Simon du Fleuve

Simon du Fleuve
Cover of Le Clan des Centaures, the first issue in this series
Publication information
FormatGraphic novel
Genre
Publication date1976-1978, 1988-1989
No. of issues9
Creative team
Written byClaude Auclair

Simon du Fleuve is a post-apocalyptic French graphic novel series written by Claude Auclair, with five volumes published between 1976 and 1978, and a second cycle of four albums from 1988 to 1989. Simon du Fleuve started in the pages of Tintin magazine. [1] The heirs of Jean Giono have stated that elements of the story are stolen in Auclair's prequel of Simon du Fleuve named La balade de Cheveu-Rouge from Giono's Le chant du monde.[2]

At least three albums have been published in English so far:

  • Simon of the River 1 - Clan of Centaurs
  • Simon of the River 2 - Slaves
  • Simon of the River 3 - Mailis