Soleil Productions is a French publisher of both original and imported
comic book
A comic book, also called comicbook, comic magazine or (in the United Kingdom and Ireland) simply comic, is a publication that consists of comics art in the form of sequential juxtaposed panel (comics), panels that represent individual scenes. ...
s.
History
Soleil was founded in 1989 in
Toulouse
Toulouse ( , ; oc, Tolosa ) is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, French department of Haute-Garonne and of the larger Regions of France, region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania. The city is on t ...
.
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.
In the 1994, it picked up and published the ''
Lanfeust'' 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
''Universal War One'' is a six-part French comic book limited series written, penciled, and inked by Denis Bajram. The series was initially published in France by Soleil Productions from 1998 to 2006. Due to its popularity, it was later translate ...
'', ''
Samurai: Legend'', ''
Scourge of the Gods
A scourge is a whip or lash, especially a multi-thong type, used to inflict severe corporal punishment or self-mortification. It is usually made of leather.
Etymology
The word is most commonly considered to be derived from Old French ''escorgi ...
'' 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
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) into the French-language countries market.
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''
(1 issue)
* ''
Aleph
Aleph (or alef or alif, transliterated ʾ) is the first letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician , Hebrew , Aramaic , Syriac , Arabic ʾ and North Arabian 𐪑. It also appears as South Arabian 𐩱 and Ge'ez .
These let ...
''
(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
''Blue of Noon'' (french: Le Bleu du Ciel) is an erotic novella by Georges Bataille. Although Bataille completed the work in 1935, it was not published until Jean-Jacques Pauvert did so in 1957. (Pauvert previously published the writings of the Ma ...
''
(2 issues)
* ''
Les Blondes''
(14 issues)
* ''
Les Brumes d'Asceltis''
(3 issues)
* ''
Cañari''
(2 issues)
* ''
Les Carnets Secrets du Vatican''
(3 issues)
* ''
Cixi de Troy''
(3 issue)
* ''
Les Conquérants de Troy''
(2 issues)
* ''
CrossFire''
(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
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''
(4 issues)
* ''
les Insurgés d’Edaleth''
(3 issues)
* ''
Kookaburra
Kookaburras are terrestrial tree kingfishers of the genus ''Dacelo'' native to Australia and New Guinea, which grow to between in length and weigh around . The name is a loanword from Wiradjuri ''guuguubarra'', onomatopoeic of its call. T ...
'', ''
K'', ''
Universe
The universe is all of space and time and their contents, including planets, stars, galaxies, and all other forms of matter and energy. The Big Bang theory is the prevailing cosmological description of the development of the universe. A ...
''
(6+2+10 issues)
* ''
Lanfeust de Troy''
(8 issues)
* ''
Lanfeust des Etoiles''
(8 issues)
* ''
Lanfeust Odyssey
''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.
Synopsis
On the world of Troy, most humans hav ...
''
(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
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''
(2 issues)
* ''
Paradis Perdu
''Paradise Lost'' is an epic poem in blank verse by the 17th-century English poet John Milton (1608–1674). The first version, published in 1667, consists of ten books with over ten thousand lines of verse. A second edition followed in 1674 ...
''
(7 issues)
* ''
Rahan''
(22 issues)
* ''
Servitude
Servitude may refer to:
Persons
* Conscription
* Indentured servitude
* Involuntary servitude
* Penal servitude
* Service
* Service-oriented submission
* Slavery
Property
* Equitable servitude, a term of real estate law
* Servitude in civil ...
''
(3 issues)
* ''
Sha''
(3 issues)
* ''
Sky Doll''
(4 issues)
* ''
Slhoka''
(4 issues)
* ''
Le Syndrome de Caïn''
(5 issues)
* ''
Trolls de Troy
Trolls of Troy is a French comic series published by Soleil Productions. It is a spin-off series of '' Lanfeust of Troy'' and is created by author Scotch Arleston and writer Jean-Louis Mourier.
Since 1997, 24 volumes have been published in Frenc ...
