The Beast [Paperback]

On thepeaks of the Alps, a deadly hunt for a beastof legend.Is?re, on the marchesof France.A regiment of dragoons enters a seemingly deserted village to find severalbadly mangled bodies and evidence of an attack by a wild animal. Survivorsspeak of a massive beast with almost human eyes, of a werewolf... The thingstrail leads over the border with the Duchy of Savoy, and the commander of thedragoons takes a small detachment, in civilian clothes, after it. With them is hiscousin: Jean-Baptiste Poulain&Fabien Vehlmannproved his mettle with such hits as GreenManor and a Spirou one-off, before becoming in 2009 the new official team forDupuis flagship series with Yoann.His series Alone (Seuls) with Bruno Gazzotti has garneredcritical and popular acclaim and earned two Youth Awards at the Angoul?meFestival, as well as two Grand Prix from Le Journal de Mickey. Matthieu Bonhomme has been an artistfor Spirou magazine and several children books. Hes worked with some big namessuch as Fabien Vehlmann and Lewis Trondheim, but also solo: his firstbook L?ge de la Raison received the 2003 AlphArt award in Angoul?me, and his series Le Voyage dEsteban has been met with great success.