Anyone read european comics?

 So I noticed a lot of people read mostly american and manga title on this website. So I wonder, are there any others like me that also read European comics like stuff from Soleil and Lombard. Stuff by these companies are some of my favorite reads ever, but there never seems to be anyone who knows what I'm talking about. So I'll just ask the question: anyone read anything from them? And if not would it be worth my time for me to post threads on their products so people can learn more?
 
I'm starved for conversation on this subject so all feel free to jyve in and open a discussion.

" I would like to read some but it's not so easy when they are in various languages I don't speak and are not really sold here =/ "

I read the first book of The Scorpion series a little while ago.
Some good stuff available but finding English translations is the difficult part.
Also I learned parts of the English Scorpions are cut and censored. So I missed the boobage :(

Cool, then I will post a review soon :) on "Druids", one of my favorite series so far.
 
and to everyone, If you want to learn more on the subject, feel free to look me up :)

" I read the first book of The Scorpion series a little while ago. Some good stuff available but finding English translations is the difficult part. Also I learned parts of the English Scorpions are cut and censored. So I missed the boobage :( "

" @Crom-Cruach: well I do know about Marvel reprinting some comics from Soleil but what I think of more with European comics I want to read, 2000AD always comes to mind...but yes, if you want to spark interest go for it, I've always tried to do that with Vertigo and little by little I feel I'm succeeding so as the population here grows I think you'll find more interested individuals "

For good European comics I must admit that I mostly know French ones being from Québec like Crom they are easy to find here, way easier than to find a good comic book store.
 
Anything by Enki Bilal is a big yes in my book, most of is books have been translated in English and he should be relatively easy to find.  Nikopol Trilogy is one of his most know work. Hell my avatar is from there I just love the artwork. - Adults, it might be hard to follow for someone too young and may contain mature subject-nudity-violence- weird aliens shaped like Egyptians deities...
 
I started to had Philémon on the site but I encountered some problem with my upload so it not complete yet, it a surrealist story that ran in the 70-80's where you follow the adventures of Philémon into the different islands that form the world Atlantique (Atlantic), check on a globe you'll see they are there ^^. But I am a little doubtful if this as been translated in English. - Recommended all age really but a younger reader might not understand all the subtleties.
 
SODA is one of the great number of comics that came from the Spirou magazine, well the author Tome did write some Spirou & Fantasio in the 90's; it follow David Solomon, a cop that disguise himself in a priest in front of his mother to not trouble her weak heart. Kind of an action packed series that contain something around 15 volumes. Again I am not sure if this is translated in English. -Recommended teenagers I believe haven't really read any of it since those day anyway.
 
Oh I found something from the pages of Spirou that has been translated into English for sure, Les Tuniques Bleues or The Bluecoats got 3 volumes out in English one even came out this year. It a comedy about two soldiers during the American Civil War.
 
 
Well it been some time I have read any europeen comics exept the first two I mentionned, so I am gonna open some dusty box and get back to ya all.
 

I'm pretty sure that I haven't gotten my American mitts on anything European, and it sucks, I really wanna see what they've got.

Oh I just saw my copy of Persepolis this should have been transated in English and is not that old so it should not be that hard to find.

Nathan Never born and raised....At the beginning it was the only comic I bought and it was GOOD! 
By  Sergio Bonelli....Still think it is one of the best comics in the world....

" Do Beno (and similar comics), Tintin, and Asterix count? I love those stories =D    ...Hmmmm, I guess you would call those "British"...idk....=^\ "

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I've read the The League of Extrodinary Gentlemen and The Swamp Thing. Alan Moore is a strange fellow, he likes to write weird sh*t. "

" @Gylan Thomas: Boobs yes, that comic is full of those. Part and parcel with it being a cape and sword story with a manly hero battling a corrupt cardinal while scoring with busty wenches.  No genitals , except maybe in one scene. Really, compared to other European comics, it's pretty tame on that end.  European (especially French and Belgian) don't have the same measuring stick as the U.S on what is acceptable to be shown at a different age groups. "

" @Donovan Montgomery:  I've loved Asterix since I was a kid in grade school, especially the early stories. Series went downhill after the writer died and the artist was left alone with the stories thought. "

I read Storm and the Trigan Empire. Some of my favourite comics, i have the whole collection =)

Many moons ago used to buy 2000 AD had a great character in the Rogue Trooper.

 Loved Blacksad, I have every story published so far. My favorite was the Arctic Power with the racist polar animals.  
 
God... that fox deserved to die and he did.

3 up until know.
 
-The first one where he goes against that lizard CEO who murdered his ex
-the one with the white supremacists
-the last one with his old professor whom we found out was a former nazi scientist.

I live in belgium so there are a lot of dutch comics

what series have you been reading?

well there are comics in here that is callled samurai (don't neet information on that I guess) thorgal (never actually read it), and there are these ugly drawen comics like jommeke, and kuifje thats dutch for tin tin that are just some examples

Right, but specifically, what have you been reading recently?

not so verry much i used to read Jommeke when i was a child, recently I read a samurai comic but mostly i read American comics

Ah well...

 Hi everyone.
 
Not that i wanted to dig up an old post, but i was really wondering about this myself when i found this thread allready existed.
So my 2 cents are:    (i am for some comics translating the titels into english myself since i dont know if they have been released in the usa at all)
Storm
Trigië
Rogon the red wolf
Murena (really loved this one, about the roman empire)
Eagles of rome
Douwe Dabbert (can't really translate, because its a name) 
Druuna ( XXX comic, but with incredible art) 
The mercenary
Thorgal
 
What i love about european comics is that they seem far more mature sometimes. Sex is a lot more featured. Don't be surprised if you suddenly find yourself reading about some sexual act in what is normally not seen as a XXX comic.
For instance Murena is such a comic. Also i just love the hyperrealistic art by Don Lawrence in Storm or Trigië, or in the Mercenary by Segrelles.
Even though Druuna is a very hardcore porn comic, the art by Serpieri is very realistic and amazing but should not be read by non adults. ( i would love to see him do a Wonder Woman comic, without the porn of course)
Its like Alex Ross is drawing every comic from beginning to end instead of just covers.
 
I love the format as well, normally they cost a lot more, but most of the time you get a somewhat finished story in one book, so you don't have to wait a couple of months before you have the whole story together like in usa comics.
On the other hand, european comics are released a lot less frequent than american comics. Sometimes they are years apart.
 
Well let i just finish by saying you are really missing out on some great stuff if you don't read european comics. Of course the language barrier can be a great hindrance to people. But if you can get your hands on some translated copies do not hesitate.
(and i know that some fans do their own translations, but now i am wandering into a grey area thats not entirely legal)