Soleil Productions is a French publisher of both original and imported
comic book
A comic book, comic-magazine, or simply comic is a publication that consists of comics art in the form of sequential juxtaposed panel (comics), panels that represent individual scenes. Panels are often accompanied by descriptive prose and wri ...
s.
History
Soleil was founded in 1989 in
Toulouse
Toulouse (, ; ; ) is a city in southern France, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Haute-Garonne department and of the Occitania (administrative region), Occitania region. The city is on the banks of the Garonne, River Garonne, from ...
by
Mourad Boudjellal.
Soleil quickly became known as a publisher of cartoons and parodies such as Rahan, Blek le Roc et Tarzan. It soon went into the
heroic fantasy
Sword and sorcery (S&S), or heroic fantasy, is a subgenre of fantasy characterized by sword-wielding heroes engaged in exciting and violent adventures. Elements of romance, magic, and the supernatural are also often present. Unlike works of ...
.
In the 1994, it picked up and published the ''
Lanfeust
''Lanfeust of Troy'' is a long-running French language List of Franco-Belgian comic series, comic series written by Christophe Arleston, drawn by Didier Tarquin, and published by Soleil Productions. The first volume was released in 1994.
Synops ...
'' comic series. ''Lanfeust'' became a rapid and huge success and propelled the Toulouse publishing house to the rank of the largest French comic book publishers.
Partnerships and collaborations
In 2004, Soleil and
Delcourt created a
joint venture
A joint venture (JV) is a business entity created by two or more parties, generally characterized by shared ownership, shared returns and risks, and shared governance. Companies typically pursue joint ventures for one of four reasons: to acce ...
called ''DelSol'', a partnership distribution society for France, Belgium and other Francophone countries.
In 2008,
Marvel Comics
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collaborated with the publisher on English translations of several of their titles, including ''
Sky Doll'', ''
Universal War One'', ''
Samurai: Legend'', ''
Scourge of the Gods'' and ''
Ythaq: The Forsaken World''.
In 2008,
Panini and Soleil created a
joint venture
A joint venture (JV) is a business entity created by two or more parties, generally characterized by shared ownership, shared returns and risks, and shared governance. Companies typically pursue joint ventures for one of four reasons: to acce ...
called ''Fusion Comics'' in order to diffuse some U.S. comics (like
Dark Tower or
World of Warcraft
''World of Warcraft'' (''WoW'') is a 2004 massively multiplayer online role-playing (MMORPG) video game developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment for Windows and Mac OS X. Set in the '' Warcraft'' fantasy universe, ''World of War ...
) into the French-language countries market.
In June 2011, Mourad Boudjellal sold all of his shares to Delcourt editions.
List of current titles
Bandes dessinées
Original and licensed properties published under the labels Soleil, Quadrants, Soleil Levant, Soleil Celtic, Start, Métamorphose, etc.
* ''
Aberzen''
(4 issues)
* ''
Les Ailes du Phaéton''
(9 issues)
* ''
Akron
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''
(1 issue)
* ''
Aleph
Aleph (or alef or alif, transliterated ʾ) is the first Letter (alphabet), letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician alphabet, Phoenician ''ʾālep'' 𐤀, Hebrew alphabet, Hebrew ''ʾālef'' , Aramaic alphabet, Aramaic ''ʾālap'' � ...
''
(3 issues)
* ''
Angeline''
(4 issues)
* ''Angor''
(3 issues)
* ''
Les Arcanes du Midi-Minuit''
(8 issues)
* ''
L'Assassin Royal''
(5 issues)
* ''
Atalante''
(4 issues)
* ''
Les Aventures du Gottferdom Studio''
(4 issues)
* ''
Bad Legion''
(1 issue)
* ''
Billy Brouillard''
(1 issue)
* ''
Le Bleu du ciel''
(2 issues)
* ''
Les Blondes
''Les Blondes'' is a humorous cartoon strip, encapsulating many blonde stereotypes, often those relating to blondes' supposed stupidity.
Creators
* Script: Gérard Guéro
* Drawings: Christian Paty ("Dzack")
* Colourist: Yoann Guillo
C ...
''
(14 issues)
* ''
Les Brumes d'Asceltis''
(3 issues)
* ''
Cañari
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''
(2 issues)
* ''
Les Carnets Secrets du Vatican''
(3 issues)
* ''
Cixi de Troy''
(3 issue)
* ''
Les Conquérants de Troy''
(2 issues)
* ''
CrossFire
A crossfire (also known as interlocking fire) is a military term for the siting of weapons (often automatic weapons such as assault rifles or sub-machine guns) so that their arcs of fire overlap. This tactic came to prominence in World War I.
...
