduction) that suggest Poe had an influence on Latimer's writing. Dupin is the hero of "Les ogres de Montfaucon"
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Judex


2003, by Jean-Marc Lofficier and Randy Lofficier, published by Black Coat Press is an encyclopedic guide to some of the most important characters from French Fiction, including Judex. French comic magazine "Hurrah!" published by Editions Mondiales in June 1940 began a comic series of Judex, which was in actuality, a French translation of the American syndicated "Shadow" comic strip. As a homage, writer Matt Fraction featured Judex - as the member of a team of European superheroes of the early 20th century - in an
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The Secret of the Unicorn


He asserted that this story and "Red Rackham's Treasure" marked the third and central stage of "Tintin's career", also stating that here, Tintin has been converted from a reporter into an explorer to cope with the new political climate. He further added his opinion that it was "the most successful of all Tintin's adventures". Jean-Marc Lofficier and Randy Lofficier asserted that Sir Francis Haddock was "the best realised character" in the story, conversely describing the Bird Brothers as "relatively uninspired villains
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Red Rackham's Treasure


they were "the visual continuation of a literary universe that stretches from Jules Verne to Pierre Benoit". Jean-Marc Lofficier and Randy Lofficier opined that "The Secret of the Unicorn"-"Red Rackham's Treasure" arc represents "a turning point" for the series as it shifts the reader's attention from Tintin to Haddock, who has become "by far, the most interesting character". They claim that the introduction of Calculus "completes the indispensable triangle that imbues Tintin with its mythic quality." Asserting that here, Hergé
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Alone in the Dark


Italy and Spain. Written by Jean-Marc Lofficier and drawn by Matt Haley and Aleksi Briclot, it takes place just before "Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare". It stars Edward Carnby and introduces Aline Cedrac, both on the trail of a mysterious lost city of Aggartha in Tibet. The comic also features Frank Stone, a young scientist who accompanies Aline, Ganesha, a fortune hunter, and Dr. Leng, a wise man who lives in his private flying ship along with his beautiful assistant Monplaisir (the
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David Lafuente


David Lafuente is a Spanish-born comic book artist known for his work on books such as "". He currently resides in London. Lafuente first penciled such series as "Phénix" and "Kabur" (written by Jean-Marc Lofficier) for Hexagon Comics, then was discovered by Marvel Editor C.B. Cebulski at the Dublin City Comic Con during the editor's self-named talent search "ChesterQuest"", though the artist's official website displays professional work dated much earlier than this. His first work for Marvel
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Tintin in the Land of the Soviets


his own cartoon strip. Hergé already had experience creating comic strips. From July 1926 he had written a strip about a boy scout patrol leader titled "Les Aventures de Totor C.P. des Hannetons" (""The Adventures of Totor, Scout Leader of the Cockchafers"") for the Scouting newspaper (""The Belgian Boy Scout""). The character of Totor was a strong influence on Tintin; Hergé described the latter as being like Totor's younger brother. Jean-Marc and Randy Lofficier stated that graphically
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Strangers (French comic book)


Strangers is a French comic book depicting a superhero team, consisting of many of Editions Lug' most popular heroes, all aliens residing on Earth (hence its name). It was written by Jean-Marc Lofficier and illustrated by various artists for publishers Semic Comics and Image Comics in 2002 and 2003. The team was composed of the following characters: Homicron asks Starlock to assist the international security organization C.L.A.S.H. with the disposal of WMDs stored in a space station. Meanwhile, on Earth, Tanka enlists Futura's help and tries
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Stéphane Roux (comics)


Stéphane Roux is a French comic book artist who is known mostly in America for his cover work for Marvel, DC and Semic comics. Stéphane Roux' has worked on such titles as "Witchblade: Blood Oath", scripted by Jean-Marc Lofficier, as well as "Sibilla" (scripted by Jean-Marc Lainé) and "Strangers" in the Semic pocket and comics publications. His longest cover assignment was on "Birds of Prey" (issues #104 to 127), with notable covers on various titles
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Epic Comics


Shadowline Saga, a storyline spanning four different titles in 1987. Epic was also notable as one of the first American comic publishers to release material originally produced in other countries, such as the Moebius graphic novels "Airtight Garage", "The Incal" and "Blueberry", published here in English translations by Jean-Marc Lofficier & Randy Lofficier. Epic also published Katsuhiro Otomo's manga classic "Akira", with translations by Marvel staffer Mary Jo Duffy and colors by Steve Oliff. As well, Epic, now edited
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The Red Sea Sharks


