Rani
This review won't be one; I'm an amateur. This is the first time in my life that I've gone through an adult comic book, after nearly 10 years of abstinence from the entire genre. I read Lucky Luke, Tintin, Asterix, Spirou, etc., but when the drawings became realistic and you saw women's breasts, I was confused, and I gave up.
But not this time. The first two volumes of Rani (Bâtarde and Brigande), I read, or rather gobbled up, in a few minutes.
The story is simple (déjà-vu, even). In 1743, Jolanne de Valcourt, daughter of a marquis and a governess, is cowardly accused of treason by her half-brother. She flees, is captured, then saved by a handsome English officer on a mission. But her charm makes people jealous, and she has to save her skin again in the middle of the war.
Smooth introduction. I wasn't confused by the arrangement of the bubbles (the designers sometimes have fun placing them in funny places for originality), they were well ordered. The boxes were wide, they let me get used to the setting and the rhythm. The drawings were beautiful, I was charmed. I even got a little recap at the beginning of the second volume to make sure I understood. And even if I prefer men, I didn't remain insensitive to the powerful charm of Rani, strong and courageous at only 18 years old...
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Rani volumes 1 and 2 – Bâtarde et Brigande
Jean Van Hamme, Didier Alcante et Francis Valles
Le Lombard
