He possesses character traits and morality that many Vikings consider a sign of weakness. He is raised by Vikings after his ship crash-lands. Thorgal Aegirsson: Son of Varth and Haynee, grandson of Xargos – a captain of a spaceship on a way to Earth in search of energy.The series has also been credited with popularizing the comics in Poland. Commenting on The Archers volume, Rothschild described it as "one of the finest pieces of heroic fantasy I have ever set my eyes on". Aviva Rothschild in his 1995 book Graphic Novels: A Bibliographic Guide to Book-length Comics praised the series, stating that it is "better than an American swords-and-sorcery comic" when it comes to both art and stories. It has been called the most popular series published by Le Lombard.
There are currently three ongoing successful spin-off series, in addition to the continuation of the main Thorgal series. Thorgal is critically acclaimed and one of the most popular French language comics, with more than 11 million Thorgal books in print.
Ĭovers for all albums are drawn by Rosiński, even for the spin-off albums which sometimes are drawn by other artists. Translations have appeared in among others, English, Dutch, German, Polish, Italian, Spanish, Swedish, Tamil, Norwegian and Greek. It has subsequently been published in hardcover volumes by Le Lombard from 1980 on. Originally a stand-alone 30-page project, its early success encouraged turning it into a longer series. The comic first appeared in serial form in Tintin magazine in 1977, with the story La Magicienne Trahie. In 2002, it was adapted as an adventure video game, Thorgal: Curse of Atlantis, by Cryo Interactive Entertainment. Debuting in 1977, it has incorporated elements of Norse mythology, the legend of Atlantis as well as science fiction and horror. Thorgal is a fantasy adventure Franco-Belgian comics series by Belgian writer Jean Van Hamme and Polish graphic artist Grzegorz Rosiński. The series has been reprinted, at least in part, in Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, German, Greek, Norwegian, Polish, Swedish, and Turkish.
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