Les murailles de Samaris

Les murailles de Samaris is a graphic novel by Belgian comic artists François Schuiten and Benoît Peeters, the first volume of their ongoing Les Cités Obscures series. It was first published in serialized form in 1982 in the Franco-Belgian comics magazine À Suivre (#46-49), and as a complete volume first in 1983 by Casterman. In English, it was published as The Great Walls of Samaris (Stories of the fantastic) as a serial in Heavy Metal from October 1984 to March 1985, then in 1987 as a complete volume by NBM Publishing.

In 1988, Schuiten & Peeters took the opportunity of the second French edition to revise their story, adding more content to fit in better with their Les Cités Obscures series that had begun to develop in the years since the book's first publication, and slightly edited the ending for better continuity and logic to the story.

Plot

Editions

In French

• Les murailles de Samaris, 1984, Casterman
• Les murailles de Samaris (revised edition), 1988, Casterman
• Les murailles de Samaris, 1993, Casterman
• Les murailles de Samaris, 2007, Casterman

In English (first and unrevised edition only)

• The Great Walls of Samaris (Stories of the fantastic), 1987, NBM Publishing
• The Walls of Samaris, 1984-1985 Heavy Metal

External links

• The Walls of Samaris: A Classic French Comic You Probably Haven't Read, an extended study of the book
• Les Murailles de Samaris, a few annotated pictures from the album (French)
• Series overview on A comprehensive review of the Obscure Cities series for English-speaking fans
• Les Cités Obscures by Julian Darius on The Continuity Pages