''
(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''
(2 issues)
* ''
The Federal Vampire and Zombie Agency''
(1 issue)
* ''
GameKeeper''
(1 issue)
* ''
Gears of War''
(1 issue)
* ''
Jackie Foxxx''
(1 issue)
* ''
MetalGear Solid''
(2 issues)
* ''
Ramayan
The ''Rāmāyana'' (; sa, रामायणम्, ) is a Sanskrit epic composed over a period of nearly a millennium, with scholars' estimates for the earliest stage of the text ranging from the 8th to 4th centuries BCE, and later stages ...
''
(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 Autobots and the Decepticons, two alien robot factions at war that can transform into other forms ...
''
(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 massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) released in 2004 by Blizzard Entertainment. Set in the ''Warcraft'' fantasy universe, ''World of Warcraft'' takes place within the world of Azeroth ...
''
(5 issues)
* ''
X-Files''
(1 issue)
Manga and manhwa
(Licensed & original properties)
Published by Végétal Manga / Soleil Manga
* ''
Advent
Advent is a Christian season of preparation for the Nativity of Christ at Christmas. It is the beginning of the liturgical year in Western Christianity.
The name was adopted from Latin "coming; arrival", translating Greek ''parousia''.
In ...
''
(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''
(3 issues)
* ''
Blood Rain''
(9 issues)
* ''
Bus for Spring''
(3 issues)
* ''
Castlevania''
(2 issues)
* ''
C'était nous''
(12 issues)
* ''
Complex''
(7 issues)
* ''Cyber idol Mink''
(6 issues)
* ''
Δ Saga''
(2 issues)
* ''
Les Dessins de la Vie''
(1 issue)
* ''
Diabolo''
(3 issues)
* ''
Doors of Chaos
, "Doors of the Border" is a manga written and illustrated by Ryoko Mitsuki. The manga's first ''tankōbon'' volume was released by SoftBank Creative on June 30, 2008. It was licensed in North America by Tokyopop.
Plot
Twin sisters Mizeri ...
''
(2 issues)
* ''
Don Dracula
is a manga by Osamu Tezuka that began serialization in 1979. An anime television series aired from April 5 to April 26, 1982.
Plot
After living in Transylvania for several years, Count Dracula has moved to Japan. (The English summary on the ...
''
(2 issues)
* ''
Dorohedoro
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Q Hayashida. It was serialized in Shogakukan's manga magazines '' Monthly Ikki'' (November 2000 to September 2014), ''Hibana'' (March 2015 to August 2017), and '' Monthly Shōnen Sunday ...
''
(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" is the national and/or royal anthem of the United Kingdom, most of the Commonwealth realms, their territories, and the British Crown Dependencies. The author of the tune is unknown and it may originate in plainchant, b ...
''
(1 issue)
* ''
Gothic Sports
''Gothic Sports'' is a German manga-styled book created by Anike Hage. The protagonist is a young girl named Anya, who is adjusting to her new school. When Anya tries to join various sports teams, she is repeatedly rejected. Because of this, she ...
''
(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
Japanese dining etiquette is a set of traditional perceptions governing specific expectations which outlines general standards of how one should behave and respond in various dining situations.
Overview
In Japan, it is customary to say before st ...
''
(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''
(2 issues)
* ''
Living in a Happy World''
(2 issues)
* ''
Love instruction - How to become a seductor''
(3 issues)
* ''
Loveless
Loveless may refer to:
Film and television
* ''Loveless'' (film), a 2017 Russian film
* ''The Loveless'', a 1982 film starring Willem Dafoe
* Dr. Loveless, a character in ''The Wild Wild West'' TV series and film adaptation
Literature
* ''Love ...
''
(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
is a 2004 Japanese historical adventure anime television series. The debut television production of studio Manglobe, the 26-episode series aired from May 2004 to March 2005. It was first partially broadcast on Fuji TV, then had a complete ...
''
(2 issues)
* ''
The Tarot Café
''The Tarot Café'' is a manhwa by Park Sang-sun (박 상선) being published by Sigongsa in Korea, and distributed by Tokyopop in the United States. Seven volumes have been published in Korea, all of which have been translated into English. Each ...
''
(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