"a Tintin family reunion", commenting that it was "a story unusually full of the type of people Captain Haddock liked to avoid". Michael Farr believed that in reviving so many older characters, Hergé had given "The Red Sea Sharks" "a marked retrospective quality". Jean-Marc Lofficier and Randy Lofficier thought that the story was too crowded, leaving little room for series regulars Professor Calculus or Thomson and Thompson, and leaving the introduced figure of Skut as "a nice supporting character, but nothing more
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Tintin in America


Smiles. Hergé's depiction of the country was also influenced by American cinema, and many of his illustrations were based on cinematic imagery. Jean-Marc Lofficier and Randy Lofficier thought that Tintin's arrest of Smiles had been influenced by the "Buffalo Bill" stories, and that the idea of the gangsters taking Tintin away in their car came from "Little Caesar". Despite his extensive research into American life, Hergé accidentally drew steering wheels on the right side of cars in some panels of the comic. It has been
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Jean-Marc Lofficier


during his formative years, spending "a goodly part of my childhood in Bordeaux, and my teenage years in Fontainebleau." A budding writer from an early age, Lofficier also "drew my own little comic strips when I was 13, 14, and began being published in French 'zines at 16." Recalling in 2005 that "writing wasn't deemed a respectable, economically sound way of making a living," he "got a MBA and a Law degree, then went to work in international banking."
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Explorers on the Moon


published book version he added Wolff's line of "perhaps by some miracle I shall escape too", to make the scene seem a less obvious suicide. Years later, Hergé expressed regret that he had capitulated on this issue. The story was collected together and published by Editions Casterman as "On a Marché Sur La Lune" in 1954. Casterman were unhappy with this title, which translates as "They Walked on the Moon", but Hergé resolutely refused to make a change. Jean-Marc Lofficier and Randy Lofficier
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Destination Moon (comics)


April 1950. He also visited the Ateliers de Constructions Electriques de Charleroi's Center for Atomic Research, striking up a subsequent correspondence with its director, Max Hoyaux. Hergé incorporated much of this technical information into the story, but juxtaposed it with moments of humour to make it more accessible to his young readership. According to literary critics Jean-Marc Lofficier and Randy Lofficier, possible fictional influences on Hergé's story include Jules Verne's 1870 novel "Around the Moon" and the 1950 American film "Destination Moon". Hergé
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Explorers on the Moon


it more accessible to his young readership. According to literary critics Jean-Marc Lofficier and Randy Lofficier, possible fictional influences on Hergé's story include Jules Verne's 1870 novel "Around the Moon" and the 1950 American film "Destination Moon". Hergé was certainly inspired by a number of photographic stills from the "Destination Moon" film which had been published. The computer system at the Sprodj space centre was visually based upon the UNIVAC I, the first computer to be created for non-military purposes. Hergé based
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Arzach


first of a planned trilogy to explore the origin of the character. However, with the death of Jean Giraud in March 2012, this vision was never realised. "Arzach" is credited as the inspiration for the final sequence, "Taarna", of the animated film "Heavy Metal" (1981). "Moebius' Arzach" is a novel by Jean-Marc and Randy Lofficier, published by iBOOKS in August, 2000. The book features a cover and inside illustrations by Moebius, and a map by J.O.
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The Adventures of Totor


a "natural prototype" for Tintin, while literary critic Jean-Marie Apostolidès thought that Hergé "adopted his former hero to the new circumstances". The Tintinologists Jean-Marc and Randy Lofficier thought that graphically, Totor was "virtually identical" to Tintin. The early installments of "Tintin in the Land of the Soviets" and "The Adventures of Totor" were contemporary with each other. Hergé decided that he wanted to focus on the new character, bringing the Totor story to an end in July 1929, when
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Jean Giraud


imprint in the late 1980s and early 1990s, initiated, translated and introduced by Jean-Marc and Randy Lofficier. The intent was to collect "all" comics Giraud had hitherto published in Europe as Mœbius into one single format collection, and in this Epic largely succeeded, when the eventual two – three when counting "Blueberry" as well – collections had run their courses around 1992. When initiated, the collections were otherwise unaltered published in Great Britain as well, with a lag ranging from a few months to a year
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The Shooting Star


was a recurring theme throughout the story, and that there was "an unreality in the whole adventure". Fellow biographer Benoît Peeters asserted that "The Shooting Star" was "of great power and brilliant construction". Elsewhere, Peeters wrote that the book was "notable for the entry of the fantastic into Hergé's work". Jean-Marc and Randy Lofficier deemed the antisemitism a "sad moment" in the series, awarding the story one out of five stars. Nevertheless, they felt that the "pre-
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The Blue Lotus