''
(5 issues)
* ''
Le Dernier Troyen''
(6 issues)
* ''
Les Échaudeurs des Ténèbres''
(2 issues)
* ''
Le Feul''
(3 issues)
* ''
Les Feux d'Askell''
(3 issues)
* ''
Le Fléau des Dieux''
(6 issues)
* ''
La Geste des Chevaliers-Dragons''
(12 issues)
* ''
Le Grimoire de Féerie''
(2 issues)
* ''
Héroïc Pizza''
(5 issues)
* ''
Hana Attori''
(3 issues)
* ''
Husk
Husk (or hull) in botany is the outer shell or coating of a seed. In the United States, the term husk often refers to the leafy outer covering of an Ear (botany), ear of maize (corn) as it grows on the plant. Literally, a husk or hull includes t ...
''
(4 issues)
* ''
les Insurgés d’Edaleth''
(3 issues)
* ''
Kookaburra
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'', ''
K'', ''
Universe
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''
(6+2+10 issues)
* ''
Lanfeust de Troy''
(8 issues)
* ''
Lanfeust des Etoiles''
(8 issues)
* ''
Lanfeust Odyssey''
(2 issue)
* ''
Léo Loden''
(20 issues)
* ''
Luuna''
(7 issues)
* ''
La Marche du Crabe''
(2 issues)
* ''
Marlysa''
(11 issues)
* ''
Moréa''
(6 issues)
* ''
Les Naufragés d'Ythaq''
(9 issues)
* ''
Nocturnes Rouges''
(6 issues)
* ''
One of Us''
(2 issues)
* ''
Paradis Perdu''
(7 issues)
* ''
Rahan''
(22 issues)
* ''
Servitude''
(3 issues)
* ''
Sha''
(3 issues)
* ''
Sky Doll''
(4 issues)
* ''
Slhoka''
(4 issues)
* ''
Le Syndrome de Caïn''
(5 issues)
* ''
Trolls de Troy''
(12 issues)
* ''
UW1''
(6 issues)
* ''
Verseau''
(2 issues)
* ''
Yiu''
(7 issues)
* ''
Zéro Absolu''
(3 issues)
* ''
Zorn & Dirna''
(3 issues)
Comics
(Licensed properties)
Published by Soleil / Fusion Comics:
* ''
Breathe''
(1 issue)
* ''
Buffy contre les vampires, Saison une''
(2 issues)
* ''
Buffy contre les vampires, Saison huit''
(4 issues)
* ''
Conan''
(8 Issues)
* ''
Danger Girl''
(2 Issues)
* ''
Emily the Strange
Emily the Strange is an illustrated fictional character featured in several comic books, graphic novels and in various merchandise and clothing lines. She was created by Rob Reger for his company Cosmic Debris Etc. Inc. located in San Francisco, ...
''
(2 issues)
* ''
The Federal Vampire and Zombie Agency''
(1 issue)
* ''
GameKeeper''
(1 issue)
* ''
Gears of War
''Gears of War'' (also referred to as ''Gears'') is a media franchise centered on a series of video games created by Epic Games, developed and managed by The Coalition (company), The Coalition, and owned and published by Xbox Game Studios. The ...
''
(1 issue)
* ''
Jackie Foxxx''
(1 issue)
* ''
MetalGear Solid''
(2 issues)
* ''
Ramayan''
(2 issues)
* ''
Révélations''
(3 issues)
* ''
7 Brothers''
(2 issues)
* ''
Snake Woman''
(1 issue)
* ''
La Tour Sombre''
(5 issues)
* ''
TransFormers
''Transformers'' is a media franchise produced by American toy company Hasbro and Japanese toy company Tomy, Takara Tomy. It primarily follows the heroic Autobots and the villainous Decepticons, two Extraterrestrials in fiction, alien robot fac ...
''
(2 issues)
* ''
Voodoo Child''
(2 issues)
* ''
Wanderers''
(1 issue)
* ''
Warhammer''
(6 issues)
* ''
WarHammer 40 000''
(6 issues)
* ''
World of Warcraft
''World of Warcraft'' (''WoW'') is a 2004 massively multiplayer online role-playing (MMORPG) video game developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment for Windows and Mac OS X. Set in the '' Warcraft'' fantasy universe, ''World of War ...
''
(5 issues)
* ''
X-Files
''The X-Files'' is an American science fiction drama television series created by Chris Carter. The original series aired from September 10, 1993, to May 19, 2002, on Fox, spanning nine seasons, with 202 episodes. A tenth season of six e ...
''
(1 issue)
Manga and manhwa
(Licensed & original properties)
Published by Végétal Manga / Soleil Manga
* ''
Advent
Advent is a season observed in most Christian denominations as a time of waiting and preparation for both the celebration of Jesus's birth at Christmas and the return of Christ at the Second Coming. It begins on the fourth Sunday before Chri ...
