Papyrus (comics)

Papyrus is a Franco-Belgian comic book series, written and illustrated by Lucien de Gieter. The story takes place in Ancient Egypt. It was first published in 1974 in the Spirou magazine in the form of episodes.

An animated series was created in 1997 that was two seasons long (52 episodes) and shown on TFOU TV. In 2000 a video game was made for Game Boy. The game was developed by Dupuis and published by Ubisoft.

Characters

The two main characters are:

• Papyrus: hero of the comic, friend of the daughter of the Pharaoh, possesses a magic sword which was given to him by the daughter of the god Sobek; in exchange, he must protect the princess Théti-Chéri from all danger.

• Théti-Chéri: daughter of the pharaoh Merenptah, grand priestess of Isis, sacred dancer, and heiress to the throne of the Two Kingdoms.

Regular antagonists include:

• Phoetus: a small mummy.
• Pouin: a black dwarf.

Albums

Thirty albums have been published so far:

1. La Momie engloutie (ISBN 2-8001-2721-X, ISBN 2-8001-0598-4 et ISBN 2-8001-2714-7)
2. Le Maître des trois portes
3. Le Colosse sans visage
4. Le Tombeau de Pharaon
5. L'Égyptien blanc
6. Les Quatre Doigts du Dieu Lune
7. La Vengeance des Ramsès (ISBN 2-8001-2727-9); English translation: The Rameses Revenge (ISBN 978-1905460359)
8. La Métamorphose d'Imhotep (ISBN 2-8001-2728-7); English translation: Imhotep's Transformation (ISBN 978-1905460502)
9. Les Larmes du géant (ISBN 2-8001-2729-5)
10. La Pyramide noire (ISBN 2-8001-2730-9)
11. Le Pharaon maudit
12. L'Obélisque (ISBN 2-8001-2731-7)
13. Le Labyrinthe
14. L'Île Cyclope (ISBN 2-8001-2734-1)
15. L'Enfant hiéroglyphe
16. Le Seigneur des crocodiles (ISBN 2-8001-2736-8)
17. Toutânkhamon, le Pharaon assassiné (ISBN 2-8001-2737-6)
18. L'Œil de Rê (ISBN 2-8001-2194-7)
19. Les Momies maléfiques (ISBN 2-8001-2739-2)
20. La Colère du grand sphinx (ISBN 2-8001-2445-8 et ISBN 2-8001-2740-6)
21. Le Talisman de la grande pyramide (ISBN 2-8001-2591-8)
22. La Prisonnière de Sekhmet (ISBN 2-8001-2765-1)
23. Le Cheval de Troie (ISBN 2-8001-2940-9)
24. La main pourpre (ISBN 2-8001-3095-4)
25. Le Pharaon fou (ISBN 2-8001-3229-9)
26. Le Masque d'Horus (ISBN 2-8001-3354-6)
27. La Fureur des Dieux (ISBN 2-8001-2721-X)
28. Les Enfants d'Isis
29. L'Île de la reine morte
30. L'Oracle

External Links

• Papyrus site by Lucien de Gieter and Jean-Pol Schrauwen
• Official site of the Papyrus animation
• Publisher of the English translation