indicated that the Japanese had not taken offence to Hergé's portrayal of them in "The Blue Lotus". After Hergé's death, the original illustrated manuscript of "The Blue Lotus" was discovered at Studio Hergé, and was subsequently exhibited as the centrepiece of an exhibit commemorating the 60th anniversary of "The Adventures of Tintin". Jean-Marc and Randy Lofficier commented that "The Blue Lotus" was "unarguably Hergé's first masterpiece". They felt that for the first time in the series, "one senses
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The Adventures of Totor


The Tintinologists Jean-Marc and Randy Lofficier commented that "Everything that made "Tintin" what it later became was seminally present in "Totor"", including the artistic style, the pace of the story, the use of humour, and the manner in which it imitated motion pictures. They also commented that "Totor" read like "an adult was retelling one of those early American western serials... to a group of children. On the one hand he is exciting the children, but on the other he is
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The Broken Ear


; the thief never appeared, and the replica fetish was never recovered. Jean-Marc and Randy Lofficier described "The Broken Ear" as "a "Blue Lotus"-lite", noting that it shared many elements with the previous "Adventure", although they also considered it to be "more reminiscent of the earlier, more caricatured books" like "Tintin in the Congo" and "Tintin in America" with the inclusion of comical natives and absurdist elements like "comical bombs". They nevertheless thought that it exhibited a
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The Black Island


interest in innovation and modernism. Commenting on the differences between the third version of the comic and the earlier two, he thought that the latter was "strongly representative" of the artistic talents of Studios Hergé in the 1960s, but that it was nevertheless inferior, because it had replaced the "spontaneity and poetry" of the original with "over-detailed and fussily accurate" illustrations. Jean-Marc and Randy Lofficier described "The Black Island" as "a clever little thriller" that bore similarities with the popular detective
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Valérian and Laureline


"The End of Eternity"), Jack Vance (especially "The Blue World"), and John Brunner. Jean-Marc and Randy Lofficier have also suggested that Poul Anderson's "Time Patrol" books, about an official organization dedicated to protecting time from interference, are a major influence on the series. Christin has also cited the whodunit genre—notably novels by Georges Simenon and Ed McBain—as an influence on "Valérian" since they taught him, as a writer, that all characters in a narrative
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Judex


one short story, "Lost and Found" by Jean-Marc Lofficier. "Tales of the Shadowmen, Volume 3: Danse Macabre": Published in 2007, Judex appears in one short story, "Two Hunters" by Robert L. Robinson, Jr. "Tales of the Shadowmen, Volume 7: Femmes Fatales": Published in 2010, Judex appears in two short stories, "What Rough Beast" by Matthew Baugh and "Faces of Fear" by Matthew Dennion "Tales of the Shadowmen, Volume 8: Agents
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Wonder Woman: The Blue Amazon


's love for him is enough to restore her memories. She becomes the "Wonder-Woman", challenges the Cheetah to a duel and wins, killing her foe. Psykho is locked up in the asylum with the other inmates. Peace is restored to Metropolis; the three "worlds", the city and the two worlds above it and below it, are reunited; the truth about the past has at last been revealed. This is the third part of a trilogy: Writer Jean-Marc Lofficier had a fourth
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Superman's Metropolis


after a fierce battle. Clarc and Lois become the new, enlightened rulers of a reunited Metropolis. This is the first part of a trilogy: Writer Jean-Marc Lofficier had a fourth and final book planned, entitled "The Green Light", which would have introduced counterparts of Green Lantern, the Flash and the Martian Manhunter (based on Leni Riefenstahl's "Das Blaue Licht" (U.S. title: "The Blue Light" (1932)) and Arnold Fanck's "Der Weiße Rausch - Der Neue Wunder des
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The Adventures of Tintin


a strip about a Boy Scout patrol leader titled "Les Aventures de Totor C.P. des Hannetons" (""The Adventures of Totor, Scout Leader of the Cockchafers"") for the Scouting newspaper (""The Belgian Boy Scout""). Totor was a strong influence on Tintin, with Hergé describing the latter as being like Totor's younger brother. Jean-Marc and Randy Lofficier stated that graphically, Totor and Tintin were "virtually identical" except for the Scout uniform, also noting many similarities between their
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Lou Anders


