Animal Castle Mixed Format Collector’s Set (Hardcover)

Animal Castle Mixed Format Collector’s Set

Get caught up or reacquainted with the Eisner-nominated (Best Limited Series, Best Painter/Multimedia Artist) Animal Castle with this mixed-format collection from ABLAZE.

This set offers the current two volumes of Animal Castle, the Vol. 1 hardcover and the three issues of Vol. 2 (Cover A, Felix Delep), PLUS two Blank Cover Editions (Vol. #1, Vol. 2 #1), all at a special price!

On the Farm all animals were equal. In the Castle some are more equal than others. For fans of the bestselling Stray Dogs and the Eisner Award winning Beasts of Burden comes an animal fable at once familiar and surprising! You may think you know the story but set aside your assumptions, this animal uprising is unlike any you have read!

Nestled in the heart of a farm forgotten by men, the Animal Castle is ruled with an iron hoof by President Silvio. The bull and its dog militia savor their power, while the other animals are exhausted by work, until the arrival of the mysterious Azelard, a traveling rat who will teach them the secrets of civil disobedience.

Biographical Notes:

Xavier Dorison is a rising stars in French comics. He is the author of several successful series including “Prophet,” “The Third Testament” and “Sanctum,” as well as a noted screenwriter and script doctor. In 2006, he wrote the screenplay for the film Les Brigades du Tigre . In 2007, he started a new comic book series with Matthieu Lauffray , Long John Silver, which was a great success.

Félix Delep took a scientific baccalaureate and then stayed a year at the Atelier de Sèvres before joining the Émile-Cohl school. While he was in his final year and was considering becoming a painter, his meeting with Lewis Trondheim led Delep to publish a few pages of animal comics in Spirou, This work was spotted by Xavier Dorison. who suggested that Delep draw Le Château des animaux, a series of animal comics inspired by George Orwell ‘s Animal Farm, He is the younger brother of cellist Bruno Delepelaire.

has enjoyed some public success: in January 2021, sales of the series totaled 150,000 copies and the first volume was included in the official selection at the 2020 Angoulême festival

Title Notes:

For fans of Animal Farm, the bestselling Stray Dogs and the Eisner Award-winning Beasts of Burden comes a fable that is both familiar and surprising,” says Rich Young, co-founder of ABLAZE. “You may think you know the story but