''Seuls'' is a

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children's

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written by

Fabien Vehlmann Fabien Vehlmann (born 30 January 1972) is a French comics writer best known for '' Green Manor'' and '' Seuls''. Yvan Delporte dubbed him "The René Goscinny of the third millennium". Biography Fabien Vehlmann, born in 1972 in Mont-de-Marsan, g ...

and drawn by

Bruno Gazzotti Bruno Gazzotti (born 16 September 1970) is a Belgian comic book artist. He has drawn several popular comic book series, such as ''Soda (comics), Soda'' and ''Seuls''. Childhood Gazzotti's Italian grandfather had been a miner, and his father l ...

for Spirou Magazine. It centers on the adventures of five children who must fend for themselves in a mysterious world without adults. It was published in hardback albums by

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from January 2006. The series comprises 13 volumes divided into 3 cycles. The series has twice won a Prix Jeunesse 9-12 ans at the Angoulême Festival in 2007 and 2010. It has also received two Grand Prix du Journal de Mickey. The albums have also been published in Dutch (by

), in English (by

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), in German (by Piredda), in Norwegian (by QltrRebus) and in Spanish (by Dibbuks). In 2017 a film adaptation of the series was made by David Moreau, starring

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and

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, ith limited success. By 2018, more than 2 million albums had been sold, with new albums topping the French sales rankings for comics.

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