The Grimoire

The Grimoire
Publication information
Publisher	Speakeasy Comics
Format	Ongoing series
Genre	Contemporary fantasy
Publication date	Mar. – Dec. 2005
No. of issues	7
Main character(s)	Amandine, Chai, Louis Bigsky, Medea, Eric Faucon
Creative team
Created by	Sebastien Caisse and Djief & Kness
Written by	Sebastien Caisse
Artist(s)	Djief and Kness
Editor(s)	Chris Stone

The Grimoire was a comic book series published by Speakeasy Comics in 2005. A contemporary fantasy story, The Grimoire was created by writer Sebastien Caisse and art studio Grafiksismik.

Publication history

The series, went through a creative team change right after the completion of its first story-arc, which ended with issue #6. A creative difference between the creators and publisher, along with alleged problems over payments,^[citation needed] put the collaboration to a halt during the summer of 2005.

Editor Chris Stone took over the writing chores for the series. Of the new team and storyline, only issue #7 was published before the publisher Speakeasy Comics closed on February 27, 2006.

Plot

The Grimoire is passed to Amandine from a mysterious masked stranger. The object's curse it that whoever holds it will find her fate bound to it. So what begins as a walk to a friend's house becomes the first steps of an incredible adventure...

Characters

• Amandine — the main character, she is a lonely girl surrounded by material wealth
• Medea — a powerful witch, she is Amandine's mother
• Eric Faucon — Amandine's father
• Chai — a magical, intelligent raccoon who speaks Faeric; he is Eric's former familiar
• Louis Bigsky — chieftain of the Western minotaur tribes

References

• Contino, Jennifer M. "SEBASTIEN CAISSE & THE GRIMOIRE," Comicon.com (Mar. 2, 2005).

External links

• Grafiksismik