''
(2 issues)
* ''
Akari''
(8 issues)
* ''
Azamaru''
(4 issues)
* ''
Ange, Mode d'Emploi''
(6 issues)
* ''
B-Boy Bomb''
(6 issues)
* ''
Battle Royale''
(15 issues)
* ''
Blitz Royale''
(2 issues)
* ''
Beauty Pop''
(8 issues)
* ''
Burning Moon''
(4 issues)
* ''
Bienvenue dans la N.H.K.''
(7 issues)
* ''
Blank
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*Blank (archaeology), a thick, shaped stone biface for refining into a stone tool
*Blank (cartridge), a type of gun cartridge
*Blank (Scrabble), a playing piece in the board game Scrabble
*Blank (solution), a solutio ...
''
(3 issues)
* ''
Blood Rain''
(9 issues)
* ''
Bus for Spring''
(3 issues)
* ''
Castlevania''
(2 issues)
* ''
C'était nous''
(12 issues)
* ''
Complex
Complex commonly refers to:
* Complexity, the behaviour of a system whose components interact in multiple ways so possible interactions are difficult to describe
** Complex system, a system composed of many components which may interact with each ...
''
(7 issues)
* ''Cyber idol Mink''
(6 issues)
* ''
Δ Saga''
(2 issues)
* ''
Les Dessins de la Vie''
(1 issue)
* ''
Diabolo
The diabolo ( ; commonly misspelled ''diablo'') is a juggling or circus skills, circus juggling prop, prop consisting of an axle () and two cone, cups (hourglass/egg timer shaped) or cylinder, discs derived from the Chinese yo-yo. This object i ...
''
(3 issues)
* ''
Doors of Chaos''
(2 issues)
* ''
Don Dracula''
(2 issues)
* ''
Dorohedoro''
(7 issues)
* ''
Les Enfants de Saphir''
(1 issue)
* ''
L'Escadrille des Nuages''
(4 issues)
* ''
F - the Perfect Insider''
(1 issue)
* ''
Full Set''
(3 issues)
* ''
God Save the Queen
"God Save the King" ("God Save the Queen" when the monarch is female) is '' de facto'' the national anthem of the United Kingdom. It is one of two national anthems of New Zealand and the royal anthem of the Isle of Man, Australia, Canada and ...
''
(1 issue)
* ''
Gothic Sports''
(3 issues)
* ''
Hakoniwa Angel''
(4 issues)
* ''
Hello Harajuku Story''
(1 issue)
* ''
Higanjima''
(8 issues)
* ''
High School Girls''
(9 issues)
* ''
High School Paradise''
(11 issues)
* ''
Iron Wok Jan ! R''
(4 issues)
* ''
Itadakimasu''
(4 issues)
* ''
Kamui, end of Ark''
* ''
Kana & Kanji''
(4 issues)
* ''
Le Labyrinthe de Morphée''
(1 issue)
* ''
Lanfeust Quest
''Lanfeust Quest'' is a French comics series version of the adventures of Lanfeust. Written in Japanese reading direction, small format, black and white and a lot more distinctive style, this revised version of Lanfeust of Troy is illustrated by ...
''
(5 issues)
* ''
Larmes de Samouraï''
(2 issues)
* ''
The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages''
(2 issues)
* ''
Lives
Lives may refer to:
* The plural form of a ''life''
* Lives, Iran, a village in Khuzestan Province, Iran
* The number of lives in a video game
* ''Parallel Lives'', aka ''Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans'', a series of biographies of famous m ...
''
(2 issues)
* ''
Living in a Happy World''
(2 issues)
* ''
Love instruction - How to become a seductor''
(3 issues)
* ''
Loveless
Loveless may refer to:
Comics and literature
* Loveless (comics), ''Loveless'' (comics), a comic book series by Brian Azzarello, Marcelo Frusin, Danijel Zezelj, and Werther Dell'Edera
* Loveless (manga), ''Loveless'' (manga), a manga series by Y ...
''
(8 issues)
* ''
Lovey Dovey''
(5 issues)
* ''
Ma Petite Maitresse''
(4 issues)
* ''
MegaCity 909''
(2 issues)
* ''
Pita-Ten''
(8 issues)
* ''
Princesse Saphir''
(3 issues)
* ''
Samurai Champloo''
(2 issues)
* ''
The Tarot Café''
(3 issues)
* ''
Triton''
(3 issues)
* ''
Venus Versus Virus''
(2 issues)
* ''
Warcraft : Le Puits Solaire''
(3 issues)
Periodicals
* ''
Lanfeust Mag''
(monthly - since 1998), (#144 in November 2008)
Artbooks and collectibles
* ''
Les Filles de Soleil''
(13 issues)
See also
*
Franco-Belgian publishing houses
*
List of Franco-Belgian comic series
Notes
References
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External links
Official WebSitePeriodical WebsiteManga WebSiteSoleil Comics Hub on Marvel WebSiteSoleilPedia{{in lang, fr
Comic book publishing companies of France
Privately held companies of France
French companies established in 1982
Publishing companies established in 1982
Mass media in Toulon