''Jeremiah'' is a

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series by

Hermann Huppen Hermann Huppen (born 17 July 1938) is a Belgian comic book artist. He is better known under his pen-name Hermann. He is most famous for his post-apocalyptic comic ''Jeremiah'' which was made into a television series. Biography Hermann was bo ...

. ''Jeremiah'' was created in 1979 for the German magazine ''Zack'', and had a premiere in Sarajevo based ''Strip art'' magazine, since the editor of this magazine, Ervin Rustemagic, was also Hermann's manager. It has also been serialized in the French-language '' Métal Hurlant'' and '' Spirou'' magazine, as well as the Serbian magazines ''Stripoteka'' and '' Politikin Zabavnik''. Currently, there are 34 volumes and one "Special Edition" in French and Dutch.

Plot

Racial wars have torn the U.S. apart, resulting in a

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world. Many small pockets of civilization still exist; from isolated super high-tech fortresses, hidden research labs, or racial groups in walled-in cities — all fighting each other among the more regular population which in many ways resembles the "old west". Jeremiah and his friend Kurdy travel the country, taking odd jobs and getting mixed up in various affairs. Jeremiah, being the more noble of the two, often sticks his neck out to help others, while Kurdy is a more wily, opportunistic scoundrel. Despite its setting, ''Jeremiah'''s underlying motif is of hope and the survival of mankind. The storylines carry little from album to album, meaning they can be read individually.

Reception

''Jeremiah'' has been translated into 26 languages, and has a large fan base in Europe. Tome #25, ''Et si un jour la Terre'', was nominated for the 2005

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. Various attempts to introduce the series to the American market have had middling results, mostly due to the different tastes of the

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and European comic book public. The current holder of the English language copyrights is Strip Art Features (SAF). After failing to reach American audiences in the 1980s and 1990s with such publishers as

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, and

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; ''Jeremiah'' (and SAF) found success with

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beginning in the 2000s. In March 2012, Dark Horse Comics began another English language reprint series in collaboration with SAF; three volumes of the ''Jeremiah Omnibus'', collecting tomes 1 to 3, 4 to 6, and 7 to 9 respectively, have been released as of October 2017. In May 2019, SAF released digital editions of volumes 1 to 6, and later of volumes 7 to 9 in July 2020.

List of titles

Following are the ''Jeremiah'' comic albums as named in French, with publication dates.

English language ''Jeremiah'' comics

Television series

An American television series, ''

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'', was produced from 2002–2004. Developed by ''

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'' creator

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and executive produced by Straczynski and

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, the series is loosely based on the ''Jeremiah'' comics series. Aside from the names of the two main characters, the general personality of the protagonist, and the post-apocalyptic setting, there are no similarities between the comics and the series.

References

External links

Hermann Huppen official site

Dark Horse profile

''Jeremiah'' series at Dupuis Editions
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