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. 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.
Albums
Thirty albums have been published so far.