1995). Recommended to Titan by Jean-Marc Lofficier, Anders became Titan Publishing Group's 'Los Angeles liaison', "churning out about 30 articles a month on average and living on the Star Trek and Babylon 5 sets". Anders was writing scripts and pitches on the side with a writing partner, and in 1996, was asked to write "The Making of " for Titan. Between 1994 and 1999, Anders wrote around 500 articles, which have appeared in multiple magazines on a variety of - primarily science
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Blueberry (comics)


"Blueberry" was published under Giraud's pseudonym, Moebius. As Randy and Jean-Marc Lofficier, the translator couple for all these editions, related, "This is quite ironic because Giraud first coined the 'Moebius' pseudonym precisely because he wanted to keep his two bodies of work separate. Yet, the artist recognizes the fact that he has now become better known in this country under his 'nom-de-plume,' and this is his way of making it official!" In effect, the ploy
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Batman: Nosferatu


, the ancient computers reveal themselves to the Super-Man and he realizes that there can be no light without shadows. The Nosferatu's job is to catch these shadows. The computers restore both combatants and the Super-Man accepts the Nosferatu's control over the night. Bruss Wayne-son ends up in charge of the asylum where Arkham is now a patient, trying to convince anyone who will listen that the new director is the Nosferatu. This is the second part of a trilogy: Writer Jean-Marc Lofficier had
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Doctor Who spin-offs


, also tried to develop a "Doctor Who" movie for theatrical release, the script for which was worked on for a time by Johnny Byrne, who had previously worked on the television series. The license for this reverted to the BBC before the film neared production. The book "The Nth Doctor" by Jean-Marc Lofficier (Virgin Publishing, 1997) includes synopses of several proposed film story treatments, including those by Byrne. The hunger for more "Doctor Who" on television, especially between the show's
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Starlog


the current events in their respective sci-fi fandoms. "Starlog" itself followed the marketing strategy of labeling it “the most popular science fiction magazine in publishing history” which allowed the creators to home in on their fanboy market and use that advertisement strategy to their advantage. In later years many of its long-time contributors had moved on. Nonetheless, it continued to boast genre journalists such as Jean-Marc Lofficier, Will Murray, and Tom Weaver. "Starlog" ended its run as a digital magazine published
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Roy Thomas


which he hoped ... By 1986, Thomas had begun writing for Marvel's New Universe line, beginning with "Spitfire and the Troubleshooters" #5 (Feb. 1987). He then embarked on a multi-issue run of "Nightmask", co-scripted by his wife Dann Thomas. He went on to script titles starring Doctor Strange, Thor, the Avengers West Coast, and Conan, often co-scripting with Dann Thomas or Jean-Marc Lofficier. During the following decade, Thomas began working less for Marvel
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Alan Moore: Portrait of an Extraordinary Gentleman


League of Extraordinary Gentlemen"), Oscar Zarate ("A Small Killing"), Rick Veitch and Stephen R. Bissette ("Swamp Thing"), Jamie Delano ("Hellblazer") and Steve Parkhouse ("The Bojeffries Saga"). Other contributors and artists include: Adam Hughes, Ashley Wood, Ben Templesmith, Brad Meltzer, Bryan Talbot, Carla Speed McNeil, Dave Sim, Eduardo Risso, Eric Shanower, Gabriele Dell'Otto, Howard Chaykin, Iain Sinclair, Jean-Marc and Randy Lofficier, Jeff Smith
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Wold Newton family


. The anthology series "Tales of the Shadowmen" edited by Jean-Marc Lofficier is also based on the Wold Newton concept and includes characters from French literature. Alan Moore did likewise in his "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" comic book (and its sequels), in which various Victorian-era literary characters meet and join the eponymous League (though they are not descended from a single family). Over the course of the series, the world of the League incorporates many works of fiction from many different eras –
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Tintin in the Land of the Soviets


European literature, which often presented fictional narratives as non-fiction. The first instalment of "Tintin in the Land of the Soviets" appeared in the 10 January 1929 edition of , and ran weekly until 8 May 1930. Hergé did not plot out the storyline in advance; he improvised new situations on a weekly basis, leaving Jean-Marc and Randy Lofficier to observe that both "Story-wise and graphically, Hergé was learning his craft before our eyes." Hergé admitted that the work was rushed, saying,
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Tintin in the Land of the Soviets


youth". Jean-Marc and Randy Lofficier believed that another factor in his decision might have been the story's virulently anti-Marxist theme, which would have been unpopular amidst growing West European sympathies for Marxism following the Second World War. In an article discussing Hergé's work which was published in the magazine "Jeune Afrique" ("Young Africa") in 1962, it was noted that despite the fact that fans of his work visited the Bibliothèque Nationale to read the copy of "Land of the Soviets" that
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List of unmade Doctor Who serials and films


