# Dallas Barr

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{{short description|Belgian comic series}}
{{italic title}}
{{Infobox Comic strip
|image               = Dallas Barr-comics album 1.jpg
|imagesize           = 
|caption             = Hard cover version of the first Dallas Barr album
|creator            = [Joe Haldeman](/source/Joe_Haldeman)
|current            = 
|status= Finished
|syndicate= 
|comictype= 
|genre= [Adventure](/source/Adventure_fiction), [Fantasy](/source/Fantasy_comics)
|first= 1996
|last= 2005
|publisher=[Dupuis](/source/Dupuis), [Le Lombard](/source/Le_Lombard)
|website=
|illustrator=[Mark Van Oppen](/source/Marvano)
}}

'''Dallas Barr''' is a [comic book](/source/comic_book) series (or "[graphic novel](/source/graphic_novel)") by [Belgian](/source/Belgium) artist [Marvano](/source/Marvano) (Mark van Oppen) adapted from [American](/source/United_States_of_America) [science fiction](/source/science_fiction) author [Joe Haldeman](/source/Joe_Haldeman)'s 1989 novel ''Buying Time''. The protagonist, Dallas Barr, is 132 years old. The series takes place around 2075, in a world where a prolonged life is available to the ultrarich through the Stileman Procedure, where the moon is a colony and AIDS-X is rampant. The series ran from 1996 to 2005.

Although the first comic in the series clearly draws on Joe Haldeman's ''Buying Time'' ( UK title: ''The Long Habit of Living''), the plots of the following volumes continue beyond the end of the original novel. The plots of the continuation were written by Haldeman in English, translated into French by Marvano. The later volumes are written by Marvano alone, as Haldeman found him to do a good job. In the series the author challenges the reader to reflect on the issues at hand. Politics, philosophy and humanity's stupidity are often given a chance in this series. Over the years, the plot got more complicated and the characters came to their full potential, while at the same time its philosophical considerations deepened.

== Albums ==
* ''Dallas Barr'', [Dupuis](/source/Dupuis)<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 October 2023 |title=Dallas Barr |url=https://depoort.com/nl/620-dallas-barr |website=depoort.com/nl/620-dallas-barr |language=nl}}</ref>
** 1.''Immortalité à vendre'', 1996
** 2.''Le Choix de Maria'', 1997
** 3.''Premier Quartier'' 1998
** 4.''Nouvelle Lune'', 1999
** 5.''Anna des mille jours'', 2000
* ''Dallas Barr'', [Le Lombard](/source/Le_Lombard)<ref>{{Cite web |date=26 October 2022 |title=Dallas Barr Titels |url=https://www.stripinfo.be/reeks/index/176_Dallas_Barr |website=stripinfo.be/reeks/index/176_Dallas_Barr |language=nl}}</ref>
** 6.''Sarabande'', 2005
** 7.''La Dernière Valse'', 2005

==External links==
* [http://www.bedetheque.com/serie-90-BD-Dallas-Barr.html Dallas Barr page]

==References==
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Category:Belgian comic strips
Category:Bandes dessinées
Category:Belgian graphic novels
Category:Dupuis titles
Category:1996 comics debuts
Category:2005 comics endings
Category:Science fiction comics
Category:Drama comics
Category:Thriller comics
Category:Action comics
Category:Dystopian comics
Category:Comics based on novels
Category:Comics set in the 21st century
Category:Fiction set in 2075
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