Goodbye for now

Hello to all,

I would like to inform you that Miguel Frognier, the author of the blog The Adventures of Blake and Mortimer, plans to revive that blog. Since that blog, like this one, consists simply of translations from the spanish blog Las Aventuras de Blake y Mortimer, I see no need to continue updating this blog as of now. I will keep this blog online as a repository of past articles and to, if needed, continue updating it shall Miguel Frognier decide to stop blogging in english again.

Thanks to all for reading,
Filipe P—

Official B&M Calendar/Diary

Dargaud will publish this year a B&M-themed calendar-diary (a single object, unlike in previous years) in 2016. It is already available on Amazon.

B&M Publications 2015 (II)

The official B&M website has published a definitive guide to releases concerning the series this year. The following books are scheduled: The Blake and Mortimer Enigmas, a single volume reedition of Professor Sato's Three Formulae (with storyboards included), The Time Trap (Tintin magazine edition), a luxury edition of Plutarch's Staff, and Juillard 317 Drawings (which will include sketches from the upcoming The Will of William S., some of which are featured below). The two last will be released on the 4th of Decemeber; the rest on the 27th November. Pics below.

First peek at "The Will of William S.", the next tome in the series

The first images of the next album in the series, with working name The Will of William S., expected in 2016, have arrived. As revealed before, this album will be set in the fifties, in England and Italy, will involve archaeology and history, and will touch on Mortimer's private life. The long-awaited images show the protagonists with Kendall and a as-of-yet unnamed character in 99 Park Lane, and Blake with a baton. it has been hypothesized that Éttiene Schréder is still doing the inking on this album as with the last.

"Les Contes", illustrated by E. P. Jacobs

As expected in a earlier post the association Les Amis de Jacobs has published the second volume of Les Contes, a collection of fairy tales illustrated by Jacobs early in his career. Only 299 numbered copies of this tome will be made, and it is only available to members of the association.
Below you can see a few pictures, courtesy of our friend Miguel Frognier over at our sister blog.

"The Yellow M" is Getting a Movie Adaptation

After 2 failed projects, it seems that finally The Yellow "M" will arrive in the big screen. Patrick Vanderbosch, of Belga Films, says here that his company acquired the rights for the album's film adaptation, and Jaco Van Dormael and Thomas Gunzig appear to be working on a B&M cinema adaptation, according to this piece. We'll see how this develops.

A Special Edition of the The Staff of Plutarch and Others

Yves Schirlif appears to be a gift that keeps on giving, as he as revealed new images through his Twitter account that may be of interest to fans of the B&M franchise, the first of which being the cover for a luxury edition of The Staff of Plutarch, followed by two other pictures of this edition. Other pictures show a cover for The Mega Wave, a book heavily featured on The Yellow "M", a Juillard sketch showing himself along with our heroes, and, lastly, a Yellow "M"-themed sketch by René Follet.

Yves Schirlif Gives Us a Peek of Upcoming Publications

Yves Schirlif, an editor at Dargaud, has published some pictures of this year's upcoming B&M publications, which you can see below. Those include some cover studies and a sketch from Juillard 329 Dessins.

Les Amis des Jacobs Publications in Q3 2015

The association Les Amis des Jacobs, an association dedicated to the art of Edgar P. Jacobs, will publish this year the seventeenth number of the eponymous magazine, and the second volume of Les Contes et Illustrations de Edgar Jacobs. 

The former will include a cover featuring a beautiful sketch from The Time Trap, a study of the journeys made in The Yellow "M" by Eric Simon, an interview with François Riviére, Jacov's secrets and sources, and a lot more sure to delight any fan of the Belgian master,

The second volume of Les Contes will continue the publication of several illustrations made by Jacobs early in his carrer.

You can see scans from both publications here.

B&M Publications in 2015

Although there will be no new Blake & Mortimer albums this year, Dargaud has already confirmed that two books based on the franchise will be published this year: Juillard 329 Dessins (Juillard 329 Drawings), a sketchbook similar to Jacobs 329 Dessins, and a single volume reedition of Professor Sato's Three Formulae, with original storyboards included, are coming out this christmas.

It has also become obvious that B&M #24, which comes out in 2016, will be a Sente & Juillard, the latter being already working on the album.

Fromental and Bocquet are to write Blake & Mortimer

Dargaud has revealed that Jean-Luc Fromental and José-Louis Bocquet are going to write for the Blake & Mortimer series. The pair has worked together on a graphic novel about Hergé's life, although it is not known if they will work together or separatedly. Below you can see Fromental to the left and Bocquet to the right.

BeauxArts will have a B&M special in July

The french magazine BeauxArts, dedicated to plastic arts in general, will launch a special issue dedicated to Blake & Mortimer adventures relating to humanity's greatest mysteries. This special issue will arrive on July, have 120 pages (of which 24 pages will be dedicated to "the secrets of the series' creation"), and cost 8,90€. Below you can see its cover:

Olrik by CollectorBD: A figurine based on The Voronov Plot

CollectorBD continues creating figurines basen on the B&M universe. This time they've created a statuette in resin of Olrik in a military uniform, as drawn by André Juillard in The Voronov Plot. It costs 850€ and is available in two versions, one in gray (limited to 20 copies) and the other in vertigris (limited to 75 copies). You can see the statuette from different angles here:

Welcome to the Blog!

Hello and welcome to our humble blog.

This blog is intended to be a mostly a news site showcasing news on the Blake and Mortimer universe. It is supposed to be a sucessor to The Adventures of Blake and Mortimer, whose author unfortunately does not have the time to mantain it, and will be, like it, mostly composed of translations of the blog Las Aventuras de Blake y Mortimer. Updates will be, for now, far between, as this is a slow year for our beloved series. 

I leave you with a drawing of Mortimer by the master.