Cushing films of the 1960s. Jean-Marc Lofficier, in his book "The Nth Doctor", profiles a number of film proposals, some of which came close to being produced. Ultimately, however, the only film version of "Doctor Who" (other than the two Cushing films) produced to date has been the 1996 made-for-TV film which was developed as a continuation of the TV series rather than a reboot or reimagining of the concept. At one point, the film had the full working
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Doctor Omega


but real - similarities between the two characters (especially the First Doctor, played by William Hartnell from 1963-1966). Frequent "Doctor Who" writer Terrance Dicks provided a foreword, and the cover illustration was changed to one similar to the 1973 Target Books novelization of "The Daleks". In 2009, French publisher Riviere Blanche reprinted the first edition, with selected illustrations from Bouard and Rapeno, a new foreword by Jean-Marc Lofficier, French translations of Terrance Dicks's foreword, and stories by Chris Roberson,
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Languages of the Republic of the Congo


are mostly found in the Plateaux Department, in the Cuvette-Ouest (where they are known as Mbéti and Tégué), Niari (where they are known as Nzabi), Bouenza and the Pool region. Lari is a mixture of various idioms of Kongo and Téké, and is the language mostly spoken in the Pool region. The dominant sign language is ASL from Nigeria, influenced by local gestures and conventions. Omer Massoumou et Ambroise Jean-Marc Queffélec, "Le français en République du Congo sous l'ère pluripartiste (1991
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The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec


in French and two different English translations have been published, the first covering only the first five and the latter currently ongoing, with the aim of releasing all ten in omnibus editions of two "albums" each. The first five stories were translated by Randy and Jean-Marc Lofficier. They were published, as "The Most Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec", first by Dark Horse Comics in their "Cheval Noir" title and then released in book form by NBM Publishing (1990–92). Fantagraphics Books have
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Gil Formosa


(a Conan cover) and Semic Comics (several covers and illustrations) Gil Formosa produced painted covers for a variety of French science fiction, comic book and game American publishers. Formosa became one of France's leading commercial illustrators, with credits including film posters (Lady Hawke) and major advertising campaigns. More recently, Formosa returned to comics, illustrating three Steampunk graphic novels featuring the character of Robur created by Jules Verne: With writer Jean-Marc Lofficier, he began the "" series at Albin Michel in 2003.
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Josephine Balsamo


his father by Joséphine's former henchmen. In the end, Lupin saved his son, but did not tell him that he was his father. Wold Newton family scholar Jean-Marc Lofficier has theorized that the first Joséphine Balsamo had an affair with the norious criminal Henri de Belcamp, a.k.a. John Devil, whose story was recorded in the eponymous book by Paul Féval, père as part of his chronicles "Les Habits Noirs" and recently continued by Brian Stableford. From that union was born a daughter, Joséphine Balsamo II
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The Story of Spanish


The Story of Spanish is a non-fiction book written by Jean-Benoît Nadeau and Julie Barlow that charts the origins of the Spanish language. The 496-page book published by St. Martin’s Press (May 7, 2013), explains how the Spanish language evolved from a tongue spoken by a remote tribe of farmers in northern Spain to become one of the world’s most spoken languages. The Story of Spanish is described as a “veritable biography of the Spanish language.” The book begins by explaining where the term "
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Written language


A written language is the representation of a spoken or gestural language by means of a writing system. Written language is an invention in that it must be taught to children, who will pick up spoken language or sign language by exposure even if they are not formally instructed. A written language exists only as a complement to a specific spoken language, and no natural language is purely written. Written languages change more slowly than corresponding spoken languages. When at least one register of a language is strongly divergent from spoken language, the
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BCMC College of Engineering & Technology


Course; 03-months course 2. English Language Training Course (Spoken & Written); 06-months course 3. Spanish Language Training Course (Spoken & Written); 06-months course 4. German (Deutsch) Language Training Course (Spoken & Written); 06-months course 5. Arabic Language Training Course (Spoken & Written); 06-months course 6. Japanese Language Training Course (Spoken & Written); 06-months course 7. Korean Language Training Course (Spoken & Written); 06-months course 8. Chinese Language Training Course (Spoken &
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